U Florida Atsena Therapeutics Raises $55 Million Series A Financing to
Atsena Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on bringing the life-changing power of genetic medicine to reverse or prevent blindness, today announced it has closed an oversubscribed $55 million Series A financing led by Sofinnova Investments with participation from additional new investors Abingworth and Lightstone Ventures. Founding investors Hatteras Venture Partners and the Foundation […]
North East university spin-out fund invests £500,000 in local businesses
An investment fund founded by four of the North East’s universities has invested £500,000 in local firms since its launch. Northern Accelerator is a partnership between Newcastle University, Northumbria University, Durham University, and the University of Sunderland and has been designed to develop businesses with a high growth potential that have spun out of the […]
Is Silicon Valley losing its shine? Venture capitalists find no clear alternative.
This year, the partners at Founders Fund — a prominent San Francisco venture capital firm that has backed Airbnb, Palantir Technologies and other leading companies — took an informal internal poll: If the fund could open a major new office outside the Bay Area, where would it go? It’s a question many venture capitalists and […]
UW CoMotion accelerator rolls out new licensing process to streamline negotiations with spinouts – GeekWire
The University of Washington is aiming to make it easier for spinouts to get out of the research lab and into the market. This week the UW unveiled Husky FAST Start, a new licensing process meant to speed up startup license discussions. The launch coincides with the 40th anniversary of the landmark Bayh-Dole Act, which gave […]
Babyscripts nabs $4M from network of health system investors, including CU Healthcare Innovation Fund
D.C. maternal health startup Babyscripts has raised millions of dollars in fresh funding from a group of health systems and organizations amid heightened demand fueled by a pandemic-era surge in telemedicine. The company, whose virtual obstetrics platform connects pregnant patients with their doctors, said Tuesday it has secured $4 million from what it’s calling its […]
University of Oregon opens new bioengineering and health research center
The University of Oregon (UO) is celebrating the official opening of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. “This marks a transformational moment in our university’s 144-year history,” UO president Michael H. Schill said. “The Knight Campus builds upon our proud history of exceptional basic science and immediately broadens and deepens our impact […]
Artificial Intelligence Research Catalyst Fund awards 20 grants totaling $1 million – News – University of Florida
The University of Florida has awarded 20 faculty teams $50,000 each from UF Research’s Artificial Intelligence Research Catalyst Fund to pursue a wide range of AI-related projects. The researchers will utilize the university’s world-leading computing capabilities to analyze vast amounts of data and predict solutions to health, agriculture, engineering and educational challenges. A team of […]
Twenty years of cultivating tech entrepreneurs | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In 2010, Clarisse Iribagiza was studying computer engineering at the University of Rwanda’s College of Science and Technology. She was intrigued to hear about a program on the fundamentals of technological entrepreneurship offered by the MIT Global Startup Labs (GSL) at her college. “I had never heard of startups, but I wanted to understand what […]
Oklahoma U launches startup incubator program
OU Startup Programs launched its application for the Startup Incubator on Monday, a program designed with the purpose of growing community members’ entrepreneurial endeavors. The six-month program is the newest initiative developed as a part of The Tom Love Innovation Hub’s “Startup Programs.” Funded by the Economic Development Administration with support from the Price College […]
Washington State University Health Sciences Launches Life Sciences Incubator, sp3nw, Supported by $250,000 Grant From Bank of America
The FINANCIAL — sp3nw to Accelerate WSU Life Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship Into Biotech, Pharma, Diagnostics, and Medical Device Companies Through Faculty, Affiliate Expertise. Washington State University (WSU) Health Sciences today announced the launch of Spinout Space in Spokane (sp³nw), a new life sciences incubator that will launch start-up companies. As part of this launch, the […]