New Seed Fund to Speed UVA Innovation and Research to the Market
Starting in 2016, the University of Virginia will be propelling entrepreneurship into the market like never before. The University’s new Seed Fund will deploy $10 million over 10 years to help commercialize UVA technologies and opportunities. “UVA’s research enterprise helps drive the economy locally, nationally and globally, while producing discoveries that lead to new technologies, […]
U Mississippi Rebel Student Venture Capital Fund Grants $6,500 in Rewards
The University of Mississippi student-led start-ups presented to the RVCF, each receiving grants and mentorships to assist in the development of their new business ventures. Of the six businesses there were three smart phone apps, Impster, Nimble Fashion, and Okay2Eat; one light, sound, and entertainment business, Vault Entertainment; a marketing start-up, Ault Wilson Marketing; and a […]
U Michigan Spin-off Akadeum gets $1 million seed
There have been two recent votes of confidence for Ann Arbor-based Akadeum Life Sciences Inc., a 2014 spinoff from the University of Michigan. In October, it finished raising a seed round of $1 million, which will fund product development and beef up sales and marketing. Normally that would be the big news. But that was overshadowed by […]
50 Dartmouth alums invest $1.5M venture capital fund
Nearly 50 Dartmouth College alums contributed more than $1.5 million in the Green D Angels to pool funds to invest in Dartmouth entrepreneurs. The initial close of its second venture capital fund already exceeded the total of $1.5 million raised for an earlier fund. It’s anticipated that 100 Dartmouth alums will participate in the ongoing […]
Britain’s R&D funding needs no innovation
Because of the long odds involved, countries rationally encourage pursuit of discovery. In Britain, the technology support agency Innovate UK distributes £500m in research and development grants to business each year.MoreON THIS TOPICPMI data boost manufacturing hopesFinancial lifeline on way for steel sectorSteel crisis deepens with 1,200 job lossesOil and gas lift UK industrial outputFT […]
Yorkshire Bank launches dedicated start-up team to fund growing tech firms – Yorkshire Post
Yorkshire and its sister bank Clydesdale have established the Emerging Technology Unit as part of its £125m lending backed by the British Business Bank. Earlier this year, Yorkshire and Clydesdale announced it would make additional small business lending under the British Business Bank’s ENABLE Guarantee. The Government scheme aims to incentivise institutions to make funds […]
2 Singaport Management University alumni donate S$1 million for entrepreneurship fund
Two Singapore Management University (SMU) alumni have donated S$1 million to set up a new entrepreneurship fund at the SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB), marking the university’s largest gift by its alumni to date. The two alumni are Mr Jeff Tung and Mr Benjamin Twoon, who graduated from LKCSB in 2013. Mr […]
Marquette launches seed fund to support student, faculty ventures
Marquette University said Thursday it has launched a seed fund that will provide $600,000 of early-stage capital to support student and faculty entrepreneurship on its campus. The effort is being administered by Marquette and funded by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. “The Marquette Enterprise Seed Fund will offer a critical source of capital to support […]
Texas Emerging Technology Fund Still Benefiting Life Sciences Startups – SiliconHills
Former Gov. Rick Perry’s pet project, the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, isn’t dead, it’s just been relocated. Now under the management of the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, there are about 100 active companies still in the fund, 60 percent of which focus on life sciences, said portfolio manager Jyoti Gupta at an Austin Technology […]
Penn State’s Garber Venture Capital Fund poised to enter new stage | Penn State University
The Garber Venture Capital Fund at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, which provides master of business administration (MBA) students with the opportunity to evaluate business opportunities and issue funding, is on the precipice of several dynamic changes. That’s the message Peter Whalen, the new director of the fund and clinical associate professor of […]