Light Polymers Closes $5m Series B Strategic Funding Round with Tokyo Electron and Tsingda International Venture Capital
Tsingda International Venture Capital is part of the Tsinghua Innovation Center in Dongguan (TICD), which is a joint venture fund between the Dongguan Government and Tsinghua University according to McConnaughey. Tsingda brings us a powerful partner in China to accelerate our chemistry material technologies in a number of areas. Light Polymers will set up a […]
Sanovas Prepares for Global Expansion by Creating Innovation Center and Venture Capital Fund in China
Sanovas, Inc., a Life Science technology company innovating the next-generation of micro-invasive medical technologies, announced today that it has achieved an agreement with the People’s Government of Suzhou, China, to establish a venture capital fund and Innovation Center at the Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and NanoBionics (SINANO) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences located within […]
Zone Startups India floats early-stage VC fund to back tech startups, backed by Ryerson University
Mumbai-based technology startup accelerator Zone Startups India has launched an early-stage venture capital fund to back software startups with a focus on mobile technology and enterprise tech. Christened as Zone Startups India Fund, the fund is backed by Toronto-based startup accelerator Ryerson Futures, the investment arm of Ryerson University and the Chokhani family office. Citing […]
India Govt aims at job creation through venture capital funding of MSME
The state government has prepared a strategy to give fresh impetus to the small and medium scale industrial sector which is credited to play an important role in providing job opportunities and remove regional imbalances. The department of small-scale industries and export promotion is in the process of creating a dedicated venture capital fund to […]
CCDI to back seven innovative Cape projects in second round of seed fund
A hydrogen-powered drone that releases lab-bred insects to wipe out pests, a medical device which uses a novel method to treat glaucoma and an innovative method to manufacture oak extract for use in the manufacture of wine and spirits… These are just some of the seven biotech and agricultural projects that will each receive seed funding of up […]
Alibaba launches US$3m start-up competition with Cyberport and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks
Alibaba’s not-for-profit initiative, the Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, is teaming up with the city’s Cyberport and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks on a US$3 million start-up competition to help nurture the city’s growing start-up scene and identify tomorrow’s entrepreneurial stars The competition, “Jumpstarter 2017”, will begin in May and is open to a variety […]
Singapore Creates S$1 Billion Innovation Fund to Drive Growth
Singapore is creating a S$1 billion ($718 million) fund to help innovative companies develop their businesses and expand overseas, part of the city state’s drive to boost economic growth. The Makara Innovation Fund — a collaboration between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and local private equity firm Makara Capital — will invest S$30 to S$150 million […]
Education Ministry and Qatar National Research Fund boost young scientists
Projects developed by the brightest young scientific minds from schools across Qatar have been placed in the spotlight through a new national competition organised by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D), and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. 2,127 students — 31 percent of whom […]
Start-up funding fest to be held in Bengaluru, India
Natio Cultus Consultancy will conduct a start-up funding event, India Fund Fest, in Bengaluru on May 12. As many as 50 start-ups will get an opportunity to pitch before investors in the maiden edition of the festival. The firm is also planning to take the festival to Hyderabad and Lucknow. The second edition will be […]
London has attracted a tech fund led by Saudi Aramco, BP and other oil majors looking to collaborate and innovate
Oil and Gas Climate Initiative’s (OGCI) Climate Investments fund aims to invest in and accelerate the commercial development of new emissions-reducing technology. It first announced its plan to push £1bn over 10 years into tech innovation in 2016. OGCI is the first tenant signed up at Central Working White City, a first-of-its-kind project with space […]