A new Oregon-based seed fund to help startups is in the works
The Oregon Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN) is partnering with Portland entrepreneur and investor Nitin Rai on a new regional seed fund in an effort to close the funding gap for startups around the state. Rai will oversee what will be a regional early-stage fund. While the fund will likely be larger, between $2 […]
UoN launches fund targeting start-up firms – Corporate News
University of Nairobi’s innovation centre, CD4lab, is calling on innovators to submit applications to be incubated. They will also be offered assistance to commercialise their products. The university launched the Africa Technology & Innovation Accelerator (AfTIA) in August. UoN is seeking applicants with innovative solutions around use of technology in finance, agriculture, education, governance and technology […]
Invest Georgia startup fund is showing signs of life
A long-stalled Georgia program that uses government dollars to attract venture funding for homegrown startup firms is showing signs of life. The Invest Georgia initiative, a favorite of Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and the Metro Atlanta Chamber, this week selected an investment consultant to manage the $10 million in state funds flowing through its coffers. […]
University of Nottingham spin-out NuVision received £379k seed funding from Mercia Fund Management
The funding from Mercia will support the commercialisation of NuVision’s ground-breaking product, Omnigen™, an easy to use, dry, amniotic membrane-derived biological bandage that can be used to treat ocular wounds caused by scratches, blisters and burns, as soon as they occur, as well as more long-term, non-healing persistent defects. Omnigen is produced using a pioneering […]
Université de Sherbrooke receives $33.5M from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund
Université de Sherbrooke today launched an ambitious project which reaffirms its position as a world leader in large research partnerships. A project that will undoubtedly be one of the great industrial revolutions of the 21st Century: From Quantum Science to Quantum Technologies. To propel this initiative, the Government of Canada has awarded a remarkable investment […]
Kentucky Grants $800,000 in State Income Tax Credits to Accelerator
The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority today granted to UpTech Fund II, LLC $800,000 in state income tax credits, pursuant to the Kentucky Investment Fund Act. UpTech Fund II, the pre-seed fund connected with the UpTech, Inc. accelerator program in Covington, is in the process of raising a $2,000,000 fund to make investments in the […]
Qatar National Research Fund unveils joint research initiative with British university partners
Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D), has launched a joint research support programme in partnership with the UK Government’s Science & Innovation Network, The British Council, and UK Higher Education International Unit. The initiative entitled ‘Qatar/UK Research Networking Programme’ reflects QNRF’s commitment to promote collaboration with […]
UC to fund up to $150K in early-stage life science startups through primePC program
Startups created at the University of California can compete for funding during a first-of-its-kind UC competition. The university system will give one $150,000 award and three $50,000 awards to early-stage companies working on life sciences technology related to therapeutics, consumer health, medical devices and diagnostics, UC announced Tuesday. Companies — they must have founders or other members from any […]
€1.67bn EU fund for researchers set aside for 2016, open to world
Within the new series of competitions set out by the ERC starting today, the call begins for Starting Grants 2016, which has a budget of €485m and is open to researchers with between two and seven years of experience since completion of PhD and what the ERC are calling a “promising scientific track record”. Other […]
TEDCO reaches ‘dramatic crossroads,’ taking on 5 times more venture responsibility
Maryland Technology Development Corp.’s new board chair, Newt Fowler, is stepping in as the investment agency’s responsibility grows five-fold. TEDCO this year will take over disparate investment programs from Maryland’s Department of Business and Economic Development, most notably the state’s Maryland Venture Fund. All told, the shift will put an additional $100 million under TEDCO’s […]