U Maryland Ventures launches new fund, entrepreneurship space in Lion Brothers building

A new innovation space from the University of Maryland, Baltimore is opening inside the historic Lion Brothers building on Hollins Street. About 6,200 square feet of the 38,000-square-foot building will be dedicated to offices, class/meeting rooms and coworking space geared toward supporting entrepreneurship and technology startups. The new space will be called the GRID, an […]

Innovation Fund invests $575,000 in biotech companies @ U Chicago Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The University of Chicago Innovation Fund announced plans to invest up to $575,000 into three biotechnology companies—ImmunArtes, Onchilles Pharma, and Oxalo Therapeutics. These latest investments bring the Innovation Fund’s total investment amount to over $6 million in 56 projects. On Friday, December 1, four finalists presented their proposals to the Innovation Fund advisory committee, which […]

[COA Member] Three angels launch new New Mexico investment fund

Three of New Mexico’s prominent angel investors are launching a new, $4 million venture fund to pump early-stage capital into high-tech startups around the state. New Mexico Angels President John Chavez, Vice President Dorian Rader and board member Sherman McCorkle are partnering together to launch the new NMA Ventures, which will invest between $200,000 and […]

Imperial and Tsinghua University launch seed fund for ‘ambitious collaborations’

Imperial College London and Beijing’s Tsinghua University are launching a joint seed fund to support early-stage bold scientific ideas. The Tsinghua-Imperial Research and Innovation Fund, which brings together two of the world’s leading research universities, aims to kick-start innovative research projects and concepts that are showing signs of promise but are at an early stage […]

UNICEF announces addition of six start-up companies to 2018 investment portfolio

ix start-up businesses providing solutions to improve children’s lives using frontier technologies such as data science, virtual reality (VR), drones and artificial intelligence (A.I) will receive funding from the Innovation Fund, UNICEF announced today. The $12.6 million fund provides capital to emerging tech companies to develop technological solutions from frontier tech sectors that have the potential […]

[COA Member] Binghamton U Accelerator program offers assistance for budding entrepreneurs

This number has the potential to grow through the incubator’s Accelerator Program, which allows aspiring entrepreneurs from Binghamton University and the community to receive guidance getting their new businesses off the ground. The Accelerator Program is a three-monthlong program designed to help those interested in launching their own companies — first, to assess the marketability […]