Category: Location

Stanford StartX VCs Are Looking for the Next Snapchat

As a student at Stanford University, Evan Spiegel often hung around the offices of StartX, the school’s entrepreneurial hub. Spiegel, who was working on a photo-sharing app called Picaboo, would seek advice from people affiliated with the incubator. In return, he volunteered part-time in 2011, helping design some early marketing materials for StartX. Spiegel’s side project eventually became Snapchat, whose […]

MCCC fund to help provide capital for local start-up businesses

Jennifer Green doubled over in her chair, breathing rapidly with her hand to her face. Echo, a 16-month-old chocolate lab, recognized the signs of a panic attack and sprang into action, nuzzling his owner’s hand and climbing onto her lap to apply pressure to her chest to help calm her down. Green, however, wasn’t really […]

Uniseed’s new $20 million venture fund to double down on good deals | afr.com

The Uniseed venture fund is shifting focus towards more later stage, less risky investments and will raise another $20 million from its university partners for follow-on capital for companies that do well after their first round of investment The University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, UNSW and the University of Queensland will each commit $5 […]

University of Michigan, Michigan Tech designated as Innovation Hubs in MEDC’s statewide MTRAC program

Accelerating the creation and transfer of new technologies from research settings to practical real-world applications is the main focus of the innovation hubs at the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering and Michigan Technological University. With the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) board’s approval today, the U-M advanced transportation Hub and Michigan Tech’s advanced materials Hub […]

Canada Foundation for $1.3M in innovation funds five new leadership awards at UCalgary 

Five University of Calgary researchers have been awarded Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) awards, valued at over $1.3 million. Announced today by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, the awards will support research in the Cumming School of Medicine, the faculties of Kinesiology and Arts, and the Schulich School […]

Virginia Tech and Carilion form $15 million venture capital fund

Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic have formed a new $15 million venture capital fund designed to catapult the startups taking root around Blacksburg and Roanoke’s so-called innovation corridor. About 60 percent of the investments will be in the life sciences industry and most will be based in Virginia. If they’re in another state, the companies […]

Shaw University, Carolina Small Business Development Fund Open Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center

Officials from Shaw University and Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF) launch an entrepreneurship center aimed at expanding small business development and economic empowerment within Southeast Raleigh and beyond. The mission of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center is to provide an ecosystem of support for entrepreneurs that will foster innovation and help them establish and sustain […]

Australian government signs university research and innovation/Tech Transfer agreement with Israel

The Australian and Israeli governments have signed an agreement on bilateral cooperation in technological innovation, research, and development that will allow Australian companies to take advantage of opportunities in Israel’s biotechnology, IT, and R&D sectors.  In a statement, recently appointed Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Arthur Sinodinos said the agreement is “great news” as […]