Licensing & Ventures Group Hire Seed Fund Director to Shepherd UVA Innovations
Robert J. Creeden has joined the University of Virginia’s Licensing & Ventures Group as its first managing director of the UVA Seed Fund and New Ventures. The Licensing & Ventures Group’s mission is to maximize the impact of UVA’s innovation in research and technology via commercialization while providing high levels of customer service, value-added business […]
Johnson & Wales University and Angel Fund Announces The Food Innovation Nexus: a Venture Towards Therapeutic Breakthroughs in Healthy Food and Medicine
Johnson & Wales University (JWU), a world-renowned culinary educator, is no stranger to food innovation. Today it is announcing its newest venture to spur therapeutic breakthroughs at the intersection of healthy food and medicine: The Food Innovation Nexus (FIX). In partnership with three product development entrepreneurs, Michael Allio, Steve Lane and Ken Levy, The FIX […]
Northwestern receives $10.25 million gift from Galvin family for Kellogg, NUseeds Fund
The Christopher B. Galvin Family Foundation donated $10.25 million to Northwestern, the University announced Monday. The gift brings the total of the $3.75 billion “We Will” campaign to more than $3 billion. The Galvin family has contributed more than $18 million to the University since the campaign launched in March 2014. “Through their meaningful and […]