ASU gets hands-on with student startups, and the community’s economy benefits
Arizona State University welcomes the entrepreneurial and innovative spirits of the world, while simultaneously offering them the perfect location for the development and sustained growth of their wildest ambitions. The impact and reach of this support, however, seems to be unknown to both the local and national community. Chris Samuels, director of communications for the Tempe […]
UChicago invests in tech startup company founded by Chicago Booth alumni
The University of Chicago has announced their next venture investments from the UChicago Startup Investment Program. Ascent Technologies, a regulation technology company that helps users build, manage and automate their compliance programs, received $315,000 from the University as part of their Series A financing rounds. Announced in 2016, the UChicago Startup Investment Program is an initiative in which […]
NMSU LAUNCH team leads commercialization effort with university-developed cardiac technology
There are a wealth of dynamic and industry-altering technologies emerging from New Mexico State University that are ripe for commercialization. Arrowhead Center’s LAUNCH program identifies and supports teams who can lead the way, to catalyze movement from university research to market and contribute to economic growth in the region. LAUNCH is a four-month accelerator […]
Case, Vance Bringing ‘Rise of the Rest’ Startup Fund to Memphis
The co-founder of America Online is coming to Memphis this May with his investment fund to hear pitches from local startup companies and award $100,000 in seed funding to one of them. Steve Case, the chairman and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm Revolution, and venture capitalist and author J.D. Vance are leading […]
Maine Technology Institute awards $10.5 million in grants
The Maine Technology Institute approved six grants totaling $10.5 million for businesses trying to grow and gain market share. The money, awarded from the $45 million Maine Technology Asset Fund approved by voters last June, is intended to help bolster the global competitiveness of some of Maine’s traditional industries, and foster growth in emerging industries, […]
Headlines AgSprint Accelerator at NMSU’s Arrowhead Center announces open applications
Southern New Mexico is ripe with agripreneurs – agricultural entrepreneurs – of all varieties. AgSprint, part of the suite of accelerator programs at New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center, grows and supports new agtech startups as they blossom in the heart of the desert. Wendy Lu McGill, founder and CEO of Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch, […]
IU creates $15 million Philanthropic Venture Fund to develop innovations, businesses
A newly created evergreen fund managed by the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. will provide capital to faculty, students and staff at all IU campuses to help them further develop their research and innovations into startup companies. The IU Philanthropic Venture Fund was originally envisioned in the Bicentennial Strategic Plan as part of the university’s continuing […]
New Jersey Health Foundation Awards $50,000 Innovation Grant To Princeton University Researcher
New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) has awarded a $50,000 Innovation Grant to Alexander Ploss, Ph.D, assistant professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, announced James M. Golubieski, president of NJHF. Dr. Ploss is addressing the urgent need of finding better treatments to combat hepatitis B and E viruses. He will use the funding to investigate novel compounds that inhibit hepatitis […]
[COA Member] University Hospitals Ventures looks to encourage innovation
Looking to provide patients with complex, chronic diseases quicker access to costly medications, University Hospitals launched Specialty Pharmacy in 2016. It has become the first enterprise of UH Ventures, a new arm of the system that aims to develop business models leveraging existing capabilities and develop new revenue for the organization. And the new effort, […]
[COA Member] University of Virginia group’s seed fund spurring local entrepreneurship
The University of Virginia has now invested nearly $1 million in the early stages of student and faculty startups, joining the growing number of schools investing in homegrown enterprises. Universities increasingly have investment funds and programs to boost entrepreneurship within and around their campuses. UVa’s Licensing & Ventures Group’s $10 million Seed Fund, launched in […]