
From Microsoft Ventures to DEEP Ecosystems, Thomas Kösters has spent his career working on the conditions around a startup. His argument begins with a small group of people willing to build something where they live.
Royalties from a Michigan State cancer breakthrough helped build a lasting research fund. Today, the MSU Research Foundation turns that financial head start into startup capital, lab space and a practical answer to the question: what happens after discovery?
The government-backed investor helped finance InfiniLink before GlobalFoundries bought it. Behind that deal sits a broader experiment: using public capital to give Egyptian startups more ways to grow.