U Maryland MIPS awards $3.8M to matching innovation grant program
A University of Maryland, College Parkprogram has awarded $3.8 million to 17 teams of university researchers working with state companies on projects to bring technology products to market. The Maryland Industrial Partnerships program provides matching grants to companies that partner with university researchers to accelerate technology commercialization. Companies involved in the program are contributing $2.3 million […]
Wisconsin Governor signs $25M venture capital legislation
Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation Thursday to provide $25 million in taxpayer money to start-up companies, realizing a goal he has sought for more than two years. Providing venture capital has had a rocky history in recent years. Bills to do that last session couldn’t get through the Legislature, and this year’s legislation has had its share […]
Ann Arbor SPARK graduate receives support from Michigan’s new angel fund
Michigan State University technology spin-out company BioPhotonics Solutions Inc. is the first venture to win equity funding from the $2 million Michigan Angel Fund.
Drexel Gets Into Early Stage Venture Capital
Drexel University is getting into early-stage venture capital. The school announced Monday the creation of “Drexel Ventures,” a new program designed to incubate and fund new technologies developed by faculty, students and alumni
FSU Introduces Innovation Foundation To Accelerate Student Entrepreneurship
FSU President Eric Barron announced plans for a future organization dedicated to assisting student entrepreneurs in transforming their ideas into real businesses — the FSU Innovation Foundation
Washington’s Life Science Discovery Fund Announces $1.5M In New POC Awards
The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced nearly $1.5 million in Proof of Concept grants to Washington for-profit and nonprofit organizationsto foster translation of health-related technologies from idea to market launch. Also announced was over $300,000 in supplemental funding to two ongoing grants to enhance the commercial potential ofthe technologies developed through those awards.
Invest Nebraska puts $500K into healthcare software firm
Nebraska economic development officials and business leaders announced a matching $500,000 seed investment from Invest Nebraska, as part of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development Innovation Fund, to Phynd Technologies, a new software firm that soon will launch a new solution for hospitals and health care providers.
State of Georgia Awards $100K Innovation Grant to Georgia Tech for Research Into Sensiotec’s Non-Contact Cardiorespiratory Patient Monitoring
ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2013) – The State of Georgia, through the Georgia Centers of Innovation Program (COI) and OneGeorgia Authority, has awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology a grant of almost $100,000 for ongoing work on Sensiotec Inc.’s innovative, non-contact cardiorespiratory monitoring technology platform
Allied Minds raised $100M to expand investment in universities and federal labs
The private investment firm has significantly expanded its asset base since its founding in 2006, bolstered by investor confidence in its unique, and efficient, model for forming, funding and building new companies based on early-stage technologies in the life-sciences and technology sectors. Allied Minds, Inc., the biggest investor in technologies developed at renowned U.S. university […]
New Brunswick-Saint John Adds $14M To The Research Innovation Fund
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – A $20 million investment over five years to support research and innovation in New Brunswick was announced today by Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Danny Soucy as part of the government’s $80 million innovation strategy