IU Launches Faculty Startup Accelerator Program
Indiana University is developing a startup accelerator program to assist professors in turning their research findings and professional insights into successful enterprises. The IU Faculty Startup Accelerator Program is a partnership between IU’s Innovation and Commercialization Office and Bloomington’s The Mill. The program is meant for IU entrepreneurs with early stage, scalable company concepts, according to IU. “We are excited to partner with The Mill to offer this program tailored for IU inventors and entrepreneurs,” said Simran Trana, associate vice president of the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office. “Through this program, participants will improve […]
IU Ventures ranks among Indiana’s most active venture firms
Indiana University’s early-stage venture and angel investment arm, IU Ventures, has once again been recognized as one of Indiana’s most active professional investors. A list of those firms appears in the 2021 Indiana Venture Report from Elevate Ventures, a year-end assessment of venture investment activity in the Hoosier state. IU Ventures, which manages multiple early-stage funds to support […]
Three research-led projects at Purdue awarded $143,000
The Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization recently awarded more than $143,000 to three research-led projects. Each project is being led by researchers from Purdue’s College of Agriculture, College of Engineering and College of Veterinary Medicine, according to a press release. The projects are being funded through the Trask Innovation Fund, which supports short-term projects […]
IU expertise, connections and funding capital are energizing Bloomington’s innovation and startup culture
Ten years ago, Ravi Bhatt considered his college town of Bloomington, Ind., when he was deciding where to locate his promising new business venture. He loved Bloomington, and equally adored his alma mater, Indiana University. In the end, though, he chose Chicago, believing that the Windy City offered the best mix of talent, infrastructure and, […]
Purdue U Startup Closes Seed Funding Round
A West Lafayette-based life sciences diagnostic startup has closed on a $1.8 million seed round of funding. Amplified Sciences, which is developing diagnostics designed to detect debilitating diseases more quickly, says the round was completed by an investment from Chicago-based OCA Ventures. Amplified Sciences Chief Executive Officer Diana Caldwell says the funding will help validate the […]
Purdue Polytechnic Institute’s first Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellow to assist entrepreneurial faculty, students
Nathalie Duval-Couetil, professor in Purdue Polytechnic Institute‘s Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation, has been named the institute’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellow. As a fellow, Duval-Couetil will serve as a resource to Polytechnic Institute faculty and students interested in pursuing technology commercialization and entrepreneurial activity. She will also help develop commercial-oriented collaborations with the other academic […]
Purdue fund expands scope to accept applications from startups in all agricultural disciplines
Entrepreneurs whose startups commercialize Purdue technology in any agricultural field are now eligible to apply for a Purdue fund’s semiannual competition. The $2 million Ag-Celerator Fund was created in 2015 by the College of Agriculture and the Purdue Research Foundation. It originally supported the commercialization of technologies to benefit only the plant sciences sector. The fund is […]
IU Innovation Center Launches Startup Fund
BLOOMINGTON – Student innovators at Indiana University are getting a boost through a new investment fund from a startup incubator at IU Bloomington. The Shoebox Fund is designed to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their ideas. It is part of the Shoemaker Innovation Center at the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering. […]
IU Ventures launches inaugural Executive in Residence Program with diverse class of executives
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — IU Ventures has launched the inaugural class of its Executive in Residence Program with a talented cohort of business leaders who have deep experience spanning high-potential startup companies to Fortune 500 corporations. An affiliate of Indiana University, IU Ventures helps students, faculty, staff and alumni advance startups and new companies through financial or other forms […]
IU Launches Fund to Support Entrepreneurship
Indiana University has launched the Shoebox Fund with the support of a $60,000 gift from Donna and John Shoemaker. IU says the funding will support student startups that have been built in the startup incubator known as the Shoebox within the Shoemaker Innovation Center at the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering. Two Shoebox-born […]