Osage Venture Partners closes third fund at $66M
Osage Venture Partners is pleased to announce the final closing of Osage Venture Partners III, exceeding its target fund size by 10 percent to reach $66 million. Osage Venture Partners III continues the strategy executed in Osage Venture Partners II, investing exclusively in early-stage enterprise software companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. Osage Venture Partners III […]
Tech Launch Arizona announces $715K in awards from new POC program
Nineteen University of Arizona researchers are recipients of Proof of Concept Program Awards by the newly established Tech Launch Arizona, or TLA. The purpose of the program, or POC, is to enable faculty with promising inventions and discoveries to address technological and commercial hurdles – moving them closer to commercialization. The awards, ranging from $10,000 to […]
Foundation Venture Capital Group invests in University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey start-ups
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Parkinson’s disease affects one million people in the United States and seven million worldwide. While L-Dopa is effective in treating the disease symptoms, the vast majority of patients taking it chronically eventually develop L-Dopa Induced Dyskinesia (LID), abnormal involuntary movements that can be disabling. A new company, MentiNova, Inc., is exploring […]
Michigan’s Pre-seed Capital Fund invests $1M in four companies
Four Michigan companies recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, totaling $1 million. To date, the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, a collaborative effort of Michigan’s SmartZones to support start-ups’ product commercialization, has awarded 83 Michigan companies with seed funding totaling more than $19 million.
Forbes article on student-led University Venture Fund, University of Utah
UVF hosts an annual University Private Equity Summit, where top VCs and investment experts offer best practices and wisdom to approximately 300 attendees. It’s not too late to attend this year’s Summit in Salt Lake City and Park City, January 24-26. David Hornick ofAugust Capital and Jeremy Andrus of SkullCandy head this year’s keynote list. Panelists include Matt Miller of Sequoia Capital, David McClure of500 Startups, Ray […]
University of New Mexico STC looks into crowdfunding to fill the gap
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – JANUARY 18, 2013 As part of its ongoing effort to expand its gap fund program for new technologies developed at the University of New Mexico, STC is promoting three of its technologies for funding donations on the crowdfunding website RocketHub (http://www.rockethub.com/profiles/61336-stc-unm). See Dan Mayfield’s interview with STC President & CEO Lisa Kuuttila in […]
Northeastern IDEA grants, year in review
2012 proved to be a groundbreaking year forIDEA: Northeastern’s Venture Accelerator. In 2012, the entire IDEA team worked hard to build the community’s awareness that IDEA is a University resource available to any student, faculty, or alumni interested in creating a Venture. IDEA events were heavily attended by students from across campus and the Boston […]
Maryland TEDCO restructures to funnel more money into state start-ups
One of Maryland’s most active early-stage investors, the Technology Development Corp. , or TEDCO, has restructured some of its existing programs and added others in hope of funneling more money to the state’s upstarts. Created by the Maryland General Assembly in 1998, TEDCO has almost exclusively invested state money to date. That will change under its new programs, which […]
University of Florida release call for Research Opportunity Seed Fund, full submission process and material
The Research Opportunity Seed Fund targets interdisciplinary, faculty-initiated research projects with potential for extramural support. The program focuses on new projects and/or new collaborative partnerships. Projects should be innovative, support institutional mission goals, have strong potential for garnering future funding from external sources, OR have outstanding commercial potential. Opportunity Fund awards are not intended to […]
U Michigan’s student-led Frankel Fund realizes acquisition of portfolio company, Arbor Photonics
The Frankel Commercialization Fund, in collaboration with The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, today announced that Arbor Photonics, a portfolio company of the fund, has been acquired by nLIGHT Corp., an industry leader in solid-state high performance lasers. Ann Arbor-based Arbor Photonics offers a […]