GAP Pipeline Brief: Indiana University / Gap Fund Awards
Award & Investment Overview Indiana University’s Innovation and Commercialization Office has awarded three researchers with Gap Fund grants totaling $69,000 to support early-stage commercialization activities. The awards — including one at $19,000 from the core Gap Fund and two at $25,000 each from the Lawrence Blatt Endowed Fund for Translational Research — aim to help […]
GAP Pipeline Brief: McGill University / McGill Innovation Fund Round 5
Award & Investment Overview McGill University’s McGill Innovation Fund (MIF) has awarded more than $1 million across multiple early-stage ventures in its fifth round, providing targeted gap funding ranging from $25,000 (Discover) to $50,000 (Develop) to $100,000 (Deploy), with supplemental support for antimicrobial resistance research. This cohort reflects McGill’s portfolio-based model for accelerating research-based innovations […]
Loyola accepts 11 ventures for Baltipreneurs Accelerator
Loyola University Maryland’s Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship accepted 11 new ventures for the center’s 2025-26 Baltipreneurs Accelerator, a four-month part-time program supporting startup businesses and social ventures with training, technical assistance, mentorship, networking, and access to capital. This year’s Baltipreneurs come from a range of industries and include Loyola students as well as entrepreneurs from other […]
UTokyo IPC Launches “Berkeley SkyDeck x UTokyo IPC Startup Bootcamp”
UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd. (UTokyo IPC) has launched the Berkeley SkyDeck x UTokyo IPC Startup Bootcamp, an immersive, in-person startup bootcamp program jointly developed with Berkeley SkyDeck, one of the world’s leading university-based accelerator programs operated by the University of California, Berkeley. Designed for researchers and aspiring entrepreneurs aiming to build global startups based on academic research and advanced […]
GAP Insights: Family Offices Are Becoming More Accessible Players in Early-Stage Venture
An article sourced from Modus examines how Alumni Ventures is helping educate future family office leaders and high-net-worth individuals on startup investing, signaling a broader shift in who can participate in early-stage venture capital. At the center of this effort is Alumni Ventures’ NextGen initiative, which is designed to train and engage the next generation […]
GAP Insights: Why CU Boulder’s Embark Model Gets Founder+Technology Alignment Right
The University of Colorado Boulder has announced the 2026 cohort of its Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator. Sourced from CU Boulder Venture Partners, Embark represents one of the more thoughtful responses to a persistent challenge in university commercialization: aligning the right talent with the right technology at the right moment. Anyone who has worked in […]
GAP Insights: Why Companies Use Academic Partnerships to Invest in Basic Research
An article sourced from LSE Business Review explores why companies are increasingly partnering with universities to invest directly in basic research rather than focusing solely on applied development or near-term commercialization. The analysis shows that many corporate-academic partnerships are structured around foundational science with no immediate product requirement. Companies engage in these collaborations to co-develop […]
GAP Pipeline Brief: Research Manitoba / Innovation Proof-of-Concept Grants
Award & Investment Overview Research Manitoba has awarded more than $1.7 million through its Innovation Proof-of-Concept Grant program to support 16 early-stage research projects led by Manitoba-based researchers and academic industry teams. The funding is designed to help validate feasibility, develop prototypes, and advance promising research toward commercialization, licensing, or applied deployment. The awards reflect […]
GAP Pipeline Brief: University of Cambridge / Bit.bio
Award & Investment Overview Bit.bio, a University of Cambridge spinout specializing in human cell engineering, has raised $50 million in a new funding round to support global expansion and product growth. The round is led by M&G with a $32 million equity investment, alongside a $20 million venture debt facility provided by BlackRock. The financing […]
Yale Ventures Opens 2025-2026 Faculty Accelerator Fund Applications
Yale Ventures is excited to announce that applications for the 2025-2026 accelerator funds open on September 2, 2025. Yale accelerator funds are open to faculty innovators and their teams working on cutting-edge translational research in the life sciences, digital health, autoimmunity and allergic disease, engineering, and physical sciences. To date, Yale accelerator funds support faculty […]