{
  "id": 19096676,
  "title": "UCL spinouts looking to raise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/ucl-spinouts-looking-to-raise",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-09T05:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sifted",
    "slug": "sifted",
    "url": "https://sifted.eu/articles/ucl-spinouts-looking-to-raise/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "University College London (UCL) is a leading source of university spinouts in the UK, with companies emerging from its medical, engineering, and physical sciences departments, according to news and expert analysis on startup Europe. Deeptech venture capitalists (VCs) remain cautious with spinouts, which is holding them back, contend Europe's top spinout investors. Deeptech is capturing an increasing portion of Europe's early-stage venture capital, but university spinouts are still only receiving a small share. Four investors involved with these spinouts share their perspectives on the challenges they face and how they navigate them. The annual Berlin event, known as Stage Two, brings together academic founders from across Europe to present their ideas to venture capitalists. To capitalize on the deeptech boom, Europe's spinouts need access to patient capital, a focus on customers, and support for female founders. European academic founders have been attracting significant venture capital investment this year.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "UCL is a major source of UK spinouts in medical, engineering, and physical sciences.",
    "Deeptech VCs are cautious with spinouts, limiting their share of venture capital."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}