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February 2012 ( View complete archive page )
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April 2012 ( View complete archive page )
- NUtech Ventures/UTDC uses proof of concept funding to support a promising imaging spin-out, Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Ohio and Ohio State University talk about expectations related to their new venture partnerships
- NIH announces translational research grants to support obesity and diabetes
- Moody Foundation supports research at U Texas Medical Branch
- Moody Foundation supports research at U Texas Medical Branch
- Indiana University add translational research funding through Strategic Research Initiative
- Utah Kickstart raising a second fund
- Nanofiber lands $500K from TechColumbus
- Ohio Third Frontier Fund puts $1M into advanced next-generation medical device company
- New Mexico State University funds its first two launch projects
- MI pre-seed fund invests in 9 new start-ups
- Iowa initiative to launch a seed fund
- MI Accelerator Fund aimed at early-stage/university technologies
- Florida Opportunity Seed Fund announces awards
- Ohio State University accelerator start-up backed by TechColumbus
- Oregon Angels back consumer brands in contest
- Australia seeks $100M to drive pre-seed investors
- US-China incubator Springs up in Sillicon Valley
- Indian government backs Startup Villiage
- Cincinnati state-supported VC fund supports aging-related products
- New Delhi VC fund focuses on Dalit entrepreneurs
- Armenia launching early stage VC fund ($200-500K/project)
- Micro-loans SPARK 12 new Michigan companies
- Connecticut TechStart Program fuels Yale start-ups
- Ohio University and Ohio State University Partner inject $35M into early stage technology
- TechColumbus puts some seed investment into an economic forecasting tool
- Michigan Wolverine fund drives student innovation
- Maryland partners with London VC firm to vest InvestMaryland early-stage fund
- Russian Materials and Computer Science Are Attracting US Venture Dollars
- Wilfrid Laurier University encourages innovation through President's Innovation Seed Fund
- Invest Maryland: Insurance-company credits lead to new start-up dollars
- KAUST Seed Fund Winner Develops Alzheimers App
May 2012 ( View complete archive page )
- An entire story about BioPharma corporate R&D; gap funds (with no mention of universities)
- Student Seed Fund Helps Tomato Farmers
- Government of Canada announces new innovation money
- Tennessee INCITE fund invests in healthcare, business services, and the sports world
- At New York University, It Takes A Lot More Than Grant Money To Fuel Innovation
- University of Adelaide's Commercial Accelerator seeks industrial proof of concept collaboration
- Philadelphia-based University City Science Center announces call for QED program
- U Colorado/State of Colorado matching fund supports seven bioscience companies
- Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club event draws discussion on the state of UK Venture Capital
- Purdue on tech transfer success, gap funding
- Virginia Tech Knowledge Works awards $100K worth of mentorship and business development support
- UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute translational research award funds gene therapy application
- Update: Axonia closes on $2M in seed funding. Gap funds play a role (Ann Arbor SPARK, Western Michigan University RF, and others)
- GA Science and Technology Accelerator Program supports product development
- University of Iowa Centers for Enterprise set to fund 2012 POC projects
- University of Illinois at Chicago prepares to fund 2012 proof of concept projects
- Northeastern University student-led accelerator fund grows its funding
- The SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator's Chautauqua Seed Fund grants $20,000 to Henlie Inc.
- Kent State University receives three grants from Third Frontier Tech Validation and Start-up Fund
- University of Rochester Medical Center uses external perspectives and experiences to build a community of entrepreneurial faculty
- Event in AZ underscores common tensions and opportunities in tech commercialization and U-I relations
- UCSD Von Liebig Center Graduate, Ortiva Wireless, is acquired
- UTexas Entrepreneurial Faculty Member Urges State to Support Start-up Funding
- NY Dept of Health/Venture firms team up to support digital health
- $8.25 million Seed Fund for Early-stage Life Science Companies: BioCrossroads Forms Indiana Seed Fund II
June 2012 ( View complete archive page )
- Few Awards Lead to Frustrations at Third Frontier Fund, Others Point to Recent Program Changes
- GlobeSherpa, a Portland State student-led venture, moves forward in convenient transit application
- Gap Funding Helps University of Illinois at Chicago Professors Commercialize Discoveries
- Alaskan 49th State Angel Fund Is Ready to Roll
- Pension Funds a Source for Early-stage Commercialization? Silicon Valley Bank Invests in Ireland
- BC Discovery Fund's portfolio company, Avigilon Corporation, receives emerging company award
- $20 Million W Fund, Focusing on Research Spinouts, Open for Business
- REDI, a University of Missouri-partnered initiative, eyes new seed fund
- Eight Scottish universities get access to new seed fund
- MassVentures launches under new name, seed fund
- Kenya Investment Authority creates a state-backed new venture fund
- InvestMaryland Forum Draws More Than 200 Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists
- Texas Startech Foundation accepting applications for Texas Emerging Technology Fund
- Third Frontier moving to loans
- Coulter Translational Partnership Program guidelines (University of Missouri Example)
- German RWTH Aachen University announces its 2012 seed fund awards
- Portland Seed Fund graduates nine companies
- Romania doubles down on it's software engineers with the Digital Catalyst Fund
- University of CO-Boulder announces new round of POC grant winners
- New Hampshire High Technology Council launches new $100K seed fund competition
- University of Houston receives state research dollars
- Cornell University center announces nine new academic venture awards
- City of Hope lands a translational research grant to develop T-cell immunotherapy
- Iowa Innovation Acceleration Program supports a state-based medical device start-up
- Six Universities /KiwiNet collaborate on pre-seed fund
- Stanford Translational Research and Applied Medicine Pilot Grant RFP
- New Hampshire Incubator to launch a new fund
July 2012 ( View complete archive page )
- Proposed I-Corps Nodes Will Foster Innovation Research and Education Regionally
- Washington PreCede Grants Go To Three, Promising University of Washington' Health Companies
- Bemidji State University Begins Small Gap Fund Effort For Faculty and Students
- Overview of New University of Michigan MCubed Program
- University of Illinois at Chicago Proof of Concept Gap Funding Awards Announced
- University Health Network awards investigators CIHR Proof-of-Principle grants
- Princeton IP Accelerator Fund announces request for proposals
- University of Michigan set to invest in four in-state companies
- IDEA: Northeastern's Venture Accelerator launches first wave of ventures
- Northwestern Entrepreneur-In-Residence Testifies On Impact of Gap Funding To Pharma (Excerpt)
- Pennsylvania University Partnership Funds Translational Research Through The Energy Commercialization Institute (ECI)
- i2E, Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, and OSU Cowboy Technologies Invest $250K Round in Associated Material Processing, LLC
- CIT GAP Funds puts $50K into Cyber Security Technology
- Dell Sets Up $60M Storage Start-up Fund
- State-supported, Pennsylvania venture fund to support early stage software companies
- U-M awards first $100K translational medical research award
- U-M awards first $100K translational medical research award
- Mind the Gap article featured on The Lipper Current
- Prize-Based Innovation for University of Notre Dame Computer Science & Engineering Students and Faculty
- U Michigan partners with venture capital group to support start-ups
- $53M translational research grant to U-M will help health researchers develop new therapies -- with the public's help
- U Wisconsin-Madison Translational Research Institute Grant Renewed with $41.5 Million
- Ben Franklin's Energy Commercialization Institute awards translational research grants to area universities
- Pure Michigan Venture Development Fund Accepting Applications
- Invest Illinois supports four Champaign-Urbana area start-ups
- Setting a New Path Forward for the Mind the Gap Initiative
August 2012 ( View complete archive page )
- Recap/Excerpts from iWorkshop on Gap Fund Support Programs
- Mayo Clinic, venture firms team to support Rock Health tech incubator fund
- Estonian Tallinn University offers Prototron Fund with help from Swedbank
- Overview: Portland State University Venture Development Fund
- University of Utah looks to donations to jumpstart Gateway Crimson Innovation Fund
- Three Ohio State University spinoffs, two applied research projects land support from Ohio Third Frontier
- University of Iowa Research Foundation increases proof of concept capabilities
- Xavier X-Lab demonstrates key support program success factors
- University City Science Center POC program funds handheld breast cancer diagnostic technology
- Confidence in Concept awards will fund 150 pilot projects across 14 universities
- Not just for the big guys: McMurry University creates new student-led investment fund
- CU Denver students direct companies through Bridges' VC fund
- Xfund, new Cambridge fund set to support innovation at Harvard, others
- Wolverine Fund, Social Ventures Fund, and more student-led initiatives at U Michigan
- University of Dayton gets support from Connor Group on new seed fund
- Mind the Gap announces new Fund Managers Forum
- Overview of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Proof of Concept Fund
- Sun burn monitor supported by Scottish Enterprise's Proof of Concept Fund set to roll out
- Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund incentivizes venture investment in early-stage companies
- New Report Covers Health Technologies Acceleration Program, Mind the Gap Referenced
September 2012 ( View complete archive page )
- Obama administration announces its i6 challenge proof of concept center recipients
- Utah's Tech Commercialization and Innovation Program invests $600K in 15 more projects
- European Research Council funds 33 new proof of concept projects
- Marblar aims to support university commercialization through competitions and crowdsourcing
- Portland Seed Fund touts third round of start-ups, raising a second fund
- Excerpts from "Managing the Gap Fund Process" Event
- U of New Hampshire awards innovation grant to coating company
- University of York offers proof of concept funding for social entrepreneurs
- IP Shakti, offers proof of concept approach and funds for life science and biomedical innovation
- U-M’s New Drug Discovery Center to Commercialize Research; provide seed grants
- Convertible Equity vs. Convertible Debt
- Coulter Foundation funds five University of Missouri translational research projects
October 2012 ( View complete archive page )
- SUNY University at Buffalo funds two proof of concept projects, imaging and coating
- U Texas Horizon Fund invests in video transfer start-up, Latakoo
- Announcement for Rutgers University proof of concept gap funding
- Tech Launch Arizona announces two gap funding partnership, POC program
- San Diego Business Journal covers Mind the Gap roundtable
- U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and illinoisVentures coating start-up, Autonomic Materials, graduates and grows
- Denmark offers proof of concept funding scheme
- IDEA student incubator backs three Northeastern ventures
- Innovacorp funds Nova Scotia universities through Early Stage Commercialization Fund
- Angel Capital Q1/2 report shows more activity, move to expansion
- Mind the Gap at World's Best Technologies Showcase: Opportunity for university presenters
- UCSD prof receives $1M from the W.M. Keck Foundation to translate pharma delivery research
- Sen. Gillibrand gets it, highlights proposed AIA Innovation Bank and proof of concept funds
- Creative Australian government matching schemes are set to target proof of concept and seed stage
- INCITE fund announces three more investments into IT, healthcare, and transportation
- Alabama Innovation Fund supports four U Alabama Research Projects
- AUT venture fund supports three student entrepreneurs
- i2E scores a win for state in Oklahoma, leverages $23M in additional capital
- University of California Office of the President announces new round of POC Commercialization Gap Grants
- U Chicago Innovation Fund supports POC study for a predictive healthcare approach
November 2012 ( View complete archive page )
- University of Sydney Sydnovate POC fund overview
- York University Student Enterprise POC fund, call for proposals
- British EPSRC supports Oxford University POC fund
- University of Florida start-up, AGTC, lands $37.5M in VC for novel approaches to curing rare genetic respiratory and retinal diseases
- University of Kansas launches POC fund, will award $200K this year
- University of Hertfordshire launches fund to support student ideas
- Overview of MIT-Germany Seed fund, a global campus approach
- Cambridge University's Enterprise Fund makes first seed investments
- Testament to the challenges in implementing state-supported venture funds
- Arizona Furnace, The First Statewide Accelerator Program Based on Technology Transfer Unveils First Ten Startups
- Pennsylvania governor puts dollars behind innovation initiatives, new funding programs
- Mind the Gap looks into crowdfunding as a gap funding approach
- Scottish packaging company readies for global expansion, seeded with monies from SMART:SCOTLAND proof of concept program
- Virginia Commonwealth announces call for POC proposals, funded by federal DOC i6 Challenge
- Oklahoma Proof of Concept Center formed from regional partnership of universities, investors, and state-support
- University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign details proof of concept initiatives, recent recipients
- U Chicago's Philanthropic-supported proof of concept fund delivers $40,000 to move a streamlined approach to clinical trials
- Report summarizes candidates' technology and innovation policies
- University of Ulster launches call for proof of concept funding
- IDEA, Northeastern's student-run venture fund, shoots to grant $245K in gap funding
- Drexel University announces new venture fund
December 2012 ( View complete archive page )
- Presskit.to and Collaperty Receive November Gap Funding From Northeastern IDEA
- Florida State University GAP program puts some dollars towards improving the human condition
- Slideshow of seven, university venture funds
- U Washington C4C releases its Fall 2012 Commercialization Gap Fund awards, $420K in funding
- University of Illinois-UC announces Fall 2012 gap fund award winners
- Ohio TechAngel Fund raises fourth fund with support form Ohio Third Frontier, $610K to back university POC work
- University of Minnesota announces two venture funds
- Crowdfunding: Disrupting the Old Boys Network
- Oklahoma University, Oklahoma State, Cowboy Tech, and i2E partner in proof of concept center,fund
- Makerere University tops NORHED Seed Funding 2012 awards
- U Washington spin-out, Kona Medical, lands Series C funding
- Recent overview of US Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship initiatives
- The University College of London delivers a suite of internal funds, translational research to start-up support
- Scotish seed fund launches, support from Office of Science and Technology
- Global from Day One: New Zealand-based Sparkbox Ventures makes two investments from seed fund
- Vital role of university funds in spurring physics-based technologies
January 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- New York Times article covers new venture investment in SBA program for start-ups
- University Crowdfunding: New capital requires new talent
- Foundation Venture Capital Group invests in University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey start-ups
- Tech Launch Arizona announces $715K in awards from new POC program
- Crowdfunding crazies ruining it for the rest of us?
- University of Edinburgh to invest in a VC fund to support life science start-ups
- Michigan's Pre-seed Capital Fund invests $1M in four companies
- University of New Mexico STC looks into crowdfunding to fill the gap
- Forbes article on student-led University Venture Fund, University of Utah
- Kickstarter demonstrates the opportunities and challenges ahead for crowdfunding developmentally-rigorous technologies and start-ups
- U Michigan's student-led Frankel Fund realizes acquisition of portfolio company, Arbor Photonics
- University of Florida release call for Research Opportunity Seed Fund, full submission process and material
- Maryland TEDCO restructures to funnel more money into state start-ups
- Northeastern IDEA grants, year in review
- Venture fund proposal to UMN board
- Seeding soil testing through KAUST seed fund
- Healthcare seed fund strategy presentation
- NY State Research and Development Authority provides $15M in seed money to incubator projects
- City Science Center QED POC program to fund four projects
February 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- Notre Dame launches $3.5M fund for student-led ventures
- Dorm Room Fund backs student start-ups expands into New York City
- University of Buffalo Catalyst Fund puts $214K into promising inventions
- University of Washington C4C funds start-ups through creative gap funding program
- Pitt, CMU join team to gap fund start-ups
- MedCity news covers five university crowdfunding platforms
- Durham University scientist lands financial backing for graphene production
- New York Gov. Cuomo suggests a $50M venture fund, target early-stage start-ups and university technology
- Boyd Ventures funds two University of Tennessee student companies
- Prostate cancer drug candidate funded by University City Science Center QED program
- Drug discovery proof of concept grants show promise at Temple
- University of Leicester call for spring POC proposals
- How To Fund Commercialization of University Research? Crowdfunding, of Course!
- Osage Venture Partners closes third fund at $66M
March 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- U Massachusetts announces $200K in new clean energy technology grants
- UCSD student fund invests $25K in Savara Pharmaceuticals, a Texas start-up
- WARF, State of Wisconsin create new early-stage venture capital fund for information technology
- Clearside Biomedical, GA Tech venture spin-out, lands $7.9M investment
- Virginia Innovation Partnerships puts $861K in 18 university research projects
- IP Shakti adds a CEO in Residence program to support seed fund for biomedical and life science innovations
- First Round Capital supports Philly tech scene, QED proof of concept program
- Google acquires U Toronto start-up, DNNresearch
- Purdue University backs $250K for life sciences companies through Emerging Innovations Fund
- CT Innovations puts $950K into six start-ups
- Life Sciences Discovery Fund supports $750K in health-related technologies
- Michigan Accelerator Fund invests $4.8M into seven companies
- Washington Post coverage of sequester impact on university research
- Podcast: University of Colorado on success of POC fund
- RFP: Help us with the University Crowdfunding Attitude Survey
- CO Governor announces $150M VC fund to support tech companies, university-start-ups
- UK CT Investment Partners backs University of Bradford energy start-up
- MIT Media Lab proposes student start-up fund
- University of Cape Town talks innovation in South Africa, funding gap
- New $7.5M fund will help U Michigan accelerate medical technologies
- Sun Grant Initiative funds three POC projects at South Dakota State University
- Osage Venture Partners expanding its novel venture firm model
- Detroit Innovate targets young technologies, university start-ups
April 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- Scottish Enterprise Backs Optical-Measurement Tech With 400K POC Grant
- Kickstart Seed Fund Raises $26M For Mountain West Start-ups
- New Mexico Angels Support University Start-ups To Tune Of ~$1.5M Per Year
- University of North Carolina Wilmington Announce New Venture Fund
- ‘Crowdfunding’ trend poised to make mark on U.S. investing landscape
- Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose $75M State Seed Fund
- Purdue Research Foundation, Alumni Network Team On Start-ups
- University of Illinois At Chicago, illinoisVentures Launches New $10M POC/Seed Funds
- Rutgers University, UMDNJ Start-up, NovoPedics, Secures $500K For Implantable Device
- Beat Biotherapeutics, A U Washington Start-up, Raises $2.5M For Heart Failure Treatment
- QB3, A University of California Initiative, Shares Gap Funding Program Successes
- Boston University Gap Funding Programs Back $250K In Translational Research
- Oregon BEST Awards Commercialization Grant To University-Industry Collaboration On Stormwater Treatment Device
- U Michigan's Student-led Social Venture Fund Invests In Mytonomy
- Iowa Demonstration Fund Creates 600+ New Jobs, Millions In Tax Revenue
- Insight Accelerator, Chicago Universities Team To Spur Start-ups
- St.Louis University's First Spinout, Antegrin Therapeutics, Gets Investment From BioGenerator
- Finnish Government Launches 1B-Euro Program To Help Start-ups
- The Dorm Room Fund, Supported By First Round Capital, Puts $20K Into Student Ventures
- Wayne State University Warrior Fund Supports Four Student Start-ups
- Steve Blank's Take On The Rise Of Chinese Venture Capital
- Innovation Works, A Pennsylvania State-wide Commercialization Effort, Opens $800K Funding Cycle
- Venture Capital Takes Off In Mexico, Latin America
- University of Dayton Alumni Fund Offers $175K To Viable Business Ideas
- University of Kansas POC fund awards $250K
- NMotion to put up to $115K in funds and services into University of Nebraska spin-outs
- Oxford's Said Business School launches new student-led seed fund
- Gap funding nanoparticle project at U Iowa could lead to safer factory conditions
- Australian government selects three VC firms to invest $200M into start-ups
May 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- U Virginia Launches Crowdfunding Initiative
- U Houston GEAR Program Supports Researchers At $30K An Idea
- One Year In, Harvard XFund Backs Three Start-ups, Ratchets Up Student Entrepreneurship
- University of Iowa Accepting Pre-Proposals For Commercialization Awards Program
- UCalifornia-Riverside Announces 2013/14 POC Fund
- UT Horizon Fund Aims to Build, and Capture, Value from Its Startups
- innovosource releases 2013(Q1) university-affiliated gap funding activity report
- Australian Fed Carves Out $350M For Innovation Investment Fund
- Colorado State University Announces A $1.5M VC Fund
- Denmark Technological Institute Provides Gap Funding To Gel Start-up
- SEC’s Crowdfunding Delay Faulted for Stunting Businesses’ Growth
- University of Utah Hosts Speed Teching Event for Investors, Technology Managers From Multiple Utah Universities
- Microfunding Site, TerraYebo, Gets $100K From MI Automation Alley
- Forbes Covers Northeastern University IDEA Grants
- Wayne State University Spin-out, SIB Medical Technologies, Secures Support From The Warrior Fund
- India Sets Up $1B Innovation Fund
June 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- Connecticut Innovations Opens $200M Fund For Bioscience Research
- U Texas-El Paso POC Fund Supports 3-D Printing Breast Cancer Application
- PwC Announces Fund To Partner With University of Malta
- Hyde Park Ventures Looking For Midwest Start-ups; University Partners Requested
- Dragon Fund, A Drexel University Student-led Fund, Secures $1mm for investment
- Florida bill establishes the Florida Technology Seed Capital Fund
- Hong Kong Baptist University sends memo on new $1mm POC fund
- Iowa State announces $300m in proof of concept awards
- Mercia Fund Management, a supporter of Midland university spinouts, hears feedback from two Keele University start-ups
- NYU summer accelerator program starts today, 10 teams selected for program and funding
- U Rochester student-VC fund makes first investment
- LambdaVision, a UConn biotech start-up, secures $110 for state fund
- Portland Seed Fund releases fourth funding class of area start-ups
- U Arizona TechLaunch announces its first POC fund project review
- Michigan's University Research Corridor expands support services, gap funding
July 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- STC.UNM gap funding supports innovative approach to drive cancer therapies
- innovosource featured in new article on academic crowdfunding
- NSF supports Texas Tech microfluidic translational research work through $225K grant
- U Michigan SPARK invests $1.5M in 6 start-ups
- University Crowdfunding: A New Capital Approach For Tomorrow's Innovation
- Wolverine Fund participates in $7M round in healthcare analytics company, ArborMetrix
- Three U of Iowa companies land $750K from state's acceleration fund
- Eye disease diagnostic tech receives POC support from UK i4i program
- Ann Arbor SPARK graduate receives support from Michigan's new angel fund
- Wisconsin Governor signs $25M venture capital legislation
- U Maryland MIPS awards $3.8M to matching innovation grant program
- SEC blesses private investment advertising. Good for crowdfunding.
- New Uniquest $1.5M fund to support incubator graduates
- Said Business School Student-Fund Backs Two Oxford Start-ups
- Washington's Life Science Discovery Fund Announces $1.5M In New POC Awards
- Academia-focused Crowdfunding Sites Are Emerging
- FSU Introduces Innovation Foundation To Accelerate Student Entrepreneurship
- Drexel Gets Into Early Stage Venture Capital
- Palestine Gets Its First Seed Fund, To Work In Concert With Universities
- Portland Seed Fund Gets $575K More From City To Fund More Start-ups
- New Brunswick-Saint John Adds $14M To The Research Innovation Fund
- Allied Minds raised $100M to expand investment in universities and federal labs
- State of Georgia Awards $100K Innovation Grant to Georgia Tech for Research Into Sensiotec's Non-Contact Cardiorespiratory Patient Monitoring
- Invest Nebraska puts $500K into healthcare software firm
- Govt pumps €21m into Enterprise Ireland fund to commercialise third-level research
August 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- University of Texas at Arlington use crowdfunding to supplement translational research
- University of Otago research lands POC grant for a "billion-dollar market" blood test
- University of Utah RFP for Seed Grant Program
- University of Edinburgh start-up to seek crowdfunding as a means to support venture
- Oregon State University Venture Development Fund announces call for proposals
- Colorado State University Ventures awards $1.5M to eight start-ups
- Gap Funding Activity 2013 Q2 Report Released
- Proposed Federal TRANSFER Act would open funds for university proof of concept
- U Washington MRI start-up boosted by $340K from affiliated gap funds
- Purdue University Trask Innovation Fund announces $200K in new grants
- InvestMaryland backs two state start-ups for $350K
- Velocity Venture Fund puts $100K into four U of Waterloo start-ups
September 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- Kyoto University sets up $60 million fund for Asian start-up investment
- Florida State University Student-Run Fund Yields High Educational Returns
- SD Innovation Partners invests in SDSU technologies
- Innovate NY Fund supports $1.4M investment in Intrinsiq Materials
- Oregon BEST Helps Advance Energy-Saving Cooling System for Data Rooms
- U Houston Cougar Fund launches $1M student venture fund
- U Penn's Graduate School of Education launches $2.1M hybrid fund for education innovation
- IDEA funds $34K in student ventures in September
- North Carolina to grant $1.2M from pilot start-up fund next year
- Crowdfunding campaign from University of California enlists movie stars, politicians
- Venture Investors LLC raises $80M fund, will invest in university technologies
- Innovation Fund cited as reason for increased royalties at University of Houston
- Penn State University RAIN grant program backs exciting applied research
- Yale launches new $2.5M YEI Innovation Fund
- Yale launches new $2.5M YEI Innovation Fund
- Georgia Tech launches a crowdfunding site
- University of Southern Maine calls for proposals for Commercialization Gap Fund
- Angel investors plan to increase investments
- Harvard opens office space for a venture capitalist
- Stanford makes $3.6M investment in student incubator, venture fund
- Scientists calling on the crowd for funding
- Medical Research Commercialization Fund streamlines medical technology commercialization
- University of Malta to open incubator, contemplating proof of concept fund
- University of Illinois-Chicago announces $400K in grants from the UIC Chancellor's Innovation Fund
- DC I-Corps now accepting applications for October cohort
October 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- SEC releases "crowdfunding" rule
- Yorkshire Innovation Fund helps spin-out companies through Bradford University
- DMU spinout, CYP Design, lands venture support for drug discovery approach
- Australian venture capital growing and set for a shake up as the start-up sector matures
- Yale education spin-out, Panorama Education, scores $4M investment
- Glaxo calls on government to support 1B commercialization fund
- Technical and community colleges claim their position in the future of innovation
- Wake Forest University need for gap funding increases
- Cambridge University launches £50m spinout fund
- Miller Lite sponsors $250K innovation challenge
- Florida State University announces programs to link independent enterprises with FSU research faculty to compete for SBIR/STTR grants
- University of South Florida Launches Ground-Breaking Revenue Incentive Program
- NIH centers program to fund translational work on medical technologies
- Colorado State University Takes Crowdfunding To the Next Level
- Sequoia veterans plug a venture gap with $300 million fund for midwest start-ups, university tech
- University of Tennessee Research Foundation Launches Business Plan Competition for Academic-Affiliated Startups
November 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- Entrepreneur Alumni Give Back Through UCLA Venture Capital Fund
- Colorado Announces Creation Of $20M Start-up Fund
- Wayne State University Bioinformatics Spin-out, Advaita, Leverages Seed Funding
- University of Pennsylvania Unleashes New $2.1M Hybrid Incubator/Seed Fund
- Imperial College of London Solar Spin-out, BBOXX, Converts On $1.5M In Venture Funding
- University of Akron Student-run Venture Fund Invests In Ohio Start-ups
- Interview With Mark Clarke, AVP of Tech Transfer U Houston, Talks About Their Commercialization Program, Gap Fund
- Florida State University Releases GAP Grant Recipients
- UIC Announces $400K In Awards From Chancellors Fund
- W Fund Puts $500K in U Washington Web Application,Qazzow
- Tech and Start-up Gap Funding Q3 2013 report released
- GE Aviation and University of Cincinnati Research Institute receive $5M Ohio Third Frontier grant to form research institute
- University of Waterloo VeloCity announces finalists for $100K student start-up award
- Scientist to crowdfund their salaries
December 2013 ( View complete archive page )
- Ryerson University Healthcare Photo Sharing Spinout, Figure1, Raises $2M
- Duke University Energy Seed Fund Calls For Proposals, $40K Per Award
- Florida State University GAP Fund Announces New Grants, $8M Funded-to-Date
- University City Science Center Houses Two New Startups
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Grants POC $$ To Potential Breakthroughs
- North Carolina IDEA Grants Support Five Start-ups For $200K
- Portland Development Commission Puts $30K Into Six University-born Companies
- Lorrain Community College Innovation Fund Announces $150K In Six Start-ups
- University of Washington Green Fund To Invest $250K In Green Research
- University of Florida 3D Modeling Start-up, Paracosm, Lands $300K From State Commercialization Program
- Tufts Venture Fund will supply seed money to student startups
- University of Southern Maine RFP For Commercialization Gap Fund Program
- Oregon BEST Adds New Members To BOD
- Accelerate Start-up Challenge Provides Platform For Bostonian Students To Pitch Ideas For $$
- University of Brussels Natural Products Start-up, Bioxodes, Nabs $3.5M In Seed Funding
- University of Alaska's UAA Innovate Awards Support Creative Projects Up To $200K
- University of Alaska's UAA Innovate Awards Support Creative Projects Up To $200K
- University of Colorado Student Fund Puts $30K Into Manufacturing Connection Online Plaform
- University of Colorado Student Fund Puts $30K Into Manufacturing Connection Online Plaform
- WI Start-up Fund Gets Tax-Exempt Status From IRS
January 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- LSU President’s Committee on Technology Transfer Recommends New POC LIFT Fund
- Canadian public-private venture capital fund raises C$217 mln
- Singularity University to launch $50 million venture fund to tackle the world’s ‘grand challenges’
- Plans for $20M University of Minnesota venture fund take shape
- University of Washington Green Seed Fund Approves $279K In Projects
- Princeton's Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund Puts $400K Into Four POC Projects
- Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund a Joint State Tech Project for $71K
- Angel Investor Starts Certificate Program at UNLV to Network, Attract More Capital to Rebel Venture Fund Projects
- London Start-up Direct to Support 400 Start-ups with £2.5m Fund
- Eight POC projects funded by Fall UIC Chancellor's Innovation Fund
- Meet 8 new VCs on top 2013 seed investors list
- Drexel University announces $400K in POC awards in inaugural round
- Virginia Innovation Partnership Awards $800,000 to University Research Projects
- Hawaii college student using Kickstarter to fund ‘Airfoil’ company
- Life Sciences Discovery Fund Announces $1.1M to Five Projects
- $6.7 million Angel Loan Fund will help Minnesota startups
- University of Alabama start-up ThruPore earns $150,000 NSF grant
- University of Alabama start-up ThruPore earns $150,000 NSF grant
- TechColumbus and The Ohio State University Announce Technology Concept Fund
- Venture Capital Fund Launches in Dubai Aimed at Middle East Start-Ups
- Venture Capital Fund Launches in Dubai Aimed at Middle East Start-Ups
February 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- Venture capital firm goes to Midwest for next big thing in tech
- Top Moscow Science Institute Launches Seed Fund
- New Venture Fund In Portland To Focus On Social Impact
- UCLA launches crowdfunding platform to support research
- Isis Innovation, University of Oxford seed funded company, NaturalMotion, sold for $527m
- University of Michigan Zell Lurie Student-led Fund invests $90K in two start-ups
- University of the West of England to put up to £150,000 in start-ups
- Arizona State University Gets $1M To Start Venture Fund
- Wisconsin Launches New $2M Economic Development Seed Fund, IdeaAdvance
- University of Kansas Alumnus Makes $100K Gift To Support Venture Fund
- Two UCD Research Receive €150,000 each From ERC POC Awards
- Northwestern INVO Announces Partnership With Children's Hospital that includes a $200K/yr Gap POC Program
- $35K FSU GAP Grant Recipient Aims To Eliminate Preterm Labor
- Natural Gas Vehicle Start-up, Simple Fill, Lands $1M From Ohio State University and Ohio Third Frontier
- Purdue Research Foundation Creates $15M Fund for Life Sciences Start-ups
- U.Va. Spinoff Announces Collaboration with Pfizer, CIT GAP Fund
- LSU $2M LIFT POC Fund Approved
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- North Dakota state-based Venture Grants support $1.3 million in promising technologies and research projects
- The University of Texas at San Antonio announce $100K in 20 translational research projects
- Angel investor donates $1M to support U Waterloo student Velocity Fund
- FundersClub fills void for start-up investors
- University of New Mexico seeks to raise $1M seed fund for start-ups
- Five student startups get $60K from McGinnis Venture Competition
- University of Waterloo startups to compete for grants of up to $25K through Velocity Fund
- University of Iowa puts out plan for research and economic development, includes gap funding
- University of Kansas awards $200K in POC grants
- Utah Universities Share $445K In Energy Challenge Grants
- Rowan University Foundation creates new venture fund, commits $5 million
- Virginia Venture Fund Places Students in the SharkTank
- Monash University and University of Warwick Announce Funding For Collaborative Projects
- Innovation Fund Awards Seed Funding to Several Northeast Ohio Startups
- Retail app uses machine vision tech from York University, lands $10.75M in venture support
- Seed Fund Partners With University London Business School To Support Business Plan Competition
- U Akron Student Fund Lands $250K For Future Investments
April 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- Ontario invests $9M in StartStart Seed Fund, $26M Into Other Innovation Programs
- Russian QIWI announces $30M seed fund and accelerator
- UC Berkely social impact fund shows 6 yr/50% ROI on $1.1M invested to-date
- Singapore start-ups gain access to $120M more in funds
- SUNY TAF fund invests in five new medical projects, $1M to-date
- Michigan Pre-Seed Fund Plans To Invest $6.8M Over Two Years
- Oregon BEST commercialization fund puts $25K into electric farm vehicle start-up
- CIT GAP fund invests in therapeutics company
- Texas State University start-up wins Rice University Texas Halo Fund Investment
- Seton Hall University Ventur Fund Competition awards $10K in prizes
- Wolverine Venture Fund sees return from $200K investment in IBM-acquired, Silverpop
- Eardrum Patch Start-up Receives $44K From Tulane University Business Competition
- Northeastern's IDEA student-run gap fund surpasses half a $1M in investment to-date
- Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0 antes up $6.8M for early-stage companies
- University of Malta launches "Take-off Business Incubator" which includes a 100,000 euro seed fund
- U Illinois-Urbana Champaign announces 2014 POC award winners
- U Kansas awards $200K in POC awards
- New VC firm to target technologies and start-ups from UCSD
- Vanderbilt University Plans For $50M Seed Fund
- Cambridge University sells stake in pharma spin-out for $5.3M
- QuickSod Wins $30K in the UTRF Tennessee Venture Challenge
May 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- University of Kansas POC Fund Faculty Program Set For June 10th
- OHSU Funds Venture Firm to Raise $100M Life Sciences Seed Fund
- University of Wisconsin System IdeaAdvance Seed Fund Announces First Recipients
- U Chicago Publishes Story on Commercialization; $20M Innovation Fund
- University of Houston Professor Invents App to Diagnose Skin Cancer
- University of Iowa Accepting Pre-Proposals For Commercialization GAP Fund
- Allied Minds Plans London IPO; University Spin-outs to Benefit
- MIT MISTI GLobal Seed Funds enable mult-disciplinary, multi-university collaboration
- TAKEOFF Seed Fund Launches in Malta
- Maryland TEDCO Gets $500K in State Funding For Rural Innovation Program
- Wisconsin WEDC awards $140K to establish a medical research seed fund
- UK Tech-out Fund (TSF) Announces Up To £1M Loans to Spin-outs
- Wales launches £7.5m fund to invest in up to 50 university start-ups
- Life Sciences Discovery Fund Announces $1.25M In POC Awardes
- Report challenges the role of public entities in innovation funding
June 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- Ann Arbor SPARK Awarded $500,000 for Michigan Angel Fund I, II - Press Release - Digital Journal
- New $1 Million Seed Fund to Assist UW School of Medicine in Commercializing Research - Press Release - Digital Journal
- Oklahoma bio startups grow with Texas venture capital fund Emergent | News OK
- Senators Gillbrand, Bishop Push Gap Funding in Long Island; TRANSFER Act at Federal Level
- Scottish Funding Council Provides £2 Million for New Enterprise Initiative to Boost University Spin-outs
- Cardiff University Enterprise Hosts New Ventures Series; Chance to Pitch to £200 Seed Fund
- Waikato University Announces Agri-Tech Seed Fund
- Alumnus Gifts $110M To Thomas Jefferson University; Supports New Research Fund
- Yale Biotech Startup Wins $100K From Yale Entrepreneur Institute Innovation Fund
- Five Long Island Biotech/Clean-Energy Start-ups Get $500K
- Michigan Launches $6.8M Pre-Seed Fund 2.0
- Cornell University Academic Venture Fund Awards $1.4M to 12 Bioenergy/Ag Projects
- 12 Northeast Ohio companies win $42.3 million from Ohio Third Frontier
- QED Program launches seventh round of funding; to put near $1M in start-ups
- Wayne State University gets $250K boost from local Detroit Innovate Fund
- Mizzou student start-up lands $50K from local angels
- Florida Institute for Commercialization of Public Research funds unmanned aircraft start-up
- European VC, Epidarex, announces £50m into life sciences venture fund for university spin-outs
July 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- Japanese Govt to fund start-up CEOs
- NZVIF's $5.4M seed fund investment too early to predict returns
- New commercialization gap funding assists WSU innovators
- Nepal Govt to establish Rs 500m fund to bankroll start-ups
- Portland State University's DesignMedix Closes Second Angel Round of $1.5 Million
- Deleware Early Stage Venture Fund to Invest $50K-250K in Regional Start-ups
- With Innovation Fund dollars, new medical 'GPS' sets course to personalize patient care
- Gillibrand wants to fill venture capital void
- Midven's Rainbow fund backs University of Anglia's Spectral Edge
- Ilitches donate $8.5M to Wayne State University to fund surgical innovation
- EU receives calls for first €1.1bn tranche of €80bn Horizon 2020 fund
- AdAdapted, U Michigan gap fund recepient, raises $725,000 in seed round
- Oregon BEST supports OSU-Industry collaboration on filter technology
- U.S.-Chinese Accelerator InnoSpring is Targeting $5 Million Fund
- Inpria, an Oregon ONAMI gap project, raises another $1.5 million from OAF
- Governor Cuomo Announces $900,000 to Fund Biomedical Research Projects at Nine SUNY Campuses
- MIT Media Lab spinoff Luminoso scores $6.5M in funding
- Ivy Foundation Biomedical Innovation Grants
- Penn GSE’s Innovative Collaboration for Start-Ups Finalizes Newest Cohort
- Framing the Expectations of Tech and Start-up Gap Funding
August 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- Kickstart Seed Fund Launches $500,000 Student-Run Venture Fund
- University College, Cork start-up gets $30,000 in venture funding
- Governor Scott Walker Announces Eleven UW Entrepreneurs Selected for Ideadvance Seed Fund
- Madison-start up lands $4.2m in venture funding
- The University of Copenhagen has allocated five million kroner annually to a Proof-of-Concept (PoC)
- NIH SBIR Details Three-stage Gap Funding Program
- Top colleges like Stanford University and Ryerson look to engage deeply with India's start-up ecosystem
- "LilyPad" Stormwater Treatment Wins Funding
- University of Michigan Spin-Out Sakti3 Delivers Double the Energy Density of Current Lithium Ion Battery Technology, Cells Produced in Ann Arbor Lab
- University of Minnesota launches $20M seed capital program, drops plans for VC fund
- University of Queensland start-ups to benefit from new $10m capital fund
- Stanford, StartX Fund awardee, grabs $2m seed round
- Stanford, StartX Fund awardee, grabs $2m seed round
- Cape Town launches new seed fund
- University of Cincinnati Technology Commercialization Accelerator Accepting Applications
- Cambridge Innovation Capital is 'Redefining' Investment
- UT Horizon Fund invests $593K in MolecularMatch in Series A financing round
- University of Washington Wi-Fi backscatter could make 'Internet of Things' real
- University of Chicago Innovation Fund Puts $100K in Genomic Prescribing System
- KoolSpan, BrainScope get $700K in Maryland Venture Fund backing
- Connecticut Innovations Distributing Nearly $2M to University Researchers, Companies
- Finance Wales close to three profitable exits deals from firms into Technology Venture Investments portfolio
- University of Ulster reveals £240k Honeypot fund to boost digital content sector - Start Ups - Start-Ups
September 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- Top Entrepreneurial Colleges Press Release-Princeton Review
- American University to unveil new start-up incubator, including $100K Venture Fund
- SMU's MBA Venture Fund reaches $3M
- U-M Social Venture Fund Invests in Detroit’s Loveland Technologies | Xconomy
- Brown Foundations' $2.5 Million Challenge Kicks Off U Arizona Catapult Corp
- Innovosource/Mind the Gap cited in article covering University of California's $250 million venture fund
- Innovate Indiana Funded Start-up Closes $10M Series B
- Seed fund for Illinois university tech startups launched
- Maine Venture Fund Partners with private investors to fuel the growth of Orono Spectral Solutions, Inc
- Cambridge University breaks investment record with £2.7 million in investments
- Student-run Seed Fund invests in Massolit online education provider
- New Seattle Angel Fund Forming to Back Northwest Startups
- Moscow Seed Fund invests in first medical tech project
- University of California Plans $250M Fund for Campus Startups
- Bend Natural Gas Vehicle Technology Startup Secures $3M with Help from Oregon BEST, ONAMI
- Should Universities Get Involved In Venture Capital? Forbes Opinion Piece
- Innovation Fund Awards $475,000 to Seven Northeast Ohio Startups
- Aston University spin-out funded £230,00 by Mercia Capital
- UWM entrepreneurs selected for IdeaAdvance seed fund
- New University of Hawaii POC center aims to improve commercial success of UH research
- LSDF announces $750,000 in Proof of Concept grants to promote health-related technologies
- Startup secures $4.6 million; cites University resources
- Macomb Community College sets up innovation fund for start-ups
- U Chicago spin-out fund, Arch Venture Partners, raises $400 million fund
- Trask Innovation Fund application deadline set for Sept 19
- Vietnam Minister of Science and Technology plots innovation priorities, including a fund
- DC iCorps now accepting fall cohort applications
- University of Wollongong launches AU$10m startup seed fund
October 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- 6 things we’ve learned about launching university-origin companies
- Green Seed Fund proposals open Oct. 22
- Alumnus creates investment fund that targets startups from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Maryland Investment Fund Announces $600,000 Growth Investment in Motionsoft
- Venture capital fund invests in ASU startups to stimulate Arizona economy
- Update on University of Illinois Proof-of-Concept Program
- University of Iowa start-up VIDA attracts $2.5M in funding
- Outside Michigan investors pair with University entrepreneurs
- University of New Hampshire Unveils Initiatives Designed to Increase Commercialization Success
- Oregon BEST Funding Will Speed Cross Laminated Timber Manufacturing in Pacific NW
- UBC seed-funded company develops 3-D printing of human tissue
- QED commercialization program to create life science spinout companies gets $1M grant
- Osage collects $151m for University Fund II
- Penn State Fund for Innovation aids research commercialization efforts
- Crowdfunding helps Colorado State students fund businesses and other projects - Rocky Mountain Collegian
- Raze Therapeutics launches with $24m in Series A financing
- UConn's 'hearty startup' gains attention, funding
- CIT releases annual report on research commercialization in Virginia
- Indiana Purdue Collaboration is a 'Fund With Afterburners'
- Ohio Third Frontier awards more than $8.4 million to University of Akron, Cleveland Clinic and other Northeast Ohio innovators, universities
- Merck's venture arm invests in data security for academia, gov't & biotech collaboration
- SpeedInvest launches €50m second fund
- MBA Entrepreneurs Profit As Schools Pump Record Sums Into Ventures
- Partnerships with ASU bring startup acceleration program to New York | ASU News
- Innovation Works collects almost $24 mln for early-stage Pittsburgh tech fund
- UO Foundation to invest $500k in local business through business/law student-managed fund
- University to help fund future of horticulture research with $400K seed fund
- This $50M investment fund has money for Maryland health companies it says are being ignored by investors
- University of California Incubators Eager to Scout Startups, Co-Investors for UC Ventures
- GSK commits $5M to startups, academics that develop bioelectronics
- More companies are starting venture divisions
- U. of Michigan student-led venture funds seeking business plans
- First university start-up investments selected by funder techstart Northern Ireland
- University of Oxford Isis Fund Makes First Investments
November 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- Venture’s funding reaches $2.5 million with help from Next Level Ventures
- Ottawa, Quebec pitch in on $279M innovation fund
- Cornell University's Binoptics sold to Massachusetts company for $230M
- Houston venture capital firm opens Ann Arbor office headed by U Michigan Graduate
- University Of Maryland, Baltimore Invests $100,000 To Complete Harpoon Medical's $3.6M Series A Financing
- University of Cincinnat Accelerator Gets $1 Million from Ohio’s Third Frontier Program
- Tech Launch Arizona Looks to Build on Initial Success | UANews
- entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Fund Advances University Startups Success
- New Eagle Repays Funding to Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund After Successful Product Launch, Sales
- Medical device startup benefits from Philadelphia seed fund
- UMass records best-ever year for startup businesses, $2M in POC Funding
- Two New $10 Million Australian Startup Funds Make It To Tax Free Status
- Caerphilly start-up nudjed first company to get backing from the £7.5m Wales Technology Seed Fund
- Stony Brook Announces Four Finalists for Inaugural Discovery Fund Award
- University City Science Center receives million dollar grant to accelerate growth of new companies
- Utah Student-run venture capital fund empowers and supports students
- Early stage digital health companies get some love from Maryland TEDCO fund
- AUT Venture Fund gives entrepreneurs a welcome kickstart
- Investment booms in Pittsburgh thanks to new venture fund
- A New Fund Is Giving BC Startups A Competitive Edge
- North Dakota investor Dakota Venture Group backs marketing-tech startup Buzz360
- Ottawa, Quebec pitch in on $279M innovation fund - Business - CBC News
- NC State's Chancellors Innovation Fund Has Backed 23 Projects, Secured $4.2M in Follow-on Funding
- UTexas-San Antonio honors eight researchers at second annual Innovation Awards
- Ireland: Technology’s path from academia to commercial world needs paving
December 2014 ( View complete archive page )
- Washington's Life Sciences Discovery Fund Announces POC Awards, Inaugural Matching Grants
- Gillibrand Announces Senate Passage Of DOD Pilot Program To Bring High-Tech Innovation To The Marketplace
- LSU doubles investment in tech transfer for faculty projects
- New York State invests $50M in Innovation Venture Capital Fund
- Six Northeast Ohio Tech Startups Win $375,000 in Innovation Fund Awards
- Venture Capital Is Looking for Ways to Outrun the Herd
- STC.UNM: STC.UNM's Co-Investment Fund Invests $89,000 in EcoPesticides
- Xfund Closes $100M Fund as Venture Firms and Universities Get Cozier
- Global venture fund plants office in Miami; will invest in universities
- Mercury Bets On Midcontinent With New 105M Seed Fund
- Boris launches London tech start-up fund
- Michigan universities capitalize on growth of state venture capital industry
- Indiana University's Anagin is Spinning Up Success
- Cambridge image fusion tech improves experience of colour-blind viewers
- Ryerson University/Ryerson Futures Inc. invest up to $80K in deals
- University of Washington Next Green Seed Fund proposal deadline Dec. 11
- Multi-million pound fund to boost UK university spin-outs and research
- Gener8tor raises $2.1 million for fund to invest in start-ups in Wisconsin
- University of Leicester plans to raise £10 million for endowment fund
- Fifth Third helps launch Wayne State University student-managed fund
- Technology advances earn state innovation awards | ASU News
- Feds announce new $15 M fund for social innovation research | Academica Group - Research and Consulting for Higher Education
January 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Who benefits from NY $50M Venture Fund?
- Belarus, Russia to set up venture capital fund in 2015
- Fund helps startups find foreign investors
- Dartmouth Alum Fund Invests In Businesses With College Ties
- Canadian Federal government announces $16.5M Research Support Fund
- B-Schools' Venture Capital Investments Pay Off For Entrepreneurs
- SBA seeks investment fund managers for Early Stage Capital program
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Forms $5M Venture Capital Fund
- Start-Up Chile Launches Follow-On Fund To Boost Local Growth
- Illinois Ventures Fund Grants $125K to University Researchers
- China To Establish $6.5B State Venture Fund To Drive Innovation
- Massachusetts Gov. Baker Announces $4M Grant to Fuel Printed Electronics Cluster
- Canadian CTI Life Sciences successfully raises new C$ 134 Million venture capital fund
- IBM Watson Group Awards University of Texas at Austin Top Spot in Intercollegiate Competition
- Enterprise Ireland is now Europe's biggest VC fund
- University of Albany starts $500K seed fund to help researchers apply for federal funds
- Michigan eLab invests in biotech startup for cancer research
- Wichita State University Ventures announces winners of $100K in innovation funding
- €85m VC fund to support Irish life sciences sector
- University of Chicago Innovation Fund Awards $400,000 to 4 Startups
- Infosys beefs up innovation fund to $500 mn
- MariSol Federal Credit Union Donates $4,000 to Fund South Mountain Community College Student Venture Pitch Competition
- MIT-Israel-BGU Seed Fund Approves Five Projects
- Dartmouth alumni close $1 million for Launch Angels-supported Green D Founders Fund
- York University invites next phase of the Academic Innovation Fund
- Innovate NY broadens reach of new fund for startups
- National Taiwan University student venture fund makes headway
- A billion in VC funding is real money for Chicago
- Georgia Metro Chamber sets $20M goal for state-run venture fund
- Alum sets up student venture fund at University of Oregon
- University of Wisconsin joint venture provides computer tools to mine Alzheimer's data for clues
- Washington State University innovators receive funding from commercialization gap fund
February 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Universities are venturing into new territory: Funding start-up businesses
- 2 OSU inventions get $150K from Ohio Third Frontier Commission
- SBA promotes innovation and technology with national road tour
- Marquette strategic innovation fund draws more than 270 pre-proposals
- Penn State Innovation Fund moving good ideas forward
- EC launches €200m fast-track innovation fund to tackle R&D;'s "valley of death"
- India to set up venture fund, incubator complex for biotech startups: CM - The Hindu
- StartX Looks To Boost Its Investment Program
- CIT GAP Fund invests in Ostendio to help healthtech companies with HIPAA
- Four local University of Wisconsin tech startups awarded second round of state grants
- Matthews startup gets $75,000 from Innovation Fund North Carolina
- Techstars Closes $150 Million Fund for Early-Stage Investments
- $32K awarded to 4 University at Buffalo students for startup funding - University at Buffalo
March 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Connecting Gap Funding to Institutional Impact
- Tech Launch Arizona Hosts Summit of Leaders to Advance the Impact of Innovation
- Penn faculty startup raises $100K from city's StartUp PHL fund
- U-M spinoff Arborlight gets $1.7M in VC funding to commercialize new lighting technology
- Phasing Out Michigan Venture Fund Would Hurt State's Efforts To Help Entrepreneurs
- AKT IP Ventures Launches Targeted $20 Million Fund to Incubate Emerging IP-Based Tech Companies
- Accel launches $305 million Indian start-up fund
- Md. venture fund helps bring Indiana tech firm to Frederick
- Drugmakers, UK start $100M venture to fund creation of Alzheimer’s drugs
- Duke University's plan to turn alumni into startup investors
- Patent reform: Big government’s latest comprehensive debacle - Washington Times
- New Ohio venture fund could help fill a local investment gap - Cleveland Business News - Northeast Ohio and Cleveland - Crain's Cleveland Business
- MS Research Australia recently awards three University researchers ~$50K in ‘Incubator’ grants
- Qatar Proof of Concept Fund to stimulate SMEs growth
- University of Chicago’s Innovation Fund Associates Program Gets $250,000 Donation | Chicago Inno
- Carnegie Mellon University I-Corps Site Chooses Teams for 2015 Spring Cohort
- Two UK universities become investors in Mercia Technologies
- U Wisconsin Discovery to Product aids university in commercializing patents
- WA Life Sciences Discovery Fund announces ~$1M in matching grants
- University Proof of Concept Funds (SIG Report)
- Anchor investment from NMSU Foundation helps launch Aggie Innovation Fund
- Purdue Emerging Innovations Fund Boosts Tech Developer
- Rowan Innovation Venture Fund accepting applications for financing | Rowan Today
- Arab private sector urged to fund scientific research
- Innovation Needs to be a Central Focus of the Federal Budget
- Innovation Needs to be a Central Focus of the Federal Budget
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy begins seed fund for researchers
- University of Oxford Isis Fund II reaches funding target of £2m, closes — Medical Sciences Division, Oxford
- Purdue startups seek millions in cash this semester
- Business Oregon launches innovation grant program
- Province of Ontario invests in Ryerson University through Social Enterprise Demonstration Fund
- The Rebel Venture Capital Fund Seeks Student Entrepreneurs
- UW Extension seed fund supports tech innovators in Milwaukee
- Monash University and BGU to Launch Joint Seed Fund and Entrepreneurship Course
- Student venture fund sees early returns at University of Akron
April 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- University of Oregon spinoff companies receive state innovation grants
- State allocates $250M for second N.C. Innovation Fund - Triangle Business Journal
- Russia, China partner on $200 million venture fund, tech incubator
- How discovery science is reinventing the world
- $200 million for Australian Medical Research Commercialisation Fund
- Here’s which states are most innovative in America - The Washington Post
- IDEA Reaches Gap Funding Milestone: 6 Ventures Receive Non-Equity Grants
- Ohio Third Fronteir supports University of Akron professor develops super-strong, reusable adhesive that could be used in automobile and aerospace industries
- Aalto’s first ERC Proof of Concept grant to DRAM technology
- $35M OSU-OU venture capital fund ready to launch
- MIT Energy Initiative awarding $1.65 million in seed funds for innovative early-stage energy research
- Chicago Innovation Exchange announces six finalists for grant
- Meet the 10 startup grads from the Portland Seed Fund
- $500K grant will drive innovation at Penn State TechCelerator
- With GAP fundng, UI professor creates urgent seizure treatment device
- Wichita State to host $2.5 billion technology seed fund event April 30
- U.S. Commerce Secretary Announces $10 Million in Grants to Advance Innovation Across America
- Albany Medical Center to receive $520,000 for biomedical accelerator, seed fund
- Connecticut Bioscience Innovation Fund award $954,000 to MS test, cancer treatment
- Celgene, Eli Lilly to back $150M fund alongside NYC to invest in biotech
- Purdue Krannert students realize returns through startup venture fund
- NJHF commits additional $1 million to fund research and innovation grants in N.J.
- New grants to help UCF, Canvs launch $5M seed fund - Orlando Sentinel
- MassDevelopment issued a $175000 revolving bridge loan from the Emerging Technology Fund
May 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Gap Funding of University Technology and Start-ups
- $474M Fund Will Support Oxford University Spinouts | TechCrunch
- University of Edinburgh refreshes £6million venture fund
- From Concept to Demo: Knight Prototype Fund Announces 20 New Projects
- A Venture Capital Firm Led by 2 Women Plans to Introduce a $150M Seed Fund
- House and Senate on Different Pages on Biomedical Innovation
- More mutual funds are investing in tech start-ups
- Governor rejects Invest Georgia seed funding
- State taps Rochester-based Excell Partners to manage new $2M fund
- Ontario Investing in Health Innovation and Research
- Seed funding program to use Brigham and Women's as startup testing ground
- Eurpeon Union unleashes innovation fund to spur growth in Europe
- Catawba’s student-managed investment fund dives into Wall Street | Salisbury Post
- Ohio Capital Fund notches 8.7 percent return on investment since 2006 founding
- Venture Capitalists Enlist Student-Run Funds to Find the Next Facebook - WSJ
- Economy Ministry and University of Malta partner up to fund more technology start-ups
- Med tech start-up exits Bank of Ireland Seed Fund with US$21m valuation
- Mercia launches start-up competition for Life Sciences Sector
- Innovation Fund 2 is NC's Investing Tool into Growth Startups
- Virginia universities receive $220K on ag research grants
- Seed investment for Thai tech start-ups via new 500 TukTuks fund - The Nation
- Seed investment for Thai tech start-ups via new 500 TukTuks fund - The Nation
June 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Northwestern tech spinout Tanvas gets $5 million from Peak6, R7
- FL angel Investment network looks to bridge capital gap
- Oregon State University business accelerator graduates five more startups with access to seed grants
- MassCEC Announces $280K in 7 Clean Energy and Water Innovation Awards
- Google Ventures Invests in Oxford University Venture Fund
- Students to call the shots in Dutch venture capital fund
- UTEP, Texas Tech grants aim at propelling faculty research to market
- 20 new industry–academia research projects have been created through SFI’s Industry Fellowship Programme
- Kleiner Perkins to Write Smaller Checks With $4 Million Fund - The New York Times
- Marquette announces inaugural innovation fund awardees
- European venture capital funds go in search of tech start-ups
- Ford planning significant investments in research, engineering - News - Press and Guide
- Ford planning significant investments in research, engineering - News - Press and Guide
- Consortium of Spin-Out Companies from University Tech Transfer Collaborate on Beta to Raise Early Stage Investment through Equity-Based Funding Platforms for Life Sciences Startups | University of Colorado
- Venture Capitalist to donate $31M to Carnegie Mellon University for entrepreneurship initiatives
- Connecticut Innovations’ Regenerative Medicine Research Fund Awards $11 Million for Scientific Research
- Chaac Ventures, Princeton University-focused Seed Fund, Announces Debut Investment in Locent
- Cisco aims to cash in on startups by growing corporate venture fund
- University of Dayton, Wright State Research Institute, and Dayton hospitals funded a startup company to commercialize technology
- Impact Investing vs. Venture Philanthropy
- $2.9M in WA Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) grants announced
- PwC Malta’s €1m Start-up Fund attracts 87 applications
- OHSU, University Venture Development Fund grantees hope to regenerate nerves, create better dental composites and treat breast cancer
- TEDCO hoping slight changes translate to big boost in investment for local startups
- How UAB plans to turn research into more startups and jobs
- Mercia investors warm to group’s approach to university start-ups
- Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund grants $2.8 to promising commercial research
- Innovate Indiana Fund Part of $5.75M Investment
- U Florida Research Proposal Awarded $50K from Informatics Institute Seed Fund
- UChicago College New Venture Challenge Winners awards $20K
- 5 early-stage tech companies get $3 million from Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0
- Maryland TEDCO to increase Technology Commercialization Fund by $125K
- LSU shows off faculty’s patented works at first-ever innovation and technology event, LIFT2 funding
- 10 Indiana startups receive $200,000 through Elevate Purdue Foundry Fund - Purdue University
- 10 Indiana startups receive $200,000 through Elevate Purdue Foundry Fund - Purdue University
July 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences announces $4.46 million gift, will create funds
- TEDCO reaches 'dramatic crossroads,' taking on 5 times more venture responsibility
- €1.67bn EU fund for researchers set aside for 2016, open to world
- JumpStart data shows record $338 million invested into young Northeast Ohio technology companies in 2014
- Top 15 Corporate Venture Funds
- Newark Is Tapped for Tech Venture Fund, Accelerator
- Macomb Community College Innovation Fund announces $275,000 in inaugural awards to five Detroit-area technology-focused startups
- Duke’s MURDOCK Study offers $100K in seed funding to scientists at NC Research Campus
- Duke’s MURDOCK Study offers $100K in seed funding to scientists at NC Research Campus
- U Illinois Announces Newest Round of POC Recipients, 7 Awards
- Zells donate $60 million to University of Michigan, support funds
- University of Chicago Innovation Fund Awards $150,000 to Therapeutic Human Exosome Project for Multiple Sclerosis & Migraine; Two Other Projects Also Receive Significant Funding
- U Texas/Sanofi Partnership Illustrates Biomedical Research Turning More to Private Funds
- University of Michigan's Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund Invests in Reveal Design Automation
- TEDCO program lets startups borrow veteran executives - Baltimore Sun
- Valley of death looms for Australian ideas
- Alabama Innovation Fund has $4.5M to award grants for technology growth
- New NH venture fund model links alumni investors
- Seven projects could receive $200K in funding through U Wisconsin's Ideadvance Seed Fund
- CIT GAP Fund Invests In Type Zero Tech, Diabetes Software solution
- Oregon BEST Funds New Polymer Aimed at Ag's Water Woes
August 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- Washington State University lends helping hand through "valley of death" - Economic Development Site Economic Development Site
- Syracuse Launches $150K Internal Research Grant Program to Support Scholarly Exploration
- FireSpring, Orlando local seed fund, gets $100K boost from Orange County - Orlando Business Journal
- University of Memphis Crews Center for Entrepreneurship Launches Seed Fund
- Is state VC funding becoming the name of the game in emerging economies?
- Graftworx gets $500K from Maryland Venture Fund
- Case Western student project-turned-tech startup surpasses $1M in funding
- Harvard offers a bridge for promising research with accelerator grants
- Tax efficient fund launched for start-up university spin-outs
- UoN launches fund targeting start-up firms - Corporate News
- A new Oregon-based seed fund to help startups is in the works
- Philanthropy to Help Shape Australian Medical Research Fund
- Carnegie Mellon University, GE Ventures team up to create $20M venture fund
- VentureOhio studying feasibility for statewide $100M fund of funds to invest in outside VC firms
- Early investors set up dedicated funds as start-up valuations surge
- Cambridge University spin-out Reduse gets £500k to develop ‘unprinter’
- Swansea University launches innovation fund to speed up the journey from research to the shop floor
- Washington's Life Sciences Discovery Fund not dead yet, launches grant program
- $45M State-funded “New York Ventures” completes first two investments
- UC to fund up to $150K in early-stage life science startups through primePC program
- Qatar National Research Fund unveils joint research initiative with British university partners
- Kentucky Grants $800,000 in State Income Tax Credits to Accelerator
- Université de Sherbrooke receives $33.5M from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund
- University of Nottingham spin-out NuVision received £379k seed funding from Mercia Fund Management
- Invest Georgia startup fund is showing signs of life
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- Singapore National Research Foundation launches S$40 million fund to grow local tech start-ups
- Innovation Hub launches Innovation Fund for statewide university startup companies | AR Innovation Hub
- Second Malta €100,000 seed fund enables eight new start-up firms to take off - timesofmalta.com
- U Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative fund, Oculus, team on new fund
- Yale, UConn Get $10 Million To Spur Biotech Ventures - Hartford Courant
- The United States needs a research investment fund to compete with China
- Indiana University to fund $300M in research
- Five local OH startup companies raised $275,000 from Innovation Fund at Lorain County Community College
- UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers launches £2 million fund to help bridge ‘valley of death’ between research and bringing products to market
- IDEA, Northeastern University's Venture Accelerator, Announces Award Recepients
- University of Wisconsin FluGen snaps up $12 mln Series A
- University of Huddersfield funds support researchers developng new device to improve quality of care for young cancer patients
- Indian Aaruha Technology Fund for start-ups launched
- Perceptive Navigation Receives $225,000 From Maryland State Venture Fund
- Enterprise Ireland Launches €500,000 Competitive Start up Fund
October 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- UNLV Rebel Venture Fund potentially investing in game-changing biotechnology | The Rebel Yell
- UCLA Centennial Campaign to fund life sciences innovation projects
- Penn State's Garber Venture Capital Fund poised to enter new stage | Penn State University
- Texas Emerging Technology Fund Still Benefiting Life Sciences Startups - SiliconHills
- Marquette launches seed fund to support student, faculty ventures
- Investment Firms Nurture University Start-ups
- 2 Singaport Management University alumni donate S$1 million for entrepreneurship fund
- MIT and Imperial launch seed fund to support ‘risky’ research
- UM curators approve fund to help Missouri startups pass through 'valley of death'
- Syracuse University’s Whitman to launch venture company run by students
- Bowling Green State University crowdfunding site aids student organizations
- Alabama Innovation Fund awards $4.5 million for promising research
- Rice to invest $150 million in tech research initiatives
- Qualcomm Commits Up To $150 Million to Strategic Venture Fund in India
- America's Seed Fund – The Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Program (SBIR/STTR)-A Year in Review
November 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- New Seed Fund to Speed UVA Innovation and Research to the Market
- Research Funding: UChicago's Big Ideas Generator Funds Moonshot Projects | Chicago Inno
- Announcing Release of Mind the Gap 2015 Report
- KAUST, ICD, Anfaal Capital to form venture capital fund
- Ghana Universities asked to expedite action on establishing research fund - Ghana Business News
- Invent Penn State: Power of partnerships in innovation
- Invent Penn State: Power of partnerships in innovation
- New SEC Equity Ruling Opens up New Possibilities for University Crowdfunding Efforts
- 50 Dartmouth alums invest $1.5M venture capital fund
- U Michigan Spin-off Akadeum gets $1 million seed
- U Mississippi Rebel Student Venture Capital Fund Grants $6,500 in Rewards
- Yorkshire Bank launches dedicated start-up team to fund growing tech firms - Yorkshire Post
- Britain’s R&D; funding needs no innovation
December 2015 ( View complete archive page )
- UI awards $625,000 in funding to help faculty members turn inventions into businesses
- Commentary: America’s Seed Fund is powering Texas innovation
- Ryerson University Partnership to Promote Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship
- University of North Dakota Venture Group: Allowing students to completely run their own, real venture capital investment fund
- Enterprise Ireland ranked third best venture capital fund in world for seed investment
- Israel ready to fund joint R&D; investment fund
- Defining "Types" of University Tech and Start-up Gap Funding
January 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- 3 UK Universities,GSK, Astra, J&J; link on $82M Research Fund
- Illinois to invest $220 million in venture capital funds
- U Texas Austin dips into crowdfunding to raise research money
- King Saud University plans fund to back research in scientific fields
- Moodoo Receives £20,000 Initial Funding From University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School Seed Fund
- Leeds scientists receive £100,000 grant to fund research into blood clots
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals to Fund Research Center at Swedish Institute
- UChicago Healthcare, Agtech Startups Funded Through Innovation Fund
- Partners expands life sciences innovation fund to $100M
- University of Bristol funding the future: new investment fund to help drive innovation
- Ohio State-Ohio University early-stage venture capital Innovation Fund could be coming soon
- Ann Arbor-based Millendo scores $62M investment
- Georgia’s long-stalled startup fund is set to place its first $3M bet
- University College London sets up £50 million fund for technology commercialisation
- Hong Kong launches $256m tech fund for startups
- African Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) seed funds inspirational
- Israel Venture Funds on Track to Raise $1.5 Billion for 2015
- Egypt to launch $100m VC fund
- New Mexico Investment Council OKs new startups fund
February 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Purdue University $10M Fund Focuses on Startups
- Maryland TEDCO's $1 billion economic impact could be bigger
- University City Science Center awards $600k in funding to 4 researchers
- University of Chicago to Get $50 Million From Venture Capitalist
- U Hawaii Accelerator Awarded Funds to Expand Outreach
- MichBio report outlines path to continued life sciences industry investment, gap funding
- UNICEF Is Launching A Venture Fund For Open-Source Civic Technology
- Fostering Commercialization to Improve Health and Create Jobs in Washington: WBBA to Receive $1.8 Million Grant from the Life Sciences Discovery Fund
- Department of Commerce Announces $10 Million in Innovation Grants
- Bridging the gap: University of Texas Medical Branch technology commercialization program funds four promising technologies
- King’s College, Arizona State and New South Wales team up for global alliance, seed fund
- MIT MISTI Global Seed Funds winners announced
- CIT sets Charlottesville area up as fastest growing for startup investment in U.S.
- Purdue startup receives funding to accelerate innovation to treat MS pain
- Three Northeastern researchers are named Innovation Commercialization Seed Fund Winners
- Imperial Innovations mines rich seam of UK university research
March 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Innovosource Launches Mind the Gap Report: The Best Program Development Guide for University Technology and Start-up Gap Fund Managers
- URMC startup lands $5M in funding
- Science Center’s Start-Up Accelerator Emerges from Stealth Mode To Focus on “Long Horizon" Technologies
- Gap fund awards help WSU innovations make an impact
- The Secret to Spreading the Startup Wealth in Emerging Global Markets
- Google’s GV leads $21M Series B in bioscience firm Cambridge Epigenetix
- Seed fund helps catalyze Duke energy research on materials, environment, policy
- Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) LED Group Wins License to Operate a Tech Incubator
- UNC Rex’s venture fund expands by $8 million
- New $10m start-up fund launched in Australia
- GE-backed Stanford University deep learning startup Arterys bumps up Series A to $12M+
- Transition in Tech Transfer: Will MIT Ever Start a Venture Fund?
- 4 universities form Triangle Venture Alliance to fund startups
- Syracuse CASE Awards Three University-Industry $50,000 Grants for Collaborative Research
- New early-stage venture fund forming with eye on Pittsburgh startups
- Purdue Ventures to Oversee Startup Investments
- New university crowdfunding platform provides opportunities for organizations
- Rogue launches new venture fund with Oregon State
- ENGINE grants provide funding for College of Engineering faculty entrepreneurs
- New Iowa startup investment fund on the horizon
April 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- New £180m fund to accelerate innovation across the Midlands Engine
- Weills donate $185M to UCSF for neuroscience research, innovation fund
- University of Michigan’s Social Venture Fund Invests in Conversa Health
- HSBC launches £10bn fund to support UK SMEs
- Jamaica Technology Innovation Fund to be created
- Akron’s capital idea: More seed money now will grow more jobs later
- New $3M University of Michigan fund launched to accelerate engineering, medical translational research products
- Bridging the Gap: Commentary on University Technology and Start-up Gap Funding for 4/22/16
- Backed VC outs its “community-driven” €30M European seed-stage fund
- When is the right time to cash in? University Proof of Concept
- UTSA students vie for $100K in prizes technology start-up contest
- University of Michigan, Michigan State target funds for Venture Capital from endowments
- The House Fund raises $6 million to invest in startups tied to UC Berkeley
- General Mills and 7-Eleven Join the Venture Capital Crowd
- CincyTech predicts 600 new jobs with $30M fund
- Bayer and Trendlines establish Ag Innovation Fund
- Bridging the Gap: Commentary on University Technology and Start-up Gap Funding for 4/15/16
- Can An Investment Fund Make Minnesota A Medtech Mecca?
- From the Lab to the Marketplace: Michigan Tech Researchers Find Help at Home to Commercialize Their Discoveries
- University of Energy launches US$10m Endowment Fund | Business News 2022-04-13
- Peoria's OSF hospitals launch $75 million VC fund
- Ghana’s start-up hub pioneer is going pan-African with a $50 million fund — Quartz
- Boston University Launches Campus-Wide Crowdfunding Platform - Crowdfund Insider
- Startups working with venture capital firms perform the best
- Innovators & Entrepreneurs: Seed fund plants success in Oklahoma
- Arrowhead innovation fund preps to distribute
- University of Massachusetts announces $215,000 in Tech Development Awards
- Off to great start-ups: Rowan gives $200K
- ODU entrepreneurial expo shows off student-run companies | Higher Education | pilotonline.com
- Northwestern Student Startups Get Access To $14M in New Funds
- Yale Endowment’s Venture Funds Hit Home Run
- Dr. Mao receives UF Informatics Institute Seed Fund grant
- Unispectral Closes $7.5M Series A Funding, backed by Tel Aviv University
- Bridging the Gap: Commentary on University Technology and Start-up Gap Funding for 3/8/16
- MIT-Imperial College London Seed Fund winners announced
- Venture capital funds, think tanks puzzle over start-up valley of death
- Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures to launch health accelerator, fund
- Dakota Students : Investing in the future
- TechAccel invests $400K in UC Davis research fund
- WSU Ventures at Wichita State University helps fund partnership between NIAR and Denver start-up Molon Labe Designs -
- Indonesia launches new multi-year research fund
- $35M Ohio University, Ohio State University Venture Fund Launches
- Preparing to Launch: Inside SkyDeck, UC Berkeley's Start-Up Accelerator
- Wichita State University Ventures accelerator program results in the addition of 15 jobs
- Five teams named finalists in Chicago Innovation Exchange’s funding competition
- Venture capitalism 101: U Akron and Kent State U lets university students learn ins, outs of investing
- University of Waterloo entrepreneurs pitch for $125K in seed money at Velocity Fund Finals
- Commercially viable technologies get University of Alabama in Huntsville Charger Innovation Fund awards
- Australian Government Establishes $1 Billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund
- Charlotte Regional Fund for Entrepreneurship Releases Its First Comprehensive Entrepreneurial Growth Report Tracking the Impact of Innovation
May 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Research University Technology and Start-Up Gap Funding Review
- SIC, Catalyst Fund ready to move on funds for New Mexico startups
- Govt earmarks $15m towards commercialising hi-tech developments
- €500,000 fintech start-up fund announced by Enterprise Ireland
- Tech incubator for health-care start-ups proposed for Freeport Hospital
- New Irish start-up fund swings into action
- Indiana University Researchers Score $160K in Translational Research Grants
- Tech Launch Arizona awards $1.1 million to boost promising tech
- Philadelphia College of Medicine starts $5M venture fund
- Jumpstart Foundry reveals investments in 17 healthcare startups from seed fund including NC State
- Oxford Uni-backed Aussie start-up Zegami looks to raise $10 million
- U Texas Decisio Health introduces clinical platform, draws $4.5M in Series B round
- Michigan Accelerator Fund seeks $5 million raise for tack-on fund
- Serra Ventures at U Illinois hopes to raise $50M in new fund, invest in 50 startups
- Connecticut Senate Approves CTNext In Effort To Boost Startup Companies, support UCONN
- OSF HealthCare launches $75M fund to invest in health technology
- Ara Parseghian Medical Research Fund launches at Notre Dame
- Venture Capitalist David Schwab on industry focused micro-investing and mining tech from the University of California system
- Nine University of Toronto researchers receive $800K in Connaught funding
- Badger Fund of Funds launches first venture capital fund in La Crosse
- Pitt establishes $1 million fund for faculty, student business ventures
- Bridging the Gap: Commentary on University Technology and Start-up Gap Funding for 5/6/16
- Accelerate Long Island is back with $6M+ seed fund
- South African fund aims to sow and grow new university technologies
- Oregon startup receives million to fund natural gas refueling tech development, supported by Portland Seed Fund
- University of Kansas promotes innovation with new Proof of Concept Fund Awards
- University of Malta TAKEOFF Seed Fund launched for €100,000 in awards
- University of Indiana's PrecisionHawk Announces DuPont as Newest Investor
- Mayfield raises $525 million for two new funds for early stage startups
- MIT Energy Initiative awards nine seed fund grants for early-stage energy research
- New £180m university fund to accelerate energy research across the Midlands Engine
- Florida Institute -Funded Companies Selected to Present for $150K
- Dean for Research Innovation Funds enable bold and creative new projects
June 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Start Singapore: Fund to provide seed money
- U Oregon tech startup firm plans to grow with $1 million infusion
- State-backed German startup investment vehicle plans new €300M fund
- Neil Woodford plugs £11.6m into start-up investor Imperial Innovations
- Maryland State university system plans to create $25 million investment fund for start-ups
- 9 companies join Portland Seed Fund portfolio
- Five startups split $70K from Winston-Salem venture fund, with chance at $250K
- Sacramento's Innovation Fund Will Invest in Local Start-ups
- KAUST-based Startup NOMADD Closes $1M Investment Round with KAUST Innovation Fund
- Melbourne and Monash universities partner in new $80 million biomed fund
- Winners Announced for $250K Innovation Fund Spring 2016 Cycle
- University of Michigan’s Social Venture Fund Announces Investment in Querium
July 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- UB CAT awards over $500K to innovative life sciences companies
- Proposed $100 million public-private partnership would seed new Michigan VC funds
- NYU and ffVC collaborate on AI startup support program
- Australian $200M medical research investment fund signs up university members
- Battery startup big University of Waterloo Velocity Fund winner
- Third €100,000 Malta Seed Fund enables start-ups to take off
- Luxembourg to Set up a Seed Fund for Innovative Start-up Companies for U Luxembourg
- New $256M European institute to fund research and innovation
- RI Slater Fund offers $500,000 for new drug-discovery firm
- Indiana to propose $1B plan to boost innovation, entrepreneurship
- NSF Awards $225,000 to U of Arkansas-Affiliated Technology Company
- $ 2B University of Virginia Funding to Propel Strategic Investments in Academic, Research and Health Care Excellence
- Alaska Launches Tech Accelerator Fund
- Sacramento devotes $10 million to high-tech firms, but plan faces risks
- University of Albany Presidential Innovation Fund for Research and Scholarship
- Chicago Impact Engine Launches $10M Fund, Betting Capitalists Can Do Well While Doing Good
- London start-up scene weighs threat of British Techxit
- $24.9M New Zealand Start-up fund recipients announced
- Senators introduce bipartisan bill to support U.S. research and education
- Purdue Develops New Strategy for Drug Discovery
- Chinese Tsinghua to Start R&D; Fund, 1,000 Incubators in Innovation Push
August 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Qualcomm invested $23 Million In 5 Firms From India Venture Fund
- Drive Capital launches $300 million second fund for Midwest startups
- Drive Capital launches $300 million second fund for Midwest startups
- Rev1 Ventures, Ohio State University Launches $22 Million Seed Fund to Fuel High-Growth Startups
- £75m raised in technology start-up investment by Cambridge University
- Indian Govt inaugurates start-up incubation centre in New Delhi; to foster 50 new companies
- Indian Govt inaugurates start-up incubation centre in New Delhi; to foster 50 new companies
- NC State Boosts Efforts to Commercialize Research Discoveries | NC State University
- NC State Boosts Efforts to Commercialize Research Discoveries | NC State University
- The Marquette University Enterprise Seed Fund is taking applications for its third round of funding, good example of Intake Process
- The Marquette University Enterprise Seed Fund is taking applications for its third round of funding, good example of Intake Process
- €1m made available for two new Enterprise Ireland start-up funds
- Innovation Birmingham Announces Strategic Partnership With Crowdcube
- Tata's $300m venture fund plans to invest in startups
- Tata's $300m venture fund plans to invest in startups
- Ontario Investing $51 Million to Support Research and Foster Innovation
- Canadian Medical Associations's newest start-up awards five grants to jump-start physician-led innovation
- University of Northern Iowa’s incubator lets young companies develop with support programs
- University of Kansas license agreement makes it easier for faculty to form new companies and for university to invest
- Cambridge university start-up fund raises £75m ahead of IPO
- Cambridge university start-up fund raises £75m ahead of IPO
- Blavatnik Family Foundation provides $10 million for innovation in the life sciences at Yale University
- China launches $30 billion state-controlled venture capital fund
- The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research Funds USF Ovation Diagnostics
- New UConn Innovation Fund Provides Business Startups with Important Early-Stage Financial Support
- Badger Fund raises more than $10 million
- Does every university need its own venture fund?
- Through corporate venture fund, Exelon gets intel while startups get funding
- University of Buffalo seed fund aims to make an IMPACT on new, innovative research
- Avacta Group and Leeds University secure £3.8m fund to develop new diagnostic tests
- ONGC launches Rs 100 crore start-up fund to ignite new ideas
- Alafair Biosciences raises $2M with eye on marketing, product development; U Texas Horizon Fund invests
- Venture fund puts $6 million into UCSD inventions
- 726 Applicants to Compete for GA State Start-up Funding
- Nomura-Keio University Fund Boosts Investment Target for Japan Startups
- Ratan Tata, University of California to set up venture capital fund
- UoN received Sh100m to fund new innovations
- Indiana University Plans Alumni Venture Fund, Taps Partnerships
September 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- LSU faculty members are closing in on bringing their inventions to market with funds from the university’s LIFT2 grant program
- LSU faculty members are closing in on bringing their inventions to market with funds from the university’s LIFT2 grant program
- Macomb Innovation Fund, JP Morgan Chase Announces $375,000 in Awards to Six Detroit-area Technology Startups
- Macomb Innovation Fund, JP Morgan Chase Announces $375,000 in Awards to Six Detroit-area Technology Startups
- Allied Minds and GE Ventures Form Strategic Alliance to Commercialize Leading-Edge Technologies
- Allied Minds and GE Ventures Form Strategic Alliance to Commercialize Leading-Edge Technologies
- NSF fosters entrepreneurship, innovation through new awards for I-Corps regional nodes
- Thailand pledges $1m to kick off Asean science development fund
- New Nevada InNEVenture Fund to ramp up commercialization with $100K pilot
- Licensing & Ventures Group Hire Seed Fund Director to Shepherd UVA Innovations
- Johnson & Wales University and Angel Fund Announces The Food Innovation Nexus: a Venture Towards Therapeutic Breakthroughs in Healthy Food and Medicine
- Johnson & Wales University and Angel Fund Announces The Food Innovation Nexus: a Venture Towards Therapeutic Breakthroughs in Healthy Food and Medicine
- Northwestern receives $10.25 million gift from Galvin family for Kellogg, NUseeds Fund
- Why Money Is Rushing Into Venture Capital from University Endowments
- GE Healthcare to invest up to $50 million in start-up accelerator programme
- GE Healthcare to invest up to $50 million in start-up accelerator programme
- 3 Leading Bay Area Research Universities to Partner in $600M Chan Zuckerberg Medical Science 'Biohub'
- 3 Leading Bay Area Research Universities to Partner in $600M Chan Zuckerberg Medical Science 'Biohub'
- Arizona State's Avnet Innovation Lab to Fund Tech Entrepreneurs
- University of Tokyo to invest in affiliated startups
- Imperial Innovations invests £5.1m in new biotech start-up
- Enterprise Ireland's €500,000 agricultural fund opens for applications
- Dundee Venture Capital raises $20M to fund startups across the Midwest
- Valley VC Spectrum28 launches $170m fund for disruptive technologies
- Announcing the 2016 Illinois Proof-of-Concept Program Award Recipients
- GMC Life Sciences Fund Makes Further Seed Investments in universities
- Rev1 Ventures and Nationwide Children’s Hospital Launch New Fund to Support Healthcare Innovators
- Arkansas Innovation Hub Announces Kickoff of Inaugural I-Fund Program
- Silicon Valley, Michigan Tech MTRAC Help Fast-Track Commercialization of Tech Research
- Silicon Valley, Michigan Tech MTRAC Help Fast-Track Commercialization of Tech Research
- UTSA alumna's medical device receives $150K UT System investment
- U Queensland Inflazome closes US$17m Series A financing round from Novartis Venture Fund
- U Queensland Inflazome closes US$17m Series A financing round from Novartis Venture Fund
- PepsiCo extends innovation fund to educational institutions
- U of Chicago ExplORer Surgical Announces $1M Seed Round
- U of Chicago ExplORer Surgical Announces $1M Seed Round
- University of California Is Putting Money Into an Alumni VC Fund
- University of California Is Putting Money Into an Alumni VC Fund
- Michigan Economic Development Corporation to provide more money for entrepreneurship, innovation
- Michigan Economic Development Corporation to provide more money for entrepreneurship, innovation
- $5.9 million for Red River College research, vehicle test facility
- Oregon BEST, OSU Ventures back eChemion for Technology that Triples Battery Life
- University of Calgary awarded $75-million research grant for cleantech, energy
- iBIO Institute’s PROPEL Center Is Winner of U.S. SBA’s Growth Accelerator Fund Competition
- Ottawa universities unveil 13 research fund winners
- Ottawa universities unveil 13 research fund winners
- University City Science Center Receives SBA Funding for Newest Commercialization Program
- University City Science Center Receives SBA Funding for Newest Commercialization Program
- Australian Government-backed $20 million venture capital fund launched to back clean energy startups
- Australian Government-backed $20 million venture capital fund launched to back clean energy startups
- Stanford seed grants push the boundaries of innovative research on clean energy | Stanford News
October 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Start your university POC or startup fund on the road to success [Hint: It's a Team Meeting]
- Start your university POC or startup fund on the road to success [Hint: It's a Team Meeting]
- Wayne State U MTRAC awards spur biomedical innovation
- Wayne State U MTRAC awards spur biomedical innovation
- Alumnus seeds Swartz Center thats poised to draw innovation at CMU and in Pittsburgh
- Alumnus seeds Swartz Center thats poised to draw innovation at CMU and in Pittsburgh
- New Mexico state pumps $40M into venture investments from tax fund
- New Mexico state pumps $40M into venture investments from tax fund
- UC Riverside launches innovation center, seed fund for entrepreneurs
- UC Riverside launches innovation center, seed fund for entrepreneurs
- Crowdfunding: the new buzzword for academics needing research money
- Crowdfunding: the new buzzword for academics needing research money
- How $100B of 'Free Money' Could Transform Tech
- How $100B of 'Free Money' Could Transform Tech
- Clemson University Research Foundation awards funds for technology development
- Clemson University Research Foundation awards funds for technology development
- Montana State University business accelerator receives $50,000 from U.S. Small Business Administration
- Montana State University business accelerator receives $50,000 from U.S. Small Business Administration
- University Investment-A New Model Of Venture Capital
- University Investment-A New Model Of Venture Capital
- 3 initiatives, $3M for startups: MEDC seeks to boost access to early-stage capital
- 3 initiatives, $3M for startups: MEDC seeks to boost access to early-stage capital
- GO-EDC launches fund for start-up companies
- Innovation in the Western Cape is set to get another healthy boost
- Innovation in the Western Cape is set to get another healthy boost
- Birmingham's Health Tech Kaido secures £50,000 funding from Mercia Fund Management SME Innovation Fund
- Group seeks to guide philanthropists to supplement crunch in federal funding of research
- Group seeks to guide philanthropists to supplement crunch in federal funding of research
- Enterprise Ireland gets a new €200k start-up Competitive Feasibility Fund
- Spin-out company from Queens University receives £500k investment for cancer-detecting sensors
- Is it time for a new model to fund science research in higher education?
- Is it time for a new model to fund science research in higher education?
- University at Buffalo Seed Fund for Innovative Research Supports Faculty in 6 Departments
- University at Buffalo Seed Fund for Innovative Research Supports Faculty in 6 Departments
- Crowdfunder CEO talks about using gap funding to fix the University Research System's "Valley of Death"
- Rhode Island is boosting innovation grants to $1.5M
- UAE Venture fund helps Mena region tap into expertise of veteran investors
- UAE Venture fund helps Mena region tap into expertise of veteran investors
- Enable Injections to triple Cincinnati workforce after landing $30 million in Series A funding
- Invest Georgia putting state's money to work
- BC $8.7M Investment Unlocks Canadian National Initiative To Accelerate Discovery And Innovation
- BC $8.7M Investment Unlocks Canadian National Initiative To Accelerate Discovery And Innovation
- KAUST, SABB launch startup accelerator plan
- Gov. Brown approves $22 million to fund entrepreneurship at U California System
- Nevada's Sierra Angels program will help incubate University-based projects
- Applications open for second round of Northwestern University N.XT $10M Fund investments
- NIH Common Fund announces 2016 High-Risk, High-Reward Research awards
- Irish university oncology start-up attracts $95m funding
- UK pledges £220m tech fund for life science and university sectors
- NC Idea grants awarded for statewide network of entrepreneur support organizations
- NC Idea grants awarded for statewide network of entrepreneur support organizations
- Amino Capital Completes Final Close of Its $50M Fund II for Artificial Intelligence Early-Stage Startups
- Madison HealthX Ventures raises first fund
- Madison HealthX Ventures raises first fund
- Marc and Lynne Benioff’s $20 million gift to USC supports research and treatment innovations to fight cancer
November 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- (Venture Capitalists Take Note) University Startup Funds Are For Real
- State Investing to Make Connecticut More Attractive to Tech Startups
- Two entrepreneur alumni donate $1 million each to UBC seed fund
- Two entrepreneur alumni donate $1 million each to UBC seed fund
- Sodexo launches strategic venture capital fund, dedicated to accompanying innovative start-ups
- Tsinghua University's Redbud Capital To Launch $150M Venture Fund-Of-Funds
- Michigan State University Foundation Launches $5M Venture Fund, Red Cedar Ventures LLC
- Michigan State University Foundation Launches $5M Venture Fund, Red Cedar Ventures LLC
- NewYork-Presbyterian launches venture fund for digital health
- University of Cambridge breaks its early stage investment record with £5.3 million into 14 startups
- Tel Aviv University Launches New IoT Tech Investment Fund with 5 Corporate Giants
- Camden Partners has a new venture fund for Maryland startups
- Florida Institute Funds carbon capture technology
- Florida Institute Funds carbon capture technology
- Corporate VC Fund launched to support University of Wolverhampton uni spin-outs
- ENTREVESTOR: Nova Scotia tops up innovation funding
- ENTREVESTOR: Nova Scotia tops up innovation funding
- CWRU receives $500,000 state grant for technology start-up fund
- CWRU receives $500,000 state grant for technology start-up fund
- Edinburgh University DEM software tech spin-out to launch off £450,000 in investment
- Dakota Venture Group celebrates 10 years
- Dakota Venture Group celebrates 10 years
- UWaterloo’s Velocity Garage achieves largest free startup incubator status
- Third Rock Ventures Raises $616 Million Fund IV for healthcare tech
- Third Rock Ventures Raises $616 Million Fund IV for healthcare tech
- University Hospitals receives $500,000 grant from Third Frontier for tech ventures
- Venture Grants Fund Growth and Exploration for Colorado College Students
- Venture Grants Fund Growth and Exploration for Colorado College Students
- Launch of Alberta Transplant Innovation Fund to Accelerate Transplant Research and Innovation
- Launch of Alberta Transplant Innovation Fund to Accelerate Transplant Research and Innovation
- MIT starts $25M venture fund
- MIT starts $25M venture fund
December 2016 ( View complete archive page )
- Here’s what’s next for The W Fund, an early-stage venture fund focused on university spin-outs
- Inova launches investment fund to find personalized medicine innovators
- Berkshire invests in commercialisation of UK university research
- UT Research Foundation Announces Maturation Fund Recipients for 2017
- EPFL startups raise record $393M in outside capital in 2016
- Israeli VC Pitango launches its 7th early-stage fund of $175M | TechCrunch
- Campus Capital Launches £2M Venture Capital Fund
- Defence innovation fund launched at Strathclyde
- How Canada can provide a powerful spark for innovation through an SBIR-like program
- Australia CSIRO sees “virtuous cycle” in reinvesting patent monetisation cash directly into commercialisation
- New $10M fund aims to aid Wisconsin startups
- Tyson Launches Venture-Capital Fund - WSJ
- RBC Invests $1 Million in University of New Brunswick's TME Program
- StartUP FIU Pitch Day brings early-stage ventures to investors
- Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) releases 2016 annual report on research commercialization and funding
- University of South Florida seeks to build $10M startup fund
- Rainbow Seed Fund's £200m Investment in UKs Deep Science at Universities
- Psst, Rowan has a $5M venture fund
- Michigan State University Venture Fund Startup Develops Smart Headband To Detect Head Impacts
- St. Louis venture fund. RiverVest Venture Partners, makes $15 million bet on its hometown
- University of Chicago Investing $25M From Endowment Into Its Own Startup Companies
- BMW increases size of venture capital fund by 400% to $530 million
- RiverVest Venture Partners Closes on $15 Million Biopharma Pre-Seed Fund - RiverVest Venture Partners
- Forbes: Allied Minds leading in IP commercialization in the US
- MIT Skoltech Seed Fund issues call for proposals, collab research with Russian institutions
January 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- InnovateIndiana/University Hospitals life sciences startup receives significant funding for developing novel therapeutics for COPD
- Australian Victorian Government's LaunchVic $60m Innovation Fund unveils $5m in new grants
- NC Biotech Center awards $1.4M in grants, loans
- $20-Million Fund Will Support Innovation at Ontario's Colleges
- My State Cares More About University Innovation Than Your's Does...
- SEP Venture Capital donates to University of Strathclyde Entrepreneurs Fund
- Wisconsin WEDC grants help grow entrepreneurship programs across state
- Colorado Boulder research seed grant program accepting proposals for interdisciplinary research, creative work
- Firebrand Ventures partners with UMKC to cultivate entrepreneurs
- Paris Saclay University Launches €50M Seed Fund
- UCSF Receives $500 Million For Faculty And Research Improvement from Foundation
- $250K in Presidential awards fund faculty and staff research and projects at University of North Georgia
- Four Ugandan Startups Win $10000 Seed Fund in Up Accelerate Program | PC Tech Magazine
- Northwestern Mutual creates $50 million Future Ventures Fund
- 10 corporations, Georgia Tech launch Engage, an accelerator program and venture
- 3 eminent alumni fund innovation centre at IIT-Madras
- Wake Forest Innovation's Catalyst Fund to support 6 early-stage technologies
- Think Tank to Shark Tank: Universities and the Entrepreneur Economy
- Creation of Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) 30 years ago help fuel Oklahoma startup firms
- Former INSEAD students set up $700K fund to invest in alumni start-ups
- Invest Georgia plows $3.25 million into Mosley Ventures
- New Michigan state-backed funds to deploy $4.2 million to early-stage companies
- The UAE announces legal system for venture capital funds
- Two Purdue agricultural startups receive $100,000 from inaugural Ag-celerator fund
- University of Akron unveils $500K Spark Fund program to fund student, faculty innovations
- Irish Research Council awarded €30m to researchers in 2016
- Wanted: UNC alumni looking to invest in startups with university ties
- From prototype building to VC investment, Ohio State University more active in nudging technology to market
- Norfolk biotech startup to get $150,000 loan from city's new “Innovation Fund”
- U Iowa diagnostics company gets $5.1 million of financing from state funding, other
- Fred Hutch’s new Evergreen Fund to promote commercialization of research into lifesaving therapies
February 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- U Cambridge, University College London, and Imperial College London share in first investments from Apollo fund
- Enterprise Ireland announces €1m in start-up funding for international entrepreneurs and recent graduates
- Australian government signs university research and innovation/Tech Transfer agreement with Israel
- U Nevada faculty advises Ozmen Ventures in launching a $5 million fund to spark local entrepreneurial ecosystem
- Shaw University, Carolina Small Business Development Fund Open Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center
- Why University City Science Center is betting big on these 3 health projects
- Duke U, Viking Therapeutics and PoC Capital Enter Agreement to Fund Clinical Development
- UMass Amherst creates venture fund to support innovation, job growth in Western Massachusetts
- These four tech startups received crucial capital from a UPenn student-run fund
- University of ArkansasWalton College Entrepreneurial Fund Created to Bolster Student Start-Ups
- Welsh government launches £5 million innovation fund
- QD Solar, incorporated by MaRS Innovation and the University of Toronto, secures over $10M for the development of transformational Solar Energy Technologies
- Campus Capital signs university startup deal with University of Manchester
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with FireSpring Fund to Invest $1 Million Toward Innovation and Job Growth
- University of Wollongong sets up a $10 million seed fund for start-ups
- $2.2 million from state will help speed UCI research to commercial market
- Grinnell College Innovation fund announces chosen projects
- Over $2 million in funding announced for biomedical innovations across the State of Michigan
- Ontario's New William G. Davis Innovation Fund encourages college students to pitch creative projects
- Purdue researchers receive Trask funding to commercialize new type of sodium batteries and novel antibiotic for chronic wound healing
March 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Facebook Pioneer's $75 Million Gift to UCSD Is Largest from a Graduate
- Upside Biotechnologies raises $2.3 m in funding round
- DOD’s $250 million rapid innovation fund
- London has attracted a tech fund led by Saudi Aramco, BP and other oil majors looking to collaborate and innovate
- Remita Seed Fund Invests N3m In 3 Nigerian Startups
- Selena Gomez establishes new fund for Lupus Research at University of Southern California
- NJBIZ Exclusive: Hackensack Meridian entering innovation and incubator space with $25M fund
- University System of Maryland Launches $25 Million Maryland Momentum Fund to Back Start-Up Companies Formed from Campus Research
- Research Park Corporation incubator, venture fund generate $196 million economic impact
- Imperial College innovative projects receive funding thanks to new Excellence Fund
- OKC's Datebox secures $2.6 million investment round, led by i2E Inc
- Innovate Indiana Fund invests in early-stage payment-fraud analytics company
- ScaleUP Ventures closer to $75 million fund target after $25 million boost from Ontario government
- La Crosse Venture capital firm gets bolstered by investment from Badger Fund of Funds
- La Crosse Venture capital firm gets bolstered by investment from Badger Fund of Funds
- University of Arkansas announces $1M innovation grant program
- Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation awards $700,000 in grants to support local efforts to provide seed funding for startups
- Innovation hub at Michigan Tech University bridges “Valley of Death”
- Stanford StartX VCs Are Looking for the Next Snapchat
- Amazon Alexa Fund Extends University Ties in AI Race
- Academics to the rescue: University innovation and venturing surges ahead in 2016 in UK
- University of Arkansas Chancellor's New $1 Million Fund Advances Multiple Guiding Priorities
- Uniseed's new $20 million venture fund to double down on good deals | afr.com
- MCCC fund to help provide capital for local start-up businesses
- Canada Foundation for $1.3M in innovation funds five new leadership awards at UCalgary
- University of Michigan, Michigan Tech designated as Innovation Hubs in MEDC’s statewide MTRAC program
- Virginia Tech and Carilion form $15 million venture capital fund
April 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- State of Massachusetts Awards $455,000 in Clean Energy Grants to Massachusetts Cleantech Innovators
- UMASS announces $200,000 in Tech Development awards
- Singapore Creates S$1 Billion Innovation Fund to Drive Growth
- Batteries and robotics first in line for Innovate UK BEIS £1bn innovation fund
- NSF $500K grant to fund entrepreneurial growth at Mississippi State University
- MISTI funds over 80 MIT faculty projects for $1.6M
- New French Biotech Seed Fund Raises €65M-to support university innovation
- TEDCO has new money to close your startup's funding gap
- New Mexico State University’s AgSprint accelerator selects first participants
- Houston Methodist Receives $21M Commitment to start three new funding programs
- Education Ministry and Qatar National Research Fund boost young scientists
- University of Malta puts up €100,000 in seed funding to help start-ups take off
- Invent Penn State’s Fund For Innovation helps start seven new ventures
- A $150 million fund, The Engine, will back startups others find ‘too hard’ | TechCrunch
- U of Wyoming Recipient of ExxonMobil Innovation Fund Grant for Student-Led Research Projects
- Company founded by two Marquette University researchers raises $26 million in funding
- MIT venture fund raises $150 million for technology startups
- Samsung to fund 40 tech projects in H1
- Offaly researchers eligible for €2.5 million Irish frontier research fund
- Ideadvance Seed Fund now open to some U Wisconsin System alumni
- Davidson Alumna Receives $50,000 for Start-Up during Venture Fund Pitch Day Competition
- Investing in the Midwest: opportunities abound
- Start-up funding fest to be held in Bengaluru, India
- Cleveland State and Kent State to work together on joint technology commercialization fund
- Dublin City University IoT sensor firm AmbiSense gets €1m from Atlantic Bridge Fund in Ireland
- Oxford University's Spybiotech raises £4m in seed funding to tackle pandemics
May 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Australia fund has placed $35 million with IP Group for university innovation
- New investment fund is targeting drug development at the University of Pittsburgh
- How University of Hawaii Hopes To Turn Research Into Business Startups
- Rainbow seed fund & University of Birmingham back promising technology spinout Linear Diagnostics
- New $40M Venture Capital Catalyst Fund Will Be Critical to Start-Up Growth in New Mexico
- Osage Venture Partners Closes $90M Fund
- The University of New Hampshire Establishes an Innovation Fund
- Louisiana Tech TOP DOG New Venture Championship winners announced
- Four University of Malta research projects awarded €240,000 in new pilot programme
- Menlo Ventures raises new $450M fund to back early consumer, enterprise and ‘frontier technologies’
- Honeywell Launches New Venture Investment Fund Focused On Early-Stage, High-Growth Companies
- Inova Health System, University of Virginia fund first joint research projects with seed fund
- Simon Fraser University receives $1 million from Coast Capital Savings for student program
- New Brunswick announces $63.6 million in funding for two innovation agencies, funds
- Harvard Innovation Lab awards $310,000 in prizes
- University of Arizona Startups Draw Silicon Valley Attention to Tucson
- University Of Sydney startup Abyss raises $1m to take underwater data service global
- India Govt aims at job creation through venture capital funding of MSME
- Company with University of Kansas roots goes public on NASDAQ
- University of Navarra Vivet Therapeutics nabs Series A funds
- Microsoft Ventures doubles down on AI with new investments in Agolo and Bonsai
- Oculus VR co-founder Brendan Iribe donates $50,000 to UMD’s Startup Shell
- University of Wollongong launches AU$10m startup seed fund
- CCDI to back seven innovative Cape projects in second round of seed fund
- New business angel fund to invest €30mn in Finnish start-ups
- University of New Hampshire creates innovation fund
- University of Texas Dallas Seed Fund Makes First Startup Investments
- New Mexico Arrowhead Innovation Fund receives investment from state’s Catalyst Fund
- Penn State startup Virolock Technologies secures $75,000 in funding
- Brandeis University Named National Science Foundation I-Corps Site to Fund Campus Discoveries
- Michigan Economic Development Corporation offers funding to stimulate startups
- New New Mexico state Catalyst Fund announces first awards
- India C-CAMP delighted to launch SEED fund in partnership with BIRAC
- Duke University Energy Initiative Awards Seven New Seed Grants
- U-M undergrad venture fund makes first investment
- John Hopkins baby box startup wins $25,000 through Hopkins Social Innovation Lab
- Cisco Innovation Challenge lets university entrepreneurs rise and shine
- Alibaba launches US$3m start-up competition with Cyberport and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks
- VentureCon brings out Utah Valley University's entrepreneurs with new business ideas
June 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- 25 Chicago University Startups That Are Researching and Fighting Cancer
- Binghamton University, U Albany, U Buffalo, and SUNY Oswego Receive Investment From SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund
- Google AI Fund Leads $10.5M Into Algorithmia
- U Akron O2 RegenTech awarded $100,000 from Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio
- Good Read: The Benefits of Taking a Slower Approach to Innovation
- Research Center IMEC creates smart tech VC fund, targets €100 million
- Application called for £250,000 Nigerian GSMA ecosystem accelerator innovation fund
- Can Riverside be another Silicon Valley-type magnet? UCR officials think so
- Triangle Venture Alliance Makes Initial Investment Impact
- Rolls-Royce To Open Turbine Lab at Purdue University
- Virginia Catalyst announces grants for collaborative research projects Industries
- Dutch universities of technology start €75m investment fund
- Rutgers University Launches TechAdvance Funding Program to Advance Inventions Toward Commercialization
- Zone Startups India floats early-stage VC fund to back tech startups, backed by Ryerson University
- Five-yr Performance Study Shows PE Investment Through FOFs Just as Good as Direct Investment in VC funds
- Sanovas Prepares for Global Expansion by Creating Innovation Center and Venture Capital Fund in China
- NJ State and Digital Jersey in new start-up fund talks
- Crowdfunding success for sustainability start-up fund
- LifeArc, née MRC Technology, sets up high-risk seed fund for academics
- South Florida Startup Ecosystem Continues Pattern of Growth and Investment
- MIT Engine Funnels Millions Into On-Campus Startups
- University City Science Center QED Program Call for Submissions for $2M+ in funding
- Good Read: Venture Philanthropy Straddles Two Worlds in Healthcare Tech
- U Akron and Lorain County CC startups O2 RegenTech, Vlipsy receive $225K in Innovation Fund investments
- InNEVenture Fund to ramp up commercialization at U Nevada
- FSU faculty win GAP awards to take science from lab to market
- Venture capital firm bets on New Mexico
- $500k fund raised by millennials for millennial start-ups
- Enterprise Ireland announce €1.5m competition for start-up businesses
- Cornell U Atkinson's Academic Venture Fund awards $1.8M to 15 projects
- NC State University Chancellor's Innovation Fund is mobilizing a bridge over the digital divide
- At Oregon Health & Science University, healthcare tech is a priority
- Gov McAuliffe announces Virginia Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund Awards
- Rev1 Ventures, Ohio State U Invests in Wiretap
- U Chicago Innovation Fund invests $500,000 in microbiome research and energy companies
- University of Queensland and Emory University start-up closes US$16m investment to develop cancer therapies
- New Bascom Ventures capital fund is premised on University of Wisconsin alumni pride
- Interview with Sierra Ventures, located at U Illinois, eyeing early stage startups
- New State Fund Helps Commercialize Early Tech from MI Universities
- Invent Penn State’s Fund for Innovation awards $75,000 to Persea Naturals
- New Mexico State University Arrowhead Innovation Fund receives $800,000 for high-tech startups
- Accelerating innovation: 7 U Colorado research teams receive commercialization grants
- Startup Desert Saber Licenses University of Arizona Mining Safety Training Program
- 2 tech startups win $125,000 from Macomb Innovation Fund
July 2017 ( View complete archive page )
- Canadian FACIT supports cancer research translation and invests in three talented Ontario start-ups
- Pharmacy professor receives SUNY funding to spur research commercialization
- UC Davis innovators receive $328K in grants to advance research
- Utah USTAR awards grants to Utah companies and university researchers
- Maine Technology Institute awards $695K, leveraging nearly $1M for recipients
- NC State is Bridging the Funding Gap from Research to Commercialization; invests in five new projects
- Samsung to back European start-ups with $150 million investment fund
- Florida talks a technology game but fails to fund it
- IoT start-up Drayson Technologies clinches £10m to fund “cutting edge” research at Oxford University
- Toyota Invests $100 Million in Fund for AI, Robotic Startups
- New venture fund launched - run by Singapore university students, for students
- Kent State University students to manage foundation investment fund
- Kent State University students to manage foundation investment fund
- Ottawa announces $1.2 billion Strategic Innovation Fund
- Oxford Seed Fund invests in Noise-Cancellation Tech and Fraud Protection Software
- Light Polymers Closes $5m Series B Strategic Funding Round with Tokyo Electron and Tsingda International Venture Capital
- UC Riverside Launches $10 Million Highlander Venture Capital Fund
- Indiana University plots new VC fund amid agency revamp
- UNLV Rebel Venture Fund Announces Echo Investment
- University of Strathclyde awards £25k in funding as six start-up businesses share prize money
- Atlas Venture Unveils New $350M Fund for Seed Biotech Investments