Spinout valley of death: How proof-of-concept funding is faring in the UK | Sifted
This time last year, most of the conversations I had with spinout folk in the UK were about greedy universities; specifically, institutions taking too big an equity stake in their spinouts and putting off investors. That doesn’t seem to come up as much anymore. The message I’m hearing at the moment is we’re on the […]
Berkeley to lead ‘Innovation Hub’ helping turn basic research into innovative businesses
Picture this hypothetical: Another cutting-edge discovery happens in a laboratory beaker or on a computer screen crisscrossed by lines of code. Researchers agree it’s a big leap with real-world applications, but when it comes time to turn the published scientific paper into a business plan, they’re unsure of next steps or what use cases for […]
Four Harvard research teams receive translational funding to advance…
The climate crisis demands new and better technology—from green energy sources to cleaner industrial processes and far beyond. Universities, including Harvard, play a significant role in generating that new tech. “Many of the innovations driving clean tech started in university labs,” said Jim Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and Director of the Salata […]
Top 50 Undergraduate Programs for Entrepreneurs in 2025 | Entrepreneur
Can you learn to be an entrepreneur? It’s a common question in entrepreneurship circles. After all, an entrepreneur is a little of everything—a visionary, hustler, builder, and boss. Can you learn that stuff in a classroom? The answer is yes and no: You don’t have to go to school for it, but doing so can […]
From concept to startup: How Mines helps turn innovative research into real-world companies
As Melissa Krebs was in the lab working on the biopolymer that would become Cleragel, it quickly became clear that the stretchable wound dressing, which improves healing in chronic wounds such as diabetic ulcers, was working so well that she could see a clear path throughFDA submission, approval and beyond. “We’re trying to solve a […]
$47.5M federal grant sets stage for important clinical work at Rutgers institute – NJBIZ
Officials recently gathered recently at the Child Health Institute in New Brunswick to mark a $47.5 million federal grant awarded to the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science. The funding comes via the National Institutes of Health. The award, which helps convert research discoveries into practical tools and treatments, is the only Clinical and Translational Science Award in […]
U Alberta Lab2Market Validate program bridges gap from tech innovations to commercially viable products
U of A master’s student Somayeh Raiesdana is putting her innovative idea to the test of commercial potential with help from the new Alberta Lab2Market Validate program. (Photo: Supplied) Anyone who’s ever done a breast self-exam knows how hard — and stressful — it can be to tell whether a lump is something to go […]
How to get UK university spinouts out of the ‘valley of death’-Financial Times
Ahead of the Budget, the chancellor is grappling with how to address a significant fiscal black hole while driving up Britain’s economic growth. One answer can be found in Labour’s election manifesto, which commits to supporting universities to create spinouts — companies formed from academic research. UK universities produce groundbreaking research with the potential to […]
SETsquared Partnership universities and QantX announce new £300m investment vehicle
The initiative was announced by Sir Richard Olver, Chair of QantX, at Bristol City Hall on 11 October at the Regional Investment and Health & Life Sciences Summit, which Science Minister Lord Patrick Vallance and MP Darren Jones also attended. This new investment vehicle will drive a much needed step change in early-stage patient capital, […]
$300K Awarded to UMass Startups for Seed Translational Research Projects : UMass Amherst
The UMass Amherst Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program has announced three awards of $100,000 each in 2024 Seed Translational Research Project (STRP) funding to faculty-led teams aiming to advance UMass research towards solutions to real-world unmet needs. In addition to their highly focused research, each is creating a startup venture to carry technology and product development forward […]