South Florida Startup Ecosystem Continues Pattern of Growth and Investment
Nearpod, an education-technology startup, keeps outgrowing its Aventura offices. “We have been doubling the company every year — in people, revenue, users, all the key metrics,” said Felipe Sommer. He co-founded the company with Guido Kovalskys and Emiliano Abramzon, three Argentine friends who have worked on ventures together for more than a decade. Nearpod now […]
Cornell U Atkinson’s Academic Venture Fund awards $1.8M to 15 projects
The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future’s Academic Venture Fund awarded $1.8 million in 2017, with a record 15 grants to seed novel approaches to some of the world’s greatest sustainability challenges. Several Atkinson teams are exploring new ways to promote planetary health for the well-being of humans, animals and ecosystems. Cornell’s new Master of […]
Gov McAuliffe announces Virginia Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund Awards
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced $2.7 million in funding to support 40 Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund awards representing targeted areas of promising research commercialization, including advanced manufacturing, cyber security, energy, environment, information technology, life sciences, and unmanned systems. “The Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund has provided funding to Virginia’s innovators at critical points in their research, helping […]
At Oregon Health & Science University, healthcare tech is a priority
Oregon Health & Science University’s Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute Biomedical Innovation Program (BIP) , in coordination with the Department of Technology Transfer & Business Development (TTBD), takes an integrated approach to identifying, supporting, and accelerating the commercialization of new healthcare technologies. (For more on how OHSU commercializes technology…) The BIP/TTBD facilitates commercialization through direct project management, […]
NC State University Chancellor’s Innovation Fund is mobilizing a bridge over the digital divide
More than two billion people worldwide who don’t have internet access often miss out on life-changing benefits of being connected, such as automated micro-lending for entrepreneurs, marketplace applications and information services including weather forecasts and market pricing. To help overcome this digital divide, NC State innovators have developed a new platform that enhances the capabilities […]
U Chicago Innovation Fund invests $500,000 in microbiome research and energy companies
The University of Chicago Innovation Fund announced plans to invest up to $500,000 into three companies—AVNovum, ClostraBio, and SwitchedSource—that are working in the health and energy fields, respectively. These latest investments bring the Innovation Fund’s total investment amount to nearly $5.5 million in 65 ventures. On Wednesday, May 31, five finalists presented their ventures to […]
Rev1 Ventures, Ohio State U Invests in Wiretap
Rev1 Ventures, the leading seed-stage venture fund, announced it has participated in the $4.9M funding round for Wiretap, a leading innovator of security solutions for Enterprise Social Networks and collaboration tools. This investment marks Rev1’s largest single investment from the Rev1 Fund I, the ground-breaking corporate-backed fund supported by Nationwide, The Ohio State University, Cardinal […]
University of Queensland and Emory University start-up closes US$16m investment to develop cancer therapies
A clinical-stage biotechnology company established by The University of Queensland and Emory University (Atlanta, USA) to develop novel cancer supportive care and anticancer therapies has raised US$16 million in series A investment. The investment from the Brandon Capital-managed Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) and Uniseed will enable the company, called QUE Oncology Inc. (QUE) to […]
New Bascom Ventures capital fund is premised on University of Wisconsin alumni pride
The secret ingredient to building a robust investment fund for startups might just be Badger pride. That’s the idea behind a new venture capital fund called Bascom Ventures, anyway. The 10-week-old endeavor is fundraising from University of Wisconsin alumni to create a pool of millions of dollars to go toward startups with UW alumni at […]
2 tech startups win $125,000 from Macomb Innovation Fund
Two technology startups in Oakland Country are receiving a $125,000 boost from the Macomb Innovation Fund. Funded by Macomb Community College’s Strategic Fund and part of J.P. Morgan Chase’s $150 million commitment to Detroit’s economic recovery, the award is designed to advance progress of larger scale funding for startup companies with high growth potential. Munetrix, […]