Maryland Inno – TEDCO initiative aims to advance technologies to the commercial market
TEDCO established the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) in 2012 as a technology transfer program with the goal to grow and accelerate promising technologies through venture creation. University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) is one of five universities working in partnership with TEDCO on the MII program. Pitchbook recently ranked UMCP as one of the top 100 institutions for […]
Invent Penn State LaunchBox and Innovation Network supports startups across PA
Invent Penn State’s LaunchBox and Innovation Network has provided a wide array of no-cost entrepreneurial resources to innovators across the state for the past six years. The Network is comprised of 21 LaunchBox and innovation spaces embedded within Commonwealth Campus communities. These spaces provide specialized programs to de-risk and accelerate startup companies including no-cost coworking space, […]
Princeton establishes Energy Research Fund
The fund provides up to $2 million of annual support, in part to offset research funding no longer available because of fossil fuel dissociation. It underlines the University’s ongoing commitment to support innovative energy research and emphasizes the critical role that the energy sector will play in securing a sustainable shared future. “This fund will […]
Brown funds three biomedical technologies with potential to improve patient safety, care | Brown University
A new spinal stimulation technology to treat chronic neuropathic pain. Better testing of oncology drugs to protect the heart. An X-ray detector with higher sensitivity and lower radiation. Each of those emergent technologies serves as the centerpiece of a Brown University research project that will receive up to $150,000 through the Brown Biomedical Innovations to […]
UT Austin Seed Fund Launched With First Investment – UT News
AUSTIN, Texas — Discovery to Impact, the newly named group leading The University of Texas at Austin’s research commercialization and innovation efforts, has formed a new $10 million UT Seed Fund. The fund will invest in the most promising new startups built on university-owned intellectual property emerging from UT Austin’s $800 million research enterprise. “By […]
Rice U. technology startup Syzygy Plasmonics raises $76 million in latest funding round
HOUSTON – (Nov. 16, 2022) – Syzygy Plasmonics, a Houston-based startup fueled by technology developed at Rice University, has announced $76 million in Series C financing led by Carbon Direct Capital — one of the largest rounds of funding for a venture spun out of a Rice lab. Syzygy is focused on commercializing deep decarbonization of chemical […]