U Chicago Publishes Story on Commercialization; $20M Innovation Fund

John Flavin stands in the Harper Court “Skydeck” illuminated by a spotlight. Around him, in a loose semicircle, about 100 onlookers fill the 12th-floor space with a buzzing intensity. Flavin draws them in. “Everybody huddle up,” he says. “Let’s form a scrum.” Four UChicago research teams are at the Skydeck to receive Innovation Fund awards […]

OHSU Funds Venture Firm to Raise $100M Life Sciences Seed Fund

Oregon Health & Science University is collaborating in a new venture capital fund that’s the only one in the state focused on health care and life sciences. OHSU is paying Allegory Venture Partners up to $1.2 million over a two-year period to support the fund’s launch and operation. Allegory is attempting to raise at least […]

University of Wisconsin System IdeaAdvance Seed Fund Announces First Recipients

University of Wisconsin’s IdeaAdvance fund announces its first round of seed funding. IdeaAdvance couples funds with support services, such as business mentoring and development assistance to encourage technology transfer from the UW System, especially those schools without a historic capability of transferring its ideas to the marketplace.