QED Program launches seventh round of funding; to put near $1M in start-ups

As the University City Science Center’s QED proof-of-concept program launches its seventh round, one of its newest academic partners, The Pennsylvania State University, has expanded its involvement from the Medical College at Hershey to include its main campus at University Park. University Park hosts hundreds of life science researchers in colleges including the Eberly College […]

Oregon BEST commercialization fund puts $25K into electric farm vehicle start-up

Oregon BEST has announced a new round of commercialization funding that is helping electric farm vehicle startup Rogue Rovers, LLC collaborate with Oregon Tech to design, test and build a semi-autonomous, all-terrain electric vehicle that can be used in specialty farming applications to improve pest management, reduce fertilizer waste and make it safer to operate […]

Stanford makes $3.6M investment in student incubator, venture fund

Stanford’s StartX program received a $3.6 million grant and announced the formation of the StartX Fund, which will support Stanford entrepreneurs as they develop ideas and bring products to market. StartX is a nonprofit startup accelerator that provides student entrepreneurs with education and training, professional connections, housing, office space, cash stipends, advice, and mentorship. It is a […]

Insight Accelerator, Chicago Universities Team To Spur Start-ups

In the last 25 years, the engineers and designers at Insight Product Development have come up with a portable CT scanner and a wireless cardiac implant monitor. For the next generation of breakthrough medical devices, the Chicago design shop is turning to the area’s research universities and entrepreneurs. Insight is opening an accelerator program called […]

NMotion to put up to $115K in funds and services into University of Nebraska spin-outs

Six to 10 start-ups will be selected to participate in the first year of NMotion, a new start-up accelerator in Lincoln. NUtech Ventures, a non-profit affiliate of the University of Nebraska whose goal is to help form partnerships between industry and university research to advance technology, is just one of the many partners involved in […]

Prostate cancer drug candidate funded by University City Science Center QED program

Could a compound developed by two University of Delaware faculty members be a new line of defense against prostate cancer? Robert Sikes, director of theCenter for Translational Cancer Research (CTCR) and associate professor ofbiological sciences, and John Koh, associate director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI) and professor of chemistry and biochemistry, believe they have indeed invented a new […]