NKU launches Health Innovation Accelerator
Northern Kentucky University’s Institute for Health Innovation (IHI) launches SoCap Accelerate, a Health Innovation Accelerator for northern Kentucky. The six-week program targets companies looking to solve a health problem in an innovative way who have a beta version of their product ready for testing. SoCap Accelerate will help these companies grow and scale their businesses. […]
U Michigan’s Desai Accelerator announces new endowment funding, extended program
The University of Michigan’s Desai Accelerator has just announced two significant developments to expand the services it offers to early-stage tech startups. The Desai Accelerator Endowment Fund has been formed to fund the program, thanks to a donation from the Desai Sethi Family Foundation, and the length of the program is being extended. Angela Kujava, […]
UW WE-REACH to fund ‘most exciting’ biomedical discoveries
Medical researchers at the University of Washington are receiving a new boost to get their ideas off the bench and into the public domain. A new center is being created with $4 million in matching funds from the National Institutes of Health for promising biomedical discoveries. The Washington Entrepreneurial Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (WE-REACH) will provide […]
Ryerson University organizations launch cybersecurity accelerator
Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst, a cybersecurity research centre at Toronto’s Ryerson University, is working in partnership with Ryerson’s business incubator The DMZ, to launch the Catalyst Cyber Accelerator. The initiative is billed as Canada’s first commercial accelerator specifically designed for scale-up companies in cybersecurity and related fields. Headquartered in Brampton, Ont., Ryerson says the Catalyst Cyber Accelerator will […]
New $6M UNH lab space provides space for students, start-ups
Inside one of the new labs at the University of New Hampshire’s Manchester campus on a recent afternoon, assistant professor of biotechnology Kristen Johnson and two students evaluated genes as part of pancreatic cancer research. The process is known as quantitative polymerase chain reaction, or qPCR. “We are looking at various aspects of pancreatic cancer,” […]
Science Center awards $600K to three Philly-area researchers for innovative cancer technology
The Science Center on Wednesday announced that it will give a total of $600,000 to three area researchers with unproven but promising concepts for cancer treatment and diagnosis. The nonprofit center, located in University City, provides funding and business advice for academic researchers who are at an early stage of developing life science technologies that […]
AI2 Incubator hatches $10M fund for startups with VC support
Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is kicking things up more than a notch for AI startups with a $10 million pre-seed fund for its incubator program. The AI2 Incubator’s fund is backed by some of the nation’s top venture capital institutions, such as Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group, Silicon Valley’s Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, and New York’s Two Sigma Ventures. But wait … there’s […]
New research from UGA evaluates design of startup accelerators
New research from the University of Georgia links startup accelerator success with a few key program elements, such as mentorship and open discussion among participating startup founders. Papers co-authored by Susan Cohen examined the variation among several accelerators. Accelerators are fixed-term, cohort-based educational programs for startups. There are about 170 accelerators located across the country, […]
Worcester startup chosen for digital health ‘sandbox’ at WPI
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech has selected two startups — Stability Health of Worcester and eMotionRx of Cambridge — to develop and refine their products at the PracticePoint at Worcester Polytechnic Institute “sandbox.” Stability Health aims to improve the lives of people with diabetes. The Worcester-based company’s technology-enabled diabetes care management platform integrates technology, […]
The Venture Accelerator at UCLA Anderson to Host Biannual Showcase at Google
The Venture Accelerator at UCLA Anderson, the university’s newest and most prolific business startup program, will take center stage at the Google Venice campus on November 6, 2019 from 5:00-7:30pm. The top companies will present to an audience of angel investors, Anderson donors and early-stage venture capitalists in an effort to raise capital for their […]