An Interview with Nancy Sullivan, CEO & Managing Director of Illinois Ventures
In June, OUP released our Research Realized interview with Nancy Sullivan, CEO and Managing Director of Illinois Ventures. Illinois Ventures is a seed and early-stage technology investment firm focused on research-derived companies in information technologies, physical sciences, and life sciences. While their origins are investing in businesses based on innovations from the University of Illinois, they […]
Full ArticlePodcast: A Conversation with Elias Caro of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
Full Article2018 VC & University Startup Financing Trends
We’re almost halfway through 2018, which means we at Osage University Partners (OUP) again hosted our annual financing trends webinar (last year’s recap). For the 2018 version, our investment team analyzed not only general VC investment trends, but also trends specific to our partner university network of 5,000+ startups. I should mention this blog post only pulls […]
Full ArticlePodcast: A Conversation with Mark Turco of Penn Center for Innovation
Full ArticleAn interview with Lita Nelsen and Katharine Ku
Some people had the fortune to fall into technology transfer before it was a known career and helped shape the field to become the vibrant, challenging, and rewarding profession it is today. Two of those players are Lita Nelsen, former Director of MIT’s Technology Licensing Office, and Katharine Ku, former Executive Director of the Office […]
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