SIC, Catalyst Fund ready to move on funds for New Mexico startups
New Mexico’s new state-backed Catalyst Fund is ready to make its first capital commitments to local micro funds that invest in startup companies around the state. Santa Fe-based Sun Mountain Capital, which is managing the new “fund of funds” for the State Investment Council, closed this week on $15 million in commitments from the SIC […]
Research University Technology and Start-Up Gap Funding Review
These days, universities talk a big game about innovation, and some ideologues even say that universities are so outdated that they hinder innovation, but the truth is that research universities continue to play a major role in the development of new technologies. Whether new technologies are developed in universities or at scrappy startups that operate […]
€500,000 fintech start-up fund announced by Enterprise Ireland
Announcing a new start-up fund for fintech start-ups today (26 May), Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, said the support was a “key part” of the current Government’s push to help key sectors. Providing €50,000 in equity to 10 selected start-ups in the fintech area, applications open at the start of June […]
Govt earmarks $15m towards commercialising hi-tech developments
The Government’s $15 million investment into initiatives supporting Kiwi start-ups is a step in the right direction but there’s still more to be done, a Massey University economist says. The Pre-Seed Accelerator fund is aimed at developing “cutting-edge” research into viable start-up businesses. Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce said hundreds of savvy hi-tech Kiwi […]
Tech incubator for health-care start-ups proposed for Freeport Hospital
Dr. Doug Dittmer steps into an old, empty building on the grounds of Freeport Health Centre as he talks about a new incubator for start-ups working on medical-related technology. Dittmer wants the incubator to be established at Freeport, and he’s pitching the idea to William Charnetski, the Ministry of Health’s chief innovation strategist. Charnetski oversees […]
New Irish start-up fund swings into action
Colman Equity – which is also the main funder of the business accelerator programme StartPlanetNI – will focus on knowledge economy companies and entrepreneurs seeking to move back to Northern Ireland. The investment vehicle will allow businesspeople and investors to put money into start-up firms in a tax-efficient manner, while at the same time sharing their […]
Indiana University Researchers Score $160K in Translational Research Grants
Seven researchers at Indiana University have received more than $160,000 in grants from the Johnson Center for Innovation and Translational Research. The center’s Translational Research Pilot Grant program aims to fund the completion of proof-of-concept projects. The grant program was launched last year. The university says the projects that receive funding will “support the development […]
Oxford Uni-backed Aussie start-up Zegami looks to raise $10 million
Two Adelaide-based tech entrepreneurs who developed big data visualisation software for Oxford University are looking to raise up to $10 million to accelerate sales of the technology. Zegami, headed by Samuel Conway and Roger Nobel, has already attracted $1 million in funding from Oxford University and well-regarded British entrepreneurs. The company is aiming to change […]
Philadelphia College of Medicine starts $5M venture fund
The money for the Primary Care Innovation Fund came from the school’s foundation, PCOM said. The fund will consider investing in companies nationwide, but will concentrate on the Philadelphia region and on the Atlanta region, where PCOM has a branch campus. Dean Miller, CEO of the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital & Technologies and a partner […]
Tech Launch Arizona awards $1.1 million to boost promising tech
A patch for a beating heart, an underwater adhesive and a new kind of needle for laparoscopic surgery are among the technologies the University of Arizona is nurturing toward the marketplace. Tech Launch Arizona has awarded about $1.1 million in grants this fiscal year to support 28 faculty inventions as part of its Asset Development […]