President’s Innovation Challenge names finalists for 2023
Reimagining how depression is assessed and treated, exploring business applications of generative AI, and developing a novel decarbonization solution, are just a few of the 25 ideas that have been selected as 2023 President’s Innovation Challenge Finalists. The President’s Innovation Challenge is an annual competition where Harvard students and select alumni propel their entrepreneurial projects forward. Participants […]
TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative Announced Recent Investments
COLUMBIA, Md., March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent round of funding through the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII). MII accelerates the commercialization of technologies from bench to market. MII Awards Established in 2012, the MII program was created as a partnership between the State of Maryland and five Maryland academic research institutions: Johns Hopkins University; Morgan State University; University […]
Private and GAP Accelerator Models
Accelerators have contributed to the success of many tech and web giants. For example, Airbnb, Stripe and DropBox are all among the unicorns that have received investment support from some of the largest financial powerhouses out there – from JP Morgan to Sequoia Capital. And, now as accelerator programs pick up some speed, post-pandemic, it […]
How Venture Capital Can Avoid the Next Silicon Valley Bank Fiasco | WIRED
IN THE PUBLIC imagination, venture capitalists are often seen as independent wealthy actors seeding early-stage companies with their personal money. But the vast majority of VC capital is from “LPs”—or limited partners—including public pensions, university endowments, hospitals, and wealthy families. In other words, venture capitalists manage large sums of other people’s money. This makes them de […]
UC startup gets investment to advance trials
A startup founded by four University of Cincinnati physicians has raised approximately $10 million in funding, including a recent $250,000 investment from St. Elizabeth Healthcare, the Cincinnati Business Courier reported. Medtech startup Sense Neuro Diagnostics is developing noninvasive devices to monitor traumatic brain injuries and detect brain hemorrhage or different stroke types. The investment from St. Elizabeth […]
Allies take further steps to establish NATO Innovation Fund
Participating NATO Allies have recently appointed, by consensus, the first three members of the NATO Innovation Fund Board of Directors: its Chair, Dr. Klaus Hommels, founder and chair of venture capital firm Lakestar; as well as Dame Fiona Murray, Associate Dean of Innovation and Inclusion at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Management; and Dr. Roberto […]
Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator opens Class 3 applications for energy transition ventures
The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is accepting applications for Class 3 of its Clean Energy Accelerator, the premier energy transition accelerator in Houston, through April 14. Through an active mentor network, extensive investor network and targeted training from experts in the field, the accelerator serves to support the energy transition by helping early-stage ventures achieve technical […]
IntelliSee Awarded $500,000 in Iowa Economic Development Authority Innovation Funding
IntelliSee has been awarded $500,000 in financial assistance from the Iowa Economic Development Authority as part of Iowa’s Innovation Fund. IntelliSee is an AI-powered risk mitigation platform that allows users to protect against day-to-day risks, like slip and falls, and potentially catastrophic threats, like active shooters. IntelliSee overlays with existing surveillance systems to actively monitor live camera feeds […]
Notre Dame IDEA Center touts startup launches, fundraising in 2022
The IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame launched 28 startup companies last year. Additionally, the center said the university’s active startups raised more than $86 million in investment funding, a nearly 60% increase over the previous year. Founded in 2017, the IDEA Center creates startups that are primarily based on inventions from Notre […]
Venture Partners launches new startup creator at CU
Hoping to lure entrepreneurs ready to launch startups based on innovations created in research labs at the University of Colorado Boulder. The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator has been created by Venture Partners at CU Boulder, the commercialization arm of CU, to match business minds outside the university with breakthrough inventions created within its walls — and […]