As we cast our focus on tech transfer regions away from California and towards the US bustling East Coast, GUV stops in on central US and America’s northern neighbour.
Canada
Global Competiveness Ranking: 14
Global Innovation Rankings: 11
R&D spend as % of GDP: 1.8%
Canada is no stranger to innovation. A whole range of technologies have come out of the country and its inhabitants, including the electric wheelchair, the hydrofoil boat, SONAR, gas masks, and medicinal insulin…
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.
