Florida Institute Funds Aesthetic Technologies startup
The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research (the Florida Institute) announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with Dominion Aesthetic Technologies, an innovative company focused on commercializing medical devices in the aesthetics field. The company has licensed technology from the University of Central Florida. The Florida Institute supports new company development […]
Startup Growth Program Invest Georgia Makes Third Commitment: Invests $1 Million in Early Stage Fund TechSquare Labs
Georgia-based start-up growth project, Invest Georgia, has reportedly made its third commitment and invested $1 million in early stage fund, TechSquare Labs. According to VentureBeat, Invest Georgia’s program loose to encourage seed and early-stage companies in Georgia and has previously made investments in TTV Capital and Mosley Ventures, totaling to more than $6 million invested. Knox […]
Pharmacy professor receives SUNY funding to spur research commercialization
A new technology led by UB faculty member Sathy Balu-Iyer that has the potential to treat autoimmune diseases and improve the success of gene therapy is one of four SUNY research projects that recently received investments from the SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF). Funded jointly by SUNY and the SUNY Research Foundation, TAF helps faculty […]
Canadian FACIT supports cancer research translation and invests in three talented Ontario start-ups
FACIT has announced the first three investments under its new Prospects Oncology Fund for proof-of-concept development of breakthrough cancer technologies. Ontario start-ups Radialis Medical of Thunder Bay, KA Imaging of Kitchener, and DNAstack of Toronto are the first to receive capital from this new fund, illustrating the strength and breadth of the cancer research network […]
Kent State University students to manage foundation investment fund
KENT, Ohio – Kent State University students will gain real-world experience this fall when they begin managing an investment fund for the university’s foundation. The program is designed to prepare students to work in the asset management business with an in-depth understanding of how the business works, the university said. “Kent State’s College of Business […]
Florida talks a technology game but fails to fund it
The impact of Gov. Rick Scott’s veto of a line-item in the state budget last month is already rippling through the South Florida tech community. The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research was slated to receive $5.5 million to provide seed funding to startups. That was one of the $409 million in local […]
NC State is Bridging the Funding Gap from Research to Commercialization; invests in five new projects
Five promising North Carolina State University projects will receive support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF), which helps NC State researchers move their inventions into the marketplace. “NC State is establishing itself as a leader in technology commercialization,” says Kelly Sexton, assistant vice chancellor for NC State’s Office of Technology Commercialization and New Ventures. “This […]
Maine Technology Institute awards $695K, leveraging nearly $1M for recipients
The Maine Technology Institute approved 31 awards totaling almost $695,000 from across its suite of funding programs, leveraging an additional $960,815 in matching funds from the organizations. The investments will support innovative projects in nearly half of Maine’s 16 counties and in six of the state’s seven targeted technology sectors. Awards from this round include […]
Utah USTAR awards grants to Utah companies and university researchers
USTAR awarded seven Technology Acceleration Program grants and seven University Technology Acceleration Grants in its latest round of funding. “This round of cutting-edge technologies has potential to translate into improved monitoring systems and methods to test and validate drug and device therapies,” said Ivy Estabrooke, Ph.D., USTAR executive director. “Awardee projects span long-range wireless telemetry […]
UC Davis innovators receive $328K in grants to advance research
UC Davis announced last week the recipients of nine proof-of-concept grants totaling $328,000 for campus innovators to advance their research and technologies toward commercialization. These grants and the associated review process are managed by UCD Venture Catalyst through the Science Translation and Innovative Research, or STAIR, grant program, which is in its fourth year, and […]