ICAN Press
July 16
SUNY Chancellor announces $4M expansion of Upstate Biotech Ventures Fund
Wichita State joins I-Corps Great Plains Hub
Critical Ventures raises $5M fund to lure founders from campuses
Updated list of student investors and VC firms
India's Chandigarh University partners with Venture Catalysts to launch "Campus Tank"
Delaware State U partners with Capital One Ventures to fund student ventures
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July 14
Global venture funding declined in May to $21.8B; down 13% from previous quarter
Boldstart Ventures raises $250M to back "back of envelope" AI startups
King's College London launches spinout accelerator
U of Utah's Trace AQ raises $1.25M for AI-driven air-quality forecasting
Linknovate highlights "Top 35 Spin-Offs to Watch in 2025"
The Times debates "should universities demand equity in spinouts?"
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July 10
University spinout funds now accepting capital from corporate VCs
USC and TechStars hold demo day for inaugural Digital Economy Accelerator
Trinity College Dublin spinout ODOS raises 680,000 euros (US$800K)
UK sees launch of Northern Universities Fund for spinouts of Campus-Born Ventures
George Schulz Innovation Fund invests $600K in three U of Chicago spinouts
ETSU's Accelerate Appalachia welcomes five new ventures to 2025 Cohort
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July 9
India's Campus-Fund closes $100M third fund to back Campus-Born Ventures
TechCrunch reports that 36 new tech unicorns were born so far in 2025
U of Edinburgh spins out Singular Photonics with help from its own fund: Old College Capital
U of Maryland announces spinout of Gallion Health nurtured in its iHarbor Innovation Center
Earlier
South Carolina Research Authority announces over $150K in seed and demonstration grants
Pentagon launches accelerator focused on Campus-Born defense ventures
U Chicago Booth School "Build Accelerator" invests $2.2M in Campus-Born Ventures
CU Boulder commits $325K to student ventures
MSU student venture fund selects five Campus-Born Ventures for funding
UVA's Galant Challenge has invested $35M in Campus-Born Ventures since 2012
CrunchBase report reveals "Where funded founders went to school"
NC State Chancellor's Innovation Fund backs six Campus-Born Ventures
U of Minnesota student-owned fund raises $1M for second fund
U of Washington's Pack Ventures accelerates campus innovation
Harvard students launch Twenty25Ventures to invest in classmates' ventures
WBENC announces 2025 Collegiate Accelerator Cohort of 40 founders
Cornell eLab student startup accelerator welcomed 13 new founders in spring cohort
Equalize holds pitch day featuring 32 women academic inventors
Southern Illinois Carbondale accelerator graduates 28 Campus-Born Ventures
VCU-born Evizia secures $2.2M NIH grant to commercialize DNA sequencing microscope
Campus Fund is India's largest fund dedicated to "student-led startups"
Yale student venture raises $3M in two weeks for AI-powered social media network
Student-led seed fund targets AI and sustainability startups
UT Knoxville announces Startup Studio summer 2025 cohort
India's IIT receives $3M from US-based Foxhog Ventures to incubate startups
Northwood U, "America's Free Enterprise University" receives $20M to expand entrpreneurship
Get'em while they're hot: HBS students launch $1M fund to invest in their own
Strathclyde (Scotland) cancer-tech spinout raises $1M seed investment
U Chicago oral cancer test developer OrisDX raises $4M seed round
CU Boulder fund invests $100K in alum-founded PrecisionTerra
McMaster U spinout Afynia Laboratories locks in $5M seed round
U of Wyoming launches student-run venture capital fund
U of Bari (Italy) spinout QSENATO receives $600K to pursue quantum sensing
UK debates whether universities should take equity in spinout ventures
20-something Yale grads raise $4.5M for AI startup that eliminates software bugs
Duke U startup closes $5M round for new lung injury treatment technology
New angel network focused on Johns Hopkins startups
U Angels Network invests in alumni venture Motion
Datasite acquires Grata for $200M: founded in 2016 by two Harvard classmates
IEEE highlights universities as "Innovation Incubators": confirming the ICAN thesis
Wanna know where funded founders went to school? Here's the scoop
U of Arizona spinout nets $4M funding for cancer treatment drug development
University in India recognizes the potential of Campus-Born Ventures
Pentagon launches Y Combinator style accelerator for Campus-Born defense ventures
U of Chicago partners with Harper Court Ventures on $25M fund for Campus-Born Ventures
Trace Air Quality, a U of Utah spinout, raises $1.25M
UK government allocates ï¿¡30M to fund university spinouts
Former UNLV president launches fund to "close funding gap"
Drone startup to prevent wildfires wins top prize at U Washington competition
Cambridge: Britain must "up its game" to commercialize spinouts
Lux Capital digging deep to find Campus-Born Ventures
WSJ: universities exploring new funding models to deal with new endowment taxes
Duke University angels talk about investing in Campus-Born Ventures
Top angel investor has invested in 17 Campus-Born Ventures: three exits and three pending
CU Boulder launches 35 startups in FY 24: shatters previous record of 20 in FY 21
University scientist urges others to explore the entrepreneurial path
It was a Big Year: Over $39B invested in Campus-Born Ventures in 2021
2024 was big year for campus spinout venture fund launches
Professor launches Alice.tech: the "Duolingo" for exams
Southhampton University (UK) undergrads raise $280K for AI startup
Yale students raise $3M to launch a Facebook rival
University of Wyoming launches student-run venture capital fund
Martin Center for Academic Renewal: Act more like the businesses you are!
Deloitte: Higher Education needs to identify new sources of revenue
The 100 highest-funded MBA startups of 2025
MIT-born StackAI closes $16M Series A
Yale grads close $4.5M Series A for their Campus-Born Venture
UT Austin spinout Apptronik receives $350M Series B
The Garage at Northwestern University excels in Campus-Born Ventures
The UK publishes report on UK Academic Spinout Trends
Carnegie-Mellon spinout Bloomfield Robotics acquired by Kubota
University at Buffalo spinout Abceutics acquired by Merck for $208M
University of New England students use their athletic experience to develop Underdog Energy
Yale 2021 spinout Modifi Biosciences acquired by Merck for $30M
Cornell welcomes 13 venture to its Spring 2025 e-Lab for student ventures
U Cincinnati does it again: 6 ventures make 2025 "startups to watch" list
CU Boulder gets it: $125K non-equity grants for Campus-Born Ventures
Google gets it: Partners with Rice U to establish campus-based AI accelerator
Oxford rated top UK school for spinout ventures
Cornell solid-state battery spinout gaining traction
Northeastern U student builds fast-growing EdTech startup
Berkeley takes top spot in fostering Campus-Born Ventures
U Chicago New Venture Challenge announces six finalists
Georgia Tech speaker to pay startup incorporation fees for grads
Meketa: Universities shouldn't launch proprietary investment funds
Investors see Campus-Born Ventures as massive opportunity in 2025
Campus student clubs are breeding ground for multi-million dollar startups
2025 top campuses for startups
Hey Tech Transfer Officers: VC's don't invest in seed-stage spinouts
Universities increasingly lean on spin-outs to generate funds
However, only 1/3 of research universities have associated venture funds!
Advice to overconfident founders: Experiment, learn, pivot
Rice business plan winners announced
Y Combinator’s startups for students guide is kinda useful
Oxford is UK’s top spinout campus
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Lawyers, yuck. Here’s a legal take on spinout risks
Here’s a list of top Campus-Born Ventures of 2025
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Harvard Dropout’s Venture Nets $2B Valuation
College Football Buddies Launch $1B Venture
Woman Creates 7-Figure Brand in College
Self Made Millionaires Advice: Just Get Started
College Drop Out Makes Billions Betting on Musk
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Only 1/3 of Top Campuses Have Venture Fund
Six Top Campus Startup Ventures
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