Dartmouth alumni close $1 million for Launch Angels-supported Green D Founders Fund
The Green D Fund, the Dartmouth alumni-focused venture fund, announced today that it has closed the first $1 million of its initial Green D Founders Fund. The alumni venture-focused fund is being advised by Boston-based Launch Angels, and is one of its first college-focused angel funds to close its initial fund-raising. The fund will invest […]
University of New Hampshire Unveils Initiatives Designed to Increase Commercialization Success
In an effort to expand entrepreneurship throughout the university and the state, the public research institution announced that it has established a new center, The Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center, as well as a mentoring network and a seed fund. They will use the research output of faculty, staff and students to drive economic development […]
Osage collects $151m for University Fund II
Osage University Partners II has received $151m in commitments from 145 LPs according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The funds predecessor was a $100m vehicle which closed in 2011. Fund II will focus on start-ups that are commercialising university research. The vehicle will invest in cleantech, energy, IT, biopharma, healthcare […]
SpeedInvest launches €50m second fund
The fund has been launched in partnership with start-up platform Pioneers and business angel Johann Hansmann. SpeedInvest CEO Oliver Holle hinted the fund would be holding its first close by the end of 2014. The fund, which aims to bridge the gap between a start-up incubator and a seed investor, will have a typical lifespan […]
American University to unveil new start-up incubator, including $100K Venture Fund
American University’s Kogod School of Business on Friday plans to show off its new on-campus start-up incubator, the latest in a string of co-working spaces to pop up in and around the nation’s capital. The incubator, one of the key components of the school’s recently announced Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation Initiative, aims to provide current […]
Seed fund for Illinois university tech startups launched
The state is launching a $500,000 seed fund to encourage tech spinoffs from Illinois universities. Many of the universities, such as University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Chicago, already have their own larger funds aimed at moving ideas from the lab to the commercial market.
Innovate Indiana Funded Start-up Closes $10M Series B
PrecisionHawk, an IU-funded venture that deploys unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect and process data for various commercial users, today disclosed a second round of funding that totals nearly $10 million.
University of California Plans $250M Fund for Campus Startups
The University of California is planning a $250 million venture-capital fund to finance startup companies stemming from research conducted by its faculty and students.
U Chicago spin-out fund, Arch Venture Partners, raises $400 million fund
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Chicago-based Arch Venture Partners raised a $400 million fund to invest in early stage companies, the firm announced Wednesday, underscoring renewed investor confidence in the once moribund life sciences sector.
Cape Town launches new seed fund
As part of the official opening of the new CCDI space, a new Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) was launched as part of the proceedings. The DISF is supported with seed funding from the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDT). The new fund is set to give innovation […]