Stanford Will Launch a Summer Program for High-Growth Start-Ups | IBL News
Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) will launch a four-week residential, immersive program that will bring together entrepreneurs, business leaders, VC investors, and preeminent faculty this summer. The program, called Stanford dy/dx, will equip 25 high-growth start-up teams with the knowledge and capabilities to rapidly grow and scale as they continue their entrepreneurship journey. Read more here:: […]
Alberta Innovates invests new funding to strengthen emerging tech innovation system
Alberta Innovates is putting fresh money into supporting Alberta’s small and medium-sized technology businesses and bolstering the province’s burgeoning technology ecosystem. The first 15 projects selected through the Alberta Innovates Ecosystem Development Pilot Program have received more than $9.1 million in funding. Projects range from three-year cohort-based projects that directly help developing enterprises to short-term […]
The Science Of Startup Valuation
“It’s more of an art than a science,” says the author. Most likely, you’ve heard this expression in regard to cooking, from a friend or relative expressing their mixed results with a particular recipe. The implication is that feel and intuition are more essential than precision and calculation. The similar approach is frequently applied to […]
UConn’s tech incubation program continues expansion
UConn’s Technology Incubation Program (TIP) has developed into the state’s largest incubator for emerging entrepreneurs since its founding in 2003. Hundreds of employment are created in Connecticut as a result of the program’s entrepreneurs and innovators, as well as an increase in the state’s scientific and technology capital. UConn TIP oversees 72 startups across three […]
New NSF program hopes to rev the nation’s ‘engines’ of innovation | Science | AAAS
A better surgical adhesive was long overdue. Pittsburgh, on the other hand, was not. So, a decade after its establishment, Cohera Medical, a promising firm founded on an invention by University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) chemical engineer Eric Beckman, relocated to Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, which its founders thought a more advantageous location for […]
Questions arise on Y Combinator’s role in startup correction | TechCrunch
Y Combinator, or YC for short, is the world’s best-known accelerator. Its expanding cohort sizes, twice-yearly cadence and “standard deal” made it a trendsetting startup program; one that has sufficient heft to influence the overall direction of the early-stage market for funding upstart technology companies. And, after starting life offering “about $20,000 for 6% of a company,” […]
$65M grant funds joint academic-pharma drug accelerator in partnership with NJ and NY universities
According to a May 31 release from Hackensack Meridian Health, experts from northern New Jersey, New York City, and California are teaming forces to investigate and develop antiviral medicines for SARS-CoV-2, its variations, other coronaviruses and pandemic viruses, as well as future viral threats. The new Metropolitan Antiviral Drug Accelerator, or MAVDA, will be supported […]
Michigan Rise makes 50th startup investment –
The Michigan State University Foundation’s two-year-old fund has now invested roughly $6 million in companies across the Mitten state. The Michigan Rise Pre-Seed Fund III, a subsidiary of the Michigan State University Foundation, announced earlier this month that it has made its 50th startup investment since its founding in August 2020, in collaboration with the […]
Purdue, Rolls-Royce sign 10-year, $75 million strategic alliance agreement
Purdue University and Rolls-Royce officials have signed a research and testing agreement that will bring $75 million over 10 years to the West Lafayette campus. It is the largest deal with an industry partner in Purdue history. The Purdue and Rolls-Royce relationship has thrived for more than 70 years, highlighted by millions of dollars invested […]
FSU internal investment program helps faculty move from lab to market
Improved ceramics manufacturing, breakthrough medical screening tests and a more convenient way to detect nuclear particles earned funding from the latest round of a Florida State University program that helps researchers bring their work to the marketplace. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded more than $167,000 to faculty members to continue research […]