Crowdfunding campaign from University of California enlists movie stars, politicians
In an unusual effort to bolster financial aid for undergraduates, UC on Wednesday publicly launched an online crowdfunding campaign that has movie stars, politicians, students and faculty pledging to host parties, lead hikes, sing rap songs and work in soup kitchens to win donations.
U Houston Cougar Fund launches $1M student venture fund
The University of Houston has waded into the venture capital market. Administrators have launched the new Cougar Venture Fund this fall as part of its entrepreneurship curriculum for graduate business students. “The goal is to teach students in an entrepreneurial finance class about raising money for a startup, what the options are, how to evaluate […]
U Penn’s Graduate School of Education launches $2.1M hybrid fund for education innovation
Philadelphia, PA, September 18, 2013 – Penn’s Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) has announced that the Education Design Studio, Inc. (EDSi), a $2.1 million hybrid incubator and seed fund built specifically for education ventures, will launch September 23 in Philadelphia. The fund, which will nurture five early stage start-ups, is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between Penn GSE […]
IDEA funds $34K in student ventures in September
The school year has just begun at Northeastern, but IDEA ventures are already hard at work– and it’s paying off. For its September round of Gap Funding, IDEA has awarded a total of $34,000 to four of its ventures: Bureo, Gapelia, Fresh Truck and Presskit.to.
North Carolina to grant $1.2M from pilot start-up fund next year
Early-stage startups in the Charlotte area now have a new potential source for funding: Innovation Fund North Carolina, a pilot program planning to award up to $1.2 million in grants and loans to high-tech startups around the state over the next year.