# University spinouts

Northern Gritstone CEO: Exiting to US acquirers isn’t a failure

Duncan Johnson talks scaling the north of England tech ecosystem, Gritstone’s new San Francisco office and why portfolio exits are coming

UK government seeks fund manager for £150m northern scaleup fund

The fund, which will come from money already allocated to the British Business Bank, will provide investments of £5m-15m to companies in the north of England

VCs rejoice as UK government rules out spinout exit tax

Reports had suggested an incoming levy on university spinouts that move abroad

University of Glasgow spinouts looking to raise

The university currently supports 30 spinout companies that have collectively secured over £190m in funding

UK spinout investor Northern Gritstone to open San Francisco office

The north of England investor launched in 2021 and backs spinouts from the universities of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and Liverpool

QMUL spinouts looking to raise

Sifted breaks down grant-stage to Series A spinouts from the university that are courting investors

222 spinouts, €4.9bn raised: Europe’s top universities for spinout funding in H1 2026

21 spinouts to watch, according to VCs

Built on research in strategically important areas, homegrown spinouts offers VCs a route into Europe’s growing tech sovereignty ecosystem

University of Edinburgh spinouts looking to raise

Sifted breaks down pre-seed to Series B spinouts from the university that are courting investors

7 TUM spinouts ready to raise their next round

The German spinout factory counts companies like Isar Aerospace and Robco among its alumni

10 Oxford spinouts ready to raise Series A

Spanning drug discovery, robotics, quantum tech and more — these are the buzziest startups spinning out of Europe's most prolific life sciences university

12 ETH Zurich spinouts ready to raise Series A

Zurich is capturing a lot of attention when it comes to Europe's deeptech ambitions

Europe’s startups should stop chasing grants

There's never been a more important time for European science. But when it comes to financing those ambitions, we keep reaching for the wrong tools

Investors hunt for ‘the next DeepMind’ in Oxford amid deeptech boom

A cohort of deeptech spinouts has investors hunting for deals in the historic UK city

27 European spinout labs to watch, according to investors

Europe’s brightest minds are turning their scientific research into companies

Shift in global dynamics a ‘gift’ for the UK, says Cambridge Enterprise CEO

One year into his job as head of Cambridge university’s tech transfer office, Jim Glasheen is backing the UK to capitalise on geopolitical headwinds

Earlybird partners launch €60m independent fund for deeptech university spinouts

U2V’s founders will remain partners at Earlybird, where they will manage existing portfolio companies

UK tops European spinout ranking — but US acquirers gain most from region’s exits

Deeptech and life sciences M&A reached new peaks while IPOs ‘disappeared’, report finds

The cult of IP is distracting Europe’s spinout founders

When you start with the market, the mission and the team, the rest, including the right IP, will follow

Polytechnique Ventures raises €21m fund to back university founders

École Polytechnique ranks among France’s most prestigious engineering schools

Creator Fund doubles down on PhD founders with $41m first close of new fund

The fund has backed spinouts from institutions across the continent, including the University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich and the Technical University of Munich

16 university spinouts to watch, according to VCs

Investors from B2venture, Earlybird, First Momentum and AlbionVC share their picks

Cambridge Innovation Capital commits £100m to spinouts, launches EIR programme

The Cambridge-based VC is aiming to get more research out of the lab and into the market

Germany doubling down on startup creation with 10 new startup factories

Today, the 10 winners of the federal government’s “Startup Factory” competition were announced