Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) has announced a new name for CIT GAP Funds
Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) has announced a new name for CIT GAP Funds: Virginia Venture Partners. The family of funds places equity investments in Virginia’s high-growth based technology, life science, and cleantech companies at the earliest developmental stages. This new name reflects the investment program’s renewed commitment to the Commonwealth and enduring partnerships with Virginia’s high-tech […]
Seed investments set young ideas on the path to becoming fully fledged — and funded — project
This fall, 10 researchers will get an infusion of startup funding to collect pilot data they’ll weave into proposals for external grants with much larger bottom lines. The seed grant program, called the Engineering Faculty Organization-Opportunity Grants, is one of several run by the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS). One of the ways the […]
LaunchNevada Initiative promotes student entrepreneurship at the University of Nevada, Reno
LaunchNevada, based in the Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno, was created to foster entrepreneurship among undergraduate and graduate students and to support the development and advancement of their business concepts. “LaunchNevada is a great way to help students from different colleges in our University develop their entrepreneurship skills,” […]
Israel’s first university venture capital fund proves the model works
In 2018, Tel Aviv University established a venture capital fund – the first university in Israel to do so – with $20 million. Now with 18 startups in its portfolio, TAU Ventures just announced that it has raised a second fund of $50 million to invest in startups. “TAU Ventures operates by the standard venture capital […]
Penn State’s New Innovation Hub in State College Aims to Spur Entrepreneurial Success and Economic Development
Five years ago, Penn State opened Happy Valley LaunchBox in a leased building on South Allen Street in State College as part of a burgeoning economic development effort to drive business creation and innovation among university students and community members. This week, the university cut the ribbon for the Innovation Hub, a $56.8 million new six-story building on […]
Binghamton University smart energy start up wins competition
A Binghamton University based smart energy startup has received a boost from winning a Shark Tank style competition. DomCat Technologies won $50,000 recently at the FuzeHub Commercialization Competition. FuzeHub is a non-profit that assists small and medium sized manufacturers in New York. DomCat was founded in 2018 by B-U chemistry graduate student Dominic Caracciolo. It […]
TAU Ventures, the VC of Tel Aviv University, raises a second fund of $50 million
TAU Ventures, the investment fund of Tel Aviv University, announced on Monday the raising of a second fund of $50 million for investments in startups, with the opportunity to grow the fund to $70 million. The fund invests in early financing stages, often investing the first money in the company or after angel investment. The […]
Gifts to Venture Development Fund could mean state tax credit
Helpful tools for mental and behavioral health professionals. An adjustable desktop shade for using screens in offices with natural light. An app to improve health by spending time in nature. Those are just some of the ways that new enterprises supported by the University Venture Development Fund benefit society. Oregonians who give to the fund […]
TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative Advances Innovative Technologies From Lab to Market
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced its recent round of funding, including investments in 12 start-up companies and funding to 36 university projects through the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII). “This past year has seen a record breaking number of applications across various industry sectors.” – Dr. Arti Santhanam Tweet this Established in 2012, the MII program was […]
Columbia Launches Startup Fellows Program to Extend Research Assets to Entrepreneurs
Columbia’s researchers have a long history of innovations that make it out of the lab and into the market to have a positive impact on the world. Now, a new program brings entrepreneurs to campus to develop innovative solutions to society’s toughest problems alongside Columbia researchers. The Columbia Startup Fellows (CSF) program will allow early-stage startups to […]