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UNL solidifies innovation leadership with Jennifer Mize Nelson’s appointment
Jennifer Mize Nelson’s permanent appointment follows University of Nebraska-Lincoln hiring Cheryl Horst and Zane Gernhart in recent months.
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Dartmouth College creates new role for tech transfer leader Eric Fossum
Eric Fossum, who’s been Dartmouth’s vice provost for entrepreneurship and technology transfer since 2017, will step into a new role in July.
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KfW Capital backs UVC Partners’ growth fund
KfW Capital has backed the UVC Growth Opportunities Fund II, which achieved a first close of €77 million in March.
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Galway promotes Laoise McNamara to vice president for research and innovation
Laoise McNamara has been the head of the School of Engineering at the University of Galway since 2023, having worked for the institution since 2009.
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Innovate Springfield’s Ben Hage hired by Illinois Wesleyan University
Ben Hage, who has been the director of Innovate Springfield since 2023, will run the new Petrick Idea Center at Illinois Wesleyan University.
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UNIST is accredited as a VC firm, now able to raise large funds
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology’s UNIST Technology Holdings has already been selected as the manager of a ₩12 billion fund.
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Ground State Ventures raises $88m, doubles down on quantum globally
Formerly known as QDNL Participations, the firm focuses on quantum technology developers that it sources primarily from university labs.
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Cyprus updates equity framework for spinouts
The original framework, adapted in 2018, failed to generate a single spinout after terms were deemed too onerous for academics.
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Alumni Ventures expands into Japan with UTokyo IPC-backed fund
UTokyo Innovation Platform has partnered with Alumni Ventures to launch the Alumni Ventures Japan+US Bridge Fund.
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Northern Gritstone boosts coffers with £20m as part of rolling close
The British Business Bank has committed another £10 million to Northern Gritstone, which now has £382 million under management.
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Glasgow promotes Morven Fraser-Walther to head of IP and commercialisation
Morven Fraser-Walther has worked for the University of Glasgow since 2019, when she joined to run the Aspect programme.
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Turbine Capital secures funding from EIF
The money is coming through the EIB Group’s TechEU financing, and adds SEK170 million to Turbine Capital’s coffers.
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Goshen College names Raj Biyani inaugural chief innovation officer
Raj Biyani will step into the role after already driving change on campus through volunteering.
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ET Capital doubles down on Oxbridge
Having launched a first fund focused on Cambridge in January, ET Capital has quickly followed this up with a second fund aimed at Oxbridge.
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Texas Tech recruits James Reecy as VP for research and innovation
James Reecy has been the associate vice president for research at Iowa State University since 2017.
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Taaleri buys majority stake in Nordic Science Investments
NSI’s management is selling a 51% stake in the spinout investment firm, which has a €45 million first fund.
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Children’s National Hospital hires Abhishek Sangal to run TTO
Abhishek Sangal previously spent four and a half years at Boston Children’s Hospital, most recently as associate director of licensing.
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Craig Gravitz joins Penn as executive director of PCI Ventures
Craig Gravitz, who previously led commercialisation at ARPA-H, joins the University of Pennsylvania after the institution raised two venture funds.
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University of Mississippi plans to raise a spinout investment fund
As a growing number of R1 universities in the US add venture funds to their arsenal, Ole Miss is looking to do the same.
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UC Davis launches another fund in biotech push
The fund, unveiled together with the Aggie Venture Accelerator, will be managed by early-stage venture capital firm The March Group.
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TIAP’s Parimal Nathwani joins BDC to head C$150 million life sciences fund
After nearly two decades with TIAP, Parimal Nathwani has joined the Development Bank of Canada to manage a new C$150 million life sciences fund.
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JIC launches CZK400m fund to back startups across CEE
JIC was founded by four universities in Czechia’s South Moravian Region in 2003 and first began investing in 2015.
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Panel: AI is a recompilation engine
Is AI stealing your creativity? We’re tackling the ethical dilemmas and creative challenges of generative AI across marketing, gaming, and consulting.
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Constantin Coussios to lead innovation at Oxford following historic spinout exit
Constantin Coussios’ spinout OrganOx became the University of Oxford’s largest exit to date last year when it was bought for $1.5 billion.
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Empirical Ventures pockets another £10m from British Business Bank
The British Business Bank’s commitment has now reached £15 million, and will allow Empirical Ventures to back more venture scientists.
