University of Alaska kick-starting entrepreneurship through innovation grants
Ever wonder how inventors and startups turn an idea into reality? In Alaska and the Arctic, innovation plays a critical role in building resilience in environments defined by climate, distance and limited resources. Many promising ideas never move beyond the research stage because they lack the funding needed to test early concepts and explore real-world […]
GAP Insights: University of Sydney / Designing the Next Generation of University Venture Capital
The University of Sydney is taking a notable step in the evolution of university commercialization systems by openly seeking venture capital partners to help design and launch new funding vehicles capable of supporting the next generation of university-derived startups. The university estimates that its growing portfolio of research-based ventures will require more than A$200 million […]
GAP Pipeline Brief: Trinity College Dublin Spinout CroíValve Raises $43M to Advance Structural Heart Technology
Investment Overview CroíValve, a Trinity College Dublin spinout and clinical-stage medical device company, has expanded its Series B financing through: • $20 million Series B expansion financing • $7 million in European Innovation Council (EIC) and DTIF grant funding This brings: • Total Series B financing to $36 million • Total new capital to $43 […]
GAP Pipeline Brief: Oxford University Innovation / Lumenai Human Capability Intelligence Platform
Investment Overview Lumenai, a startup incubated through the Oxford University Innovation Startup Incubator, has secured pre-seed investment from Corpora.ai to expand commercialization of its Human Capability Indexing (HCIx) technology. Founded by Antonia Manoochehri, Lumenai has developed a behavioral intelligence platform that measures human capabilities often overlooked by traditional hiring and workforce assessment systems. The investment […]
Elanco Launches $25 Million Venture Fund to Invest in Animal Health Innovation
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN) plans to launch a dedicated corporate venture capital platform backed by a $25 million multi-year commitment as the company seeks to expand its access to emerging technologies and early-stage innovation across the animal health sector. The new initiative, Elanco Ventures, will focus on identifying, supporting and investing in startups developing new therapies […]
Penn announces Pre-POC grant for pre-commercial innovations
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research announced the creation of a grant to advance pre-commercial projects. The NextUP Program will provide recipients with up to $50,000 in funding per project to “address critical gaps that will help to attract industry partners and external investors.” The grant is open to applicants from all 12 schools and […]
GAP Impact: Harvard University – $770M Biotech IPO Fueled by Early GAP Support
Summary Research originating from Harvard University and supported by the Harvard Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator (BBA) has helped produce one of the most promising new approaches to treating previously “undruggable” diseases. Chemical biologist Greg Verdine developed a novel technology known as stapled peptides, or helicons, that enables therapeutics to reach and target proteins long considered inaccessible […]
Johns Hopkins announces major new investment in cutting-edge life sciences research
Johns Hopkins University will invest $80 million annually for each of the next two years in groundbreaking basic and applied research across a vast array of life science disciplines—from immunology to neuroscience, oncology to epidemiology, bioengineering to population health, the university announced today. The launch of the Life Sciences Research Initiative—made possible by generous support from […]
How UK universities are spinning out commercial tech innovators, Digital Platforms and Services
The importance of the technology R&D efforts undertaken by academic institutions is widely recognised within the telecom sector but rarely reported in the industry’s media. So, during the course of the coming months, TelecomTV will analyse the accelerating trend in UK academia to commercialise university research by transforming high-tech innovations from their R&D labs into […]
GAP Insights: UC Berkeley / Philanthropy Expands the Front End of Deep Tech Commercialization
The University of California, Berkeley has received a transformational $13.5 million commitment from alumni Matt and Lisa Sonsini to expand the Academic Innovation Catalyst (AIC), a program designed to help researchers move breakthrough discoveries from the laboratory toward commercialization. While the funding itself is significant, the larger story is what it represents: philanthropy being deployed […]