Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
QibiTech, a Japan-based developer of a highly autonomous teleoperation system for robots spun out of University of Tokyo, has received ¥68.4m ($655,000) from open innovation platform operator ThinQ I Holdings, autonomous transportation robot maker Takumi and engineer training programme provider Willtec.
A new $35m fund will be managed by external venture studio High Alpha Innovation and will work with the university on creating new startups.
Basel has quietly built a life sciences ecosystem that’s becoming hard to ignore.
From a chest-worn device to help with Parkinson's symptoms to stress measuring socks — here are the spinouts providing support for senior citizens.
Global University Venturing (GUV) is where tech transfer, academic and investment experts meet to explore the latest ideas and technologies driving innovation forward. We drive the discussions and share best practices that are critical to the success of spinouts, scaleouts and innovation programmes. Our aim is to help improve the processes of bringing innovations from academia to global markets and facilitate their integration into the broader business ecosystem.
