University of Michigan set to invest in four in-state companies
University of Michigan Board of Regents, Ann Arbor, approved investment agreements for four potential investments under the State of Michigan Conflict of Interest statute from Michigan Investment in New Technology Startups, a venture capital fund co-managed by the university’s investment office and its Office of Technology Transfer.
Northwestern Entrepreneur-In-Residence Testifies On Impact of Gap Funding To Pharma (Excerpt)
Excerpt from Dr. Andrew P. Mazar, Entrepreneur in Residence,testifies to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology (Sub-committee on Research and Science Education). These comments reflect the need for and gap funding emphasis on development-intensive technologies, like Pharma.
IDEA: Northeastern’s Venture Accelerator launches first wave of ventures
In fewer than two years, IDEA has worked with more than 200 ventures from every college in the university and provided approximately $150,000 in funding to more than a dozen teams, many of which have drawn interest from outside investors. The venture accelerator is in position to dole out some $200,000 in funding within the next year.
i2E, Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, and OSU Cowboy Technologies Invest $250K Round in Associated Material Processing, LLC
i2E, Inc. (Covered in our MTG Leader State-partnered Gap Fund Event), has made a concept investment of $125,000 in Stillwater, OK-based Associated Material Processing, LLC., through the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund. The Seed Fund investment led an investment round of $250,000 from co-investors that included OSU Cowboy Technologies and a member of i2E’s SeedStep Angels […]
Pennsylvania University Partnership Funds Translational Research Through The Energy Commercialization Institute (ECI)
Alternative energy research projects involving four faculty members from the University of Pennsylvania have been awarded grants from the Energy Commercialization Institute,a translational-research partnership that draws upon several regional universities.
CIT GAP Funds puts $50K into Cyber Security Technology
Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology has invested $50,000 in Power Fingerprinting Inc. The investment from CIT’s GAP Fund will be used for further development of Power Fingerprinting’s technology that detects embedded security threats in computer systems in order to thwart malicious cyber attacks.
State-supported, Pennsylvania venture fund to support early stage software companies
The dearth of early-stage capital available to fund young technology companies in the Philadelphia region is nothing new. It was a source of concern for entrepreneurs and economic-development types in the late ’80s, when I moved here. Hand-wringing resumed early last decade after the bursting of the technology-stock bubble. And since the financial crisis-induced recession, […]
Prize-Based Innovation for University of Notre Dame Computer Science & Engineering Students and Faculty
The University of Notre Dame’s Computer Science & Engineering program will collaborate with Schurz Communications on a first-of-its-kind “innovation challenge,” beginning fall semester, 2012. Undergraduates, graduate students and faculty will be asked to consider real-world digital solutions and opportunities for 21st -century media companies. A first area of focus will be mobile development.
U Michigan partners with venture capital group to support start-ups
A new partnership between the University of Michigan’s tech transfer office and the Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA) aims to increase the commercialization of university technology by granting members of the MVCA access to UM-based research and start-ups.
U-M awards first $100K translational medical research award
Administrators at the University of Michigan’s A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute announced Monday the winner of the first $100,000 translational medical research award.