United States
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Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund makes first investments
The University of Arizona’s Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund has backed its first three spinouts after raising 60% of the initial target size.
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Portal Innovations launches fund and incubator for spinouts in Utah
Woodbine Labs will support spinouts from local institutions like the University of Utah and Brigham Young University.
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East Carolina University promotes Sharon Paynter to senior vice provost for research and innovation
Sharon Paynter has worked for East Carolina University for more than 16 years, including in senior leadership roles for research and innovation.
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Utah appoints Jamie Dwyer chief innovation officer, Bruce Hunter moves to Tecnológico de Monterrey
Jamie Dwyer succeeds Bruce Hunter at the University of Utah, as the former becomes chief innovation officer at the Tecnológico de Monterrey.
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UM Ventures elevates Felicia Metz to director
Felicia Metz has worked for the University of Maryland for more than 24 years and is also joining the AUTM board of directors this month.
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Tulsa promotes Chris Wright to assistant VP for innovation and entrepreneurship
Chris Wright was previously the director of the University of Tulsa’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for three years.
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Vanderbilt recruits Susan Margulies as VP for research and innovation
Susan Margulies succeeds Padma Raghavan, who became Vanderbilt’s executive director for science and technology strategy last summer.
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UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Fund quietly kicks off fundraising
The fund, launched in June last year, has secured its initial capitalisation.
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NJIT promotes Ike Nwabufo to director of technology transfer
Ike Nwabufo has been with the New Jersey Institute of Technology since April 2024, and will now oversee the full lifecycle of intellectual property.
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Justin Burns promoted to chief innovation officer at Georgia Research Alliance
Justin Burns has taken on the new role in addition to his duties as vice president for innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Neil Veloso joins Nationwide Children’s Hospital as VP for innovation and technology commercialisation
Neil Veloso is the new vice president for innovation and technology commercialisation at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, joining from Brown Technology Innovations.
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Tulane-focused 1834 Ventures raises $10m
Launched in August last year, Tulane University-focused 1834 Ventures is now halfway towards its $20 million target.
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Brad Burke retires after 25 years with Rice University
Brad Burke will step down at the end of June, bringing to a close more than two decades of leading entrepreneurship activities at Rice University.
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Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub hires Lewis Sheats as inaugural executive director
Lewis Sheats has worked in academic entrepreneurship for more than two decades, and comes to UW-Madison from Saint Louis University.
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Epidarex secures £50m from British Business Bank for new fund
Epidarex Capital focuses on early-stage life sciences spinouts from medical research institutions in the US and the UK.
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Walter Copan, VP for research and technology transfer at the Colorado School of Mines, steps down
Walter Copan has been with the Colorado School of Mines since 2021 and will step down at the end of February 2026 to focus on his family.
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Penn joins BioNTech and OUP to launch $50m PxB Fund
The Penn-BioNTech Innovative Therapeutics Seed Fund follows the announcement of Penn’s $10 million StartUP Fund last month.
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Osage University Partners promotes Stockman, Miri and Grafstrom
Manny Stockman has been promoted to managing partner, while Mitra Miri is now a partner, and Beth Grafstrom is the senior VP of finance.
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Shashank Priya joins Michigan State University as vice president for research and innovation
Michigan State University is bringing in Shashank Priya to succeed Douglas Gage as vice president for research and innovation.
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Ohio University’s director of tech transfer Bob Silva retires
Bob Silva, the director of technology transfer at Ohio University for the past fifteen years, is taking a six-month leave ahead of his retirement in June.
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Cheryl Horst made permanent executive director of NUtech Ventures
Cheryl Horst has been serving in an interim capacity since July last year, and has worked for NUtech Ventures for more than sixteen years.
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Harvard promotes Sam Liss to succeed Isaac Kohlberg
Sam Liss has been appointed chief technology development officer and associate provost at Harvard University, where he will succeed Isaac Kohlberg.
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Penn launches $10m StartUP Fund
The University of Pennsylvania has long resisted launching its own venture fund, but has now announced a $10 million investment fund for spinouts.
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Cindy Klein Marmer made permanent director of the Blank Center
She has served as interim executive director of Babson College’s entrepreneurship hub since last year, and her role is now permanent.
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Kevin Gardner, Stony Brook’s VP for research and innovation, steps down
Kevin Gardner, the vice president for research and innovation at Stony Brook University, will step down by the end of the year to return to teaching.
