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Based on research at University of Bristol, Albotherm’s technology could revolutionise how greenhouses and buildings are cooled.

The institution is starting afresh with its investment activities, having brought the management of its spinouts back in-house after Touchstone.

The IGBMC spinout was set up by Satt Conectus and is now seeking a listing in the US with a price range of $15 to $17.

The fund will invest in companies linked to École Polytechnique, including spinouts, alumni-founded startups or businesses incubated by the school.

VIB and V-Bio Ventures have both participated in a series A round for Muna Therapeutics, the result of a merger of two recent spinouts.

Jim O’Neill, Duncan Johnson and Russell Schofield-Bezer will lead the investment company set up by the universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield.

The institution is starting afresh with its investment activities, having brought the management of its spinouts back in-house after Touchstone.

Diarmuid O’Brien will take over as chief executive of Cambridge Enterprise this September following the retirement of Tony Raven.

Historically left behind by their peers in the golden triangle, universities in the north are stepping up with their own funds, accelerators and collaborations.

Four of the incubator’s portfolio companies will pitch to investors at the GCV Digital Forum 3.0 following the success of similar competitions at our previous events.