Can Riverside be another Silicon Valley-type magnet? UCR officials think so
A French innovator is helping California wine growers. He’s not showing them the finer points of aging a good cabernet, but rather how to seal the raw ends of their pruned branches. Philippe Rolshausen, a plant researcher at UC Riverside, developed CropSeal, a combination of beeswax and oil, as an organic way of keeping fungus […]
Application called for £250,000 Nigerian GSMA ecosystem accelerator innovation fund
Nigerian start-ups operating in the Sharing Economy, and/or developing services for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have an opportunity to apply for an equity free £250,000 GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund, which closes on July 16, 2017 Those applying in the Sharing economy are advise to note that “mobile-based platform, product or service which […]
Research Center IMEC creates smart tech VC fund, targets €100 million
The imec.xpand fund is targeting a total of €100 million to €120 million (up to about $135 million) and has already secured a significant amount of that according to Tom Vanhoutte, who is a manager of the fund alongside Peter Vanbekbergen. The fund is looking to support ideas and projects across the range of hardware […]
U Akron O2 RegenTech awarded $100,000 from Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio
O2 RegenTech, a medical device startup out of the University of Akron, has received a boost with $100,000 in funding from the Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio, according to the university. Founded in 2013 by Nic Leipzig, an associate professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, O2 RegenTech specializes in wound-care solutions based on technology developed by […]
Binghamton University, U Albany, U Buffalo, and SUNY Oswego Receive Investment From SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund
Four state colleges, including Binghamton University, will receive money from the SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund to accelerate the development and commercialization of research. An investment of $200,000 will be distributed to Binghamton University, University at Albany, University at Buffalo, and SUNY Oswego. TAF helps inventors turn their research into market ready products. At Binghamton University, […]
25 Chicago University Startups That Are Researching and Fighting Cancer
There are more than 100 types of cancer, and about 40% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. The number of people living with cancer is expected to rise to almost 19 million by 2024. Think that’s too big a problem to disrupt? Think again. Startups across […]
Triangle Venture Alliance Makes Initial Investment Impact
Triangle Venture Alliance (TVA), a newly formed investment alliance among angel networks at North Carolina State University, Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC Central University, today announced its first investment as an alliance – 410 Medical. 410 Medical is an early-stage medical device company that has developed and is […]
Dutch universities of technology start €75m investment fund
Dutch universities Eindhoven, Enschede and Wageningen are each putting €1.5m into a €75m investment fund, Innovation Industries, which will help finance projects stemming from their own R&D programmes. The aim is to provide funding averaging €5m to 20 companies operating in new technologies in the agricultural, health care and IT sectors. Founder and investor Harm […]
Virginia Catalyst announces grants for collaborative research projects Industries
The Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corp., known as Virginia Catalyst, announced Monday it has awarded almost $3 million to six collaborative bioscience commercialization projects in a new round of funding. Virginia Catalyst is a not-for-profit corporation funded by the Virginia General Assembly’s general fund and seven of Virginia’s research universities. It supports projects that include […]
Rolls-Royce To Open Turbine Lab at Purdue University
s part of a public-private partnership Rolls-Royce will establish a $24 million turbine lab for compact gas turbine engines at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Development and testing of next-generation turbine airfoils will be housed at Purdue’s Zucrow Laboratories, one of the nation’s largest university propulsion laboratory for research focused on reducing fuel consumption […]