Seed fund for Illinois university tech startups launched
The state is launching a $500,000 seed fund to encourage tech spinoffs from Illinois universities. Many of the universities, such as University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Chicago, already have their own larger funds aimed at moving ideas from the lab to the commercial market.
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.
University of California Plans $250M Fund for Campus Startups
The University of California is planning a $250 million venture-capital fund to finance startup companies stemming from research conducted by its faculty and students.
New Seattle Angel Fund Forming to Back Northwest Startups
Seattle Angel, which over the last three years has focused on introducing more qualified people to angel investing, plans a Northwest-focused investment fund set to begin early next year.
Bend Natural Gas Vehicle Technology Startup Secures $3M with Help from Oregon BEST, ONAMI
PORTLAND, Ore. Two of Oregon¹s signature research centers, Oregon BEST and ONAMI, today announced $400,000 in commercialization funding for Bend, Ore.-based startup Onboard Dynamics, Inc. The funding secures a $3-million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy¹s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), which invested an initial $1 million in the project two years ago.
LSDF announces $750,000 in Proof of Concept grants to promote health-related technologies
SEATTLE, Washington, August 29, 2014 – The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced nearly $750,000 in Proof of Concept grants to Washington state for-profit and non-profit organizations to promote translation of health-related technologies from the laboratory to the commercial marketplace. Also announced was nearly $56,000 in supplemental funding to an existing grant to increase […]
New University of Hawaii POC center aims to improve commercial success of UH research
The University of Hawai’i is launching an entrepreneurial springboard for its world-class research. The UH has achieved numerous accolades in research: from the cloning of green mice to the recent launch of a student-designed and built small satellite. Building upon these achievements, UH now aims to transform its world-class research and talent into an equally […]
UWM entrepreneurs selected for IdeaAdvance seed fund
Five University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) faculty, students and alumni are among 11 teams receiving start-up grants from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the University of Wisconsin-Extension Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC). Each team will receive up to $25,000 each through the Ideadvance Seed Fund. Gov. Scott Walker announced the awards Aug. 22.
DC iCorps now accepting fall cohort applications
DC I-Corps, a new NSF-supported program designed to foster, grow and nurture an innovation ecosystem in the Mid-Atlantic Region, is now accepting applications for its fall cohort, beginning on October 9. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis up until that date.
Trask Innovation Fund application deadline set for Sept 19
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Applications for the Trask Innovation Fund are being accepted through Sept. 19 to eligible Purdue University inventors at all campuses who are working to advance Purdue technologies toward commercialization.