Why the University of Missouri System invested in venture capital fund
Citing the benefit for students and alumni, the University of Missouri System has invested $1 million in Scale VC, a new venture capital fund in Columbia. A UM System news release states the new partnership will leverage the Griggs Innovators Nexus in the MU Student Center in a collaboration that will establish a business accelerator supporting early-stage, growth-driven […]
UT Austin Seed Fund Invests in Austin Startup ClearCam
AUSTIN, Texas — Discovery to Impact at The University of Texas at Austin has invested $250,000 in ClearCam Inc., a UT-affiliated startup that has launched a technology cleared by the Food and Drug Administration that drastically improves visualization and safety in laparoscopic procedures. This is the second investment made by UT Austin’s $10 million Seed Fund. […]
TMC launches co-hosted health tech accelerator with Denmark
Years ago, the Texas Medical Center established a biobridge to exchange technology and support with Denmark. Now, the two organizations are coming together to advance three health tech startups through a unique accelerator. TMC and Denmark-based BioInnovation Institute announced today that three companies from BII will join a customized accelerator program that will guide them […]
Rice Alliance announces accelerator programs’ latest startups
The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, a catalyst for innovation and new business, has announced the 17 ventures participating in its summer accelerators for Rice University students, faculty, recent alumni and staff, the largest number of ventures in the 11-year history of these programs. This year’s OwlSpark and BlueLaunch cohorts will bring together Rice MBAs, graduate students from […]
Cornell’s Big Red Ventures showcases portfolio at Annual Meeting
Big Red Ventures (BRV), Cornell’s early-stage venture capital fund, showcased the student-run portfolio and highlighted 2022-23 investments during the Annual Meeting on April 20 at Cornell Tech. BRV, a fund operated by MBA and graduate students at Cornell University, typically invests up to $25,000 in U.S.-based, high-growth companies across all industries. Initially funded by donations to […]
Skandalaris Center awards more than $75,000 to WashU startups
The Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship awarded more than $75,000 in funding to Washington University in St. Louis startups through its Global Impact Award and Skandalaris Venture Competition at its annual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards ceremony April 19. The Global Impact Award is given to startups that are scalable, sustainable, for-profit and quick-to-market ventures with a proof of […]
Life Sciences Innovation Hub awards $1M to biomedical projects | The University Record
The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Life Sciences Innovation Hub at the University of Michigan recently awarded nearly $1 million to support and advance six translational research projects with high commercial potential. Four of the projects are led by researchers at U-M, while the other two are led by researchers at Wayne State University and […]
Clemson University, Prisma Health NIH Accelerator Program helps researchers get prestigious funding
Confidence. Experience. Career-long advice. These are just some of the things that post-doctoral fellow Amy Schuster has gained while in the Clemson University/Prisma Health National Institutes of Health (NIH) Accelerator Program. The NIH Accelerator Program is a mentoring program for faculty investigators seeking NIH funding. Participants have access to a variety of mentors from the […]
Drexel and Science Center Select Four Startups for Raynier Seed Fund
The University City Science Center and Drexel University have selected four local minority-owned startups for support by their Raynier Seed Fund for Underrepresented Founders program. The four startups, which are the second cohort selected for funding since the fund’s establishment in 2021, will each receive a $25,000 investment and mentorship from Raynier Seed Fund community […]
DoD Presidential Budget Request Prioritizes Science, Technology and Prototype Funding
Microelectronics, integrated sensing and cyber, as well as integrated network systems-of-systems are prioritized in the DOD’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for science and technology and prototyping sent to Congress last month by the president. Heidi Shyu, who serves as the undersecretary for research and engineering, spoke Thursday at the National Defense Industrial Association to […]