Marquette strategic innovation fund draws more than 270 pre-proposals
The University Innovation Council has begun reviewing the 275 project pre-proposals that were submitted for the strategic innovation fund, and over the coming weeks the council will provide feedback on the pre-proposals and help identify opportunities for collaboration. Of the submissions, 180 of the project leaders were identified as faculty members, with 81 from staff and […]
2 OSU inventions get $150K from Ohio Third Frontier Commission
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission awarded a combined $150,000 Thursday toward prototypes and market testing for two Ohio State University inventions. The grants come from the Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund, which is targeted for bringing technology to commercialization from Ohio colleges, universities and nonprofit research institutions. SightFourAll Inc., a Columbus company founded in September, […]
Matthews startup gets $75,000 from Innovation Fund North Carolina
TVL International, the Matthews company developing the SmartCharge LED bulb that operates even during a power outage, has won a $75,000 loan award from the Innovation Fund North Carolina. Founder and CEO Shailendra Suman says the money will be used pay for getting the latest iteration of the SmartCharge bulb certified by Underwriters Laboratories, as […]
Four local University of Wisconsin tech startups awarded second round of state grants
Four local startups founded by students and University of Wisconsin faculty are getting a second round of state grants to advance their new business models. The four are among nine UW system startups that are sharing $325,000 in grant awarded through the Ideadvance Seed Fund program. That $2 million program is run by the Wisconsin […]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Forms $5M Venture Capital Fund
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has formed a $5m venture capital fund to support University startups. The Carolina Research Venture Fund will support University startup companies in overcoming funding gaps, accelerate growth and help move ideas from University labs to the commercial marketplace. The University already has a number of avenues through […]
MIT-Israel-BGU Seed Fund Approves Five Projects
The MIT-Israel-BGU Seed Fund recently approved several joint research proposals for funding, supporting new collaborations between faculty and research scientists at MIT and their counterparts at Ben Gurion University. The grants extend over the period between January 2015-August 2016. Some of the approved proposals include “Self-Sustained Agriculture Based on Marginal Water,” “Improving the Delivery of […]
University of Chicago Innovation Fund Awards $400,000 to 4 Startups
Four startups affiliated with the University of Chicago received part of a $400,000 investment from the UChicago Innovation Fund, a five-year-old initiative managed by the Chicago Innovation Exchange that invests in promising early stage projects run by university students, staff and faculty. Since 2010 the fund has invested more than $2.5 million in more than 30 projects. […]
Wichita State University Ventures announces winners of $100K in innovation funding
WSU Ventures at Wichita State University has awarded seven innovators with more than $100,000 in funding through the Competitive Innovation Accelerator Shock Tank competition. The projects receiving funding expect to add a combined 90-plus jobs to the Kansas economy by 2018. Winners are: ABI Chemicals’ Peelable Maskant System led by James Havers-Strong: $20,000 Advance Guard […]
Michigan eLab invests in biotech startup for cancer research
Michigan eLab LLC, a venture capital firm founded in Ann Arbor last year by three veterans of Silicon Valley, has made its first local investment in Akadeum Life Sciences LLC, a startup that hopes to make it easier, cheaper and faster to prepare tissue, water or food samples for testing. Michigan eLab invested $150,000 in the […]
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 […]