TEDCO stem cell investments yield 1,400 jobs in Maryland, report says
State-backed investments in stem cell research have resulted in the creation of nearly 1,400 new jobs over the past 10 years, according to new data from Maryland Technology Development Corp. The Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, administered by TEDCO, supports research grants and loans to public and private entities. The funds are intended to help push innovative stem […]
Long Island tech startups use $1M in funding to attract $24M in venture capital
Two Long Island investment funds took a chance in 2014-15 on 10 technology startups, giving them a total of $1 million. Since then, the startups have raised $24 million from venture capitalists, government agencies and other businesses. That ability to attract capital is an encouraging sign that companies can be built from inventions created at […]
Enterprising donors can earn extra credit for research gifts
UO donors who give to the University Venture Development Fund are investing in today’s aspiring Oregon entrepreneurs and tomorrow’s innovative industries. And thanks to state tax credits, they also get something back. The development fund helps turn today’s research and development into tomorrow’s businesses, ensuring that new and nascent technologies will have a better chance […]
[COA Member] Marquette University official testifies in favor of Wisconsin Senate bill to create a state innovation fund
Marquette University’s vice president for research and innovation on Tuesday testified before a state Senate committee in favor of a Senate bill that would create a state innovation fund to advance economic development. Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp addressed the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government regarding Senate Bill 525, the Wisconsin Workforce and Innovation Network […]
Millersville students will invest $200K out of university’s endowment with new Marauder Fund
It’s one thing for a university to trust its students to excel and represent their alma mater well. It’s quite another to trust students with its own money. By establishing its first student-managed investment portfolio, that’s exactly what Millersville University has done. Known as the Marauder Fund, students of the newly formed Millersville Student Investment […]
[COA Member] Binghamton U Accelerator program offers assistance for budding entrepreneurs
This number has the potential to grow through the incubator’s Accelerator Program, which allows aspiring entrepreneurs from Binghamton University and the community to receive guidance getting their new businesses off the ground. The Accelerator Program is a three-monthlong program designed to help those interested in launching their own companies — first, to assess the marketability […]
UNICEF announces addition of six start-up companies to 2018 investment portfolio
ix start-up businesses providing solutions to improve children’s lives using frontier technologies such as data science, virtual reality (VR), drones and artificial intelligence (A.I) will receive funding from the Innovation Fund, UNICEF announced today. The $12.6 million fund provides capital to emerging tech companies to develop technological solutions from frontier tech sectors that have the potential […]
[COA Member] Three angels launch new New Mexico investment fund
Three of New Mexico’s prominent angel investors are launching a new, $4 million venture fund to pump early-stage capital into high-tech startups around the state. New Mexico Angels President John Chavez, Vice President Dorian Rader and board member Sherman McCorkle are partnering together to launch the new NMA Ventures, which will invest between $200,000 and […]
IBM and University of Melbourne present seizure prediction system through POC project
Researchers from IBM and the University of Melbourne have developed a proof-of-concept seizure forecasting system that predicted an average of 69 percent of seizures across 10 epilepsy patients in a dataset. The system, which the scientists claim is “fully automated, patient-specific, and tunable to an individual’s needs”, uses a combination of deep-learning algorithms and a […]
This small accelerator program is funneling tech from federal labs into new startups
When the 13 teams that made up Fed Tech’s fall 2017 cohort took the stage for their first pitch night in September, it wasn’t entirely smooth sailing. The entrepreneurs, some of whom had been introduced to their assigned technology just days earlier, struggled to pronounce long scientific words or, in some cases, explain what the […]