John Hopkins baby box startup wins $25,000 through Hopkins Social Innovation Lab
A mother looking to prevent cases of sudden infant death syndrome in Maryland has won $25,000 to help fund her “baby box” startup concept. As a member of Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab’s 2016-2017 cohort, Shantell Roberts has been working on a venture around Portable Alternative Cribs, through her nonprofit Touching Young Lives Inc. Enlarge […]
U-M undergrad venture fund makes first investment
Benjamin Rathi, a business and computer science senior at the University of Michigan, already had a successful startup under his belt when he won a spot on the Zell Early Stage Fund as a junior. The fund, which launched in fall 2015 with a dozen juniors at the Zell Lurie Institute housed at the Ross […]
Duke University Energy Initiative Awards Seven New Seed Grants
Research projects that explore new possibilities for energy storage, reliability, and sustainable development will receive funding in 2017 from the Duke University Energy Initiative’s Energy Research Seed Fund. Seven projects involving 14 faculty members were selected to receive a total of $240,000 from the fund. Seed funding provides a financial head start for new multi-disciplinary, […]
India C-CAMP delighted to launch SEED fund in partnership with BIRAC
C-CAMP, India’s premier life sciences technology and innovation hub launched a SEED fund in partnership with the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC). C-CAMP, India’s premier life sciences technology and innovation hub launched a SEED fund in partnership with the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC). The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms – C-CAMP, […]
Singapore Creates S$1 Billion Innovation Fund to Drive Growth
Singapore is creating a S$1 billion ($718 million) fund to help innovative companies develop their businesses and expand overseas, part of the city state’s drive to boost economic growth. The Makara Innovation Fund — a collaboration between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and local private equity firm Makara Capital — will invest S$30 to S$150 million […]
UMASS announces $200,000 in Tech Development awards
New technologies aimed at extending battery life, preventing bedsores and rapidly diagnosing a mutated gene that causes ALS could get closer to market thanks to $200,000 in seed funding announced today by University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan. Eight UMass faculty projects will receive $25,000 each via the Technology Development Fund, which helps bring cutting-edge […]
State of Massachusetts Awards $455,000 in Clean Energy Grants to Massachusetts Cleantech Innovators
The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded $455,000 in funding to seven early-stage researchers and companies developing innovative clean energy and water technologies across the Commonwealth. The funding, which comes from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s (MassCEC) Catalyst program, will support clean energy and water research in Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, and Somerville. The announcement was made by […]
Batteries and robotics first in line for Innovate UK BEIS £1bn innovation fund
The Autumn Statement initially outlined the development of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) – a new cross-disciplinary fund to support collaborations between business and the UK’s science base. The four-year fund will be managed by Innovate UK and research councils, and will cover a broad range of technologies, from healthcare and medicine to satellites and […]
New French Biotech Seed Fund Raises €65M-to support university innovation
Advent France Biotechnology, founded in 2015, has exceeded its initial fundraising target at the first closing. Its Seed-Fund I now counts with €64.75M that will be invested predominantly in France. The funds will back entrepreneurs and early-stage companies with the potential to develop first- or best-in-class innovations that address unmet medical needs. Advent France has declared […]
MISTI funds over 80 MIT faculty projects for $1.6M
From building architectural structures with 3-D printing and drone technology, to combatting drought around the world with a symbiotic ensemble of renewable energy systems, hydropower, and desalination, MISTI Global Seed Funds (GSF) awardees help to solve the world’s challenges through collaborations with their international peers. MISTI GSF projects have led to published papers, subsequent grants, […]