Osage University Partners (OUP) is a venture capital fund that invests exclusively in startups that are commercializing university research. OUP firmly believes that universities provide an unparalleled innovation engine and we have partnered with over 100 of the most entrepreneurial universities and research centers to invest in their startups. Profits are shared with affiliated institutions to further promote the university entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Location: United States, Pennsylvania, Lower Merion Township
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2009
Investment Type: Venture Capital
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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 24.08.2026 | Quintessen... | quintessent.com | $51.5M | United Sta... |
| 07.05.2026 | Tessera La... | tesseralabs.ai | $60M | United Sta... |
| 01.03.2023 | Chroma Med... | chromamedicine.com | $260M | United Sta... |
| 05.01.2023 | Opsys Tech... | opsys-tech.com | $51.5M | - |
| 19.07.2022 | Delfi Diag... | delfidiagnostics.com | $325M | United Sta... |
| 27.06.2022 | Nikola Lab... | nikola.tech | $50.2M | United Sta... |
Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.08.2026 | Revolutionizing AI Datacenters: Quintessent's Quantum Dot Laser Secures $40 Million | Quintessent secures $40 million Series A. This funding targets AI datacenter optical interconnects. AI requires massive data movement. Existing lasers are power-intensive and scarce. Quintessent's quantum dot comb laser offers a breakthroug... |
| 24.08.2026 | Quintessent Raises $40 Million Series A and Begins Sampling First Product for AI Optical Interconnects | , an innovator in resilient and low-cost AI datacenter optical interconnect products, announced it has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A investment round. Quintessent also announced the start of customer sampling of its singl... |
| 24.08.2026 | Quintessent Raises $40 Million Series A As Quantum Dot Laser Targets 40% Lower AI Data Movement Power | Quintessent has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A round while beginning customer sampling of its single-chip quantum dot-based DWDM comb laser for AI data center optical interconnects. Cycle Capital led the financing, joined ... |
| 24.08.2026 | Quintessent Raises $40 Million Series A | SANTA BARBARA, CA, Quintessent, an innovator in resilient and low-cost AI datacenter optical interconnect products, announced it has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A investment round. >> Click here for more funding da... |
| 11.06.2026 | Harbour BioMed Appoints Dr. Luisa Salter-Cid as Scientific Advisor | CAMBRIDGE, Mass., ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SHANGHAI, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (the "Company"; HKEX: 02142), a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery and development of novel antibody ther... |
| 13.05.2026 | Tessera Labs Secures $60 Million to Revolutionize AI-Powered ERP Modernization | Tessera Labs secured $60 million in significant funding. Andreessen Horowitz led the investment round. The capital accelerates AI-powered enterprise transformation solutions. Tessera's multi-agent AI platform revolutionizes ERP modernizatio... |
| 07.05.2026 | Tessera Labs: $60 Million Funding Raised For AI-Powered ERP Modernization Platform | Tessera Labs announced it raised $60 million in oversubscribed funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz, to accelerate the development of its AI-native enterprise transformation platform. Foundation Capital, Myriad Venture Partners, and Osage Un... |
| 12.01.2023 | UK-based Hack The Box secures €51M for its ‘gamified’ cybersecurity training and upskilling platform | UK-based Hack The Box, an online gamified cybersecurity upskilling and talent assessment platform, announced on Wednesday, January 11, that it has raised $55M (approximately €51.09M) in a Series B round of funding. The company says it will ... |
| 27.06.2022 | Nikola Labs Raises Additional Growth Capital to Transform Maintenance in Manufacturing through $29 Million Series A Preferred Round | Wireless Vibration Monitoring from Nikola Labs “With the investment from Standard Investments and our other tremendous partners, we now have additional runway to scale our business to deliver greater value to both current and new customers.... |
| 14.09.2021 | Vanqua Bio Launches with $85 Million Series B Financing and a Mission to Vanquish Neurodegenerative Diseases | – Novel drug-development approach combines advanced insights into critical neuronal cell pathways with cutting-edge assays to enable next-generation therapies – – Lead program targets Parkinson’s disease and all forms of Gaucher disease – C... |
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