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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
COA Partnering: Samsung Innovation
Summary Event Held 11/15/2018 Recap of Community of Action presentation by Samsung Innovation: Discussion of specific initiatives to work with university Details of current interest areas for tech and startups Experts Jake Harrison, Samsung Innovation Additional Materials Download Presentation Deck
Gap Fund Process Tactics/Approaches
Summary Event Held 1/17/19 Recap of 90-minute Community of Action Discussion on Gap Fund Process Approaches/Tactics Communicating the Program Evaluating/Decision-making Approaches Oversight of Funded Projects Talent and External Support Programs Experts Tim Joyce, IDEA Center, University of Notre Dame David Gulley, Parallel18/Puerto Rico STRT The Team, Seed Fund, Ohio State University Taylor Bench, TVC Seed Fund, University of […]
COA Partnering: Correlation Ventures
Correlation Ventures Summary Event Held 2/28/19 Recap of 30-minute Community of Action Discussion with Correlation Ventures: Approach to sourcing and vetting deals Early-stage investments to-date Interest in university startups and technology Experts David Coates, Managing Partner, Correlation Ventures
New Model Reviews
Summary Event Held 6/18/19 Recap of 90-minute Community of Action Discussion on New Gap Fund/Accelerator Models Experts Tom Murdoch, Innovation Hub, University of Buffalo Joe Runge, UNeTec, University of Nebraska Tim Martin, Innovation Gateway, University of Georgia Additional Materials Download Presentation Deck
Approaches to Marketing and Promoting Gap Fund and Accelerator Programs
Summary Event Held 4/24/19 Recap of 90-minute Community of Action Discussion on Approaches to Marketing and Promoting Gap Fund and Accelerator Programs: Marketing internally and to key stakeholders Methods and Tools to market effectively Marketing benchmarks and activity metrics Experts Denise Graves, MTRAC, Michigan Economic Development Corporation Mark Simonson, MU Innovation, Marquette University Paul Tumarkin, Asset Development […]
For Top Venture Capital Firms, Success Breeds Success
Read any of the many “best of” lists on venture capital and a handful of names will pop up again and again (and year after year): Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Benchmark Capital, Accel Partners, Tiger Capital. These are the firms that lead funding rounds for Silicon Valley unicorns, where partners become legends for inking deals with […]
OSU investment fund fuels aspirations of student entrepreneurs
The Riata Center for Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business awarded a total of $75,000 to three teams of Oklahoma State University student entrepreneurs this summer in the first round of a new investment fund designed to invest in budding student-led businesses. Called the Riata Pre-Seed Fund, the innovative financial tool invests in student […]