Rhode Island Foundation awards $340K in grants to medical research projects
Sixteen medical research projects will benefit from nearly $340,000 in seed funding from the Rhode Island Foundation. The grants are intended to further study of Lyme disease, diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease and cancer, among other disorders and conditions. Foundation funding for the projects is expected to help researchers win larger funding from national sources. Some […]
Strathclyde shares in £1 billion funding for innovation
The University of Strathclyde is set to benefit from a UK-wide £1 billion funding boost to help create the technologies of tomorrow. The UK Government funding will expand successful ‘Catapult Centres’ which act as drivers for innovation across the country, including three in which Strathclyde is a partner: the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, the Offshore […]
UCT’s Bertha Centre dishes out $50k startup grant funding
BY TOM JACKSON ON AUGUST 9, 2018 The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School of Business (GSB) has awarded a total of ZAR660,000 (US$50,000) to 10 startups via two different grant funding mechanisms. Established in 2011, the Bertha Centre has integrated social innovation into the GSB curriculum, established a wide […]
New Fund for New York Startups Won’t Take VC Money
New York has a new venture-capital fund run by people who disavow the term “venture capitalist.” The Fund, as it is called, collected $3.2 million from some 75 startup founders and operators with the aim of investing in the next generation of New York entrepreneurs. No professional venture capitalists were allowed into the Fund as […]
UC Berkeley Gastrointestinal Gene Therapy Biotech DNAlite Therapeutics Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding
DNAlite Therapeutics, Inc., an early stage preclinical therapeutic company has raised $1.5 million in a seed-stage financing. DNAlite was founded by UC Berkeley graduates Mubhij Ahmad and Timothy Day in 2016. The proceeds of the round will be used to continue development of gastrointestinal tract gene therapy treatments for patients who suffer from genetic intestinal […]
The Zell Lurie Founders Fund Makes $100,000 Seed Investment in MINDWELL
The Zell Founders Fund, a student-led venture fund in the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan, announced today that it has made a $100,000 investment in MINDWELL, a plant-based jerky company. The funds will be used to expand the business through investments in working capital and marketing. Founded in early 2017 by Allyson Stewart, MBA ’17, and Bridget Henley, […]
University of Michigan’s $10M funding program aims to encourage big, darling ideas
The University of Michigan College of Engineering is kicking off a $10 million funding program that’s designed to encourage the pursuit of big, daring ideas. The Ann Arbor school says Thursday the projects include artificial photosynthesis in making a sustainable vehicle fuel; a new approach to making “nanobiotics” to fight drug-resistant bacteria; new ways to take carbon […]
Madison patient-data reporting company raises $15M
A Madison company is planning to use $15 million in recently raised funds to expand commercialization of its tech-based medical management platform. Investors participating in the round of funding for HealthMyne included Madison’s Venture Investors, the largest venture capital fund in Wisconsin, 4490 Ventures, another Madison venture fund, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the patent and licensing organization […]
Pitt Marks Another Record-breaking Year in Innovation
A disposable surgical retractor system that decreases time in the operating room. An antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning that removes potentially deadly CO from the blood more effectively than current hyperbaric treatment. An augmented-reality patient simulator that enables health care trainees to practice and perfect clinical skills safely and on-demand. These and 20 other innovative and impactful discoveries — all developed […]
Nationwide venture fund makes second strategic startup investment in U College London spinout
Nationwide Building Society has participated in a $1.8 million seed funding round for a GDPR-compliant data sharing startup spun out of University College London. Founded just 18-months ago, Hazy’s online platform automatically anonymises datasets shared between business entities, using AI to sniff out personal data buried in files. GDPR legislation means that use of anonymisation […]