Leverage Talent Programs to Support GAP Projects and Startups
NEW GAP Insights Post: Leverage Talent Programs to Support GAP Projects and Startups
U Illinois/A*STAR technology startup Ampotech raises S$1.7M in funding round led by Earth Venture Capital
SINGAPORE, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Singapore-based energy technology startup Ampotech has raised S$1,775,000 in Pre-Series A funding to further its international expansion. The funding round was led by Earth Venture Capital (Earth VC), a global climate tech venture fund with Southeast Asia focus. KSL Maritime Ventures, the venture capital arm of The Kuok Maritime Group, participated in the round together with existing […]
Tulane U/New Orleans Bio Innovation Center Startup Acquired by International Company
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans BioInnovation Center has announced the acquisition of Fluence Analytics, a NOBIC and BioFund-supported company, by Yokogawa Electric Corporation. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fluence provides real-time analytics solutions to polymer and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide. According to Yokogawa, Fluence is a “global leader in polymerization reaction monitoring […]
Invent Penn State offers students $15,000 to work on startup over the summer | Penn State University
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Applications are now open for the 2023 Invent Penn State Summer Founders Program, which provides a $15,000 grant to entrepreneurial teams with at least one Penn State student to work full-time on their startup, social good or nonprofit over the summer. Applications are due March 9. The 13-week program, run in partnership […]
OHSU investigators awarded funding to extend leading-edge research | OHSU News
A trio of promising and exceptionally talented scientists at Oregon Health & Science University has earned unrestricted funding to extend leading-edge research to ultimately improve human health. Recipients of the 2023 Faculty Excellence and Innovation Awards, made possible by the Silver Family Innovation Fund, include Miguel Marino, Ph.D., Carmem Pfeifer, D.D.S., Ph.D., and Aaron Grossberg, M.D., Ph.D. “Each […]
UCSD Center for Health Innovation Expands with $22 Million in Gifts
With a generous $22 million in gifts from Joan and Irwin Jacobs, UC San Diego Health will bring its Center for Health Innovation into full reality. The gifts will fund a novel patient-care “mission control center” within Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health and the Jacobs Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Digital Health Innovation. […]