SD Venture Summit highlights university-developed tech to spawn start-ups
If San Diego’s Grolltex is correct, bendable display screens for smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren’t the stuff of science fiction. They’re just around the corner. The two-year-old start-up has licensed technology developed at UC San Diego to mass produce graphene — a strong, conductive material that is Now used mostly by research labs – including contractors […]
Ohio taxpayers being asked to support the future of the state’s venture capital fund
A venture-capital fund created by the state to nurture startups now needs a hand from Ohio taxpayers. For the first time since its creation in 2003, the Ohio Capital Fund isn’t making enough money from its investments to cover payments on the money it has borrowed to finance its investments in startups. The fund, managed […]
Wisconsin startup funding up 60% in 2016 | BizTimes Media Milwaukee
Eighty-four Wisconsin startups received $281.7 million in funding in 2016, up 60 percent from $177 million in 2015, according to the latest INvest Quarterly report from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The report tracks only companies the state has designated as Qualified New Business Ventures, which is open to high-tech, early-stage Wisconsin companies developing innovative […]
Aston University startup gets $200K seed funding to bring AI to smart buildings
Grid Edge, is the brainchild of three researcher friends, Tom Anderson, Dr Jim Scott and Dr Dan Wright, who met while working together at Aston University’s European Bioenergy Research Institute in 2012. The funding comes from Ignite, the investment fund from UK power supplier Centrica, to help it take a step closer to realising its […]
UChicago Startup Investment Program makes first investment of $500K in surgical startup
The University of Chicago has made its first venture investment from the UChicago Startup Investment Program. ExplORer Surgical, which is based on technology developed at the University of Chicago Medical Center, provides an interactive surgical playbook that promotes optimal teamwork in the operating room. It will receive an investment of $500,000 from the University as part of […]
Ontario government creates $25.8M cleantech innovation fund
Provincial officials announced August 29 that the Ontario government is starting a fund to support the creation and commercialization of green technologies. The Low Carbon Innovation Fund will support technologies in areas such as alternative energy generation and conservation, new biofuels or bioproducts, transportation, and carbon capture and usage. Ontario says that this initiative is […]
University of Nevada InNEVenture Fund enters second year of ramping up ideas and technologies for commercialization
Have an idea or new technology that could move forward with early-stage funding? If so, keep an eye on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, the application deadline for the InNEVenture Fund. This proof-of-concept funding source is available to help University of Nevada, Reno faculty, students, staff and recent graduates determine if their technologies and business ideas have […]
Enterprise Ireland reveals latest €750,000 Competitive Start Fund
Enterprise Ireland has issued a call for applications for its seventh Competitive Start Fund (CSF) to be launched in 2017. The €750,000 fund is open to all sectors, with a particular focus on start-ups in the areas of agriculture, manufacturing, life sciences and renewables. ‘Start-up businesses offering innovative products and services are the lifeblood of […]
Imperial pilots new route for academic spinouts, inventor choice
In a first for any UK university, the College has launched Founders Choice™, a programme offering academics a choice between two routes for founding spinout companies. It has been created by the College with the support of its technology commericalisation partner, Imperial Innovations. The Founders Choice™ initiative is an exciting opportunity for people like myself – Professor […]
Super seven firms boosted by University of Essex Knowledge Gateway Innovation Fund
Among the projects which have been boosted by the Knowledge Gateway Innovation Fund is the EyeWink, which enables smartphone users to control their devices with the wink of an eye. The brain-computer technology, developed by senior Essex university researchers Davide Valeriani and Ana Matran-Fernandez, could soon be in production thanks to a £15,000 grant. It provides […]