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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How University Innovations And Industry Can Forge A Better Future Together-Forbes
Source from Forbes: How University Innovations And Industry Can Forge A Better Future Together With record-breaking amounts of money in tech investments streaming around the globe, you would think that investors are funding nearly every innovation possible. Yet investment dollars often overlook one of the greatest of all innovation incubators: the university system. The same environment that gave […]
Nexford University launches $200k startup funding for its graduates
Today Nexford University has announced its ‘Entrepreneurship Scholarship‘ and $200,000 startup funding, with a mission to empower next-generation leaders across the world. “The world needs more doers,” said Fadl Al Tarzi, Nexford’s CEO. “We thought about what we can do to help them. If you’re a doer, you won’t let anything stop you, be it your physical […]
You can build a healthier startup without VC money
Venture capital spending reached an all-time high in 2018, at roughly $131 billion across nearly 9,000 deals. For a founder in this environment, it’s hard to imagine not going the VC route. But VC funding doesn’t guarantee you success, and it isn’t right for everyone. Consider, for example, that one-fifth of startup founders are outright replaced after accepting VC funding, and 60% are no longer leading their company […]
New $100,000 startup fund announced at entrepreneur showcase event
The John F. Wood Centre for Business and Student Enterprise (Wood Centre) announced new funding for entrepreneurs during their Startup Showcase event on July 31st. The newly created Oilseed Innovation Partners Entrepreneurship Fund is available to U of G startups enrolled in the Centre’s Hub Incubator program who have a business idea associated with the […]