Earlybird-X spin-off U2V launches €60 million fund to back DeepTech startups from European tech universities | EU-Startups
European venture capital firm U2V (University2Ventures) has announced the first closing of its €60 million Fund I. With this fund, the spin-off from Earlybird-X aims to back early-stage DeepTech startups from European tech universities. It will invest in pre-Seed and Seed-stage startups across Europe, focusing on AI novel computing, IndustrialTech and CleanTech, with up to 25 investments […]
PSU Partners with Google to Launch Oregon AI Accelerator, Driving Regional Innovation | Portland State University
Portland State University joins a coalition of Oregon’s top innovation and academic institutions in the launch of Oregon AI Accelerator, a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative designed to support early-stage founders building transformative, AI-first companies. Backed by seed funding from Google, and supported by the Metro Regional Innovation Hub, PSU, Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon State […]
UC Davis Announces Winners of Autumn 2025 Science Translation and Innovative Research Grant Program
The University of California, Davis, has awarded $100,000 through the autumn 2025 cohort of the Science Translation and Innovative Research, or STAIR, Grant Program to help scientists advance innovative research with strong commercial potential. Awardees of the autumn STAIR grant are Abhaya M. Dandekar, distinguished professor in the Department of Plant Sciences and director of the […]