Purdue University backs $250K for life sciences companies through Emerging Innovations Fund
Two life sciences companies that are commercializing Purdue University innovations can receive up to $250,000 in investments from the Emerging Innovations Fund, an evergreen fund created to accelerate the commercialization of early-stage discoveries.
Michigan Accelerator Fund invests $4.8M into seven companies
In a quest to fill West Michigan’s early-stage funding gap, the $15 million Michigan Accelerator Fund I has invested $4.8 million in seven companies, with an additional $3 million earmarked for add-on investments in those companies.
CT Innovations puts $950K into six start-ups
Six more fledgling New Haven County tech firm got a combined $950,000 financial lift from Connecticut’s quasi-public technology-investment promoter. Connecticut Innovations Inc. in Rocky Hill announced Monday the investment through its Pre-Seed Fund.
Podcast: University of Colorado on success of POC fund
W3W3 radio spoke with TTO head Tom Smerdon about the acquisitionof CU-Boulder startup LineRate Systems by F5, and the role played by early-stage TTO funding: The thing that is exciting about this is, not only was this a startup basically out of Computer Sciences and Electrical Engineering here on the CU-Boulder campus, but the company was also an […]
UK CT Investment Partners backs University of Bradford energy start-up
UK-based clean energy venture capital firm CT Investment Partners has backed university spinout Acoustic Sensing Technology with a £650,000 commitment.
Sun Grant Initiative funds three POC projects at South Dakota State University
The Sun Grant Initiative, funded through the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy and Transportation, promotes collaboration among researchers from land-grant institutions, government agencies and the private sector to develop and commercialize renewable, bio-based energy technologies. The proof-of-concept grants allow researchers to take their basic, exploratory work to the next level by proving their ideas work.
Prostate cancer drug candidate funded by University City Science Center QED program
Could a compound developed by two University of Delaware faculty members be a new line of defense against prostate cancer? Robert Sikes, director of theCenter for Translational Cancer Research (CTCR) and associate professor ofbiological sciences, and John Koh, associate director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI) and professor of chemistry and biochemistry, believe they have indeed invented a new […]
Boyd Ventures funds two University of Tennessee student companies
College Campuses are prime target markets and hotbeds of potential innovation, according to student entrepreneurs selected as winners of grants from the Boyd Venture Fund at the University of Tennessee. The fund, administered through the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the UT College of Business Administration, selected InHouse GFX and Adams Innovation to […]
Durham University scientist lands financial backing for graphene production
A SCIENTIST whose company is developing a way of mass-producing a substance that can make cars and planes lighter has landed a £1.6m investment. He has won financial backing from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in his efforts to commercialise the substance and has signed up industrial partners Dyson and Procter & Gamble.
Foundation Venture Capital Group invests in University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey start-ups
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Parkinson’s disease affects one million people in the United States and seven million worldwide. While L-Dopa is effective in treating the disease symptoms, the vast majority of patients taking it chronically eventually develop L-Dopa Induced Dyskinesia (LID), abnormal involuntary movements that can be disabling. A new company, MentiNova, Inc., is exploring […]