Michigan State University Conquer Accelerator announces program’s 2018 cohort participants
The Conquer Accelerator program announced today the five startup teams selected to participate in its third summer cohort. Designed to help both newer and established companies overcome business hurdles, Conquer Accelerator emphasizes smart planning and growth, extensive mentorship from an experienced bench of professionals and structured educational components focused on bringing its cohort startups to success. The […]
AstraZeneca and SKOLKOVO launched Startup Challenge 2018 acceleration program
AstraZeneca, an international biopharmaceutical company, and SKOLKOVO Foundation announced the launch of a joint acceleration program for projects in the area of oncology, cardiovascular, metabolic, kidney, respiratory, and autoimmune diseases. The scientific partners of acceleration program include National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and Siberian State Medical University. The goal of Startup Challenge 2018 is to […]
UWM faculty to teach Scale Up Milwaukee Growth Accelerator
Elmer Moore Scale Up Milwaukee has changed the name of its Scalerator program to Scale Up Milwaukee Growth Accelerator and brought on University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faculty to teach the course. The format of the business growth training program has also been changed slightly in its fifth iteration, said Elmer Moore, executive director of Scale Up Milwaukee. The […]
Iowa Startup Accelerator and NewBoCo announce incoming startup teams
The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative (NewBoCo) is a nonprofit with the mission to accelerate world-changing ideas from Iowa, and to create impactful startup businesses that grow through its Iowa Startup Accelerator program. Iowa Startup Accelerator is an intensive program that matches tech-based startups with world-class mentors, Midwestern work ethic, seed funding, and product development expertise […]
NUS Enterprise and Singtel Innov8 launch new hub for cybersecurity startups
On 5 March, NUS Enterprise and Singtel Innov8 jointly launchedSingapore’s first integrated regional cybersecurity hub to kick-start and support early stage and growing start-ups, entrepreneurs and academics worldwide. NUS Enterprise is the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore, while Singtel Innov8 is a corporate venture capital fund with its own set of decision-making, approval and funding processes and […]
Headlines AgSprint Accelerator at NMSU’s Arrowhead Center announces open applications
Southern New Mexico is ripe with agripreneurs – agricultural entrepreneurs – of all varieties. AgSprint, part of the suite of accelerator programs at New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center, grows and supports new agtech startups as they blossom in the heart of the desert. Wendy Lu McGill, founder and CEO of Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch, […]
Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland, Betamore seek 5 health startups for new accelerator
Betamore, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures and the University of Maryland, Baltimore are looking for five local digital health, bio-health or life sciences companies to participate in a new collaborative accelerator program. The application period for Trajectory Next is now open. The new 12-week training program will run from April 1 through June 15. The new […]
[COA Member] Wayne State University TechTown Business Incubator Program to Get Grant Extension
Grant funding is being extended for a program in Detroit that supports a business startup accelerator for students. TechTown’s Detroit Technology Exchange Business Incubator will receive a $250,000 extension. The funding is part of more than $1.7 million in extensions approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund. The TechTown program also supports an entrepreneur-in-residence placement program and integrated […]
Princeton’s IP Accelerator Fund supports six innovations with potential for societal impact
Six research-stage technologies with promise to benefit society as future products or services have been selected to receive funding through Princeton University’s Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund. The selected technologies range from ones aimed at treating human disease to ones that improve our access to information, cool buildings using less energy, and improve the safety and efficiency […]
Summer Founders Program offering $10,000 to accelerate Penn State startups
The 2018 Summer Founders Program will provide Penn State entrepreneurial teams with $10,000 to work on their startup, social good or nonprofit idea full time in State College over the summer. Applications open Feb. 1. A signature program of Invent Penn State, Summer Founders is a 13-week accelerator that provides teams the funding, resources and […]