DexCom’s Acquisition of TypeZero Technologies Marks First Exit For University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group Seed Fund
The University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group (UVA LVG) Seed Fund has exited from TypeZero Technologies, Inc. following the recent announcement of DexCom, Inc.’s acquisition of the company. DexCom, a publicly traded company, headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the leader in continuous glucose monitoring for people with diabetes. TypeZero’s products include software for […]
Amazon’s Alexa Fund Fellowship adds 14 more universities for Innovation Fellowships
Amazon today announced the expansion of the Alexa Fund Fellowship, adding 14 new university partners, including MIT, University of Cambridge, and Dartmouth University. As part of the expansion, the Alexa Graduate Fellowship and Alexa Innovation Fellowship were also introduced. Participating education institutions will use the funding to support novel applications of voice technology, advances in […]
NC State Chancellor’s Innovation Fund-Out of the Lab and Into the World
Groundbreaking research happens every day at NC State, and a growing number of important technologies are making the leap from lab to marketplace. It’s no surprise that adequate funding is crucial to this transition. While grants and other funding may initiate research and get the ball rolling, there’s a real need for continued funding to take something […]
UC Berkeley startup accelerator gets a boost from venture fund – SFChronicle.com
On the top floor of downtown Berkeley’s tallest building, a space that commands sweeping views from the hills to the bay hums with entrepreneurial activity. In one wing, startup executives meet one-on-one with advisers from UC Berkeley. Around dozens of workbenches, programmers hunch over their computers while small teams of two to five people confer about […]
Indiana University Philanthropic Venture Fund puts $150K into physician-entrepreneur startup
Dr. Kathleen T. Unroe wants to change how nursing homes care for long-stay residents. She has launched Care Revolution, a medical startup, to reduce the number of unnecessary transfers from those facilities to hospitals. “More than 25 percent of long-stay residents are hospitalized annually, which is burdensome to the residents and their families,” said Unroe, an […]
Penn invests $50 million in biotech in a bold bid to build Philly’s innovation cluster
Without fanfare, the University of Pennsylvania has agreed to invest up to $50 million over the next three years in at least 10 biotech companies, the Inquirer has learned. The goal of the pilot program is to convince more local Ph.D.s and M.D.s to establish their companies near the school’s West Philadelphia campus, instead of moving to […]
Alumni desiring specific avenues for donation; university gap funds and accelerators a good option (from WSJ)
Observation: Timely Wall Street Journal article on the trend of alumni donors to more specific investments. I would suggest that one for the more effective routes is getting these alumni behind future research, education, and innovation, through university gap funding and accelerator programs. In a soon to be released update to the Mind the Gap […]
Accelerating Berkeley startups at SkyDeck | TechCrunch
True to its name, SkyDeck has one of the best views in all of Berkeley. You can UC Berkeley on one side and a wide swath of the bay on the other, with San Francisco just barely peeking through the fog. If nothing else, the accelerator’s killer piece of real estate feels like a physical manifestation of […]
Imperial College London and Central Working provide £250k to six ‘world-saving’ startups
Imperial College ThinkSpace and workspace provider Central Working have awarded a combined £250k to six technology companies as part of the inaugural Scalable Business Awards (SBAs). The startups will receive a year of free White City office space alongside the guidance, business connections and support that comes with Central Working membership. With the capital’s office […]
Johns Hopkins startup gets funding from company turning research into businesses
IP Group, which works with a group of universities and government labs including Hopkins, is providing funding to Lorem Therapeutics. The company is led by Barbara Slusher, a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor who directs the university’s largest drug discovery program. It’s the first company to receive funding from the company, though the amount was not disclosed. Lorem Therapeutics is focusing on development […]