Four Ugandan Startups Win $10000 Seed Fund in Up Accelerate Program | PC Tech Magazine
At least four Ugandan start-up groups have been awarded USD 10000 each, to assist them in the development of transformative solutions to tackle persistent sexual and reproductive health bottlenecks in the country. The four groups were revealed on Tuesday January 17th after a pitching session in the Up Accelerate program at Outbox hub in Kampala. […]
$250K in Presidential awards fund faculty and staff research and projects at University of North Georgia
More than $250,000 will support various faculty and staff projects and initiatives in 2017 at the University of North Georgia (UNG), marking the fourth year of the Presidential Initiative Awards program, instituted by UNG President Bonita C. Jacobs in 2013. “Since launching this program, we have awarded about $780,000 in support of more than 125 […]
UCSF Receives $500 Million For Faculty And Research Improvement from Foundation
University of California – San Francisco has received a $500 million donation from the late Helen Diller through her foundation. This is one of the largest donations made to the university as well as in the history of other academic institutions. In its official website, the University of California San Francisco confirmed that the Helen […]
Mind the Gap Summit: Turn Alumni, Foundations, and Friends of the University into Gap Fund Investors
Donations, endowments, and direct investments from alumni, private foundations, and other stakeholders of the research institution into supporting gap funding programs, is the largest and growing source of proof of concept and startup funding programs. These friends of the university contribute over 50¢ on every dollar into the formation of these funds.
Proof of concept and startup gap funding programs embody the intersection between research institution innovation, societal benefit, and philanthropy. They offer a natural link to engage alumni, foundations, corporations, and friends of the universities.
These funds and programs require coordination between the Tech Commercialization Offices, Corporate & Foundation Relations , Development Offices, and Alumni Offices and are a great example of the emerging trend of campus-wide collaboration in innovation partnership and commercialization priorities.
Join us as we take a multi-perspective approach to how groups are best structuring their programs for philanthropic partnerships as a major source for innovation funding and support.
Wake Forest Innovation’s Catalyst Fund to support 6 early-stage technologies
Six early-stage technologies, all invented at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centerand being developed through Wake Forest Innovations, will receive a combined $595,000 investment to support their initial development. The funding was announced Wednesday by Pappas Capital and Wake Forest Innovations, the money coming through the Catalyst Fund, a $15 million technology development program established by […]
Former INSEAD students set up $700K fund to invest in alumni start-ups
Two INSEAD alumni have started a new investment firm called InseadAlum Ventures in Singapore with a capital of nearly $700,000 to invest in start-ups founded by ex-students of the international business school. InseadAlum Ventures will invest between $35,000 and $140,000 in each start-up and will help develop it to a point where it can raise […]
Creation of Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) 30 years ago help fuel Oklahoma startup firms
Author, visionary, and predictor H.G. Wells has been called the father of science fiction. In his most famous book, “The Time Machine,” Wells propels his main character forward by more than 800,000 years to imagined worlds. When Wells was drafting this best-seller (long before there were any best-seller lists), the real world was at the […]
Think Tank to Shark Tank: Universities and the Entrepreneur Economy
Since the recession in 2008, the American labor market has shifted significantly. The era of the lifelong career is all but over as the gig economy takes hold. What’s more, entrepreneurialism is becoming an increasingly popular pathway to success. Shark Tank has brought entrepreneurialism to the mainstream, and institutions that invest in the incubator model […]
New Michigan state-backed funds to deploy $4.2 million to early-stage companies
Detroit-based nonprofit will manage a new statewide fund created to provide needed early-stage capital to startups in Michigan. Despite the name and initiatives focused primarily on community development in its hometown, Invest Detroit will spread funding from the $4.2 million, two-year First Capital Fund across the state. Invest Detroit intends to meet regularly with Michigan’s […]
Invest Georgia plows $3.25 million into Mosley Ventures
Atlanta-based Mosley Ventures has received a $3.25 million investment from Invest Georgia, a state-run venture capital fund. The General Assembly created Invest Georgia back in 2013, an initiative of Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, to boost investment in Georgia-based growth and early-stage companies The VC fund was allocated $20 million out of an allowed $100 million […]