NewYork-Presbyterian launches venture fund for digital health
NewYork-Presbyterian has formed an investment fund to drive growth of fledgling digital health companies. NewYork-Presbyterian has focused on advanced technologies for enhanced care delivery for years. The venture fund follows the 2014 launch of the NYP Innovation Center to implement cutting-edge technologies for both clinicians and patients across its hospitals and clinics. Earlier this year, […]
Dakota Venture Group celebrates 10 years
UND’s student group, the Dakota Venture Group recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. The group, which was first established in 2006 as a student-controlled educational investment opportunity, currently manages more than $1.8 million, according to a news release. “Over the years, the Dakota Venture Group has shown what UND students are capable of learning and accomplishing,” […]
CWRU receives $500,000 state grant for technology start-up fund
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded Case Western Reserve University a $500,000 grant for a campus-based translational research fund to help faculty researchers advance and commercialize their innovations. The grant will transfer the administration of the commission’s statewide Technology Validation and Start-up Fund (TVSF) to Case Western Reserve, managed through the university’s Technology Transfer […]
UC Riverside launches innovation center, seed fund for entrepreneurs
A new University of California, Riverside-driven effort launching Wednesday will help turn Inland Empire entrepreneurs’ and innovators’ ideas into reality. The Entrepreneurial Proof of Concept and Innovation Center, or Riverside EPIC, will be a launch pad for entrepreneurs and startup companies, providing resources for training, mentors and connections to investors and partners. The official kickoff is 3 […]
Crowdfunding: the new buzzword for academics needing research money
hen Professor Dave Goulson decided to study the impact of pesticides on bees, he didn’t rate his chances of getting funding from one of the big research councils. The University of Sussex biologist turned to the public, raising almost £8,000 through crowdfunding for the screening for pesticides of random plant samples from garden centres and […]
Clemson University Research Foundation awards funds for technology development
The Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF) has announced six recipients of fiscal year 2017 Technology Maturation Fund awards. The CURF Technology Maturation Fund provides grants to faculty to support the last critical development step needed to move their technology to the marketplace. “There is no limit to innovation at Clemson,” said CURF director Casey Porto, “however, […]
University Investment-A New Model Of Venture Capital
In the alternative investments space, attorneys have long been able to play an important role. Whether the investment in question is senior bank loans, non-recourse litigation finance liabilities, venture capital investments, or hedge fund vehicles, attorneys play a crucial role in helping clients to evaluate risk. Given that, there is an exciting new business model […]
Is it time for a new model to fund science research in higher education?
The United States is at a crossroads with respect to many societal issues – think about the challenges of improving human health, eradicating hunger, protecting human rights. At the same time, federal support for higher education research and development – a primary venue to generate innovative new solutions for these kinds of vexing problems – […]
Crowdfunder CEO talks about using gap funding to fix the University Research System’s “Valley of Death”
For decades, America’s economic success has been driven by an engine of innovation that periodically creates new industries and companies that change the world. The JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act was passed to make it easier for startups to get off the ground and access early-stage investments. Small businesses are the growth engine of […]
LSU faculty members are closing in on bringing their inventions to market with funds from the university’s LIFT2 grant program
A new age cooling system that more efficiently powers refrigerators, a data-driven polling analytics program and tools for attaching soft tissue to bone are rarely mentioned in the same breath—or even thought about much by the average person. But by providing proof-of-concept grants to faculty members for these and many other inventions through its Leverage […]