TEDCO hoping slight changes translate to big boost in investment for local startups
There are a couple of common analogies for startups wooing potential investors, said entrepreneur Brian Razzaque — it’s like herding cats, or getting one lemming to lead the others. Most investors are wary of bankrolling an unproven company without someone else’s seal of approval. That’s why the backing of the Maryland Technology Development Corp. was […]
OHSU, University Venture Development Fund grantees hope to regenerate nerves, create better dental composites and treat breast cancer
Oregon Health & Science University’s BioScience Innovation Program awarded three technology development grants to scientists with promising early-stage research projects. The program leverages funds through the University Venture Development Fund, a state tax-credit program established in 2003 to further commercialization of university research. The funds support promising technologies and helps move them to the “proof […]
PwC Malta’s €1m Start-up Fund attracts 87 applications
PwC Malta has received 87 applications so far for its €1 million Start-up Fund launched in mid-June 2013. This is an initiative whereby PwC Malta assists start-ups with innovative business ideas, by providing pro-bono advisory services. The fund is supported by Times of Malta. Applications are reviewed by a selection committee that meets on a […]
$2.9M in WA Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) grants announced
Celiac disease-safe wheat, premature infant pain detection, and new medicines to fight flu and cancer are among the ideas to receive $2.9 million in funding from Washington’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF). The 10 new commercialization awards are part of LSDF’s $100 million portfolio, which features an impressive 7-to-1 ROI statewide—including $510 million in new […]
10 Indiana startups receive $200,000 through Elevate Purdue Foundry Fund – Purdue University
10 Indiana startups receive $200,000 through Elevate Purdue Foundry Fund – Purdue University.
LSU shows off faculty’s patented works at first-ever innovation and technology event, LIFT2 funding
Posters and prototypes of new innovations developed by LSU faculty members lined the walls of the packed ballroom in the Lod Cook Alumni Center on Tuesday evening at LSU’s first-ever Innovation & Technology Commercialization Inventorship Showcase. The event honored the 16 patents received and 57 works published by LSU faculty members in fiscal year 2014, […]
Maryland TEDCO to increase Technology Commercialization Fund by $125K
Before handing out the annual ICE Awards on Thursday morning, TEDCO President Rob Rosenbaum detailed some new startup funding that will be available through the state-backed tech organization. According to Rosenbaum, TEDCO’s Technology Commercialization Fund will be equipped to make awards of $225,000, with the money available over a 24-month period. That’s a $125,000 increase over […]
5 early-stage tech companies get $3 million from Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0
Detroit-based Invest Michigan has announced investments totaling $325,000 in five early-stage tech companies from its Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0. That investment went along with matching investments from other sources of $2.7 million. Since its launch last June, the $6.8 million fund has invested in 18 early-stage tech companies in the state. The current round of […]
UChicago College New Venture Challenge Winners awards $20K
At the kick off to University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenges, two first year teams were awarded $10,000 to fund their dorm room ventures. The judges decided to split the first place prize at the College New Venture Challenge (open only to undergraduates), awarding $10,000 to both Athenir, a research aggregate service, and UProspie, a […]
U Florida Research Proposal Awarded $50K from Informatics Institute Seed Fund
Chris Delcher, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was recently selected to receive one-year, $50,000 seed funding for his research proposal, “New Collaboration to Increase the Development of Computable Phenotypes for Improving Health Outcomes.” The award was made possible by the University of Florida Informatics Institute Seed Fund Program, whose […]