Milltrust To Launch Follow-On University Venture Fund

Milltrust, a London, UK-based investment organisation focused on ‘Sustainable Prosperity’ across both public and private capital markets, launched the British Innovation Fund II, along with a dedicated venture investment platform, Milltrust Ventures. The fund will target high-impact, early-stage companies with links to UK University science and innovation. British Innovation Fund II leverages deep connections with […]

UChicago’s Transform Accelerator for Data Science and Emerging AI Startups Announces Inaugural Cohort

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Data Science Institute today announced the inaugural cohort of its new accelerator, Transform. Housed within the new Deep Tech Ventures initiative at the Polsky Center, Transform will provide full-spectrum support, including access to business and technical training, industry mentorship, venture capital connections, and funding opportunities, to early-stage companies utilizing advances in […]

UTRF to Launch Venture Program, Accelerator Fund for UT Startups

The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) will create the Venture Launch Program and the Accelerator Fund to bring more UT innovations to the world. “The benefits this kind of program will provide are numerous and invaluable,” said UTRF President Maha Krishnamurthy. “As UTRF looks for ways to support entrepreneurship within UT, this program will […]

Entrepreneurs receive award from K-State Accelerator program

Kansas State University College of Business Administration Accelerator program awards $100,000 to 10 entrepreneurs. Kansas State University announced that 10 entrepreneurs recently pitched their companies to a panel of judges during Demo Day, the culmination of the eight-week Accelerator program hosted by K-State College of Business Administration’s Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship. PillReady, Wichita, was the […]

OVPR Makes Largest Investment in Seed Funding in FY 2022-23

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) at Stony Brook University has made its largest investment in seed funding over the course of the current fiscal year. Since the summer of 2022, the office has funded 32 projects across the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Renaissance School […]

President’s Innovation Challenge names finalists for 2023 

Reimagining how depression is assessed and treated, exploring business applications of generative AI, and developing a novel decarbonization solution, are just a few of the 25 ideas that have been selected as 2023 President’s Innovation Challenge Finalists. The President’s Innovation Challenge is an annual competition where Harvard students and select alumni propel their entrepreneurial projects forward. Participants […]

TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative Announced Recent Investments

COLUMBIA, Md., March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent round of funding through the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII). MII accelerates the commercialization of technologies from bench to market. MII Awards Established in 2012, the MII program was created as a partnership between the State of Maryland and five Maryland academic research institutions: Johns Hopkins University; Morgan State University; University […]