Just Boiling…Purdue reaches milestone with helping launch more than 200 start-ups since 2013
In 2018, Purdue University reached a milestone with the creation of more than 223 start-up companies. The university has been monitoring this since 2013 when Mitch Daniels became Purdue’s President and created an initiative to ensure students and faculty gain the rights to their inventions and ideas. Purdue Senior Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship […]
Iowa AgriTech Accelerator Accepting Applications for its 2019 Cohort
Are you an early-stage ag tech company looking for resources and support to help get your idea, intellectual property, or prototype off the ground? If so, the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator (IATA) wants to hear from you. The cohort recently announced it is accepting applications for its 2019 program, which is scheduled to run from May 28 to August […]
FSU GAP awards help faculty commercialize inventions
Three teams led by Florida State University faculty members have received funding from the university to propel their pioneering research from the lab to the marketplace. The researchers have been awarded a combined pot of $110,000 following their successful pitches at the university’s biannual GAP competition, an event organized by the Office of the Vice […]
New Penn State innovation hub ready to help accelerate opportunities
Those at Penn State New Kensington and in the surrounding Alle-Kiski Valley community are invited to explore their ideas at the upcoming 10-week Corner Launchbox Opportunity Accelerator course to be held at the campus’ innovation hub, The Corner, in February through mid-April. “The accelerator is designed for entrepreneurs to challenge their own assumptions in order to get you closer […]
Bayer partners with U Washington gap funded treatment
A new licensing agreement will help farmers and veterinarians fight early-life diarrhea in dairy and beef cattle. Bayer Animal Health and ParaTheraTech (PTT) have signed a global agreement to advance new Cryptosporidiosis treatment options for these farm animals. Bayer will develop and commercialize novel compounds based on knowledge and intellectual property licensed by PTT from the […]
Bayer partners with U Washington gap funded treatment
A new licensing agreement will help farmers and veterinarians fight early-life diarrhea in dairy and beef cattle. Bayer Animal Health and ParaTheraTech (PTT) have signed a global agreement to advance new Cryptosporidiosis treatment options for these farm animals. Bayer will develop and commercialize novel compounds based on knowledge and intellectual property licensed by PTT from the […]
Washington State University announces 2018 Commercialization Gap Fund awards
Seven research projects with high commercialization potential have been chosen to receive awards of up to $50,000 through the Commercialization Gap Fund for 2018. The funding was awarded to faculty from diverse fields including clean technology, human health, agriculture and engineering. The Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF) is a program run by the Office of Research […]
IU Philanthropic Venture Fund invests $500K in health care communication and collaboration company
The Indiana University Philanthropic Venture Fund, which provides capital to faculty, students, alumni and staff at all IU campuses to help them further develop their research and innovations into startup companies, has invested $500,000 in Indianapolis-based Diagnotes Inc. The company helps health care professionals communicate with each other, patients and caregivers on a single, unified, cloud-based platform […]
Qatar’s state fund expands venture capital activity, bets on US startups
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, famous for investments in London’s Shard and Tiffany & Co., is quietly expanding its venture capital unit to invest in U.S. startups, according to people familiar with the matter. The Qatar Investment Authority, created to handle the windfall from the country’s gas and oil exports, has invested in companies including Foursquare […]
Innovation Saskatchewan Launches The Innovation Challenge Program
The Innovation Challenge program harnesses the ideas and expertise of Saskatchewan’s innovative entrepreneurs, together with government, to rapidly solve public sector challenges. In collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Innovation Saskatchewan is seeking technology solutions to the following challenge: “How can technology be used to monitor the amount of solid waste generated and disposed of […]