Innovation Primer – How Oxford University Is Preparing Students For Entrepreneurial Life
There can’t be a university in the land that hasn’t spent the last decade or so encouraging its researchers to spin out their cutting edge work into tech startups. The journey looks something like this. A group of researchers make a breakthrough in the lab – let’s say in a field such as A.I. or […]
CIT Gap Funds invests in Charlottesville, Va.-based Babylon Micro-Farms
CIT made an investment in Charlottesville, Va.-based Babylon Micro-Farms, provider of an on-demand indoor farming service. Founded in 2017, Babylon provides small growers and businesses with indoor agriculture modules through on-demand farming services using their patented IoT tech. The financial terms of the investment were not disclosed but Babylon said in a press release that it plans to use […]
Entrepreneurship Club students help transfer Princeton biotech research to business ventures
This is notable, because this is the type of project that MBA students normally undertake as part of their curriculum. But Alimtas did it, outside of class, on top of full course loads. “This sort of program — teams of students working with a tech transfer office to build out a business plan around a […]
‘Sony Research Award Program’ Continues for Fourth Year
Sony announced today the continuation of the Sony Research Award Program, which provides U.S. and Canadian universities funding for emerging and innovative technology research programs in collaboration with Sony’s own research groups. “The Sony Research Award Program gives us the opportunity to partner with some of the most creative minds in academia,” said Toru Katsumoto, Senior […]
Mercy, Baptist Health & more to partner with health tech startups in Arkansas accelerator program
The HealthTech Arkansas accelerator program announced its new cohort of six early-stage healthcare companies chosen to launch pilot projects at nine area hospitals and health systems. Throughout the program, each selected startup will receive seed funding from investors such as the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, as well as access to and guidance from clinicians and administrators at […]
OSF Hospital System Ventures Launches Second Venture Capital Fund
OSF Ventures, the corporate investment arm of OSF HealthCare, has launched a second venture capital fund of $75 million to continue its strategy of supporting new technology, devices and services that offer improved and more cost efficient health care. Three and a half years following its first investment, OSF Ventures has directly invested in 15 companies and […]
‘Venture philanthropy:’ The new investing hope to fund scientific breakthroughs | Financial Post
Investors normally trade stocks, bonds or real estate, but entrepreneur Michael Hyatt is investing in science projects in hopes of backing an experiment that changes history. The chair of the Hyatt Family Foundation is teaming up with Sick Children’s Hospital in Toronto to create a fusion between investing and charity — they call it venture […]
Nexford University launches $200k startup funding for its graduates
Today Nexford University has announced its ‘Entrepreneurship Scholarship‘ and $200,000 startup funding, with a mission to empower next-generation leaders across the world. “The world needs more doers,” said Fadl Al Tarzi, Nexford’s CEO. “We thought about what we can do to help them. If you’re a doer, you won’t let anything stop you, be it your physical […]
How University Innovations And Industry Can Forge A Better Future Together-Forbes
Source from Forbes: How University Innovations And Industry Can Forge A Better Future Together With record-breaking amounts of money in tech investments streaming around the globe, you would think that investors are funding nearly every innovation possible. Yet investment dollars often overlook one of the greatest of all innovation incubators: the university system. The same environment that gave […]
Portland Seed Fund raises $13.9M for third fund, looks to invest in more early-stage startups
Portland Seed Fund has raised its largest fund yet as the firm looks to invest in more startups up and down the west coast. PSF just closed its third fund, raising $13.9 million, nearly double the size of its second fund and triple the size of its first. The firm, founded in 2011, is one of […]