European Research Council funds 33 new proof of concept projects
The European Research Council (ERC) will release a new round of proof of concept grants to 33 research projects. Each project will receive EUR 150,000 that is put towards commercial translation such as IP dilligence, market research, and commercial validations. There was a yield rate, or projects funded vs proposed, in this round of 44%. […]
Marblar aims to support university commercialization through competitions and crowdsourcing
Some crowdsourcing competitions, like the X-Prize, ask people to come up with technological solutions to a problem. Marblar, a startup launching this month, is doing it backward—asking people to come up with problems that a given technology could solve.
Portland Seed Fund touts third round of start-ups, raising a second fund
Portland Seed Fund Funding: $3 million from private and public sources, including $800,000 from the city of Portland, $250,000 from Hillsboro and $500,000 from the Oregon Growth Account (funded by state lottery dollars). The plan: Seed two dozen companies over two years with initial funding of $25,000 apiece. Follow up with additional funding for the […]