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The UniVCC Platform opens to members in October

Built around four priorities for university and RTO-affiliated funds: raising from LPs, making spinouts discoverable to deep-tech VCs, non-dilutive funding through the Grants Desk, and direct connections across borders.

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Membership announcement #4: twenty-two institutions join over the summer

A fourth wave across Europe and Australia, from Helsinki to Sarajevo and from Pamplona to Canberra - university-affiliated vehicles, independent deep-tech funds with a commercialisation mandate, RTOs and ecosystem organisations.

UniVCC · 27 Aug 2026 ↗

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Thank you for joining The Roundtable by UniVCC

Notes and community feedback from the session: a peer-to-peer format built around university-affiliated investment funds, deep-tech capital and the policy environment around them.

UniVCC · 2 Jul 2026 ↗

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Building the future of university VC through global peer exchange

What the coalition session looked like in practice: an international group of practitioners working through fund architecture, deep-tech capital and regulation - discussion rather than broadcast.

UniVCC · 1 Jul 2026 ↗

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Membership announcement #3: past sixty organisations across five continents

A third wave joins in a few weeks, taking the coalition beyond sixty organisations - venture funds, technology transfer offices and ecosystem organisations.

UniVCC · 24 Jun 2026 ↗UniVCCNews

Registration for The Roundtable closes today

The last call for university VCs, TTOs, RTOs, LPs and deep-tech VCs to join the 29 June session and connect with an international community of practitioners.

UniVCC · 22 Jun 2026 ↗UniVCCNews

Policymakers are asking to engage with university venture capital

One of the clearer developments around the coalition: policymakers want reliable data, practical insight and structured input from the organisations funding and commercialising university innovation.

UniVCC · 19 Jun 2026 ↗UniVCCNews

Investment readiness, seen from the deep-tech VC side

The question is usually asked of spinouts. The Roundtable asked it the other way round: what deep-tech VCs investing into university and RTO-affiliated portfolios actually look for.

UniVCC · 16 Jun 2026 ↗UniVCCNews

Fund architecture: the structure behind the mission

Same mission, very different machines. Across the coalition: in-house entities and external funds, evergreen and closed-end structures, single and multi-institutional models.

UniVCC · 11 Jun 2026 ↗UniVCCNews

A look inside The Roundtable agenda

The areas chosen for the first online session, picked as the most challenging: fund architecture, deep-tech capital, and the regulatory and policy environment.

UniVCC · 9 Jun 2026 ↗

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The Roundtable by UniVCC has a date

The next peer-to-peer session is set for 29 June, 15:00–17:00 CEST, online, for practitioners across university venture capital.

UniVCC · 5 Jun 2026 ↗

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Membership announcement #2: more than forty members globally

In under two weeks, more than twenty new institutions across four continents joined the coalition - university VC, technology transfer and the wider deep-tech ecosystem.

UniVCC · 21 May 2026 ↗

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What does a globally connected university VC ecosystem look like?

The question behind the first online coalition session in mid-June: capital pathways, IP models, and how university venture ecosystems connect internationally.

UniVCC · 20 May 2026 ↗UniVCCNews

Joining UniVCC is lighter than most people assume

A common assumption is that membership needs lengthy internal approvals and institutional commitments. Onboarding is deliberately lightweight; what matters is a shared mission.

UniVCC · 18 May 2026 ↗

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Membership announcement #1: the first institutions join

University venture capital is becoming global, interconnected and strategically relevant to deep tech and research commercialisation. The first cohort of institutions and ecosystem players.

UniVCC · 15 May 2026 ↗UniVCCNews

University venture capital is becoming a distinct category

Universities increasingly sit behind the strongest deep-tech pipelines, and capital is organising around that faster than the infrastructure around it.

UniVCC · 13 May 2026 ↗UniVCCNews

Around 240 funds, and almost no shared infrastructure

The gap the coalition was founded to close: roughly 240 university venture funds globally, sitting on some of the strongest deep-tech pipelines anywhere, with almost nothing shared between them.

UniVCC · 11 May 2026 ↗UniVCCNews

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Coalition announcements, event recaps and milestones - including a third of the European UVC sector joining within the first two months.

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University of Hawai’i recruits Denny Otsuga, makes Chad Walton permanent VP

University of Hawai'i appoints Denny Otsuga as director of its Office of Innovation and Commercialization and makes Chad Walton permanent VP for research and innovation, following interim leadership roles.

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Chile’s tech transfer tightrope between profit and public good

Chile has passed progressive technology transfer legislation balancing commercialisation with public benefit, including mandatory IP repositories, researcher protections, and transparency requirements for university spinouts.

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem launches $50m fund

Hebrew University of Jerusalem and its tech transfer office Yissum launched a $50 million fund with Dvash Group to invest in university spinouts and Israeli startups.

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UH Ventures hires Melissa Cohen as VP of venture development and investment

UH Ventures, the commercialisation arm of University Hospitals, has hired Melissa Cohen as its first VP of venture development and investment, with responsibility for designing and deploying investment funds.

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Don’t bet on New South Wales’ spinout fund yet

New South Wales announced an A$150 million spinout fund, but its July launch and political dependence on a March 2027 election outcome make it an unreliable vehicle for universities to co-develop, the editorial argues.

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New South Wales dangles A$150m spinout fund in front of voters

New South Wales Labor government pledges A$150 million spinout investment fund, contingent on winning the upcoming election.

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British Business Bank launches £210m fund for southeast England

British Business Bank launches £210m fund targeting southeast England, which generates 17% of UK university spinouts but receives only 5% of equity investment.

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Spinouts in the north of England to benefit from £150m scale-up fund

A £150m fund will invest in university spinouts across northern England, with individual investments ranging from £5m to £15m.

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News and Perspectives from Across University Venture Capital

From UniVCC

The UniVCC Platform opens to members in October

Membership announcement #4: twenty-two institutions join over the summer

Thank you for joining The Roundtable by UniVCC

Building the future of university VC through global peer exchange

Membership announcement #3: past sixty organisations across five continents

Registration for The Roundtable closes today

Policymakers are asking to engage with university venture capital

Investment readiness, seen from the deep-tech VC side