UChicago Opens Its High-Profile NVC Accelerator to Alumni Startups
The University of Chicago wants to give its alumni network a chance to participate in its sought-after startup accelerator program. UChicago’s New Venture Challenge, ranked among the top accelerator programs in the country, is launching an alumni track as part of its annual startup competition. Dubbed the Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), the program will give graduates of […]
Notre Dame IDEA Center Creates $22.65M Fund to Support Startup Companies
The Notre Dame IDEA Center, established in 2017 to spur innovation and commercialization efforts at the University, has established a separate for-profit investment fund to accelerate promising early-stage technologies and startup ideas toward development. Drawing on the IDEA Center’s race car-related branding, the Notre Dame Pit Road Fund will provide seed funding for faculty, student, […]
The current status of translational research funding in North America
While university environments can restrict academic freedom, private industry will often attach strings. It is typically very rare that the sole financier of scientific innovation is also the leading scientist, and so sponsored research typically proceeds at the direction of its investors. While there are no practical limits on what can be researched, and there […]
Investors secure £150,000 funding to help launch latest product
Investors based at the University of Birmingham aiming to develop more sustainable batteries have secured £150,000 to help launch their latest product. Amrit Chandan and Carlton Cummins of Aceleron have secured the support from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund’s Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, managed by Warwickshire-headquartered Mercia Fund Managers. The pair have […]
Michigan Strategic Fund Approves Investment in Programs to Continue Research in Innovation and Technology Across the State
With the support of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), early stage entrepreneurial activity continues to thrive across the state. To continue the momentum, the Michigan Strategic Fund, administered by the MEDC, has approved funding for seven statewide programs dedicated to strengthening Michigan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and creating value in further developing talent and technologies. The […]
U Missouri System launches accelerator program to foster, fund student business ideas
Student entrepreneurs in the University of Missouri System could earn up to $30,000 in prize money thanks to a new systemwide initiative known as the Entrepreneur Quest Student Accelerator. The program, which UM System President Mun Choi announced Friday in his State of the University Address from Columbia, involves the University of Missouri–St. Louis and the system’s other three campuses. […]
Israel-Colorado Innovation Fund invests in startup
The Israel-Colorado Innovation Fund has made an investment in the Israeli startup Kando. Kando monitors wastewater in real-time through a cloud-based software solution that tracks and monitors key wastewater quality parameters, making it ideal for wastewater utilities to gain insight into their system dynamics. While owning a building seems like something every successful business should […]
VC fund for food-tech in Israel signs Cornell partnership
Medstrada, a new venture capital fund focused exclusively on food technology, was opened in Tel Aviv by former senior Pitango Venture Capital life sciences partner Ruti Alon. UNCOVER ISRAEL – Get the ISRAEL21c Weekly Edition free by email Sign Up Now! The fund is still raising capital but has announced its first cooperation agreement with […]
SMU venture fund invests in travel company
Associates with the Saint Mary’s University Venture-Grade fund made their first investment on Tuesday, and they’re just getting started. “Students don’t just learn on paper,” says John Yu, 23. “Students learn by doing.” Yu, along with others taking part in the university’s student-raised venture capital investment, gathered at Volta Labs’ new offices inside the Maritime […]
New £400,000 program to support data-driven biomedical start-ups
Innovate UK is investing £400,000 to launch KQ Labs, an accelerator programme at the Francis Crick Institute to support start-ups working at the interface between biomedical and data science. The programme will be run by the Crick with Innovate UK funding, taking advantage of the Crick’s excellence in biomedical science and collaborations with other scientific […]