UAH’s Office of Technology Commercialization Connects Innovators With Investors
Huntsville is noted for its superior defense technology, with companies generating cutting-edge innovations in sectors including computer engineering, hypersonic ballistics, and material science. Huntsville has put a lot of effort into establishing the intellectual infrastructure that has allowed this concentration of technological talent to happen since the dawn of the Space Age. The Office of […]
Research development key to advancing Virginia Tech’s research and innovation ecosystem
In addition to enhancing research and innovation culture, ecosystem, and growth, the Research and Innovation office continues to restructure, realign, and reinforce capabilities to assist faculty in winning more competitive, major research grants to boost the impact of their portfolios. Virginia Tech faculty members displayed their research goals in 2021 by submitting a record number […]
Lehigh University is bringing its first accelerator for early-stage companies to campus
Leaders at Lehigh University’s Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Innovation have been seeking for methods to help their student entrepreneurs once their firms are up and running and ready to expand for years. Lisa Getzler, the Institute’s executive director, has spent 20 years at Lehigh and a decade at the Institute. Lehigh Ventures Lab, […]
UCalgary community pitches innovative startup ideas at Launchpad Liftoff Competition
At the second annual Launchpad Liftoff Competition, organized by the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking in cooperation with the Schulich School of Engineering, students and researchers from the University of Calgary took to the virtual stage to showcase their unique company concepts. Improved health and wellbeing, greater travel experiences, and environmental sustainability were among the […]
IU Launches Faculty Startup Accelerator Program
Indiana University is developing a startup accelerator program to assist professors in turning their research findings and professional insights into successful enterprises. The IU Faculty Startup Accelerator Program is a partnership between IU’s Innovation and Commercialization Office and Bloomington’s The Mill. The program is meant for IU entrepreneurs with early stage, scalable company concepts, according to IU. “We are excited to partner with The Mill to offer this program tailored for IU inventors and entrepreneurs,” said Simran Trana, associate vice president of the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office. “Through this program, participants will improve […]
MSU Student Venture Capital Fund and Red Cedar Ventures announce 2022 investment in startups
At the fourth Investment Celebration event on April 22 in East Lansing, the MSU Student Venture Capital Fund made recommendations for pre-seed investment in five promising Michigan-based firms. The MSU SVCF is a partnership between the Michigan State University Foundation, Red Cedar Ventures, and the Center for Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Entrepreneurial Finance in […]
Fundraising brings Cambridge Ventures to $1B of assets under management
Cambridge Innovation Capital has raised its largest round of funding to date as the venture investor seeks to capitalize on the UK city’s growing life sciences and technology economy. CIC – which benefits from a unique contract with Cambridge University – has raised £ 225mn to invest in early start-ups operating in areas ranging from […]
UC Venture Lab-backed startup earns $6 million
A University of Cincinnati Venture Lab-backed business is exploring minimally invasive technologies to treat musculoskeletal problems that might repair damaged tissue with $6 million in investment, including $2 million from the US Department of Defense. Amplicore, a Mason, Ohio-based firm, is developing a number of solutions to treat osteoarthritis, cartilage degradation, degenerative disc disease, and […]
Creator Fund to back early-stage university deeptech startups
Universities in Europe will produce the next generation of outstanding deeptech businesses. At least, that’s what Jamie Macfarlane, the CEO and creator of Creator Fund, believes. Creator Fund just established a $20 million fund, its second after a $5 million fund in January 2021, to invest in early-stage deeptech startups from UK universities in fields […]
UNM Rainforest Innovations announces spring pitch competition winners
What is the time it takes to earn $1,000? It just takes 90 seconds for students competing in the yearly Rainforest Pitch Competition (plus a good business idea). For a chance to receive seed financing, more than 60 New Mexico college students submitted video proposals. This semester’s business concepts included a search engine for low-cost […]