April issue editorial by Thierry Heles.

University venturing is on an upwards trajectory that seemed doubtful even just a couple of years ago – as our quarterly data analysis in this magazine shows, the first three months of 2018 have already significantly outperformed the same period last year, even much of the whole year.

There are many reasons for this. For one, the ecosystem benefits from countless university venture funds that are now fully operational and have been steadily growing their portfolios. Oxford Sciences Innovation, UCL…