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Everything ventured, everything gained
Introducing the 2018
Global University Venturing Powerlist
When Global University Venturing published its five-year data review in May this year, providing an in-depth overview of the innovation ecosystem, we counted 318 funds in our database – nearly a fifth of which had been raised in the preceding 18 months.
It proved there is a staggering amount of capital being poured into an industry that is all too often blamed for not being equipped to generate enough, well-resourced or unicorn-achieving companies, depending on which policymaker you ask.
Yes, there might be some truth to the statement that not enough spinouts make it to a $1bn-plus valuation, particularly in non-US markets – though decision-makers elsewhere ought to understand that even in the US not all ecosystems are created equal.
But there is another truth.
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