‘Crowdfunding’ trend poised to make mark on U.S. investing landscape
For $100, Micah Lubens bought a share of a vacant, two-story brick building that was promoted as the next up-and-coming hot spot along D.C.’s bustling H Street corridor. Through food blogs, Lubens learned of plans to transform 1351 H Street NE into a mini-replica of Asian night markets, with food stalls and at least one […]
University of Illinois At Chicago, illinoisVentures Launches New $10M POC/Seed Funds
The University of Illinois at Chicago is launching a $10 million fund to help inventions advance from the research stage toward potential commercial opportunities, becoming the latest academic institution in the area to channel increased resources toward homegrown startup activity. The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund will allocate $2 million a year for five years. Each year, […]
Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose $75M State Seed Fund
Madison lawmakers proposed a new venture capital plan last week, the latest step in their two-year slog to help create an entrepreneurial renaissance. Meanwhile, groups of entrepreneurs, mostly concentrated in Madison and Milwaukee, continue their attempts to spark that renaissance from the ground up. And they’re using a new “lean start-up” method that’s a departure […]
U Michigan’s Student-led Social Venture Fund Invests In Mytonomy
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Student-led fund participates in seed funding for high-growth edtech start up The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business today announced that its Social Venture Fund, the nation’s first student-led impact […]
Boston University Gap Funding Programs Back $250K In Translational Research
Some people think that commercialization – technology transfer – is something only engineers do. But a number of CAS professors have recently received funding from the BU Office of Technology Development (OTD) for important work they are doing.
University of Dayton Alumni Fund Offers $175K To Viable Business Ideas
Now in its seventh year, the competition offers nearly $175,000 in total support with a $25,000 top prize along with expert advice on transforming a great idea into a viable, marketable, innovative business plan. The competition was recognized last year as one of the 15 largest college business plan competitions by Under30CEO, a news and […]
Wayne State University Warrior Fund Supports Four Student Start-ups
Late last month, student-run startups from the Blackstone LaunchPad incubator gathered for pitch competition on the campus of Wayne State University (WSU). The startups were able to pitch for up to $5,000 in funding from the Warrior Fund, WSU’s pre-seed fund to support student tech startups. Blackstone, which operates on the campuses of WSU and Walsh College in […]
The Dorm Room Fund, Supported By First Round Capital, Puts $20K Into Student Ventures
Most college dormitories are a mixture of unmade beds, fireproof carpeting, beer pong, ramen noodles and that poster of John Belushi in “Animal House.” Investors want to add two more ingredients: successful start-ups and budding venture capitalists. “We’re trying to help students feel what it is to run a start-up, to take an idea that starts in […]
Oxford’s Said Business School launches new student-led seed fund
Said Business School has announced a new seed fund that will invest up to £25k this summer in two to four start-ups led by Oxford students and alumni.
NMotion to put up to $115K in funds and services into University of Nebraska spin-outs
Six to 10 start-ups will be selected to participate in the first year of NMotion, a new start-up accelerator in Lincoln. NUtech Ventures, a non-profit affiliate of the University of Nebraska whose goal is to help form partnerships between industry and university research to advance technology, is just one of the many partners involved in […]