The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research Funds USF Ovation Diagnostics
The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research (the Institute) announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with Ovation Diagnostics, a Boca Raton-based company with technology developed at University of South Florida. The Institute supports new company creation based on publicly-funded research, and bridges early funding gaps for companies spinning out of Florida-based […]
Blavatnik Family Foundation provides $10 million for innovation in the life sciences at Yale University
Yale University has received a $10 million grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, headed by American industrialist and philanthropist Len Blavatnik, to advance entrepreneurship in the life sciences at Yale and to expedite the development, application, and commercialization of breakthrough research. The multi-year grant will support the Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, designed to […]
Badger Fund raises more than $10 million
The Badger Fund of Funds said Tuesday it has raised more than $10 million of capital from private investors, double what was required by the state legislation that launched it. The private funding brings to more than $35 million the amount the Badger Fund has to invest. The Badger Fund was formed after the state in 2013 committed […]
New UConn Innovation Fund Provides Business Startups with Important Early-Stage Financial Support
The University of Connecticut in partnership with Connecticut Innovations (CI) and Webster Bank today announced it is establishing a $1.5 million UConn Innovation Fund that will provide early-stage financial support to new business startups affiliated with UConn. Investments of up to $100,000 are available to any student, faculty member, or alumnus of the university […]
Venture fund puts $6 million into UCSD inventions
Two technologies from UC San Diego – a saliva diagnostics sensor and foam that can generate power – have been selected for up to $6 million in funding by local start-up investor NextWave Venture Partners. The deals highlight NextWave’s business model of licensing promising technologies from universities and research institutes. It has named its latest […]
Alafair Biosciences raises $2M with eye on marketing, product development; U Texas Horizon Fund invests
Alafair Biosciences Inc. has identified how it plans to spend its most recent $2 million series A funding round — the Austin medical device company said Monday afternoon it will use those dollars for product development and to widen its branding reach. The investment, first reported by Austin Business Journal back in mid-July, was led […]
University of Buffalo seed fund aims to make an IMPACT on new, innovative research
Greg Fabiano readily admits that his research project using a driving simulator to test teenage drivers who have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder never would have received federal funding if it weren’t for a smaller seed grant that helped lay the framework for the study. The grant came in 2009 via an award administered through the University […]
726 Applicants to Compete for GA State Start-up Funding
Georgia’s Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development released the latest information about the State project ‘Start-up Georgia’ which promises to fund the most creative and innovative ideas in business. According to the Ministry, 726 applicants have filed their business ideas to compete for funding. Among these projects 580 are about innovations and 146 relate to […]
Ratan Tata, University of California to set up venture capital fund
Tata Sons Ltd’s chairman emeritus Ratan Tata is gearing up to get more serious and institutional about the early-stage investing business, after a prolific run as an angel investor. Tata, 78, in partnership with the University of California, is setting up a venture capital fund with a corpus of around $100-150 million and has already […]
Indiana University Plans Alumni Venture Fund, Taps Partnerships
Tony Armstrong recognizes the importance of forging alliances. It’s a core part of his job as the president and CEO of Indiana University’s Research and Technology Corporation—the university’s tech transfer arm—and as the assistant vice president in the Office of the Vice President for Engagement. Armstrong says partnerships are especially key to advancing innovation and […]