U of M, in partnership with DEED, invests $2.5M in venture capital funds | University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota today announced investments totaling $2.5 million across multiple Minnesota venture capital funds that will ultimately benefit start-up companies in the state. This is the first in a series of significant investments stemming from a partnership announced last November with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) to inject $34.5 million into […]
Initiative jointly funds two Innovation Gap Fund projects with CoMotion
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative continued its annual partnership with CoMotion to jointly fund two Innovation Gap Funds of $50,000 each. This $100,000 in funding will support projects that simultaneously support the UW’s vision for improving population health while also fulfilling the CoMotion Innovation Fund’s goal of enabling research that will achieve sustainable […]
£11 million funding to accelerate innovation in medicines manufacturing
The University of Strathclyde’s world-leading Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation (CMAC) medicines manufacturing research centre, has received a new £11 million award from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) to deliver the CMAC Data Lab: A Digital Medicine Manufacturing Research Accelerator. This significant capital investment is CMAC’s third award from UKRPIF continuing its strategic […]
New Faculty Fellows program to grow UH innovation and entrepreneurship
The University of Hawaiʻi has launched Faculty Fellows, a new experiential certificate training program available to UH System faculty interested in growing the university’s innovation and entrepreneurship capacity. Six faculty from the College of Engineering at UH Mānoa have been selected to participate in the inaugural cohort: Oceana Puananilei Francis, professor of civil and environmental […]
Hyde Park Labs to open incubator for life science startup companies | Evening Digest | hpherald.com
An incubator for startup life science companies is coming to Hyde Park Labs, the $225 million Harper Court expansion. Years in the making, Hyde Park Labs is a 302,000-square-foot, 13-story tower at 52nd Street and Harper Avenue that will host science research, lab, office and retail space. The project is led by private developers Trammell Crow […]
8 projects awarded KYNETIC commercialization grants
The Kentucky Network for Innovation and Commercialization (KYNETIC) has selected eight teams from universities across the Commonwealth for Cycle 7 project funding. KYNETIC is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) and part of the national NIH Proof-of-Concept Network. The program offers entrepreneurial education and proof-of-concept/product development grants to accelerate the translation of […]
UofL teams land KYNETIC funding to drive health innovations to market
Three University of Louisville research-backed technologies have been awarded funding through the Kentucky Network for Innovation and Commercialization (KYNETIC). KYNETIC is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) and part of the national NIH Proof-of-Concept Network. The program offers entrepreneurial education and proof-of-concept/product development grants to accelerate the translation of […]
Ontario Tech University strengthens commitment to building entrepreneurship ecosystem of excellence
Turning an idea into a viable business can be an exciting process, but it requires a significant investment of finances, time, mentorship and research along the way. As a champion of innovative and entrepreneurial culture, Ontario Tech University nurtures an environment of research and discovery that supports turning new ideas into business ventures and innovations. […]
University of Waterloo uses $5 million from endowment to launch VC fund
The University of Waterloo is investing up to $5 million from its $800-million endowment to create a venture capital fund to invest in startups. Led by general partners Ross Robinson and Akash Vaswani, Velocity Fund II (VFII) represents the first time that UWaterloo’s endowment will be used to invest in venture capital, according to the university. […]
Tech Maturation Awards Bring Potentially Transformative GW Inventions Closer to Market
(William Atkins/GW Today) Five patent-protected technologies developed by inventors and researchers at the George Washington University received Technology Maturation Awards (TMA) from GW’s Technology Commericialization Office (TCO) for their significant potential impact on their respective fields. Each winning project received internal research funding of $50,000 for a term of six to 12 months. This funding will facilitate […]