University of Minnesota, Optum, Other Med
A group of major medical device manufacturers have joined a new initiative to bolster the security of their equipment amid a “growing number of cybersecurity threats.” The University of Minnesota said its Center for Medical Device Cybersecurity would allow academia, government, and industry to collaborate to help ensure the safety and security of increasingly advanced […]
Emory University to launch $1M student-led fund for diverse founders
When Humza Mirza goes to class in the spring, he won’t just be taking a class on venture capital investing. The second-year Emory University graduate student will be leading a $1 million fund. He and four other students are managing partners in the Peachtree Minority Venture Fund for underrepresented entrepreneurs. The fund aims to give Emory students investor experience while helping underrepresented entrepreneurs with their biggest hurtle — […]
University Endowments Mint Billions in Golden Era of Venture Capital – WSJ
Large college endowments have notched their biggest investment gains in decades, thanks to portfolios boosted by huge venture-capital returns and soaring stock markets. The University of Minnesota’s endowment gained 49.2% for the year ending June 30, while Brown University’s endowment notched a return of more than 50%, said people familiar with their returns, which aren’t […]
MSU contributes to Mississippi startup ecosystem through entrepreneurship support, technology commercialization
Mississippi’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem is being recognized a top 20 global ecosystem for startup experience, an achievement boosted by the state’s research universities. The 2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Report, released by Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network at London Tech Week, acknowledges the roles research institutions like Mississippi State University play in driving innovation […]
UNIGE and FONGIT strengthen their support for innovation
Technology developed by FluoSphera: fluorescent cells are encapsulated in fluorescent alginate capsules, allowing the measurement of multiple biological activities in multiple tissues in communication. Visualisation by light microscopy (left) or fluorescence microscopy (right). UNIGE The University of Geneva (UNIGE) and FONGIT, the foundation supporting technological entrepreneurship in the canton of Geneva, have announced a strengthening […]
New Startups Built From UC Davis Research and Innovation Emerge With Solutions in Health, Energy and Agriculture
uring the 2020-21 fiscal year, nine startups executed agreements to access foundational intellectual property and commercialize new technologies developed at the University of California, Davis. The emerging startups are focused on technological solutions to meet needs in health, energy and agriculture. “It is always exciting to see innovations from UC Davis translated into commercial applications that benefit our regional […]
Berkeley SkyDeck Accelerator Presents Batch 12 Startups at Demo Day
Berkeley’s startup accelerator, will host its Batch 12 Virtual Demo Day Sept. 28, featuring 18 innovative global startups (15 from this cohort as well as three SkyDeck alumni companies) specializing in a wide range of industries including AI, life sciences, semiconductor chips, HR, robotics, and enterprise software. With a five-minute pitch opportunity, each startup will […]
Searching for the next Google: launch of McGill Innovation Fund to make history
Today McGill University announced the launch of the McGill Innovation Fund, a funding program that will support both the development of innovative technologies as well as the spinoff companies that emerge from the University. The fund will be open to all McGill members who have declared a Report of Invention to the Office of Innovation […]
Pew Funds Six Teams to Advance Innovative Biomedical Research
The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the six pairs of researchers who will make up its 2021 class of Innovation Fund investigators. These scientists—alumni of Pew’s biomedical programs in the United States and Latin America—will partner on interdisciplinary research to tackle some of the most pressing questions in human biology and disease. By combining their […]
$7.5 Million Venture Capital Fund To Be Led by HBCU Students
The Black Venture Capital Consortium (BVCC) and the Ford Foundation closed a $7.5 million fund that students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will help manage while learning from experienced venture capitalists. Less than 2% of venture capitalists are people of color. And studies have shown that white investors tend to be racially biased in […]