Notre Dame launches $3.5M fund for student-led ventures
A new $3.5-million fund at the University of Notre Dame has been established to help launch student-led ventures and further strengthen the educational component of the University’s ESTEEM Graduate Program. The funds for the program will be from gifts made to the University by John Jeuck, the former dean of the University of Chicago Booth […]
Pitt, CMU join team to gap fund start-ups
The technology commercialization offices at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University are teaming up on a new initiative to spin out more technology into startups. The collaboration is being funded by a $200,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Each university is receiving $100,000 in DCED money plus $25,000 from the Greater […]
Drug discovery proof of concept grants show promise at Temple
An innovative funding model designed to promote interdepartmental collaboration with the Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research in Temple’s School of Pharmacy is already showing results. As part of the expansion of the Moulder Center in 2010, the university established a competitive process for awarding two-year, $100,000 Drug Discovery Initiative (DDI) grants. These proof-of-concept grants allow researchers across […]
New York Gov. Cuomo suggests a $50M venture fund, target early-stage start-ups and university technology
ALBANY — Start-up companies in New York state will have Niagara Falls to thank for some of a $50 million venture capital fund that the governor wants to create. One of several ideas that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed to help encourage the growth of high-tech start-ups in the state is what’s being called the NYS Innovation Venture Capital […]
Osage Venture Partners closes third fund at $66M
Osage Venture Partners is pleased to announce the final closing of Osage Venture Partners III, exceeding its target fund size by 10 percent to reach $66 million. Osage Venture Partners III continues the strategy executed in Osage Venture Partners II, investing exclusively in early-stage enterprise software companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. Osage Venture Partners III […]
Tech Launch Arizona announces $715K in awards from new POC program
Nineteen University of Arizona researchers are recipients of Proof of Concept Program Awards by the newly established Tech Launch Arizona, or TLA. The purpose of the program, or POC, is to enable faculty with promising inventions and discoveries to address technological and commercial hurdles – moving them closer to commercialization. The awards, ranging from $10,000 to […]
New York Times article covers new venture investment in SBA program for start-ups
While many small businesses are waiting for the federal government to write rules for so-called equity crowdfunding, the Obama administration is moving forward with another effort to funnel investment capital to start-ups. Last week, the Small Business Administration announced that it had granted a venture capital fund from North Carolina the first license to participate in a new […]
University of Edinburgh to invest in a VC fund to support life science start-ups
The University of Edinburgh is to invest in a venture capital fund focusing on early stage life sciences companies. The new fund, which will be managed by US-based Rock Spring Ventures, will engage closely with the University’s company formation teams at Edinburgh Research and Innovation and Edinburgh BioQuarter. Spin-out and start-up companies from the University’s research labs will make up […]
Venture fund proposal to UMN board
Presentation made to Board of Regents in support of the planned start-up venture fund initiative at the University of Minnesota http://www1.umn.edu/regents/docket/2012/december/venture.pdf
Oklahoma University, Oklahoma State, Cowboy Tech, and i2E partner in proof of concept center,fund
A collaboration between the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Cowboy Technologies, LLC, and Innovation To Enterprise (i2E) promises to increase jobs and greatly enhance the number of new technologies that are spun out of university laboratories and into the marketplace. It will also accelerate the number of technology-based ventures in Oklahoma. A Memorandum of […]