University of Oxford Isis Fund Makes First Investments
The £1.25 million University of Oxford Isis Fund, set up by Parkwalk Advisors and Isis Innovation in February, has made its first investments in medical device spin-out Oxtex and in Brainomix, a start up from the Isis Software Incubator which is developing software to improve stroke diagnosis. Brainomix is pioneering a system which puts the […]
Innovate Indiana Funded Start-up Closes $10M Series B
PrecisionHawk, an IU-funded venture that deploys unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect and process data for various commercial users, today disclosed a second round of funding that totals nearly $10 million.
U Chicago spin-out fund, Arch Venture Partners, raises $400 million fund
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Chicago-based Arch Venture Partners raised a $400 million fund to invest in early stage companies, the firm announced Wednesday, underscoring renewed investor confidence in the once moribund life sciences sector.
Madison-start up lands $4.2m in venture funding
Silatronix Inc., a Madison start-up that is aiming to make lightweight lithium ion batteries much more efficient and safe, has raised $2.8 million, according to a filing the company made with federal securities regulators.
UT Horizon Fund invests $593K in MolecularMatch in Series A financing round
AUSTIN, TX – UT Horizon Fund, the strategic venture fund of the University of Texas System, has made a $593,000 Series A preferred stock investment in MolecularMatch.
Entrepreneur Alumni Give Back Through UCLA Venture Capital Fund
Think of the California university most closely tied to entrepreneurship and Stanford immediately leaps to mind, or maybe the University of California at Berkeley. Michael Silton is looking to add UCLA to that list, and he’s come up with a unique way of funding that effort.