UIC Announces $400K In Awards From Chancellors Fund
The UIC Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) was established by the UIC Office of the Chancellor to enhance the Proof of Concept (POC) Awards Program’s capability to bridge the gap between basic research and commercialization. The CIF is a $10 million hybrid proof-of-concept and equity investment fund to be disbursed over five years. One million dollars […]
DMU spinout, CYP Design, lands venture support for drug discovery approach
A firm of venture capitalists has given its backing to technology which could help speed up the discovery of new drugs and medicines. Leading start-up funder Mercia Fund Management has invested in CYP Design Ltd, a spin-out company from the Leicester School of Pharmacy at De Montfort University (DMU). The company was founded to market new technology […]
Yale education spin-out, Panorama Education, scores $4M investment
Panorama Education (www.panoramaed.com), which helps K-12 schools improve through data analysis and feedback surveys of teachers, parents and students, announced today that it has raised $4M in seed funding. The round was co-led by Mark Zuckerberg’s Startup:Education and Jeff Clavier’s SoftTech VC, with additional participation from Google Ventures, Ashton Kutcher’s A-Grade Investments, Yale University, and […]
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.
Penn State University RAIN grant program backs exciting applied research
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Four research projects with high potential for technology commercialization have received grants through a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences program designed to spur innovation.
University of Otago research lands POC grant for a “billion-dollar market” blood test
University of Otago Christchurch researcher Associate Professor Chris Pemberton has won this year’s prestigious Otago Innovation Proof of Concept grant to further develop his world-first test for predicting those at imminent risk of a heart attack.
Colorado State University Ventures awards $1.5M to eight start-ups
DENVER – The Colorado State University System today announced that eight projects will move forward with funding from the CSU System Venture Capital Fund, a new initiative to support innovation and promote collaboration in higher education
U Washington MRI start-up boosted by $340K from affiliated gap funds
Dr. Rodney Ho, professor of pharmaceutics, researches drug delivery for HIV treatment. In 2009, he created a new way to deliver HIV drugs to patients. HIV drugs rarely make it effectively to a patient’s lymph nodes. Ho thought binding the drugs to lipid (fatty particle) nanoparticles might help drug delivery. He eventually tested his drugs […]
Velocity Venture Fund puts $100K into four U of Waterloo start-ups
A group of four tech startups based out of the University of Waterloo are enjoying healthier bank balances today after the Velocity Venture Fund announced four grants of $25,000.
InvestMaryland backs two state start-ups for $350K
Two Maryland tech companies, Silver Springs-based ReelGenie in and Baltimore-based SocialToaster, received investments totaling $350,000 through the State’s InvestMaryland program, created by Governor Martin O’Malley and the state’s General Assembly to make venture capital investments in