Green Seed Fund proposals open Oct. 22
The University of Washington Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Office is pleased to announce that we are accepting proposals for 2014-2015 Green Seed Fund Grants effective October 22, 2014: green.uw.edu/gsf/ Submissions must be entered online, and will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on December 11, 2014. The Green Seed Fund aims to promote and fund research […]
6 things we’ve learned about launching university-origin companies
The University of California recently announced its entry into the venture capital arena with a $250 million commitment to spinning promising technologies out of its top-notch, 10-campus system. Perhaps every major research university in the US — collectively, recipients of over $40 billion in federal research funding yearly, not to mention the inflows of corporate […]
Oregon BEST Funding Will Speed Cross Laminated Timber Manufacturing in Pacific NW
PORTLAND, Ore. At the Wood Solutions Fair, Oregon BEST today announced a new round of commercialization funding that will team southern Oregon-based DR Johnson Lumber Co. with Oregon State University researchers to determine how a new engineered building material made from lumber might catapult Oregon wood products to the forefront of construction innovation and […]
CIT releases annual report on research commercialization in Virginia
The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced this week the release of the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) annual report for FY2014, showing growth in new patents, products and innovative companies. Karen Jackson, Virginia’s Secretary of Technology, said, “CRCF plays an important role in the acceleration of innovation in the Commonwealth by funding essential research and commercialization […]
UConn’s ‘hearty startup’ gains attention, funding
When he enrolled in UConn’s biomedical engineering graduate program in 2005, Eric Sirois wasn’t thinking about a career in business. But an entrepreneurship class that helped him better understand how to commercialize the heart valve implant he’d been developing changed that. These days, Sirois, CEO of Dura Biotech, a startup participating in UConn’s Technology Incubation […]
Raze Therapeutics launches with $24m in Series A financing
Cambridge-based Raze Therapeutics announced its launch Monday, adding that it has closed on a $24 million Series A financing. Investors in the Series A financing include Atlas Venture, MPM Capital Management, MS Ventures, Partners Innovation Fund, Astellas Venture Management, and Novartis, the Raze press release said. Atlas partner Jason Rhodes is Raze’s acting chief executive. […]
Crowdfunding helps Colorado State students fund businesses and other projects – Rocky Mountain Collegian
Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter have helped thousands of entrepreneurs and creative minds get their projects off the ground thanks to donations from mostly anonymous contributors over the internet. In April, Colorado State University alumni-founded Wild Gym Company raised $111,178 with their Kickstarter campaign for monkii bars, a portable suspension training tool. TurfToes founders Braxton Norwood and Tanner […]
Penn State Fund for Innovation aids research commercialization efforts
Innovation is the lifeblood of any great university. But transforming the results of basic research into a commercial product that can benefit society is a path strewn with many obstacles. The new Fund for Innovation is intended to make that road smoother for Penn State faculty and student entrepreneurs to travel. The Fund for Innovation […]
Osage collects $151m for University Fund II
Osage University Partners II has received $151m in commitments from 145 LPs according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The funds predecessor was a $100m vehicle which closed in 2011. Fund II will focus on start-ups that are commercialising university research. The vehicle will invest in cleantech, energy, IT, biopharma, healthcare […]
QED commercialization program to create life science spinout companies gets $1M grant
A few years after it launched a QED Proof of Concept funding program, the University City Science Center has unveiled a new fund for a commercialization program. It’s fueled by a $1 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, according to a statement from the Science Center. Stephen Tang, the CEO of the Science […]