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CapeHaven reaches for Yale spinouts with $10m
CapeHaven has launched as a biotech venture creation platform with a goal to raise $10 million that it will use to commercialise Yale research.
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Lansdowne Partners unveils $150m spinout fund
The fund is targeting a $200 million close by December, and already counts the British Business Bank, Aviva Investors, and Lloyds as LPs.
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SMU launches $10m urban sustainability fund
The Urban SustaInnovator Fund will back companies going through SMU’s accelerator programme for urban sustainability.
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Graduate Ventures launches €80m fund, expands to more universities
Three Amsterdam institutions are among the new partners for Graduate Ventures, which is also expanding to Eindhoven.
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University of Stirling recruits Teesside’s Steph Bales
Steph Bales has run knowledge exchange at Teesside University since 2017, and is a past chair of ARMA and INORMS.
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Simon Fraser University launches C$20m SFU Innovates Venture Fund
Simon Fraser University is the second institution in as many months to partner with InBC Investment to launch a university venture fund.
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Johns Hopkins startups get $50m boost
The WP Carey Foundation is committing $50 million to the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School to support the launch of more IP-backed startups.
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Colorado School of Mines launches Mines Venture Fund II
The Mines Venture Fund II will invest $10 million in spinouts and startups, with half the capital coming from the state.
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LIST picks Jennifer Dos Santos to oversee IP and licensing
Jennifer Dos Santos was previously a technology transfer officer at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology for more than a decade.
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Guelph promotes Mazyar Fallah to VP for research and innovation
Mazyar Fallah is currently the dean of the College of Biological Science at the University of Guelph, and will step into his new role on 25 May 2026.
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Amir Rizwan steps away from London Social Ventures as pilot phase concludes
Amir Rizwan has stepped down as director of London Social Ventures, which concluded its two-year pilot phase with a report last month.
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Dipanjan Pan picked for new innovation role at Penn State’s Huck Institutes
Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has named Dipanjan Pan its inaugural director for innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
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Francis Crick Institute builds out entrepreneurship team
Jo Mills has joined as head of entrepreneurship and KQ Labs, while Ella Moonan Howard and Faye Murphy have also joined the team.
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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.
