Purdue I-Corps: Guiding entrepreneurs from good ideas to great, market-ready innovations
Shruthi Suresh and Ting Zhang, two Purdue University doctoral students, thought they had a great idea to help blind and visually impaired people. The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program helped them come up with an even better idea to launch a startup moving their innovation into the public. “The I-Corps program allowed us to get out […]
Penn cell therapy spinoff Cabaletta Bio of Radnor raises $38 million
Cabaletta Bio Inc., a biopharmaceutical startup spun out of the University of Pennsylvania, has raised $38 million in an equity financing and signed an exclusive license agreement with Penn related to T cell therapy. In addition, the Radnor-based company has entered into two multiyear sponsored research agreements with Penn for the discovery and development of […]
Students compete for funding in Rowan University’s Idea Challenge
A dozen Rowan University students/teams will present business ideas to an audience of Rowan stakeholders and potential investors on Friday, Nov. 16, from noon to 3 p.m., in the Student Center Enyon Ballroom, for a chance to win equity-investments during Rowan’s third annual Idea Challenge. Hosted by the Rowan Innovation Venture Fund, the Idea Challenge will […]
New seed fund at OU to encourage student entrepreneurs
Ohio University’s Center for Entrepreneurship, a partnership between the College of Business and the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, will launch the Bobcat Seed Fund this month to provide grants up to $3,000 to support promising ideas and ventures proposed by Ohio University student entrepreneurs, according to a news release. This program is […]
Michigan State U opens accelerator center for food development, commercial distribution
Michigan State University (MSU) opened this week its new Food Processing and Innovation Center (FPIC), an incubator designed to help food businesses and startups develop and release products. Clients can rent the facility, then use it to produce, process and package their products for about $3,000 per day. The goal of the center is to […]
The University of Queensland’s ilab smashes $56 million investment in startups –
The University of Queensland (UQ) has cemented its position as a leading launchpad for entrepreneurs and a magnet for major investors, with startups from its ilab programs attracting more than $57 million. UQ offers a range of hands-on programs, including its Germinate accelerator, that give budding founders the skills, connections and seed funding to create […]
Maryland launches training program to attract Israeli health startups
Maryland has launched a new pilot training program designed to help Israeli health startups expand their companies to the state. MarketReach America will bring 15 to 20 companies in the medical device and digital health sectors from Israel to Maryland for two weeks of training in May of next year. They will learn about breaking […]
IU Philanthropic Venture Fund commits $500,000 to drug development company
The Indiana University Philanthropic Venture Fund, which provides capital to faculty, students, alumni and staff at all IU campuses to help them further develop their research and innovations into startup companies, has committed to invest $500,000 in Indianapolis-based NERx Biosciences Inc. as part of $2.2 million bridge round. The company discovers and develops targeted therapeutics for cancer treatment. John […]
Ohio Christian University’s president on enrollment, construction and entrepreneurial start-ups
John Kulaga sees Ohio Christian University as an important partner in Pickaway County’s educational and economic development efforts. Kulaga, president of the Circleville school since last year, said to reach not only the school’s business students, but also the community at large, Ohio Christian last August launched the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center. “We are a […]
NSU unveils plans for incubator and accelerator
In an effort to expand Broward County’s burgeoning startup and technology sector, the Nova Southeastern University Board of Trustees has unveiled plans for the NSU Broward Innovation Center, a 60,000-square-foot incubator and accelerator project. The goal, they said at a gathering of about 100 local business leaders Monday, is to elevate Broward County as a […]