University Impact is using Donor Advised Funds (DAF) to Scale Impact Investing
University Impact (UI) is a nonprofit that invests in companies and nonprofits solving social and environmental problems. Investments are focused on funding the most promising social ventures. UI’s goal is to create the next generation of social impact leaders and provide capital to social ventures solving social and environmental problems. UI does this by providing […]
SLC Altitude Lab Portfolio Tops $205 Million in Funding as Salt Lake City’s Biotech Scene Gains Real Traction
Altitude Lab, the Salt Lake City biotech accelerator founded by Recursion, says its portfolio companies have now raised more than $205 million in early-stage funding since the program launched in 2020, a milestone that signals growing momentum for Utah’s life sciences ecosystem. The announcement comes at a time when biotech fundraising remains selective and many early-stage startups […]
GAP Insights: Industry-Embedded Research / Canada Expanding Commercialization Through Graduate Talent
A new federal initiative in Canada highlights an increasingly important dimension of translational research: commercialization capacity is not only about capital or IP, but also about how research talent is integrated into industry environments early in the innovation lifecycle. Talent Innovation Canada recently received $29.2 million in federal funding to embed PhD students and postdoctoral […]
Lansdowne Partners launches UK VC fund to scale innovation
Lansdowne Partners has launched a venture capital fund focused on backing high potential UK companies emerging from the country’s world class university research base and start up ecosystem. The fund announces a first close of $150 million and will hold a second and final close in December, with indicated interest in excess of the fund […]