Romania doubles down on it’s software engineers with the Digital Catalyst Fund

Marking the shift in the country’s rapidly growing economy, Digital Catalyst Fund partners include a world-class board of international experts. These range from tech professionals, academics, entrepreneurs and marketers. Founder Crisitian Burci has pledged up to $1.5 million annually, plus 24/7 access to state of the art physical infrastructure.

Portland Seed Fund graduates nine companies

Portland, Oregon (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 The Portland Seed Fund graduated nine companies after completing a 90-day intensive start-up boot camp. They presented at Demo Day on Wednesday to an invitation-only audience of West coast angel and venture capital investors.

Iowa Innovation Acceleration Program supports a state-based medical device start-up

CORALVILLE, Iowa — A medical device maker co-founded by a Siouxland native recently received a major financial boost. A state economic development board awarded Corvida Medical $500,000 to help the company commercialize its innovative device, designed to protect healthcare providers and patients from exposure to chemotherapeutics and other hazardous drugs during preparation and delivery.

City of Hope lands a translational research grant to develop T-cell immunotherapy

City of Hope was granted a $5,217,004 early translational research award by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support the development of a T cell-based immunotherapy that re-directs a patient’s own immune response against glioma stem cells. City of Hope has been awarded more than $49.7 million in grant support from CIRM since […]

Six Universities /KiwiNet collaborate on pre-seed fund

KiwiNet was launched in July 2011 to empower those involved in research commercialisation by helping them access the tools, connections, investment and support they need. Founding KiwiNet members include WaikatoLink, Plant & Food Research, Otago Innovation Ltd, Lincoln University, AUT Enterprises, AgResearch, University of Canterbury, Industrial Research Ltd and Viclink. Support is also provided by […]

An entire story about BioPharma corporate R&D gap funds (with no mention of universities)

I couldn’t believe it either. A really good article released from GEN (Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News) underscores an emerging trend in pharma pre-seed gap funding investment in R&D as an answer  to a retraction of early stage VC from biotech and pharma sectors. One issue, how can you have a conversation about “Drugs” +”R&D”+”external partnerships” […]