TMC Innovation Institute Selected to Accelerate Innovation for Health Security, Medical Care
The Texas Medical Center’s Innovation Institute is one of eight accelerators selected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to drive advancements in lifesaving medical technologies that solve challenging problems from modern health security threats to daily medical care issues. The TMC Innovation Institute is a unique learning environment aimed at impacting […]
Princeton’s eLab accelerator bolsters student startup ventures
Speaking on the afternoon of June 11, she noted the campus’s relative calm after the frenzy of reunions and commencement. At the Keller Center, though, this is “when everything heats up,” said Martonosi, the center’s director and the Hugh Trumbull Adams ’35 Professor of Computer Science. “We get a big influx of incredibly high-energy people […]
U Arizona-focused venture fund makes its first investments
A new, early stage venture capital firm aimed at supporting University of Arizona technology spinoffs has made its first three investments. UA Venture Capital Fund LLC, founded earlier this year by Tucson businessmen Fletcher McCusker and Michael Deitch, made investments in startups Codelucida, which has developed error-correction technology for data storage drives; Regulonix, which is […]
Intraband Licenses Key WARF Technology for Defense and Industrial Applications
MADISON, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intraband, a mid-infrared laser manufacturer, announces an exclusive licensing agreement with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) covering high reliability and power per chip Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) technologies. The WARF patents cover proven methods for consistently achieving industry leading optical-power emission at mid-infrared wavelengths from a single semiconductor chip using Metal-Organic Chemical […]
Funding healthcare accelerators, an HHS unit is taking a VC approach to innovation
The DRIVe (Division of Research, Innovation, and Ventures) website looks like it belongs to a VC company rather than a federal agency – smart graphics and succinct descriptions. That’s not an accident. DRIVe is taking a venture approach to solving some intractable health issues. Part of BARDA (the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority), and ultimately the Department of […]
University of Toronto accelerator affiliate shoots for the starry-eyed entrepreneurs
For a Toronto-based innovation accelerator, the final frontier is the next frontier. The Creative Destruction Lab, an accelerator affiliated with the University of Toronto, is now calling for applications specifically from starry-eyed entrepreneurs with space-focused startup ideas. And the new stream already has some star power behind it ― they’ve enlisted Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield […]
Rock River Capital Nabs Another $15M to Invest in Midwest Startups
A young Wisconsin venture capital firm says it has raised more than $15 million for a fund created under a program partially supported by the state of Wisconsin and aimed at increasing the amount of funding available to Badger State startups. Rock River Capital Partners said in a document filed with the SEC on Friday that the amount […]
Samsung’s startup arm launches AI-focused fund for early-stage companies
Samsung’s making another big bet on artificial intelligence. The company on Wednesday said its Silicon Valley-based Samsung NEXT business has launched a new fund to invest in early-stage startups “solving AI problems, as well as those using AI to solve computer science problems.” The Q Fund doesn’t have a cap, but it falls under Samsung […]
Startup Licenses U Arizona-Invented Disruptive Biopsy Device
The University of Arizona has licensed the design for a next-generation needle biopsy instrument that utilizes electrosurgery and electrocautery to safely increase tissue sample volumes in minimally invasive biopsy procedures. The licensee is a startup company, Data Driven Diagnostics Sciences Inc., also known as D3Sciences, or D3S. The inventing team includes Dr. Michael Larson, resident physician […]
BP and Cambridge University joint-venture Silicon Microgravity raises $7m
A joint-venture between petrol giant BP and Cambridge University has raised $7m to further its work on novel surveillance and detection technology for the oil and gas industry. Investors IP Group, Parkwalk, BP Ventures and Cambridge Enterprise have put the cash into Silicon Microgravity. The company believes its technology has the potential to disrupt current practices […]