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We have a winner…
Future Planet Capital are delighted to announce Origami Energy as winners of the 2018 Future Planet Awards, hosted in association with Global Corporate Venturing.
Congenica: Poster Child for Research Commercialisation
When Genome Research Limited agreed to license the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute technology…
FPC & 8GT sign 3bn RMB MOU during PM’s trip to China
FPC & 8GT sign one of the biggest ever single commitments to…
New Frontiers in University Innovation
“Recent years have seen accelerated and fundamental changes to the ecosystem of university research, commercialization and investment,” says Professor Jerome Engel. In a new article for The Future Planet Blog, below, he explores three of the most intriguing new trends: the rise of ‘university venture funds,’ the changing nature of corporate VC, and a big push from the government funders of university research."
Align17 Announce Future Planet Capital as Founding Investment Partner
Future Planet Capital, the world’s first global platform to invest in leading universities and the…
Future Planet Capital sponsor UC Berkeley Entrepreneur Campaign
The University of California has just announced the five finalists of its new “I am…
Pollution: The Ignored Impact
A New Year is a time for resolutions. It is also a time of reflection, as we look back on twelve months of highs and lows for environmental policy – a subject closely intertwined with several of Future Planet’s core impact investment themes. We catch up with Nigel Saunders CEO of Sure Chill and Giffen Ott of Synova Power to see the how their technology is making a difference.
Future Planet Capital Pledge up to £30m for Tsinghua University Spinouts
FPC Chairman, Lord Norman Foster and Executive Chairman, Douglas Hansen-Luke present x-lab’s…
HM Treasury Announces Future Planet Capital partnership with Tsinghua University’s x-lab
Around £1.4 billion worth of commercial deals, an agreement to…
OSI: Patient Capital Meets University Venture
“Our shareholders are not like venture capital investors,” says Jim Wilkinson, the veteran CFO now steering the finances of Oxford Sciences Innovation, aka the largest university fund in the world. “This is a very different model which is all about encouraging patient capital.” Last month, FPB sat down with Jim to find out how OSI is putting that capital to work.