Tongji University establishes the Research Center of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Financing
Two institutes at Tongji University, The School of Economics and Management (Tongji SEM) and the Advanced Institute of Business Research (AIBR), in concert with Shenzhen CDF-Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm, have established the Research Center of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Financing at Tongji University. In May 2018, the world’s first Index of Innovation, […]
Utah grants aid startup firms through ‘valley of death’ period
For startup companies, the difference between success and failure may be simple to identify — generating the capital needed to keep the lights on while developing a product for market. But finding that funding is often tenuous and challenging. “There’s this ‘valley of death’ when you’re trying to raise money and go to market,” according […]
Utah USTAR innovation center aimed at seeding aerospace startups
The Utah Science, Technology and Research Initiative, the state’s tech-focused economic development agency, will open the doors Friday on a new facility near Hill Air Force Base aimed at seeding new, Utah-based aerospace and innovation companies. The USTAR Innovation Center, located in Falcon Hill Research Park, can house multiple tenants, has co-working space and comes […]
University of Michigan tech commercialization programs receive $2.66 million in state funding
A recent funding renewal will allow two University of Michigan (U-M)-administered programs to continue their mission of supporting collaboration among state universities and spinning off technologies developed at universities into startup businesses. The Michigan Strategic Fund – an oversight board for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) – approved $1.4 million for the Michigan Corporate […]
Three novel UNC-Chapel Hill startups named to the latest class of KickStart Commercialization Award winners
When UNC-Chapel Hill spinout company G1 Therapeutics made its NASDAQ debut in the spring of 2017, most observers in the medical, life sciences and investment community were solely focused on the big number: an $108.6 million initial public offering of the company’s stock. Not Don Rose. As the director of KickStart Venture Services at UNC-Chapel […]
UConn Spinout Wins CT Bioscience Innovation Fund Investment Award For Retinal Implant
LambdaVision, the UConn spinout, today announced that it was awarded $500,000 in Series A Equity from Connecticut Innovations, the leading source of financing and ongoing support for Connecticut’s innovative, growing companies, through the Connecticut Bioscience Innovation Fund (CBIF). Led by Co-Founder and CEO, Nicole Wagner, PhD, LambdaVision is developing a retinal implant to cure vision […]
Missouri Innovation Center invests $125,000 in local startups
Chris Harbert didn’t expect to choke up during his business pitch at the Missouri Tech Challenge on Wednesday night at the Blue Note. In August, Harbert turned down a six-figure income at a Fortune 1000 company to focus on his business, Testery. Testery supports companies in running their own testing on web-based applications at an […]
MTRAC awards spark biomedical innovation at Wayne State University
Three Wayne State University (WSU) research teams were recently awarded funding from Wayne State’s Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) program. The goal is to accelerate the translation and commercialization of their innovative biomedical technologies by providing the resources to validate technical and market opportunities. The MTRAC projects will be supported by $1.1 million in […]
NMSU’s Arrowhead Center Receives $300,000 From U.S. EDA For Seed Capital Fund
The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced that Arrowhead Center, the entrepreneurship and innovation hub at New Mexico State University, has been awarded a $300,000 grant through the Economic Development Administration’s Regional Innovation Strategies program to support the Arrowhead Innovation Fund, an early stage seed capital fund for promising New Mexico startup companies. “This investment […]
U.S. Department of Commerce gives $300,000 for Oregon business start-ups
Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network, the collaboration of government, businesses and universities formed to help create companies and jobs, has received $300,000 in federal funds to help new businesses. The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday announced the funding through its Regional Innovation Strategies program. RAIN said it will use the money to create the […]