A New Fund Is Giving BC Startups A Competitive Edge
At least for the moment, Kevin Cook was in the hot seat. Just over 10 years ago, Cook, BC ’04, was near the front of a room in Fulton Hall as a cluster of budding MBA candidates critiqued his every move throughout his presentation. The criticism and feedback were a daily occurrence in Wally Coyle’s […]
Investment booms in Pittsburgh thanks to new venture fund
It’s hard to miss investment in Pennsylvania when it takes the form of a downtown high rise or new sports complex, but if you’re not in the business community, you may not be aware of the robust — less visible — investments that propel the state’s economy. In Pittsburgh in the first nine months of […]
AUT Venture Fund gives entrepreneurs a welcome kickstart
Four startup projects led by entrepreneurial AUT University alumni and students got a boost last week thanks to the AUT Venture Fund. AUT Business School alumnus Helgaard Theunissen and his teammate Ernst Jordaan won the alumni division with their business plan for Vermicast – a company that will sell compost produced by earthworms. Vermicast will […]
Utah Student-run venture capital fund empowers and supports students
In charge of a $500,000 venture capital fund, a group of 10 students from Utah universities are trying to find and fund the best entrepreneurs on local campuses. As investment associates for Campus Founders Fund, they meet weekly to hear pitches from students and then collectively decide whether or not to fund them. If funded, […]
Stony Brook Announces Four Finalists for Inaugural Discovery Fund Award
Sometimes you just have to do it yourself. That’s what theStony Brook Foundation did in establishing The Discovery Fund, which supports pioneering scientific breakthroughs with philanthropic giving in response to declining federal grants for basic research. Now, the finalists for the inaugural Discovery Fund Award have been selected and will compete for up to $200,000; the recipient(s) […]
Update on University of Illinois Proof-of-Concept Program
Last spring, the University launched the Illinois Proof-of-Concept fund (I-POC) to help bridge the gap between University innovations and the marketplace by funding research and development that will demonstrate an innovation’s market viability to potential investors and partners. In the first round, five faculty projects were funded. Recipients included: Kaustubh Bhalerao, from the […]
University of New Hampshire Unveils Initiatives Designed to Increase Commercialization Success
In an effort to expand entrepreneurship throughout the university and the state, the public research institution announced that it has established a new center, The Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center, as well as a mentoring network and a seed fund. They will use the research output of faculty, staff and students to drive economic development […]
Alumnus creates investment fund that targets startups from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jeff Stewart, an entrepreneur who has founded several technology companies, is starting a fund to grow early-stage businesses developed by faculty, alumni and students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Stewart, currently the chief executive office and co-founder of Lenddo, a New York City technology company, is an alumnus of Rensselaer, a private […]
Green Seed Fund proposals open Oct. 22
The University of Washington Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Office is pleased to announce that we are accepting proposals for 2014-2015 Green Seed Fund Grants effective October 22, 2014: green.uw.edu/gsf/ Submissions must be entered online, and will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on December 11, 2014. The Green Seed Fund aims to promote and fund research […]
6 things we’ve learned about launching university-origin companies
The University of California recently announced its entry into the venture capital arena with a $250 million commitment to spinning promising technologies out of its top-notch, 10-campus system. Perhaps every major research university in the US — collectively, recipients of over $40 billion in federal research funding yearly, not to mention the inflows of corporate […]