Arkansas Healthcare Accelerator Selects Six Startups for 2018 Program
Winrock International, Arkansas Heart Hospital, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and BioVentures today announced the six companies selected to participate in the 2018 Health InnovatAR healthcare accelerator program, which is supported in part through a grant from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. The selected startups include: Day Zero Diagnostics (Boston, MA); Ejenta (San Francisco, CA); ExplORer Surgical (Chicago, […]
University of Michigan Vesper Mics Up With $23M From Amazon, American Family, Baidu, Bose
Vesper Technologies, a high-tech microphone startup trying to ride the wave of voice-controlled devices, has summoned a $23 million investment from a group of well-known tech companies, venture capitalists, and an insurance firm. The Series B funding round was led by American Family Ventures, the venture arm of Madison, WI-based American Family Insurance. Other investors in […]
Purdue Ag-celerator invests $100,000 in two plant science startups – Purdue University
The Purdue Ag-celerator Fund has invested a total of $100,000 in two plant science startups for the spring round of investments. The recipients are JUA Technologies International LLC, a startup building multipurpose crop dehydrators, and ZeaVaxx LLC, a startup developing a plant-derived nanoparticle that can improve animal vaccines. “The Ag-celerator is moving into the third year in its goal to […]
Deerfield Management pledges $65 million to Northwestern for drug development
Northwestern announced Thursday it is partnering with Deerfield Management, an investment management company, to launch Lakeside Discovery LLC in order to help develop new drugs. Deerfield, which pledged up to $65 million, will help shepherd potential drugs to the Food and Drug Administration to get them approved for human testing. Alicia Löffler, executive director of […]
Cal Poly Announces SLO HotHouse Summer Accelerator Program’s 2018 Cohort
Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) has accepted eight startup companies into this year’s SLO HotHouse Summer Accelerator program. The intense 13-week program is designed for students and recent graduates who have developed new ventures that need funding and CIE resources to help launch their companies. The program provides $10,000 in capital, plus […]
U Nevada InNEVator seeks participants for 2018 startup bootcamp
The “Internet of Things” (Iot) is defined as the interconnection via the internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data. What this means for everyday people is the ability to tweak the thermostat, start the laundry, order household items on-demand and much more, all from the convenience of […]
$35 million in NIH funding launches health research accelerator with UChicago
The University of Chicago and UChicago Medicine are part of a new health research accelerator that has launched thanks to nearly $35 million from the National Institutes of Health. The Institute for Translational Medicine will work to improve people’s lives by pursuing research breakthroughs and getting those discoveries into the real world. “This vital initiative will help drive […]
U Buffalo CTSI Awards Translational Research Project Grants
Using local institutional support and an award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health, the CTSI has funded nine projects involving researchers from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. New Technologies, Therapeutics Sought The pilot studies program provides seed money to help advance new technologies and therapeutics from the conceptual […]
Purdue Foundry Fund Makes More Investments
The Elevate Purdue Foundry Fund has invested more than $500,000 into 11 Purdue University startups. The funding includes five companies receiving $80,000 each for achieving “Gold Award” investment status. The fund is a joint venture between private venture development organization Elevate Ventures and entrepreneurship and commercialization accelerator Purdue Foundry. Purdue Ventures Managing Director John Hanak […]
Pitt startup working to treat carbon monoxide poisoning raises $5 million
A year-old University of Pittsburgh startup company has raised $5 million in Series A funding as it develops an antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning. Tus Science & Technology Service Group of China led the funding round for Globin Solutions Inc. with participation from UPMC Enterprises, the commercialization arm of the Downtown-based hospital and health insurance […]