Oxford University has rejected claims made by a Google venture capitalist that rival Cambridge has the edge when it comes to spinning out startup companies from university labs. Responding to an article published on Business Insider last Sunday, Oxford University Innovation, the university's technology transfer business, said the wild success of chip designer ARM and search company Autonomy skew the picture in Cambridge's favour. The businesses were sold for £24 billion and £8 billion respectively. "We're ahead in spinout (ie.