QB3, A University of California Initiative, Shares Gap Funding Program Successes

The “valley of death”—the lack of proof-of-concept funding for scientists who want to commercialize their research—continues to frustrate entrepreneurs at the University of California. There has always been a gap between the discovery phase, which the NIH will fund, and proven technology that can attract private investment. That gap has widened over the past few years because […]

Oregon BEST Awards Commercialization Grant To University-Industry Collaboration On Stormwater Treatment Device

Oregon BEST has awarded a commercialization grant to an industry-university team developing a floating, solar-activated stormwater treatment device that could be deployed in retaining ponds or ditches along roadways and parking lots to keep contaminants from reaching streams. The technology could also be used to pre-treat stormwater, helping reduce overflow situations at municipal treatment facilities […]

U Michigan’s Student-led Social Venture Fund Invests In Mytonomy

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Student-led fund participates in seed funding for high-growth edtech start up The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business today announced that its Social Venture Fund, the nation’s first student-led impact […]