U Cambridge, University College London, and Imperial College London share in first investments from Apollo fund
Stevenage-based Apollo was established in January 2016 by AstraZeneca – now headquartered in Cambridge – GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson Innovation and the technology transfer offices of Imperial College London, University College London and the University of Cambridge. It supports the translation of ground-breaking academic science from within these universities into innovative new drug discovery programmes […]
Campus Capital signs university startup deal with University of Manchester
A venture capital firm has signed a partnership deal with the University of Manchester to identify and back early-stage companies with the potential to become the technology stars of the future. Campus Capital will invest sums from £50,000 to £200,000 into promising businesses both on campus and off campus across the Manchester city region. The […]
University of Wollongong sets up a $10 million seed fund for start-ups
The University of Wollongong has launched a $10 million seed fund for start-ups which join its new iAccelerate business incubator. Start-ups accepted by the incubator in its current round of applications will be eligible to apply for capital from the fund. The university has contributed $2 million to the fund, which is managed by Artesian […]
SEP Venture Capital donates to University of Strathclyde Entrepreneurs Fund
Venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners has made a “significant” donation to a fund which invests in business ventures by members of the University of Strathclyde’s community. SEP has made the gift to the Strathclyde Entrepreneurs Fund, which provides early stage investment in companies and ventures run by the University’s staff, students and alumni. [wpipa id=”14035″] The fund has supported […]
Paris Saclay University Launches €50M Seed Fund
Paris Saclay University has launched a €50m seed fund. The Paris Saclay Seed Fund, which will be run by Partech Ventures with support from Kurma Partners, aims to nurture the new generation of entrepreneurs from the innovation cluster. Led by and Romain Lavault, General Partner in charge of all seed activities at Partech, and Claire […]
Irish Research Council awarded €30m to researchers in 2016
The Irish Research Council’s full-year figures for 2016 detail funding allocated to researchers across the country. In total, in 2016, the Irish Research Council (IRC) granted €30m in funding to 373 new researchers. Details released in late December showed that the largest sum of funding – €15.5m – was allocated to the Government of Ireland […]
Berkshire invests in commercialisation of UK university research
The UK’s £1.9bn (€2.3bn) Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund is to invest £15m in a new fund aiming to direct institutional capital into the commercialisation of UK university research. The local authority pension fund committed the £15m to the British Innovation Fund (BIF), launched on 1 December by Future Planet Capital and Milltrust International […]
EPFL startups raise record $393M in outside capital in 2016
Companies linked to the Lausanne-based tech university raised 397 million francs ($393m) in 2016, smashing the previous record set in 2014, of 242 million francs, EPFL said in a statement. The funds were raised by spin-offs created as a result of technology developed in an EPFL lab or created by a campus researcher, as well […]
Defence innovation fund launched at Strathclyde
An innovation fund aimed at boosting developments in data-driven decision-making technologies has been launched at the University of Strathclyde. Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin announced the £3 million Defence and Security Accelerator competition at the inaugural Maritime Enterprise Innovation Scotland Conference, in the University’s Technology & Innovation Centre. Ms Baldwin said: The Defence Innovation […]
Rainbow Seed Fund’s £200m Investment in UKs Deep Science at Universities
Rainbow Seed Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on promising technologies developed at the UK’s largest publicly-funded research facilities and campuses, today announces that the fund have now leveraged more than £200m to work supporting UK’s most ground-breaking and innovative companies. Since the Fund’s inception in 2002, Rainbow Seed Fund has been investing in […]