Stony Brook startup wins $50K in seed funding
A small company from Stony Brook won $50,000 in seed funding Tuesday in a statewide high-tech startup pitch competition. Re-Nuble, which was founded in 2011 by Tinia Pinia, is developing a nutrient system that enables farmers to manufacture their own fertilizer using otherwise unusable waste produce. Held at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany, the inaugural […]
Univ. of Delaware tech incubator wins federal grant
A technology incubator in Delaware is getting support from the Small Business Administration (SBA). The University of Delaware’s Blue Hen Proof of Concept program launched in 2016. It connects First State tech startups with funding streams if they can prove their technology has a commercial application. The program has so far given more than $1 […]
How Wake Forest’s Center for Entrepreneurship is teaching students to successfully start companies — and in some cases, change the world
Dell, Microsoft, Reddit, Facebook, Google.What do they all have in common? Aside from being among the country’s most successful companies, they’re all ventures that were started by college students — often out of dorm rooms with little-to-no money. What their founders lacked in capital they made up for in ingenuity and determination. They refused to […]
U Arizona Venture Capital Fund Invests in New High Power Laser Technologies
UAVenture Capital Fund (UAVC), a Tucson-based venture capital fund dedicated to the commercialization of University of Arizona discoveries, products, technologies and services, today announced its tenth, eleventh and twelfth investments. The Fund has invested in DeUVe Photonics, Inc. whose deep-ultra-violet short-wave-length technology will address an unmet need in the 230-400 nanometer wavelength range with unmatched performance in power, […]
NIH to fund hubs to accelerate development of biomedical health technologies
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $20 million to fund five additional hubs designed to speed up the translation of biomedical discoveries into commercially viable diagnostics, devices, therapeutics, and tools to improve patient care and enhance health. The newly selected Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) expand a national network of proof-of-concept centers that links 34 […]
UVA Licensing & Ventures Group Launches Entrepreneurs, Experts, and Executives in Residence Program to Guide Future UVA New Ventures
The UVA Licensing & Ventures Group (LVG) is launching a revitalized “EIR” program to accelerate startup formation with successful entrepreneurs, experts, and executives in residence. With support from the UVA Office of Economic Development, Albemarle County Economic Development, the City of Charlottesville Office of Economic Development (OED), and community partner CvilleBioHub, the EIRs will be […]
New $75 million VC fund aimed at health care to be run from Ann Arbor
Venture Investors LLC, a Madison, Wis.-based venture capital firm with an Ann Arbor office and a strong local presence, plans to announce Monday that it has closed on its latest fund, the $75 million Venture Investors Health Fund VI LP. “In our prior funds, we invested in a mix of health care and technology. For […]
Boosting University research funding in the UK
Chris Skidmore MP is Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. He is currently the MP for Kingswood, South Gloucestershire and is the current Vice-Chairman of the Conservative party for policy in 2018. He announced that University research was set to receive a major boost in funding. […]
Partners HealthCare’s investment strategy that led to $154M commercial, investment income in 2018
Partners HealthCare is a global leader in healthcare research and development, with an immense capacity for innovation. Partners HealthCare Innovation is the system’s business development arm that commercializes the insights and discoveries of researchers and clinicians at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, and McLean Hospital, all of which […]
NMSU-based NM FAST program awarded fifth year of funding
The New Mexico Federal and State Technology Partnership Program, housed at New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center, was one of just 24 universities and organizations nationwide to receive a FAST grant this year from the U.S. Small Business Administration. NM FAST, which will be entering its fifth year of programming, will use the $125,000 award […]