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 […]
University of Sydney Sydnovate POC fund overview
The Sydnovate Fund provides critical financial support for research projects with commercial potential. These funds will be used to: Strengthen University Patents, especially by reducing inventions to practice during the 12 months period between Provisional filing and PCT filing. Strengthening the University’s copyright portfolio. Develop ’unripe’ projects into licensable opportunities by reaching critical milestones and […]
University of Kansas launches POC fund, will award $200K this year
The University of Kansas has created a new way support KU research projects that are close to commercialization, university officials said in a news release. The new Proof of Concept (POC) Fund will provide money to help research projects for one year to make the technologies more attractive for private investment. The fund will support […]
Cambridge University’s Enterprise Fund makes first seed investments
Cambridge University’s Enterprise Fund has made its first investments, in Cambridge CMOS Sensors, Inotec AMD, and DefiniGEN. The fund was launched in May and closed in September and combines a seed scheme with EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme). CMOS Sensors, based on research from the university’s engineering department, is involved in nanosensors which require very little […]
Overview of MIT-Germany Seed fund, a global campus approach
MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) offers seed funds to MIT faculty and researchers to support early-stage international projects and collaboration. MISTI Global Seed Funds includes a general fund for projects in any country and several country funds with their own requirements. Overview: http://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-germany/faculty/MIT-Germany%20Seed%20Fund%20flyer.pdf