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 […]
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.”
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Harvard opens office space for a venture capitalist
With preppy good looks and a casual confidence, Hugo Van Vuuren moves effortlessly among the student body at Harvard University, holding court with undergrads in the Yard or in a Harvard Square coffee shop. But Van Vuuren, 29, is not a student, or a faculty member. He is a venture capitalist with campus office hours.
University of Southern Maine calls for proposals for Commercialization Gap Fund
The Office of Research Administration and Development has released a Call for Proposals for the Commercialization Gap Fund Program. Full-time USM faculty and staff from all colleges are eligible to apply. Graduate and undergraduate students who have discoveries and inventions resulting from their work at USM are eligible to participate as long as they identify an eligible USM faculty […]
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.