Kyoto University sets up $60 million fund for Asian start-up investment
Japan’s second largest university has set its second venture funds worth $60 million in the region and possibly across the country. Through the Kyoto University Venture Fund (KUVF), the university will fund business initiatives proposed by its faculty and alumni members or “relevant persons who have significant potential synergy with the University, into viable ventures.”
Yale launches new $2.5M YEI Innovation Fund
Yale students and recent students have launched many companies in recent years, from potential game-changers such as forest-monitoring software developer SilviaTerra and Higher One, the financial services firm for college students, to the distinctly urban cardboard furniture maker, Chairigami. Now Yale is taking a step to speed up the startups, creating a $2.5 million venture […]
Venture Investors LLC raises $80M fund, will invest in university technologies
Venture Investors LLC, the largest and oldest Wisconsin-based venture capital company, will announce Sunday it has $80 million in commitments for a fifth venture capital fund. The Madison firm fell short of the $150 million it set out to raise, but was able to secure more than half of its goal in a challenging venture capital […]
University of Malta to open incubator, contemplating proof of concept fund
The University of Malta has taken over two floors of the Computer Science building to use as an incubator where star students from its entrepreneurship programme can get breathing space from overheads for their start-ups.
Proposed Federal TRANSFER Act would open funds for university proof of concept
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) and Congressman Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) have introduced technology-transfer legislation to help accelerate the commercialization of federally-funded research and technology. The Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act (TRANSFER) Act (H.R. 2981) builds upon the current Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program by creating grant opportunities for proof-of-concept research […]
Three U of Iowa companies land $750K from state’s acceleration fund
Three companies with ties to the University of Iowa have obtained $750,000 in funding from the state to expand their businesses, create jobs, and further develop their products. Memcine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., NanoMedtrix, LLC, and Iowa Approach, LLC were awarded direct financial assistance from the Iowa Economic Development Authority. The funding is designed to help these and other […]
New Uniquest $1.5M fund to support incubator graduates
The University of Queensland’s commercialisation company, UniQuest, has partnered with investor Artesian Venture Partners to build a $1.5 million investment fund to invest in graduates from the university’s ilab technology incubator
Drexel Gets Into Early Stage Venture Capital
Drexel University is getting into early-stage venture capital. The school announced Monday the creation of “Drexel Ventures,” a new program designed to incubate and fund new technologies developed by faculty, students and alumni
Palestine Gets Its First Seed Fund, To Work In Concert With Universities
The startup scene in Palestine has been slow to build over the past few years, led by initiatives like Bazinga and grassroots organization Peeks. This past year, however, support has flooded into both the West Bank and Gaza, with the start of Hi-Tech Hub, a tech talk series based on Amman Tech Tuesdays, the resurgence of Gaza’s first […]
Allied Minds raised $100M to expand investment in universities and federal labs
The private investment firm has significantly expanded its asset base since its founding in 2006, bolstered by investor confidence in its unique, and efficient, model for forming, funding and building new companies based on early-stage technologies in the life-sciences and technology sectors. Allied Minds, Inc., the biggest investor in technologies developed at renowned U.S. university […]