May issue editorial by Thierry Heles, editor, Global University Venturing

Passing the milestone of 2,000 deals tracked on Global University Venturing may have seemed like a distant dream when this publication officially launched more than five years ago to keep tabs on the technology transfer ecosystem, but breaking through that number is exactly what happened in 2017, by the end of which investments and exits stood at a grand total of 2,151 identified since 2013.

Just as the sector has experienced ups and downs during this five-year period,…