Technology Transfer

The technology-transfer unit of Imperial College London, continuing preparations for its stock-market debut on 31 July, said it has completed a £25 million private placement and set a public share price that would value the business at £181 million.

China has now set its sights on developing its scientific prowess in the same way - and at the same rate – as it has modernised its economy.

Imperial College London is set to become the first university to float its technology-transfer office directly on the stock market.

This week the European Investment Fund took the first step in its ambitious new plan to unleash a wave of technology transfer across Europe. In doing so it endorsed a model pioneered in the UK.

The European Investment Fund has partnered with UK technology commercialisation company IP Group to form a venture capital fund to invest in university spin-outs.

India's failure to launch a functional communications satellite using a home-grown rocket is likely to spur even more investment in space programmes.

European food manufacturers are being offered access to a new software tool that takes the trial and error out of devising and developing convenience food recipes,.

Swedish spin-out Denator Biotechnology is raising money to fund development of its technology that analyses protein samples without adulterating them with added reagents.

Antenova of Cambridge, UK, a developer of smart antenna for accessing mobile location-based services, said is targeting a flotation on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2007.

Mista Ltd is looking for funding and publishers for its software, which allows users to create virtual guided tours.