Partners HealthCare’s investment strategy that led to $154M commercial, investment income in 2018
Partners HealthCare is a global leader in healthcare research and development, with an immense capacity for innovation. Partners HealthCare Innovation is the system’s business development arm that commercializes the insights and discoveries of researchers and clinicians at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, and McLean Hospital, all of which […]
Barilla’s Investment Arm Launches Startup Accelerator Program
Applications are now open for Barilla’s new accelerator program for startups with sustainable food products and processes. The Italian CPG company’s venture arm, BLU1877, announced this week the launch of Good Food Makers, an eight-week program it is running in collaboration with San Mateo, CA-based food incubator KitchenTown. Startups chosen for the program will first meet with […]
U Georgia Regents approve hub for innovation, entrepreneurship
The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents approved the renovation of the Spring Street Building, which will be transformed into a creative and dynamic space to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and industry engagement at UGA. The $4.4 million project is expected to be completed by January 2021 through the support of private donations. “First and […]
How to build an entrepreneurial university
Universities and industry have a lot to learn from one another – and partnerships between the two can be mutually beneficial while especially serving the university’s entrepreneurial students. It can be difficult to get these partnerships right, but with a structured collaborative framework on the part of the university, an eye to common values, flexibility […]
Emory, Purdue accelerator programs join HHS initiative to address health security threats
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wants to tap into startups and entrepreneurs to help solve systemic health challenges. The federal agency is expanding its innovation accelerator network that supports small and startup biotechnology innovators to speed up the development of products for biodefense and other health security needs. HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for […]
WARF investment fund signals new tack in effort to grow adoption of UW–Madison technologies
A six-figure investment in a Wisconsin startup marks the latest effort by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the nation’s oldest technology transfer office, to adapt to the changing innovation landscape. The investment, from the new WARF Ventures project, will help PROMISS Diagnostics in Milwaukee advance a technology to diagnose ovarian cancer from blood samples. PROMISS has licensed a WARF […]
Ditch the VC: Alternative Funding Options for Biotech Startups, including non-dilutive tech transfer
“A lot of entrepreneurs, particularly young first-time entrepreneurs, think venture capital is the only way to build up a company,” said Andreas Schmidt. Ten years ago, when he founded the proteomics company AYOXXA Biosystems, he was one of those first-time entrepreneurs. “I started the company right after my PhD. I had no experience in running a […]
Innovate@BU offers students a chance to venture into team startups
Walk into the BUild Lab, located in the heart of Boston University’s East Campus, and you will enter a space where conversations and creative ideas fill the room behind the glass walls. The BUild Lab IDG Capital Student Innovation Center, which opened in February 2018, houses the Innovate@BUinitiative which prepares BU students to be “drivers of […]
Entrepreneurial events help women, minorities with pitches, funding, commercialization
For the third year in a row, the IUPUI campus will host events that can help the general public, especially women and underrepresented minorities, learn more about entrepreneurship and commercializing university inventions. The 2019 AWARE: ACCESS program includes three workshops in September and October at Hine Hall, Room IP106, 875 W. North St. There will also be […]
Benchmark Success To Boost Your Business Innovation
To innovate, you have to separate what’s possible from the impossible. And a good way to determine what’s in the realm of possibility is to explore what other innovators are up to and to benchmark success. By benchmarking against innovative leaders, you get a sense of how and where to direct your creative energies. Identifying best practices […]