dawn of a new asset class

Dawn of a new asset class

Deal activity in first half of 2013

Source: Global University Venturing

H2 university-focused fundsName Size Focus

Boehringer Ingelheim N/A Health

Cambridge Innovation Cap £50m Cambridge, UK

Kyoto $60m Japan

Daiichi Sankyo/Mitsubishi $7.5m Japan

Venture Investors $80m Wisconsin, USA

YEI Innovation Fund $2.5m Yale, USA

Stanford-StartX unlimited Stanford, USA

Rock Spring Ventures £25m Scotland

Allied Minds $100m USA

Source: Global University Venturing

Proverbs from Hell

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.What is now proved was once only imagined….If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.Exuberance is Beauty.~William Blake (extract from Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart)

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