Georgia’s long-stalled startup fund is set to place its first $3M bet

A long-stalled Georgia program that uses taxpayer money to attract more funding for homegrown firms is set to make its first investment with a plan to funnel $3 million into an Atlanta-based financial services venture capital fund.The investment in TTV Capital would be the first by the Invest Georgia program, a favorite of Lt. Gov. […]

University College London sets up £50 million fund for technology commercialisation 

University College London (UCL) has established a £50 million fund to invest in intellectual property developed on its campus. The fund will provide money for academics to do initial proof of concept work, licensing projects and forming start-ups. Although UCL research has in the past formed the basis of 67 companies, this is the first […]