GAP Pipeline Brief: University of Cambridge / Bit.bio
Award & Investment Overview Bit.bio, a University of Cambridge spinout specializing in human cell engineering, has raised $50 million in a new funding round to support global expansion and product growth. The round is led by M&G with a $32 million equity investment, alongside a $20 million venture debt facility provided by BlackRock. The financing […]
Yale Ventures Opens 2025-2026 Faculty Accelerator Fund Applications
Yale Ventures is excited to announce that applications for the 2025-2026 accelerator funds open on September 2, 2025. Yale accelerator funds are open to faculty innovators and their teams working on cutting-edge translational research in the life sciences, digital health, autoimmunity and allergic disease, engineering, and physical sciences. To date, Yale accelerator funds support faculty […]
U2V launches €60M fund to focus on university deep tech
Europe produces world-class scientific research from its top universities, yet struggles to convert breakthroughs into global companies, leaving many innovations trapped in labs. U2V, short for University2Ventures, addresses this through its newly closed €60 million Fund I, which targets pre-seed and seed-stage deeptech spin-offs in AI, novel computing, industrial tech, and cleantech. The Berlin-based firm […]
MassVentures Launches New Center to Support Academic Inventors and Entrepreneurs
Boston — Today, MassVentures announced the launch of the rebranded Massachusetts Academic Spinouts Center (MASC), formerly known as the Mass Tech Transfer Center, to accelerate academic spinout company formation and success. MASC will engage with the entrepreneurial ecosystem and Massachusetts’ world-class academic institutions and research labs to help inventors, researchers, and entrepreneurs to bring their innovations to market. […]
GAP Insights: University of Pennsylvania, BioNTech, and OUP Launch $50 Million Life Sciences Venture Fund
According to reporting sourced from Business Wire, the University of Pennsylvania has joined with BioNTech and Osage University Partners to launch a $50 million life sciences venture fund aimed at accelerating early-stage companies emerging from university research. The fund will focus on startups developing therapeutics, diagnostics, research tools, and AI-driven drug discovery platforms. The fund […]