Oklahoma University, Oklahoma State, Cowboy Tech, and i2E partner in proof of concept center,fund
A collaboration between the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Cowboy Technologies, LLC, and Innovation To Enterprise (i2E) promises to increase jobs and greatly enhance the number of new technologies that are spun out of university laboratories and into the marketplace. It will also accelerate the number of technology-based ventures in Oklahoma. A Memorandum of […]
Crowdfunding: Disrupting the Old Boys Network
A good opinion piece from David Drake, the expert at our first University Crowdfunding Policy Event (January 16th) REGISTER Crowdfunding for projects and companies is nothing new. In the online arena, however, it is quite young – in 1997 fans of the UK rock group Marillion ran the first recognized internet crowdfunding campaign, raising $60,000 […]
Vital role of university funds in spurring physics-based technologies
PhysicsToday covers the rich history of the physicist in campus entrepreneurship and the role of university proof of concept, start-up funds, and corporate connections in supporting the transition of idea to reality. PhysicsToday: http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v65/i12/p39_s1?bypassSSO=1
Global from Day One: New Zealand-based Sparkbox Ventures makes two investments from seed fund
The Global from Day One Fund – the new seed investment fund established by Sparkbox Ventures and the ICEHO– USE – has made its first two investment commitments into two technology companies, Mohio and Stay Today. Andrew Duff, Sparkbox’s chairman, saidGlobal from Day One’s key criteriais to invest in new technology companies with an international […]
Scotish seed fund launches, support from Office of Science and Technology
NESTech is a £3m technology seed fund resulting from a successful application to the Office of Science and Technology [OST] University Challenge Fund by the University of St Andrews along with Dundee and Aberdeen Universities. NESTech’s purpose is to provide funding at the riskiest stage of the commercialisation process and to bridge the gap between university research […]
The University College of London delivers a suite of internal funds, translational research to start-up support
Internal Funding Translational Research Office Administered Funds Confidence in Concept UCL has been awarded £700,000 by the MRC to establish a Confidence in Concept fund to be used flexibly to support the earliest stages of multiple translational research projects. It is intended to accelerate the transition from discovery research to translational development projects by supporting […]
Recent overview of US Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship initiatives
A complete overview of the background and planned initiatives from the US Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, including: i6 Challenge National Advisory Committee on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Interagency Working Group on Technology Transfer High Education Forum Full Deck: http://www.slideshare.net/3helix/us-office-of-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-overview#btnPrevious
University of Florida start-up, AGTC, lands $37.5M in VC for novel approaches to curing rare genetic respiratory and retinal diseases
An Alachua-based biotechnology company has secured $37.5 million in venture capital funding in what is believed to be the largest private venture deal ever for an area company. Applied Genetic Technologies Corp. announced that a syndicate of three new investors has joined three existing investors in the funding round to move its genetic therapies through […]
British EPSRC supports Oxford University POC fund
Funding of £3.6m will help Oxford University researchers bridge the so-called ‘valley of death’ – the gap between having an idea for an invention and it being developed enough for others to want to invest in it. The money will go towards initiatives such as secondments that take researchers into industry and follow-on grants that […]
York University Student Enterprise POC fund, call for proposals
York CETLE is committed to helping students develop enterprising ideas and can offer very practical assistance in the form of proof of concept funding to get the idea of the ground. The aim of the Proof of Concept fund is to provide financial assistance to establish the feasibility of student business ideas. It will support […]