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Sifted shines a spotlight on the university-affiliated venture funds supporting spinouts, with 92% of the UK’s Russell Group universities now having an affiliated venture fund. @AlbionVC @UCL_Business @Siftedeu Read more: sifted.eu/articles/russe…

@Tenpoint_Tx reports positive Phase 3 results for BRIMOCHOL™ PF, an eye drop for #presbyopia. The treatment improved near vision for up to 8 hour, and enhanced reading speed and quality of life. FDA filing is planned for 1H 2025, with a 2026 launch expected.

Humanloop is now generally available! After 2 years of working closely with early customers, we're opening access to our full evals platform. 🧵 Here's what we've learned and how we can help you build great AI products:

Our first academic to business founder is UCL Cancer Institute’s Professor Amit Nathwani. Prof. Nathwani draws on his unique and varied lab to market story. Learn how @UCL’s unique entrepreneurial ecosystem is allowing him to make an impact with his research and innovations, most recently in his role as Founder and CEO of immuno-oncology spinout #NovalGen. @ucltf | @UCLTRO | @uclcancer #GEWUK2024 #spinouts Watch here:

Congratulations to the @hazy_ai team!

Oriole Networks, the company using light to train LLMs with a fraction of the usual AI energy consumption, has raised an additional $22 million from leading investors to further scale its “super-brain” solution. More @FortuneMagazine: fortune.com/2024/10/21/ori…

Some great progress for @MeiraGTx. #GeneTherapy #biotech

Cancer Research UK and NovalGen, a UCLTF portfolio company, have signed an agreement to bring NovalGen’s next-generation T-cell engager, NVG-222, into a first-in-human clinical trial. @CR_Horizons @UCL_Business @AlbionVC Learn more: ucltf.co.uk/cancer-researc…

Learn more about UCL spinout @GaussionLTD's recent funding ⬇️ @UCLTF @AlbionVC

We are excited to announce that @GaussionLTD, a UCL spinoff, has secured $12m to advance its innovative battery charging technology. The Series A funding was led by @autotechvc, with participation from @UCLTF and @BGFinvestments. More here: tinyurl.com/3pjc5cvx

This July, join @UCLEngineering on a journey of discovery and exploration at the Festival of Engineering. Full of exhibits, demos and showcases, this is a chance to see how Engineering is building the future. Register here: direc.to/ktHT

💸 With #QVCS, @Maddyness_UK profiles different #funds to give #founders and #entrepreneurs the information they need to choose the right #investor. Today, we speak to Dave Grimm, Partner at @AlbionVC and @UCLTF. maddyness.com/uk/2024/04/22/…

Great news for the team at Oriole Networks! The @ucl spinout has raised £10 million in Seed funding to revolutionise #AI performance and adoption, and solve AI’s critical energy problem. @AlbionVC @UCL_Business @UCLEngineering More in @Siftedeu: sifted.eu/articles/ai-or…

We're delighted to support @ucl spinout Stanhope AI in its £2.3m seed funding round, along with @CreatorFund, @MMC_Ventures, @Moonfire_VC, Rockmount Capital and leading angel investors. @UCLIoN @AlbionVC @UCL_Business Discover more in @Siftedeu: sifted.eu/articles/stanh…

We were pleased to host another I/O Lab Coffee Club session on Wednesday. UCL academics looking to delve into commercialisation further, register for the next I/O Lab intake. Running once a year, across two months. @ucltf More here: bit.ly/3TmoV2U

Congratulations to @EchopointML on it's £4.2 million Series A funding. Delighted to continue our support for the @UCL spinout and leader in the development of advanced diagnostic solutions for cardiovascular care. @UCLmedphys @ucleeenews Read more: bit.ly/42M1d2U

UCL academics looking to informally discuss topics relevant to research commercialisation. Don't miss the next I/O Lab Coffee Club event, taking place on 28 February. @UCL_Business Learn more and register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/io-lab-coffe…

The UCLTF team are looking forward to attending this event on 24 April.

For International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11th Feb, we chatted to UCLTF's Leigh Brody and Sara Watson about what makes their roles unique, working at the intersection of life science and venture capital industry. #WomenInSTEM Read more: ucltf.co.uk/ucltf-tips-its…

Read about some of the brilliant achievements to stem from commercialising @UCL research and innovations in @UCL_Business' newly launched publication 'Impact'. #UCLBImpact