Gap Funding Activity 2013 Q2 Report Released
The Mind the Gap Q2 Activity Report, an initiative of innovosource, is a market-wide assessment of funding activity from university-affiliated translational research, proof-of-concept, and start-up gap funds. In this most recent quarter (April-May), gap fund managers from 26 universities participating in the process, reported Activity: $2.5M invested into 42 technologies and start-ups, bringing the annual […]
U Washington MRI start-up boosted by $340K from affiliated gap funds
Dr. Rodney Ho, professor of pharmaceutics, researches drug delivery for HIV treatment. In 2009, he created a new way to deliver HIV drugs to patients. HIV drugs rarely make it effectively to a patient’s lymph nodes. Ho thought binding the drugs to lipid (fatty particle) nanoparticles might help drug delivery. He eventually tested his drugs […]
Proposed Federal TRANSFER Act would open funds for university proof of concept
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) and Congressman Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) have introduced technology-transfer legislation to help accelerate the commercialization of federally-funded research and technology. The Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act (TRANSFER) Act (H.R. 2981) builds upon the current Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program by creating grant opportunities for proof-of-concept research […]
Velocity Venture Fund puts $100K into four U of Waterloo start-ups
A group of four tech startups based out of the University of Waterloo are enjoying healthier bank balances today after the Velocity Venture Fund announced four grants of $25,000.
InvestMaryland backs two state start-ups for $350K
Two Maryland tech companies, Silver Springs-based ReelGenie in and Baltimore-based SocialToaster, received investments totaling $350,000 through the State’s InvestMaryland program, created by Governor Martin O’Malley and the state’s General Assembly to make venture capital investments in
Purdue University Trask Innovation Fund announces $200K in new grants
A Purdue Research Foundation fund designed to support Purdue University faculty and staff innovators awarded more than $200,000 this spring. The Trask Innovation Fund assists faculty and staff innovations with which the Office of Technology Commercialization is working. The fund seeks to support short-term projects with the potential to reach markets and consumers with products […]
U Michigan SPARK invests $1.5M in 6 start-ups
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 24, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Six Michigan companies recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, totaling $1.5 million. To date, the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, a collaborative effort of Michigan’s SmartZones to support start-ups’ product commercialization, has
NSF supports Texas Tech microfluidic translational research work through $225K grant
National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer (NSF STTR) recently awarded a $225,000 grant to a Texas Tech University student who is preparing to earn a doctorate in chemical engineering in August. The sizable grant will help Jeevan Maddala commercialize his doctoral work in biomedical and pharmaceutical trials, which looks to
innovosource featured in new article on academic crowdfunding
Crowdfunding has gained a lot of traction in the past few years, primarily as a way for artists to fund their pet projects. Musicians and filmmakers may have been some of the earliest adopters of this especially populist form of fundraising, but they’re far from the only ones taking advantage of it. Many institutions of […]
STC.UNM gap funding supports innovative approach to drive cancer therapies
It’s the spread of the original cancer tumor that kills most people. That’s why cancer researchers vigorously search for drugs that can prevent metastases, the spread of cancer. But most drugs take a decade—and frequently, more—to go from concept to Food and Drug Administration approval. One way to reduce this time investment is to look for […]