New Program Will Identify Healthcare Challenges and Design Solutions | University of Arkansas
The U of A and regional healthcare leaders are teaming up to create an innovative new program that will focus on the challenges within the healthcare industry and create new solutions to bring to the marketplace. The Northwest Arkansas Biodesign Sprints (NABS) program is a partnership with the university’s Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (OEI), […]
Partnership encourages innovation in how universities and industry collaborate
Australian universities could be at the global forefront of research translation and commercialisation in health and medicine if barriers to collaboration are overcome and best practice models explored, according to a University of Sydney and AusBiotech report. The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and Health and University of Sydney Business School partnered with the leading Australian biotechnology industry […]
New UB program ‘cultivates’ WNY startups with funding, mentorship
Startup companies looking to grow and scale their businesses in Western New York have a new source of early funding to help them navigate the entrepreneurial journey. Through Cultivator — a new program from the startup ventures team at Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP) — UB invests up to $100,000 and nine months of mentorship in early-stage companies founded […]
RIT Venture Creations member companies secure $45 million in investment funding
Two member companies at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Venture Creations business incubator are continuing their upward trajectory with the help of two multimillion-dollar investments. Casana, a healthcare technology firm that is reinventing in-home health monitoring, raised $30 million in Series B funding, bringing the total capital raised to $46 million. This most recent round of financing was led […]
Programs, partnerships bring vision for Hub to life
The Hub Powered by PNC has had an impactful first year — energizing the local entrepreneurial spirit, revitalizing an important downtown landmark and creating unparalleled opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience in new ventures. “We’re marking the Hub’s first anniversary March 4 by celebrating the partnerships that bring to life our vision for a […]
IU Ventures ranks among Indiana’s most active venture firms
Indiana University’s early-stage venture and angel investment arm, IU Ventures, has once again been recognized as one of Indiana’s most active professional investors. A list of those firms appears in the 2021 Indiana Venture Report from Elevate Ventures, a year-end assessment of venture investment activity in the Hoosier state. IU Ventures, which manages multiple early-stage funds to support […]
2022 Brown OVPR Seed Awards fund research by faculty
The recipients of the 2022 Office of the Vice President for Research Seed Awards were announced last month. These funds are designed to help “faculty be more competitive for external grants, from federal funding agencies or foundations,” Vice President for Research Jill Pipher wrote in an email to The Herald. The process of applying for funding from outside […]
Innosphere Ventures announces new incubation program – Loveland Reporter-Herald
Fort Collins’ Innosphere Ventures, along with the Colorado Bioscience Association and the Colorado Bioscience Institute, is launching an incubator program for life sciences startups. The program will launch in 2022 with 10 startups. It is designed to help startups who are developing or commercializing technologies, products, devices, and life-saving breakthroughs. A second program will be […]
New Presidential Innovation Fund seeks to ‘catalyze the creative capital on campus’ | News | theonlinecurrent.com
On Feb. 7, an email from Chief Operating Officer & Vice President for Strategy Kanika Tomalin announced the Presidential Innovation Fund Grant Program. The program looks to fund projects aimed at supporting President Damián Fernández’s Strategic Plan. Fernández introduced Eckerd’s strategic plan in October 2020, highlighting four pillars: Eckerd at the Edges: “Innovation in the Liberal […]
These 3 Johns Hopkins research teams got seed funding to develop their medical devices – Technical.ly
With the Bisciotti Foundation Translational Fund, John Hopkins University School of Medicine is bringing seed funding to three teams of researchers creating innovative medical devices. Each of these devices, which are being developed by Hopkins professors and fellows, aim to dramatically decrease costs on hospitals and improve patient care by taking anesthesia out of the equation. Recipients were […]