Poland’s best engineering school has a new VC to back deeptech startups
Visiting Warsaw University of Technology Investment Factory’s (WUT IF) office has the feel of attending a professor’s office hours rather than a business meeting: the VC is headquartered in a room in a long corridor of one of WUT’s buildings (on the aptly named Dean’s Street). But it’s here where, the investors hope, academic research […]
EPFL startups forge ahead despite the economic headwinds
Startups suffered a “crisis” last year for the first time in a decade. The amount of capital raised by new businesses fell 30% in the US, 35% in Switzerland and 38% in France, for example, on the back of a slowing global economy. But startups coming out of EPFL were undaunted, and even raised a […]
Montana State offers incubator program partnered with startup experts
Montana State University is offering a free program to help entrepreneurs take their business ideas to the next level. The Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s 406 Labs is accepting applications for its spring 2024 incubator. The 10-week program aims to help those who have developed business concepts or researched a potential new business […]
Hackensack Meridian Research Institute Spinout EValuate Diagnostics Gets $1M in Venture Funding
EValuate Diagnostics, a spinout of Hackensack Meridian Health Research Institute’s Center for Discovery and Innovation (HMCDI) developing extracellular vesicle-based diagnostics, has obtained $1 million in venture capital funding, Hackensack Meridian Health announced on Thursday. The funding comes from Foundation Venture Capital Group, a Princeton, New Jersey-based organization providing pre-seed and seed funding to health-related startup […]
Ohio State-Duke spinoff Basking Biosciences raises $55M to test stroke treatment
Basking Biosciences (Basking), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel acute thrombolytic therapy to treat stroke, today announced the close of a $55 million financing. New investor ARCH Venture Partners led the round, with participation from additional new investors Insight Partners, Platanus, Solas BioVentures and RTW Investments, as well as existing investors Longview Ventures, Rev1 […]
20 Startups Accepted into Phase II of the 2024 U Chicago Polsky Alumni New Venture Challenge
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 20 startups accepted into the 2024 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global competition dedicated to supporting all University of Chicago alumni in developing early-stage ventures. The 20 teams accepted into Phase II of the ANVC cover a wide range of industries and domains – […]
Leicestershire’s universities call for innovators to make big ideas a reality | News and events | Loughborough University
They are inviting businesses, academic partners, students, and university entrepreneurs in Leicester and Leicestershire to participate in a novel accelerator, VentureVersity, where they stand to benefit from fast-tracked pathways for the development of university generated intellectual property and ideas. VentureVersity, led by the University of Leicester in partnership with Loughborough University, De Montfort University and […]
University of Houston wraps up first cohort of program to turn innovators into entrepreneurs – InnovationMap
Known as the Innov8 Hub’s Innovators to Founders Cohort, the accelerator is a founder-driven program in partnership with the UH Technology Bridge, the Innovation Center, and the Texas Gulf Coast Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Innov8 is designed to aid six to eight aspiring entrepreneurs bring their concepts to market and assist them in applying […]
TMC Innovation Announces 2024 Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics Cohort – Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX (Thursday, January 25) – Texas Medical Center Innovation (TMCi) announced the 2024 Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics annual cohort comprised of Texas-based innovators working on small molecule, antibody and cell therapy technologies. In its fourth year, the Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics continues to attract the latest advancements in cancer therapeutics by mentoring inventors and startups looking […]
$550K to five University of Manitoba researchers receive funding from Research Manitoba IPoC Program
A total of five University of Manitoba research projects will receive a total investment of nearly $550,000 over two years through Research Manitoba’s Innovation Proof-of-Concept (IPoC) Grant Program. The grants have been awarded to successful candidates in three areas: bioscience; infrastructure, transportation, and technologies; and advanced manufacturing. Donald Miller (professor, Max Rady Faculty of Health […]