U.S.-Chinese Accelerator InnoSpring is Targeting $5 Million Fund
InnoSpring, a two-year-old accelerator founded in Silicon Valley to help U.S. and Chinese tech startups expand across borders, is raising a second fund, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned.
AdAdapted, U Michigan gap fund recepient, raises $725,000 in seed round
AdAdapted has locked down $725,000 in seed capital to help it scale up its mobile advertising platform.
Oregon BEST supports OSU-Industry collaboration on filter technology
PORTLAND, Ore. A new round of commercialization funding from Oregon BEST is helping a Portland company collaborate with Oregon State University researchers to advance a biochar-based filter system that utilizes waste biochar from lumber mills to remove heavy metals from stormwater.
MIT Media Lab spinoff Luminoso scores $6.5M in funding
Luminoso, a Cambridge-based text analytics company that has its roots in the MIT Media Lab, announced Wednesday that it’s raised $6.5 million in Series A funding, led by Acadia Woods and with participation from Tokyo-based Digital Garage.
Penn GSE’s Innovative Collaboration for Start-Ups Finalizes Newest Cohort
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2014 – Penn’s Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) has announced that the Education Design Studio, Inc. (EDSi), a $2.1 million hybrid incubator and seed fund built specifically for education ventures, has selected its second cohort of entrepreneurs to join them in Philadelphia this August. Nine early stage edtech start-ups have signed […]
Ivy Foundation Biomedical Innovation Grants
The Ivy Foundation Biomedical Innovation Grants was created in 2008 by the Ivy Foundation to support collaborative University of Virginia research projects with the potential to yield leading-edge diagnostics and treatments for a range of human health problems. The fund seeks to accelerate improved diagnosis and treatment of disease through inventions and patents, commercial products, […]
Framing the Expectations of Tech and Start-up Gap Funding
From my experience, the framing of expectations to sponsoring leadership and stakeholders is the single most important action in the successful launch and sustainability of any tech or start-up gap funding program. This is especially important if any source of the funds is derived from public dollars. We have seen the following story transpire too […]
Ann Arbor SPARK Awarded $500,000 for Michigan Angel Fund I, II – Press Release – Digital Journal
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Ann Arbor SPARK has been awarded $500,000 from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. for continuation of the Michigan Angel Fund (I), and to establish the Michigan Angel Fund II.
Oklahoma bio startups grow with Texas venture capital fund Emergent | News OK
There were some natural concerns among Oklahomans back in 1998 when Texas native Tommy Harlan put together a venture capital fund and began investing in life science startups spun out of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
New $1 Million Seed Fund to Assist UW School of Medicine in Commercializing Research – Press Release – Digital Journal
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the Wisconsin Technology Innovation Initiative (Wi2) have established a $1 million seed fund to support commercialization of medical technology developed by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.