Ottawa announces $1.2 billion Strategic Innovation Fund
Ottawa is launching a new $1.26 billion Strategic Innovation Fund that’s available across all sectors, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains announced today in Hamilton, Ont. The fund is intended to support four types of innovation activities, according to a government news release. Those are organized into four different streams: research, development, and […]
UNLV Rebel Venture Fund Announces Echo Investment
At a special event for entrepreneurs and Venture Capital funds hosted at the RedFlint Experience Center, UNLV’s Rebel Venture Fund announced their largest investment in their newest portfolio company Echo Payment System’s Inc. (Echo) and the coinciding launch of Echo’s new Envudu program. “It may be a first to see the word ‘saving’ in the […]
Indiana University plots new VC fund amid agency revamp
Indiana University wants to do a better job helping startups affiliated with its community access capital, talent and office space. So it’s revamping a 20-year-old agency and gearing up to launch a new venture capital fund. Earlier this week, IU announced that it is reorganizing its Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., a not-for-profit organization […]
UC Riverside Launches $10 Million Highlander Venture Capital Fund
The University of California, Riverside has created a $10 million Highlander Venture Fund (HVF). The Highlander Fund, created with Silicon Valley’s Vertical Venture Partners, will provide seed capital to qualified opportunities within the university for students and faculty members, and entrepreneurs from Riverside County. The fund will target technologies that can be matched with a […]
Can Riverside be another Silicon Valley-type magnet? UCR officials think so
A French innovator is helping California wine growers. He’s not showing them the finer points of aging a good cabernet, but rather how to seal the raw ends of their pruned branches. Philippe Rolshausen, a plant researcher at UC Riverside, developed CropSeal, a combination of beeswax and oil, as an organic way of keeping fungus […]
U Akron O2 RegenTech awarded $100,000 from Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio
O2 RegenTech, a medical device startup out of the University of Akron, has received a boost with $100,000 in funding from the Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio, according to the university. Founded in 2013 by Nic Leipzig, an associate professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, O2 RegenTech specializes in wound-care solutions based on technology developed by […]
Binghamton University, U Albany, U Buffalo, and SUNY Oswego Receive Investment From SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund
Four state colleges, including Binghamton University, will receive money from the SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund to accelerate the development and commercialization of research. An investment of $200,000 will be distributed to Binghamton University, University at Albany, University at Buffalo, and SUNY Oswego. TAF helps inventors turn their research into market ready products. At Binghamton University, […]
25 Chicago University Startups That Are Researching and Fighting Cancer
There are more than 100 types of cancer, and about 40% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. The number of people living with cancer is expected to rise to almost 19 million by 2024. Think that’s too big a problem to disrupt? Think again. Startups across […]
Triangle Venture Alliance Makes Initial Investment Impact
Triangle Venture Alliance (TVA), a newly formed investment alliance among angel networks at North Carolina State University, Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC Central University, today announced its first investment as an alliance – 410 Medical. 410 Medical is an early-stage medical device company that has developed and is […]
Virginia Catalyst announces grants for collaborative research projects Industries
The Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corp., known as Virginia Catalyst, announced Monday it has awarded almost $3 million to six collaborative bioscience commercialization projects in a new round of funding. Virginia Catalyst is a not-for-profit corporation funded by the Virginia General Assembly’s general fund and seven of Virginia’s research universities. It supports projects that include […]