CO Governor announces $150M VC fund to support tech companies, university-start-ups
In an interview with reporters today at the Venture Capital In The Rockies event in Beaver Creek, Colo., Gov. John Hickenlooper revealed that the state will be partnering with a number of local CEOs and technology companies to create a $150 million VC fund. He explained that the fund, which is currently in formation with a goal to […]
UK CT Investment Partners backs University of Bradford energy start-up
UK-based clean energy venture capital firm CT Investment Partners has backed university spinout Acoustic Sensing Technology with a £650,000 commitment.
MIT Media Lab proposes student start-up fund
Perhaps it’s not surprising that if you recruit a noted angel investor to run one of MIT’s highest-profile research groups, the Media Lab, one of the things he’ll do is try to create new mechanisms to invest in student startups…
RFP: Help us with the University Crowdfunding Attitude Survey
In its most recent Mind the Gap landscape report, innovosource identified crowdfunding as an emerging investment vehicle that may be better positioned to support the capital requirements of translational research, proof of concept projects, and early-stage start-ups than more traditional capital sources, like venture capital and angel investment. This funding approach taps into the masses […]
University of Cape Town talks innovation in South Africa, funding gap
Q&A WITH PIET BARNARD AND DR. ANDREW BAILEY Piet Barnard, Director, Research Contracts and Intellectual Property Services, UCT Dr. Andrew Bailey, Intellectual Property Manager, Research Contracts and Intellectual Property Services, UCT Sable’s Dave Kitley met with Piet Barnard and Dr. Andrew Bailey from UCT’s Technology Transfer Office, known as ‘Research Contracts and Intellectual Property Services,’ […]