University of Texas launches $10 million seed fund with investment in vaccine storage pioneer – InnovationMap
Planting a seed seems like a quaint activity, but the University of Texas at Austin doesn’t do anything small. Its new $10 million UT seed fund is going into incubation soon, thanks to the efforts of Discovery to Impact, the team leading the University’s “research commercialization and innovation efforts.” Except for its scale, this project is no […]
Parallel 18: Where Startups Come to Thrive | Business | theweeklyjournal.com
FinTech, PropTech, AgroTech. Combine any industry with “tech” and you’ve got yourself a startup. The combination of traditional industries with developing internet and Web3 technology has indeed created a plethora of business ideas. Supporting this growth on the island is Parallel 18 (P18), a non-profit program affiliated with the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research […]
AOL co-founder: Silicon Valley will remain ‘leader’ of the startup world…or will it?
EDITOR OPINION: For the first time in a decade, less than 30 percent of total U.S. venture capital has gone to Silicon Valley… Maturing regional/local ecosystems supported by new sources of funding/innovation support, migration, and open relationship-building are creating beds of talent, capital, and emerging technology that make finding, funding, and scaling companies away from […]
$264 million invested in outstanding research, proof of concept projects
The Australian Government has announced $264 million in funding to support 258 exceptional health and medical research projects through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), across three funding streams. 232 research teams with a focus on discovery and innovation will share in $241 million in funding through the NHMRC Ideas Grant scheme, where […]
New Mexico Investment Council to Commercialize University Innovations
America’s Frontier Fund has raised the first $100 million in a $500 million campaign, part of which will be used to create a venture studio in New Mexico to tap into the deep technology developed at the state’s national laboratories and universities. The State Investment Council stepped forward Nov. 22 with up to $100 million […]
VIPC Awards Commonwealth Commercialization Fund Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University
The Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation’s (VIPC), Commonwealth Commercialization Fund (CCF) today announced that Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has been awarded a CFF grant of $75,000 to support a product commercialization project led by Dr. Ravi L. Hadimani. VIPC’s CCF programs have distributed more than $43 million to Virginia-based startups, entrepreneurs and university-based inventors since 2012. VCU […]
Husker Venture Fund impacts state, entrepreneurs and students
Building upon their successful first year that included investing $100,000 in Nebraskan startups and winning the university’s Outstanding New Student Organization Award, student members of the Husker Venture Fund (HVF) set goals this year to grow their impact on the state and the future of venture capital investing. “It was awesome to see all the hard […]
Communicate Value of GAP Funds to Stakeholders
The GAP fund and accelerator process has clear focus areas. One of the most important is a strategic approach to communication and promotion which sets the tone for internal and external stakeholders and invites them to participate
UCeed Energy to advance Canadian-led innovations and strengthen the energy landscape
The University of Calgary and Innovate Calgary announced Dec. 5 the launch of UCeed Energy, the fifth startup investment fund to be added to the UCeed portfolio. Early stage companies focused on the development of research that has the potential to bring innovation into the energy sector can now apply for funding. UCeed invests in Canadian […]
CSU STRATA wins U.S. Department of Commerce grant to build startups at CSU, launches Lab to Life venture studio
A federal grant and matching funds valued at $1.6 million to CSU STRATA open new opportunities to commercialize university-grown startup technology companies under a program called Lab to Life, or L2L. The goal of the program is to launch 15 new companies in three years by providing startups leadership and infrastructure to scale. Four companies […]