WSU Ventures at Wichita State University helps fund partnership between NIAR and Denver start-up Molon Labe Designs –
WSU Ventures is helping fund an expanded partnership between Denver-based Molon Labe Designs ant the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University. The university said in a press release Thursday that WSU Ventures — the university’s technology transfer organization — helped Molon enter into an agreement with WSU Investment Corp. and, in exchange […]
Bridging the Gap: Commentary on University Technology and Start-up Gap Funding for 3/8/16
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Five teams named finalists in Chicago Innovation Exchange’s funding competition
The Chicago Innovation Exchange has announced the five finalists in its Innovation Fund’s spring cycle. Twice per year, the fund takes applications, hears pitches and decides to invest in emerging technologies and startups out of the University of Chicago and its affiliates—Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The fund so far has invested […]
Wichita State University Ventures accelerator program results in the addition of 15 jobs
Last year’s Innovation Accelerator competition, held by Wichita State’s WSU Ventures and funded through the Kansas Department of Commerce, has resulted in the addition of 15 jobs. In early 2015, seven technology-based companies were awarded with $109,600 in funding through the Competitive Innovation Accelerator Shock Tank competition. The competition sought innovation with commercial applications and […]
$35M Ohio University, Ohio State University Venture Fund Launches
Ohio University and the Ohio State University want their graduates to have the option to stay in the state to seek jobs in emerging technology when they graduate. The Ohio Innovation Fund was created in 2012 to accomplish that goal, but the fund has just gotten off the ground this year with a newly hired fund manager. “A lot […]
Venture capitalism 101: U Akron and Kent State U lets university students learn ins, outs of investing
Students at the University of Akron and Kent State University are learning more about business from their extracurricular activities than they might in any MBA school. That’s because they – along with students from Walsh University, Notre Dame College, Case Western Reserve University and the College of Wooster – are spending much of their spare […]
Commercially viable technologies get University of Alabama in Huntsville Charger Innovation Fund awards
Three commercially viable technology proposals resulting from research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have been awarded $44,627 by UAH’s Charger Innovation Fund (CIF) for further development. The CIF is funded by the UAH Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development and administered by the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC). […]
University of Waterloo entrepreneurs pitch for $125K in seed money at Velocity Fund Finals
The University of Waterloo will host the Velocity Fund Finals this week which provides the opportunity for student entrepreneurs and alumni to pitch their innovative ideas for the chance to win some cash. Mike Kirkup with Velocity tells us ten companies will compete for four prizes of $25,000, and another 10 startups will compete for one […]
Gap fund awards help WSU innovations make an impact
SEATTLE – Development of a universal flu vaccine, a treatment that could regenerate muscles and training to address racial bias are a few innovations that are one step closer to reaching the market thanks to the Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF) at Washington State University. Seven WSU faculty received support from the second round of CGF […]
UNC Rex’s venture fund expands by $8 million
UNC Rex Healthcare, which four years ago committed $10 million to create a venture capital fund that invests in startup health care companies, has set aside an extra $8 million for further investments. The board of directors at Rex, which is part of the UNC Health Care System, has authorized the fund, Rex Health Ventures, […]