XLerateHealth, U of L, UK and WVU to create medical technology platform
XLerateHealth LLC and three major universities are working together to create a hub that would help universities commercialize new biomedical technology. The Louisville startup accelerator is working with the University of Louisville, University of Kentucky and West Virginia University to create an online accelerator hub, and their leaders announced Thursday that they will use a […]
Indiana BioCrossroads forms $9M seed fund for life science startups
Indiana startup companies in life sciences, information technology and agricultural biosciences now have another source of early funding. BioCrossroads, an Indianapolis-based group that promotes and invests in the sector, said Wednesday it has formed a $9 million seed fund, its third such fund since 2004. Investors in the Indiana Seed Fund III include Eli Lilly […]
Keiretsu founder plans to push Philly angels for a new start-up pitch event
In Philadelphia, where finding a start-up investor is as tough as finding a Cowboys fan — or at least one who will admit it openly — the Angel Capital Expo could be considered an entrepreneur’s dream come true. The annual event by Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic brings together the private-equity community with entrepreneurs looking for funding — […]
Tel Aviv University Fund TAU Ventures leads $ 1.5 million. investment in Israeli startup
Tel Aviv University venture capital fund resulted in a $ 1.5 million investment round for two, Castor and Hoopo. The fund announced on Wednesday. TAU Ventures is the first and only academically-based venture capital fund in Israel. It is similar to university-funded or affiliated funds at leading institutions in the United States such as Stanford […]
NCSU Chancellor’s Innovation Fund gives university opportunity for flourishing research
With upcoming application submissions for the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF), NC State staff members have the opportunity to apply and receive research grants of up to $75,000 to support their short-term, commercially focused research projects. CIF program manager and New Ventures Associate, Amy Parker, discussed how CIF came about, saying that initially there was a […]
Penn State’s Lab Bench to Commercialization 2018–19 grant recipients announced
With support from Invent Penn State, the Penn State Research Foundation, and the University’s Fund for Innovation, the competitive Lab Bench to Commercialization (LB2C) program provides funding for researchers in the Eberly College of Science — enabling them to enhance the commercial potential of ongoing research and prepare them to translate their intellectual property to […]
U Wyoming’s Casper Start-Up Challenge Announces Finalists
The Wyoming Technology Business Center (WTBC), a business development program of the University of Wyoming with business incubators in Laramie, Casper, and Sheridan is continuing to build upon the successes of their Casper Start-Up Challenge with a third year of the competition and another $50,000 fund to seed Casper. “Every year the applicants to the […]
WVU board OK’s $1.8 M for Startup Engine business program
The WVU Board of Governors approved spending $1.8 million to lease and renovate space to house the College of Business and Economics Startup Engine. Startup Engine will be a business startup accelerator program. The renovated retail space in the University Place student housing complex will hold space for business incubation, co-working and a “live experiential […]
University of Glasgow startup attracts seed funding
A startup founded by a University of Glasgow graduate which enables businesses to gain insight from customer support conversation data has secured £115,000 in seed funding. Prodsight, set up by Tadas Labudis, will use the cash injection to hire key staff over the next 12 months to improve its product and grow the customer base. Lithuanian-born Tadas has been an entrepreneur […]
Washington State University startup receives research grant for affordable/easy-to-use microscope
Klar Scientific, a startup company launched by Matthew McCluskey, a physicist at Washington State University, received a $740,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase-II grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue the research and development of a new affordable and easy-to-use microscope. Klar Scientific designs and manufactures an innovative spectroscopic confocal optical profile […]