UGA Startup gateway generates $531M into economy
The University of Georgia’s startup program generates economic value of more than half a billion dollars annually, according to a new analysis. Startup companies created through Innovation Gateway, the university’s arm for research commercialization, have an economic impact of $531 million across the United States, including $322 million in the state of Georgia. “We’re thrilled to […]
New fund seeks to boost partnerships between MIT, Israeli universities
A fund launched by the Mortimer Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program seeks to match faculty members from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US and seven Israeli academic institutions in an effort to promote the “next generation of groundbreaking research” in sciences and technology. The new MIT-Israel Zuckerman STEM Fund is now calling for proposals from […]
Startups, VCs and Corporate Boards: Practical Insights from U Virginia
Husk Power Systems Co-founder and CEO Manoj Sinha (MBA ’09) started his innovative “mini-grid” energy company as a student at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. More than 10 years later the company is accelerating construction of small power plants across India and Africa. After a recent infusion of capital via an equity investment led by […]
Maryland TEDCO awards $6.6M in stem cell funding to 24 researchers, startups
Maryland Technology Development Corp. has doled out $6.6 million in funding awards to companies and researchers working on stem cell products and medical therapies. The funds were awarded to 24 separate projects through the state’s Stem Cell Research Fund. The fund has a budget of $8.2 million in the 2019 fiscal year. This is the second round […]
Pitt Researchers Share Technology Transfer Expertise with Grant Funding
As researchers work to develop innovations to help people with disabilities, the result is often publications and patents, but not assistive technologies for those who need them most. Dr. Jon Pearlman, chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology(RST) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and Dr. Mary Goldberg, assistant professor, will […]
New Startup Accelerator Plans To Bring Tech Boom To Long Beach
From Silicon Valley in the Bay Area to Silicon Beach in West Los Angeles, the California coast is famous for its startup culture. A new public-private taskforce in Long Beach is now hoping to extend the startup axis further to the south. The City of Long Beach, in partnership with the Institute for Innovation and […]
Boyd Venture Challenge Awards $25,000 to UT Student Startups
Three businesses owned by students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, were awarded funding in the spring 2019 Boyd Venture Challenge. The Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in UT’s Haslam College of Business hosts the seed-fund grant competition. Start-up companies Winter Innovations, Quantum Lock, and Flo+Co. were selected from a group of nine finalists. A panel of five […]
KY Entrepreneurship | Reinventing Startup Support
With state government shuttering its dozen Kentucky Innovation Network offices in favor of more localized support for startup business ecosystems, the Greater Louisville region is percolating with new public-sector ventures to incite economic growth by nurturing the area’s entrepreneurs. The Louisville metropolitan area is growing, but not as rapidly as it would prefer with a […]
Fragile X Treatment Under Development Gets $200K From Indiana Venture Fund
An Indiana University-affiliated venture fund has invested $200,000 in Confluence Pharmaceuticals to continue development of the company’s lead product for the treatment of fragile X syndrome. Along with AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals, Confluence is developing a novel, clinically discovered adult and pediatric therapy for social and communication impairments related to fragile X and autism spectrum disorders. Based on the […]
Deerfield, University of Illinois team up on $65M translational research deal
Deerfield Management and the University of Illinois at Chicago are joining forces to speed up the path to the clinic—and eventually to market—for new drugs discovered at the university. The pair is setting up a company called West Loop Innovation with up to $65 million in funding from Deerfield. In addition to the $65 million, which is […]