New NSF program hopes to rev the nation’s ‘engines’ of innovation | Science | AAAS
A better surgical adhesive was long overdue. Pittsburgh, on the other hand, was not. So, a decade after its establishment, Cohera Medical, a promising firm founded on an invention by University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) chemical engineer Eric Beckman, relocated to Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, which its founders thought a more advantageous location for […]
Questions arise on Y Combinator’s role in startup correction | TechCrunch
Y Combinator, or YC for short, is the world’s best-known accelerator. Its expanding cohort sizes, twice-yearly cadence and “standard deal” made it a trendsetting startup program; one that has sufficient heft to influence the overall direction of the early-stage market for funding upstart technology companies. And, after starting life offering “about $20,000 for 6% of a company,” […]
$65M grant funds joint academic-pharma drug accelerator in partnership with NJ and NY universities
According to a May 31 release from Hackensack Meridian Health, experts from northern New Jersey, New York City, and California are teaming forces to investigate and develop antiviral medicines for SARS-CoV-2, its variations, other coronaviruses and pandemic viruses, as well as future viral threats. The new Metropolitan Antiviral Drug Accelerator, or MAVDA, will be supported […]
Michigan Rise makes 50th startup investment –
The Michigan State University Foundation’s two-year-old fund has now invested roughly $6 million in companies across the Mitten state. The Michigan Rise Pre-Seed Fund III, a subsidiary of the Michigan State University Foundation, announced earlier this month that it has made its 50th startup investment since its founding in August 2020, in collaboration with the […]