Brown becomes first school to launch Zane Venture Fund’s AccessU, virtual program for college entrepreneurs
Brown University Prof. Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, who is also director of the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab, has for years studied the underfunding of women- and minority-led startups, trying to pinpoint the problems driving the disparity and figure out solutions. So, when a mutual friend introduced her to Shila Nieves Burney, managing partner of the Atlanta-based Zane […]
MSU Conquer Accelerator selects five Grand Rapids startups for seed funding
Conquer Accelerator, a business accelerator run by the Michigan State University Foundation, has selected its first five cohort companies in Grand Rapids. Each of the five received $20,000 in seed funding and will go through a 10-week virtual business accelerator course this fall. The program also provides entrepreneurship training, mentorship, access to follow-on funding and other […]
Harvard Joins MIT In Backing $250 Million Venture Fund Targeting Hard-Sell Startups
With check sizes ranging from $1 million to $3 million, the new fund will target companies that are building what The Engine deems “tough tech”: reversing climate change and de-carbonizing industries, addressing the future of human health and agriculture, and advanced computing systems such as space exploration, quantum computing and semiconductors. “These are things with […]
The CMU Tech Recipe That Feeds Pittsburgh’s Future – Pittsburgh Quarterly
Reed McManigle, mentor in residence at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation. October 28, 2020 Donald Bonk interviews Reed McManigle, mentor in residence at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation, as part of the Pittsburgh Tomorrow podcast series. This interview was conducted before COVID-19. The transcript is […]
UNC, NC State see commercialization thrive as Covid drives innovation
Despite Covid-19 causing worry among many in higher education over valuable revenue streams, research universities in the Triangle say their innovation and commercialization activity has never been higher. Officials tell TBJ that not only has activity continued to thrive throughout the pandemic, the increased demand for innovation around Covid-19 has them busier than ever. “We have not seen […]
UB ventures into funding, invests $250,000 in student-founded startup – University at Buffalo
The modern seatbelt, Google, and the implantable pacemaker are just a few disruptive innovations with origins on university campuses. Every day, students, faculty and researchers at universities around the world invent new technologies and launch startups that could alter the way people live and work, or even save their lives. Could a self-driving boat be […]
KAUST launches first ever SME Innovation Program
The university’s newest department helps SMEs gain access to deep technological resources and capabilities, with optimum utilization of the latest technologies in tackling new challenges. Addressing a virtual press conference, senior officials of KAUST SME Innovation Services said that the new services would help SMEs increase their customer base and reach new markets while diversifying […]