San Diego Business Journal covers Mind the Gap roundtable
The San Diego Business Journal covered this week’s Mind the Gap roundtable at WBT in today’s edition. innovosource will hold this roundtable on Wednesday Oct 24th from 1-4PM Pacific at the San Diego Convention Center. Still time to register if you are in the area. Full Agenda: http://www.gapfunding.org/shareddocuments/WBT_Gap%20Fund%20Program.pdf More info:http://wbtshowcase.com/wbt/web.nsf/pages/agendaugf.html
Tech Launch Arizona announces two gap funding partnership, POC program
Tech Launch Arizona, a new umbrella organization at the University of Arizona charged with commercializing technology and creating industrial relationships, has announced two gap funding models for the program: Arizona Furnance: Arizona Furnace offers promising startup ventures a package worth more than $50,000 in cash and services. The package includes a $25,000 seed funding grant and […]
Announcement for Rutgers University proof of concept gap funding
The Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate and Professional Education announces the availability of a FY2012-2013 Proof of Concept for Technology Commercialization Award Program. This is the new name for The Technology Commercialization Fund of prior years. The Proof of Concept for Technology Commercialization provides resources of up to $50,000 to enable […]
Innovacorp funds Nova Scotia universities through Early Stage Commercialization Fund
Innovacorp is a Canadian early-stage venter firm that supports Nova Scotia research universities and community colleges through their Early Stage Commercialization Fund. Their investment interests are wide and supported projects can receive up to $50,000 per investment. These monies go to technologies with medium to high technology readiness levels.
Mind the Gap at World’s Best Technologies Showcase: Opportunity for university presenters
innovosource is partnering with WBT to bring you an exclusive, pre-event on gap funding (October 24th) of early stage technologies and start-ups. This roundtable is intended for current/aspiring fund managers and stakeholders across research universities, government agencies, hi-tech companies, and the early-stage investment community. This session and associated networking are for you. We guarantees that […]
INCITE fund announces three more investments into IT, healthcare, and transportation
A state investment fund designed to support innovative small businesses announced a new round of investments Monday. The INCITE Co-Investment Fund, which provides public dollars to supplement private investments by venture capital funds and investors in Tennessee companies, said three companies will receive $5.3 million in funding, $1.55 million of which will come from INCITE. Franklin-based Agilum Healthcare Intelligence Inc., a […]
UCSD prof receives $1M from the W.M. Keck Foundation to translate pharma delivery research
At the University of California, San Diego, scientists have received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund research into exploring a molecular approach to delivering drugs that could change the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. The W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles supports “high risk/high reward” pioneering discoveries in groundbreaking studies that enable […]
AUT venture fund supports three student entrepreneurs
Now in its fourth year, the AUT Venture Fund attracts the creative minds of students from across every faculty at AUT University. Students are required to come up with a venture that is product, service or technology focussed, with a domestic and/or international orientation. The funding committee then grants start-up funds, mentoring and professional development […]
Alabama Innovation Fund supports four U Alabama Research Projects
Four University of Alabama research projects were among 15 such projects at state universities that have received a total of $4 million in grants from the Alabama Innovation Fund. Gov. Robert Bentley announced the grants Wednesday at the state’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference in Hoover, saying the ongoing research and innovation will help create jobs […]
i2E scores a win for state in Oklahoma, leverages $23M in additional capital
We had the opportunity to showcase innovation 2 Enterprise in a web-workshop earlier this year, a Oklahoma state supported POC/seed stage accelerator/investor. They recently reported a major success in leverging $23 M for Selexys Pharma and MPM Capital to sickle cell and Crohn’s drugs. Pending a successful trial there could be a payout of nearly […]