UChicago Healthcare, Agtech Startups Funded Through Innovation Fund
The University of Chicago Innovation Fund announced two healthcare startups and one agriculture IT startup will receive $550,000 total in the most recent round of funding.Navipoint Genomics LLC will receive $175,000, Praedictus Climate Solutions will receive $125,000, and RiMO Therapeutics will receive $250,000, the Fund announced Thursday.These startups were chosen from five that presented to […]
University of Bristol funding the future: new investment fund to help drive innovation
A whole host of exciting and innovative spinout companies have emerged from the University over the past year alone, successfully turning research into real-life applications. To build on its growing reputation for creating high-tech companies, the University has today [15 January] launched the University of Bristol Enterprise Fund, designed to support spinouts while at the […]
Ann Arbor-based Millendo scores $62M investment
An Ann Arbor-based start-up drug company with roots in the University of Michigan scored a $62 million buy-in from outside investors because of its early work on treatments for several medical conditions, including some affecting women. The so-called Series B investment secured by Millendo Therapeutics follows an earlier round of investment that raised $16 million in 2012, company officials said. The $62-million […]
Hong Kong launches $256m tech fund for startups
Hong Kong has launched a HK$2 billion (US$256.94 million) innovation and technology venture fund, aimed at investing in and growing Hong Kong-based startup ventures andreflecting a growing ecosystem. The Hong Kong Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (HKVCA) welcomed the announcement by Hong Kong’s chief executive, Leung Chun-Ying, at his 2016 Policy Address. This comes amidst recent growth in Hong Kong’s startup […]
Israel ready to fund joint R&D investment fund
If the federal government does not grab the opportunity presented by Israel to set up a jointly funded research and development fund we will know all the talk out of Canberra about innovation is hollow rhetoric. Israel would welcome an R&D partnership fund. That was made clear to Chanticleer on Monday during an interview with […]
Enterprise Ireland ranked third best venture capital fund in world for seed investment
Investors are ranked by the number of seed rounds since 2010. Executive director at Enterprise Ireland, Kevin Sherry, said that getting funding for start-up companies is a crucial function of EI. “A key focus for Enterprise Ireland is providing seed capital to start-up companies and we are delighted to have been ranked third among top […]
University of North Dakota Venture Group: Allowing students to completely run their own, real venture capital investment fund
At the University of North Dakota, students are completely running their own venture capital fund through the Dakota Venture Group (DVG) program. It’s the only one of its kind currently in the U.S. where students get direct experiential learning in the field of venture capital and angel investing without having to report to an advisory […]
Ryerson University Partnership to Promote Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship
Ryerson University has formed a new collaboration with Prince Edward/Lennox & Addington Community Futures Development Corporation , First Stone Venture Partners, and the Eastern Ontario Regional Network to promote research and technological innovation, and to attract and accelerate startups and advance economic development in Ontario regions. “PELA CFDC and the new Upper Canada Equity Fund is […]
Commentary: America’s Seed Fund is powering Texas innovation
Innovation is the critical ingredient to creating and growing a successful start-up, but innovation requires money – money that can be very hard to find, especially if your innovation is “high-risk/high-reward.” Wouldn’t it be great if a venture capitalist investor came to Texas, offering $2.5 billion seed investments in cutting edge technologies created by early […]
Defining “Types” of University Tech and Start-up Gap Funding
The “gap” in gap funding refers to a vast shortage of capital and other commercialization support to identify, to evaluate, and to deliver research institution technology and start-ups to the marketplace. Defining this “gap” too broadly (e.g. “Valley of Death” or “between basic research and the market”) oversimplifies the complexities of the situation and clouds […]