HSBC launches £10bn fund to support UK SMEs
It is the largest package of support to be announced by HSBC for UK SMEs and has been structured regionally, so that small firms in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can access funds. HSBC said the fund is designed to meet strong demand from UK SMEs and follows the success of the £8bn fund […]
MIT-Imperial College London Seed Fund winners announced
The MIT-Imperial College London Seed Fund awarded $60,565 to three MIT faculty pursuing joint projects with peers at Imperial College London. The grant primarily supports travel costs for exchange between teams at MIT and Imperial College London with priority given to projects that are new or entering a new phase; that reflect a balanced collaboration […]
Google’s GV leads $21M Series B in bioscience firm Cambridge Epigenetix
VC firm GV (née Google Ventures) has made another investment in Europe — its seventh — leading a $21 million Series B round for epigenetic sequencing tech company and Cambridge University spin-out, Cambridge Epigenetix. The U.K.-based bioscience company makes DNA modification analysis tools for epigenetics researchers — an emerging field of study which looks at how environmental factors and […]
Imperial Innovations mines rich seam of UK university research
Research from the cream of British universities is proving to be a fertile hunting ground for Imperial Innovations (LON:IVO). Imperial found its roots in 1986 as the technology transfer office of Imperial College London (ICL), linking up promising projects with business gurus who could make them profitable. The company, which became a wholly owned subsidiary […]
MIT MISTI Global Seed Funds winners announced
Since 2008, the Global Seed Funds Program (GSF) has funded more than 530 faculty-led projects in over 70 countries. From engineering medical diagnostic devices in Mexico to exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in Israel to building the framework for a self-sustaining community of electricity prosumers in Italy, GSF funds projects that confront worldwide […]
King’s College, Arizona State and New South Wales team up for global alliance, seed fund
International collaboration in the higher education sector has increased rapidly over the past decade. Recent figures from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development show that between 2003 and 2012 the US saw a 33 per cent increase in the percentage of scientific documents produced through international collaboration, while more than 45 per cent of all […]
Leeds scientists receive £100,000 grant to fund research into blood clots
Scientists at Leeds University have been awarded more than £100,000 by the British Heart Foundation to fund research into how to prevent life-threatening blood clots from forming.Each year in the Yorkshire and Humber region around 10,000 people die after suffering from a heart attack or stroke, often caused by a blood clot forming in the […]
3 UK Universities,GSK, Astra, J&J link on $82M Research Fund
GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have joined with three leading British universities to create a new STG40 million pound ($A81.75 million) fund backing early drug research.The Apollo Therapeutics Fund, which aims to improve the speed and potential of university research being translated into new medicines, is a further example of a trend by Big […]
Moodoo Receives £20,000 Initial Funding From University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School Seed Fund
Moodoo, a get-together app, has raised an initial round of funding of £20,000 from The University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School Seed Fund. The fund, which invests in early-stage, alumni-founded companies, selected Moodoo as one of only three successful applicants for seed funding. Moodoo is officially slated to launch in India in the month of […]
University College London sets up £50 million fund for technology commercialisation
University College London (UCL) has established a £50 million fund to invest in intellectual property developed on its campus. The fund will provide money for academics to do initial proof of concept work, licensing projects and forming start-ups. Although UCL research has in the past formed the basis of 67 companies, this is the first […]