University of Northern Iowa’s incubator lets young companies develop with support programs
Last spring saw more than the usual “graduations” at the University of Northern Iowa. The Innovation Incubator at UNI’s Center for Business Growth and Innovation saw four companies — iTracking Research, Dyton Creative Inc., Follow Your Strengths and Red Lab Technologies — move up and out. Three-year-old iTracking had learned all it could in the […]
Canadian Medical Associations’s newest start-up awards five grants to jump-start physician-led innovation
In a very short period of time, Joule™ has gone from start-up to game-changer in Canadian health innovation. Five grants were announced today to fund innovative opportunities led by Canadian physicians. The grants are part of Joule’s mandate to promote and fuel physician-led innovations that drive change in health and health care. The ventures include […]
Ontario Investing $51 Million to Support Research and Foster Innovation
Ontario is awarding a total of $51 million to support world-class studies and research talent at leading institutions across the province, laying the foundation for Ontario’s future knowledge-based economy. This funding will help sharpen Ontario’s competitive edge by fostering discoveries; leading to new technologies, treatments and cures for cancer patients and other diseases while supporting […]
Tata’s $300m venture fund plans to invest in startups
Mumbai-bred Turakhia brothers turned billionaires as a group of Chinese investors acquired their ad tech startup Media.net for $900 million in cash, in what would be the third largest deal in the industry. The newly set up RNT Capital Advisers, a venture fund launched by Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata, will deploy $300 million […]
€1m made available for two new Enterprise Ireland start-up funds
Enterprise Ireland’s investments into Ireland-based start-ups show no signs of slowing, with two new funds totalling €1m to come on stream soon. Starting tomorrow (24 August), start-ups operating in fields such as games, apps, mobile, SaaS, cloud, enterprise software, life sciences, food, cleantech and industrial products are welcomed to apply for the funds Funding The […]
Innovation Birmingham Announces Strategic Partnership With Crowdcube
On Monday, Innovation Birmingham announced it formed a strategic partnership with equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube as a way to encourage successful fundraising efforts for startups and early stage businesses. This announcement comes just after the completion of Innovation Birmingham’s iCentrum building and the launch of Serendip Smart City Incubator, which is described as a program that co-locates […]
The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research Funds USF Ovation Diagnostics
The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research (the Institute) announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with Ovation Diagnostics, a Boca Raton-based company with technology developed at University of South Florida. The Institute supports new company creation based on publicly-funded research, and bridges early funding gaps for companies spinning out of Florida-based […]
China launches $30 billion state-controlled venture capital fund
China’s state council has approved a 200 billion yuan ($30.19 billion)venture capital fund to invest in innovative technology and industrial upgrading projects, the country’s state assets regulator said on Thursday. China has been encouraging its industrial firms to rise up the value chain through technical innovation and tougher efficiency standards, with the aim of creating […]
Blavatnik Family Foundation provides $10 million for innovation in the life sciences at Yale University
Yale University has received a $10 million grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, headed by American industrialist and philanthropist Len Blavatnik, to advance entrepreneurship in the life sciences at Yale and to expedite the development, application, and commercialization of breakthrough research. The multi-year grant will support the Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, designed to […]
Badger Fund raises more than $10 million
The Badger Fund of Funds said Tuesday it has raised more than $10 million of capital from private investors, double what was required by the state legislation that launched it. The private funding brings to more than $35 million the amount the Badger Fund has to invest. The Badger Fund was formed after the state in 2013 committed […]