University of Alabama start-up ThruPore earns $150,000 NSF grant
ThruPore Technologies, a University of Alabama start-up company, has earned a $150,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop a new catalyst for the petrochemical industry.
TechColumbus and The Ohio State University Announce Technology Concept Fund
Innovations with ties to The Ohio State University will get a financial boost from the new Technology Concept Fund, LLC. The million-dollar fund includes investments from Ohio State and Ohio Third Frontier. The Technology Concept Fund will be managed by TechColumbus.
North Carolina IDEA Grants Support Five Start-ups For $200K
Emerging technology companies in Durham, Raleigh, RTP, Summerfield and Wake Forest land non-dilutive grants from economic development group NC IDEA. The organization has now handed out more than $3 million in grants to 82 companies since 2006. The latest grants were announced early Tuesday. Companies could receive as much as $50,000.
University of Florida 3D Modeling Start-up, Paracosm, Lands $300K From State Commercialization Program
Gainesville-based Paracosm has secured $800,000 in private and public funding to advance its 3D modeling and navigation software. The funding includes $300,000 — announced this week — from the Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research. The institute, which has an office in the University of Florida Innovation Hub, funds and mentors companies that spin […]
Portland Development Commission Puts $30K Into Six University-born Companies
The Portland Development Commission is seeding six fledgling university-born companies up to $30,000 to help them succeed in the marketplace. The PDC launched the University Startup Commercialization Grant Program this year as a way to strengthen the relationship between Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University and the city’s startup community.
Colorado Announces Creation Of $20M Start-up Fund
More money for early stage startups could be coming to Colorado, thanks to ongoing efforts by an incubator based in Fort Collins and a nonprofit lender to small businesses to bring more capital into the northern Colorado region. The Rocky Mountain Innosphere and Colorado Enterprise Fund announced this week they are in the process of creating a $20 million […]
Glaxo calls on government to support 1B commercialization fund
The government should create a £1bn fund to help university researchers work with small businesses to turn promising ideas into money-spinning inventions, according to GlaxoSmithKline‘s chief executive, Sir Andrew Witty.
NIH centers program to fund translational work on medical technologies
The NIH Centers for Accelerated Innovations (NCAIs), funded by the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will target technologies to improve the diagnosis, treatment, management, and prevention of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders and diseases. “The NCAIs will foster a transformational change in the way basic science discoveries move from the laboratory […]
Innovate NY Fund supports $1.4M investment in Intrinsiq Materials
The Cayuga Venture Fund of Ithaca is the lead investor in a $4.1 million funding round for Intrinsiq Materials, a Rochester-area start-up developing conductive inks for the printed electronics industry, Intrinsiq announced Monday.
North Carolina to grant $1.2M from pilot start-up fund next year
Early-stage startups in the Charlotte area now have a new potential source for funding: Innovation Fund North Carolina, a pilot program planning to award up to $1.2 million in grants and loans to high-tech startups around the state over the next year.