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One of Europe’s biggest research organisations, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in Germany, is pushing to close its first venture fund to finance spin-off companies from the institute.

Take care: not all spin-outs end in fame and glory. The path from academia to industry is strewn with pitfalls…

No, it has nothing to do with government PR. It's an exotic thing that you can do with electrons.

Not everyone can produce a Google, Stanford's way of doing business is making other universities look with interest at the revenue possibilities of equity deals.

Once upon a time, there were great businesses with massive central labs that did both product development and basic research. Today, most corporate labs have refocused on applied research. They do not know what they are missing.

Acquisition gives Roche access to antibody-boosting technology - and possible anti-cancer treatments in the pipeline

How a Swiss university spin-off got to exit in six years - Interview with Joël Jean-Mairet, Chief Executive Officer and Joint Founder, GlycArt.

By mixing academic research with commercial ventures, Sir Richard Friend has returned to the scientific traditions of Faraday and Kelvin. He has also created a new role model for the modern scientist.