Overview of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Proof of Concept Fund

1. Background The University is proactive in introducing new funding channels to facilitate technology transfer from university research to industries. The Proof-of-Concept Fund (PCF) is established to enhance technology transfer process with the support of the Knowledge Transfer (KT) Fund from the Hong Kong Government. PCF aims at facilitating university researchers to demonstrate the industrial potentials […]

Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund incentivizes venture investment in early-stage companies

The Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund supports the collaboration between qualified venture capital funds and other private investors into companies working towards: Clean technologies Digital media and information and communications technologies Life sciences and advanced health technologies This discretionary Ontario government funding program is accepting investments made alongside qualified co-investors. Any companies interested in investment must […]

New Report Covers Health Technologies Acceleration Program, Mind the Gap Referenced

In 2011, the William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at Univeristy of California San Diego, partnered with the California HealthCare Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Booz Allen Hamilton, to launch the Southern California Health Technology Acceleration Program (HTAP). This regional initiative provides researchers from universities and research institutes in southern California with funding and business mentoring […]