The change in government in the UK could bring a bigger focus on boosting spinout numbers and more investment in electricity grid upgrades.
Tag: University
Taiho Innovations increases capital to $32m
Taiho’s Japanese university spinout-focused CVC arm’s capital injection came five months after its US sister unit got an additional $100m.
Merck Group’s CVC to help South Korean uni assess startups
Merck Group and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s MoU will entail M Ventures helping grow South Korea’s ecosystem.
Europe’s Cyber Valley wants to make its alternative AI approach global
For eight years, Cyber Valley has been linking German AI and robotics researchers and spinouts with corporate partners, but a partnership with UTokyo IPC is the first step to it going global.
Real estate developer Tokyu Land backs university deeptech fund
Japan’s Tokyu Land joined the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to back University of Tokyo’s third investment initiative, ASA Fund.
Six ways to increase university spinout success
Spinout creation rates vary wildly at universities and intelligent capital and corporate partners have a big role in changing the numbers.
JLR: “We want people to think of a car like a Hermes bag”
The carmaker is exploring a “car for life” that gets upgraded as your needs change and other ideas at a new innovation centre it has set up at Warwick University.