North Dakota state-based Venture Grants support $1.3 million in promising technologies and research projects
The North Dakota Centers of Excellence Commission awarded funding requests for two Venture Grants, two Research ND grants and one Research ND BIO project totaling $1,277,924 at its meetings held February 21 and 28. Research ND and Research ND BIO promote the development and commercialization of products and processes through industry/university research partnerships. Research ND […]
The University of Texas at San Antonio announce $100K in 20 translational research projects
The Office of the Vice President for Research announces the Special Summer Seed Grant program awardees for summer 2014. This seed grant program was a one-time funding opportunity established to promote research and scholarship at the highest quality. A total of $100,000 was divided evenly among the 20 recipients.
University of New Mexico seeks to raise $1M seed fund for start-ups
The University of New Mexico may be putting more skin in the technology transfer game with a new $1 million fund to invest up to $100,000 in startup companies working to take UNM inventions to market. The UNM Foundation and the directing board of the Science and Technology Corp., which manages UNM’s technology commercialization, agreed […]
Angel investor donates $1M to support U Waterloo student Velocity Fund
Entrepreneur and angel investor, Mike Stork, is giving back to the Waterloo Region startup community with a generous donation of $1 million to Velocity at the University of Waterloo. The donation is a double win for student entrepreneurs. The gift has inspired the University to grow the Velocity Fund run by the University’s startup incubator, to support entrepreneurs emerging […]
FundersClub fills void for start-up investors
A fast-growing Indianapolis start-up called TinderBox is days away from securing its second investment from the nation’s first online venture capital fund, FundersClub. Just like a year ago, when the sales and marketing software company became the first non-Silicon Valley start-up to raise funds through the site, the money fills a gap in a region […]