Catalyze CU seeks startups to expand portfolio of successful ventures
Catalyze CU is celebrating its fifth year of helping university-affiliated new ventures move further toward success and sustainability. University students, faculty and staff can still submit applications for the 10-week intensive summer program through April 8. Catalyze CU is the startup accelerator for the most promising ideas and technologies at the university. The program runs from May […]
Entrepreneurs capture funding, support in Tufts University $100K New Ventures Competition
A venture that seeks to improve water recycling through nanofiltration, a company looking to better the lives of people using catheters, a treatment for stomach aches and a company aimed at increasing profits for smallholder farmers were the top winners of the 14th annual $100k New Ventures Competition. Organized by the Gordon Institute’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies Program […]
Cambridge and four other universities form agritech partnership
The Ceres Agritech Knowledge Exchange Partnership links the universities of Cambridge, East Anglia, Hertfordshire, Lincoln and Reading, as well as the John Innes Centre, NIAB and Rothamsted Research, to enable effective sharing of commercialisation expertise, a key aim of Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund, which has awarded the partnership £4.78 million in funding. Ceres will […]
‘TEDCO 2.0’ comes into focus – Technical.ly Baltimore
TEDCO made a series of promotions and hiring moves as the state’s quasi-public organization backing early-stage companies looks to rework the programs it offers to help entrepreneurs. The latest announcement hones in on themes that recently-hired CEO George Davis touched on in announcing “TEDCO 2.0” at the organization’s Entrepreneur Expo in Baltimore last fall. Davis, who was an entrepreneur and […]
European collaborations fuelled by Imperial seed fund
Data privacy, particle physics and cancer prevention are some of the projects that have received a funding boost to strengthen European collaboration. The European Partners Fund, awarded by Imperial College London, provides up to £100,000 per year for seed funds and travel grants for Imperial academics to initiate and pursue collaborations with European colleagues. Nearly […]
LA-based venture fund to support Purdue research, technologies, startups
Los Angeles-based Kairos Ventures and Purdue Research Foundation today announced a partnership to bring substantial venture funding support to Purdue University research, technologies and startups with high commercial potential. The collaboration provides additional leverage for Purdue’s startup ecosystem and supports investments in companies commercializing Purdue’s intellectual property. “The Kairos partnership with Purdue opens a whole […]
University of Pittsburgh opens Big Idea Center as hub for innovation
On the 10th anniversary of Pitt’s Randall Family Big Idea Competition, the university’s Innovation Institute announced the formation of The Big Idea Center. The Center will gather several existing University programs including the Randall Family competition, Blast Furnace and a series of “student blitzes.” Blast Furnace considers itself a “student idea accelerator,” using mentorship to […]
Michigan State’s AgBio Innovation Hub awards over $715K
The Michigan State University MTRAC AgBio Innovation Hub has invested in advancing technologies that will make an impact on the commercial market in agriculture, food packing, biotechnology, natural resources and animal health. Thirteen research technologies were awarded a total of over $715,000 in funding from the MTRAC hub, which stands for Michigan Translation Research and […]
Singapore needs to push its startups beyond seed funding
Despite seed and series A capital abundance, there’s not much series B and C funding enabling startups to scale up. Whilst Singapore has been consistently hailed as one of the most startup-friendly countries due to prime business conditions and attractive incentives packages, the unavailability of second-stage level funding poses a problem for startups looking for growth opportunities […]
USTAR announces latest round of awards to university researchers
The Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative announced the selection of eight University Technology Acceleration Grant (UTAG) awards. “These projects are a testament to Utah’s innovative spirit,” said Ivy Estabrooke, Ph.D., USTAR executive director. “We received strong applications and these awardees represent projects with high potential to make significant impact in real world application.” The […]