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Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast

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Are Universities Taking a Big Stake in Startups?

Elnor: We had a couple of interesting fund raises. I e v cs raising funds in europe. The first one was creator fun, which is out of the u. K. It's looking to back companies that are coming out of universities aso research teams and turning their discoveries into hopefully successful businesses. Elnor: Most of the people that are founding them don't have commercial experts,. Right? So when you're scaling this business, yes, you've got the incredible ip, the incredible innovation, but then you also need to hire a team to sell the products and find customers rate.

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