Glasgow Uni Launches New Fund for Spinout Ventures

The University of Glasgow has launched a fund to help support its researchers and academic staff who want to start a new venture or spinout company in the coming year. The Innovation Cluster Development Fund is aimed at academic staff and university teams with innovative ideas or business concepts that carry commercial potential, offering the chance to […]

Auburn’s KickStart Fund receives grant from Truist Foundation 

The Auburn University KickStart Fund, a designated fund within the Auburn University Foundation, has received a grant from Truist Foundation that will help provide direct, non-dilutive funding to select Auburn-affiliated companies exhibiting best-in-class potential for success. The Truist Foundation grant marks the first corporate donation to the AU KickStart Fund, which is designed to bridge the […]

U Kentucky Launch Blue’s new programs to empower future innovation leaders 

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 9, 2025) — UK Innovate’s Launch Blue, an immersive accelerator program for tech startups, has announced two new programs designed to support undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in becoming future leaders of innovation. The two programs — the Commercialization and Innovation Leadership Program (CILP) and the Entrepreneurial Leadership Program (ELP) — are designed […]

The MSU Research Foundation helps turn Spartan discoveries into impact | MSUToday | Michigan State University

For more than 50 years, the Michigan State University Research Foundation has empowered groundbreaking research and entrepreneurship at MSU, creating an ecosystem of innovation and discovery that drives economic growth across Michigan and beyond. The 501(c)(3) corporation, which is co-located within the MSU Innovation Center, was established in 1973 by the late MSU President Clifton Wharton Jr. […]

‘Innovation is alive and well at Princeton’: University researchers translate findings to start-ups – The Princetonian

For Silpe, the search for a solution quickly became personal and professional. He brought his experiences and ideas to the Bassler Lab at Princeton, where he was already studying bacterial cell communication under Professor and Chair of Molecular Biology Bonnie Bassler. There, the vision for PumpKin took shape: a natural, infant-safe formulation to preserve breastmilk and help […]

6 bold startup ventures graduate from UC’s Venture Lab

It’s no secret among Cincinnati’s entrepreneurial community that the 1819 Venture Lab offers one of the region’s most seamless pathways to startup success. On Dec. 11, six new ventures graduated from the program by demonstrating their products’ merits before potential investors and innovation leaders. The Venture Lab’s newest cohort spans many topics, from developing a better treatment […]

Monash spinout EnyGy receives crucial funding to drive progress and local manufacturing – Monash Innovation

The Victorian Government’s Made in Victoria Energy Technologies Manufacturing program has selected EnyGy to receive crucial funding to pave the way for the Monash University spinout to expand its graphene materials production facility in Melbourne. EnyGy specialises in graphene electrode films, a key component in ultracapacitors for high-performance energy storage applications. Ultracapacitors are increasingly used in diverse applications, including […]

Novo Nordisk and Evotec Select First Three LAB eN² Drug Discovery Projects

LAB eN², which aims to nurture early research from academic institutions into novel therapeutics, has selected its first three projects to move forward in the program from Boston University, Harvard University in collaboration with Mass General Brigham, and Joslin Diabetes Center. Evotec and Novo Nordisk launched LAB eN² in September 2023 with four academic institutions, Harvard University, Mass […]