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  Universities

  VC hunger for deep tech sees uni spinouts claim record share of European investment

  May 1, 2026

  As venture funding on the continent rises, spinouts’ portion of dealmaking is also going up.

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  Capital Pool

  Utah endowment’s OCIO contract raises conflict of interest concerns

  January 13, 2026

  Cynosure Capital Management, its new outsourced chief investment officer, is founded by members of one of the state’s richest families.

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  Weekend Analysis

  Is an MBA still worth it if you want to make it in VC?

  September 19, 2025

  The value prop of an MBA degree is less certain in venture than it used to be. But the pipeline is still going strong.

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  Capital Pool

  Tax rate hike leaves endowments at ease

  July 16, 2025

  The final excise tax on endowment investment income is a welcome relief for institutions under pressure from low distributions and funding cuts.

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  Limited Partners

  Harvard to lose tax-exempt status, Trump says

  May 2, 2025

  The threat may influence university endowments to slow allocations.

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  Private Equity

  Elite university endowments confront a ‘parade of horribles’

  April 16, 2025

  Endowments look to liquidate hedge fund commitments amid Trump administration’s funding pullback and the threat of a tax rate hike.

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  Biotech

  Federal funding cuts could destroy the lab-grown unicorn

  April 2, 2025

  In 2023, federal sources accounted for more than half of the total $108 billion that U.S. academic institutions spent on R&D. Much of that spending is at risk.

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  Limited Partners

  Tulane’s deputy CIO departs endowment for Commonfund’s outsourced CIO unit

  February 5, 2025

  Commonfund’s $16 billion outsourced CIO solutions business appointed former Tulane investor Julia Mord as its chief investor.

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