5 early-stage tech companies get $3 million from Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0
Detroit-based Invest Michigan has announced investments totaling $325,000 in five early-stage tech companies from its Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0. That investment went along with matching investments from other sources of $2.7 million. Since its launch last June, the $6.8 million fund has invested in 18 early-stage tech companies in the state. The current round of […]
UChicago College New Venture Challenge Winners awards $20K
At the kick off to University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenges, two first year teams were awarded $10,000 to fund their dorm room ventures. The judges decided to split the first place prize at the College New Venture Challenge (open only to undergraduates), awarding $10,000 to both Athenir, a research aggregate service, and UProspie, a […]
U Florida Research Proposal Awarded $50K from Informatics Institute Seed Fund
Chris Delcher, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was recently selected to receive one-year, $50,000 seed funding for his research proposal, “New Collaboration to Increase the Development of Computable Phenotypes for Improving Health Outcomes.” The award was made possible by the University of Florida Informatics Institute Seed Fund Program, whose […]
Innovate Indiana Fund Part of $5.75M Investment
MatterFab, an Indiana University-funded maker of metal 3-D printers, recently closed a $5.75 million seed-funding effort toward the design and development of its first printer for commercial, industrial-grade use. The Innovate Indiana Fund and GE Ventures were among the investors in the Series A financing round, which will help the San Francisco-based company produce what […]
Governor rejects Invest Georgia seed funding
Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed 11 bills Tuesday, including long-sought legislation to put seed capital into a state-run venture capital fund.A bill the General Assembly passed on the final day of this year’s legislative session authorized Invest Georgia, a VC fund created two years ago but not funded, to sell up to $55 million in insurance […]
State taps Rochester-based Excell Partners to manage new $2M fund
A Rochester-based venture capital firm has been tapped to manage a new $2 million investment fund launched by the state to provide seed funding to certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday the MWBE Investment Fund will be managed by Excell Partners Inc. “The launch of this first-of-its-kind investment fund will […]
Catawba’s student-managed investment fund dives into Wall Street | Salisbury Post
After reading “The Best Book on Investment Banking Careers,” Jevgenij Gamper (Class of 2016), realized his career goals made it absolutely necessary that he stand out in his academic pursuits. As a student-athlete, this Lithuanian national who is double majoring in mathematics and economics & finance at Catawba College, decided he needed a working laboratory for […]
Seed funding program to use Brigham and Women’s as startup testing ground
Brigham and Women’s Hospital has formed a partnership with a San Francisco-based seed-stage investment fund in an effort to test and potentially integrate digital health startup innovations into the Boston hospital. The hospital formed an affiliated medical partnership with Rock Health, and the two organizations are currently in the midst of finalizing plans. The partnership […]
Virginia universities receive $220K on ag research grants
At its recent meeting in March, the Virginia Agricultural Council (VAC) reviewed research project proposals and funded 21 new projects totaling almost $220,000, as well as more than $45,000 for four new projects for lawn and turf research. It also extended funding for a second year on five projects totaling nearly $50,000. In 1966 the […]
Innovation Fund 2 is NC’s Investing Tool into Growth Startups
Last Wednesday, N.C. Treasurer Janet Cowell talked to investment leaders such as Falfurrias Capital Partners’ Hugh McColl and Bull City Venture Partners’ Jason Caplain. The goal of the discussion was to update private equity on the return’s of North Carolina’s first investment fund and to announce the second larger fund. The first fund -Innovation Fund – was and a […]