Oregon BEST Helps Advance Energy-Saving Cooling System for Data Rooms
PORTLAND, Ore. As sprawling server farms and increasing numbers of data rooms consume more and more energy for critical cooling, a commercialization grant from Oregon BEST, in partnership with the Portland Development Commission (PDC), is helping the City of Gresham implement and test an innovative, Oregon-developed cooling system that could cut energy costs associated […]
Innovate NY Fund supports $1.4M investment in Intrinsiq Materials
The Cayuga Venture Fund of Ithaca is the lead investor in a $4.1 million funding round for Intrinsiq Materials, a Rochester-area start-up developing conductive inks for the printed electronics industry, Intrinsiq announced Monday.
U Houston Cougar Fund launches $1M student venture fund
The University of Houston has waded into the venture capital market. Administrators have launched the new Cougar Venture Fund this fall as part of its entrepreneurship curriculum for graduate business students. “The goal is to teach students in an entrepreneurial finance class about raising money for a startup, what the options are, how to evaluate […]
Crowdfunding campaign from University of California enlists movie stars, politicians
In an unusual effort to bolster financial aid for undergraduates, UC on Wednesday publicly launched an online crowdfunding campaign that has movie stars, politicians, students and faculty pledging to host parties, lead hikes, sing rap songs and work in soup kitchens to win donations.
North Carolina to grant $1.2M from pilot start-up fund next year
Early-stage startups in the Charlotte area now have a new potential source for funding: Innovation Fund North Carolina, a pilot program planning to award up to $1.2 million in grants and loans to high-tech startups around the state over the next year.
IDEA funds $34K in student ventures in September
The school year has just begun at Northeastern, but IDEA ventures are already hard at work– and it’s paying off. For its September round of Gap Funding, IDEA has awarded a total of $34,000 to four of its ventures: Bureo, Gapelia, Fresh Truck and Presskit.to.
U Penn’s Graduate School of Education launches $2.1M hybrid fund for education innovation
Philadelphia, PA, September 18, 2013 – Penn’s Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) has announced that the Education Design Studio, Inc. (EDSi), a $2.1 million hybrid incubator and seed fund built specifically for education ventures, will launch September 23 in Philadelphia. The fund, which will nurture five early stage start-ups, is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between Penn GSE […]
Yale launches new $2.5M YEI Innovation Fund
Yale students and recent students have launched many companies in recent years, from potential game-changers such as forest-monitoring software developer SilviaTerra and Higher One, the financial services firm for college students, to the distinctly urban cardboard furniture maker, Chairigami. Now Yale is taking a step to speed up the startups, creating a $2.5 million venture […]
Penn State University RAIN grant program backs exciting applied research
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Four research projects with high potential for technology commercialization have received grants through a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences program designed to spur innovation.
Innovation Fund cited as reason for increased royalties at University of Houston
Two successful drugs developed at the University of Houston have helped to usher in a new era, one in which moving inventions from the laboratory to the boardroom is increasingly seen as a goal. “We are trying to identify really innovative, high-end technologies,” said Rathindra Bose, vice president for research and technology transfer at the […]