The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) Announces Venture Philanthropy Program: BCRF Ventures
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) today announced BCRF Ventures, a venture philanthropy program designed to accelerate promising breast cancer innovations from the laboratory to patients. Launching with $23 million in seed donations, which includes a lead gift of $11 million from Karen and Rob Hale, the program seeks to raise and deploy $100 million […]
GAP Pipeline Brief: University of Pennsylvania StartUP Fund Makes First Investments in Vasowatch, OneFiltr, and Peptaris
Award & Investment Overview The University of Pennsylvania’s Office of the Chief Innovation Officer has announced the first investments from its StartUP Fund, a $10 million university-backed initiative providing early-stage capital to Penn faculty-founded companies commercializing technologies developed across the University’s twelve Schools. The inaugural portfolio includes three companies: Vasowatch, OneFiltr, and Peptaris. Individual investment […]
Czech Republic Launches First Dedicated Technology Transfer Fund
INDRC, a strategic partner of IP Lab Ventures, was represented at the launch in Prague. The announcement came from First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček, alongside European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice President Marek Mora, who confirmed that the EIF, part of the EIB Group, is committing roughly CZK 656 million (€27 million) to the fund […]