Meet the 10 startup grads from the Portland Seed Fund
A new crop of startups from across Oregon graduated today from the Portland Seed Fund. The companies just completed a 3-month bootcamp as part of the fund, which has now graduated six classes and 56 companies in its four years of existence. Many of the startups raised separate investment rounds while in the program, including […]
Chicago Innovation Exchange announces six finalists for grant
Chicago Innovation Exchange (CIE) announced the six finalists now in the running to receive backing from the Innovation Fund in a statement released last week, including proposals for a new drug to test for multiple sclerosis and a series of data collection tools able to transmit data without Internet, among others. The Innovation Fund, run […]
MIT Energy Initiative awarding $1.65 million in seed funds for innovative early-stage energy research
The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has announced it is awarding more than $1.65 million in grants under its annual MITEI Seed Fund Program to support innovative, early-stage energy projects across campus. For 2015, a total of 11 projects are receiving $150,000 each for research lasting up to two years. Funding is provided by MITEI’s founding […]
Aalto’s first ERC Proof of Concept grant to DRAM technology
Memory technologies that are used in computers, smart phones, tablets, etc. can be coarsely divided into two classes: fast but volatile DRAMs (dynamic random access memory) and non-volatile flash memories. Racetrack memory based on the controlled motion of magnetic domain walls is a promising new technology for next generation memories, because it combines the speed […]
IDEA Reaches Gap Funding Milestone: 6 Ventures Receive Non-Equity Grants
Northeastern University’s Venture Accelerator IDEA recently reached a monumental milestone in their mission to coach, fund, and launch ventures: in February, IDEA completed its largest round of Gap Funding that provided six ventures with $10,000 to overcome a specific gap in each of their businesses. The bi-monthly Gap Fund IDEA provides ventures the opportunity to […]
Ohio Third Fronteir supports University of Akron professor develops super-strong, reusable adhesive that could be used in automobile and aerospace industries
A University of Akron professor has developed a super-strong, reusable adhesive that works on numerous surfaces. A company he co-founded has been awarded a $736,000 National Science Foundation grant to prepare the adhesive, spun from polymer fibers, for commercial use. The product, developed by Josh Wong, a professor of mechanical engineering, was inspired by the ability […]
Wichita State to host $2.5 billion technology seed fund event April 30
Area innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers and small technology firms are invited to take advantage of a special opportunity as Wichita State University hosts the SBIR Road Tour from 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, on the second floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. The SBIR Road Tour event represents America’s largest seed fund, and is a […]
With GAP fundng, UI professor creates urgent seizure treatment device
When an individual with epilepsy has a seizure, he or she needs quick delivery of an anticonvulsant drug. That’s why Max Baker, UI associate professor in the anesthesia department, has been working for two years on a rapid, easy-to-use, buccal drug delivery device for the urgent treatment of seizures. The buccal device sits between the […]
$500K grant will drive innovation at Penn State TechCelerator
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that the TechCelerator@State College is among the first of 26 recipients of the 2014 Regional Innovation Strategies program grants. Penn State received a $500,000 i6/Cluster Grant for Seed Capital Funds to further develop the TechCelerator@State College, a pre-accelerator that is specifically designed to allow technologists who have not identified […]
Albany Medical Center to receive $520,000 for biomedical accelerator, seed fund
Albany Medical Center will receive more than $520,000 in federal grants from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to support biomedical research and commercialization of new medical products and technologies. In a statement, U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand said the hospital will receive $399,585 for its biomedical acceleration and commercialization center, which is expected […]