Third Frontier moving to loans

The Dayton region has received nearly $128 million in Ohio Third Frontier funds since 2002, but emerging changes at the bipartisan economic development program have slowed the pace of statewide funding for the current fiscal year.

Romania doubles down on it’s software engineers with the Digital Catalyst Fund

Marking the shift in the country’s rapidly growing economy, Digital Catalyst Fund partners include a world-class board of international experts. These range from tech professionals, academics, entrepreneurs and marketers. Founder Crisitian Burci has pledged up to $1.5 million annually, plus 24/7 access to state of the art physical infrastructure.

Portland Seed Fund graduates nine companies

Portland, Oregon (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 The Portland Seed Fund graduated nine companies after completing a 90-day intensive start-up boot camp. They presented at Demo Day on Wednesday to an invitation-only audience of West coast angel and venture capital investors.

German RWTH Aachen University announces its 2012 seed fund awards

This funding instrument (at RWTH) helps generate and develop new ideas and approaches in research. Furthermore, Seed Fund resources indirectly help to enhance the facilities, equipment and infrastructure in the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences. The essential goal of the Seed Fund is to finance innovative research projects in innovative in the […]

Iowa Innovation Acceleration Program supports a state-based medical device start-up

CORALVILLE, Iowa — A medical device maker co-founded by a Siouxland native recently received a major financial boost. A state economic development board awarded Corvida Medical $500,000 to help the company commercialize its innovative device, designed to protect healthcare providers and patients from exposure to chemotherapeutics and other hazardous drugs during preparation and delivery.

City of Hope lands a translational research grant to develop T-cell immunotherapy

City of Hope was granted a $5,217,004 early translational research award by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support the development of a T cell-based immunotherapy that re-directs a patient’s own immune response against glioma stem cells. City of Hope has been awarded more than $49.7 million in grant support from CIRM since […]