Seed funding helps international partnerships grow for MSU faculty
Mississippi State is encouraging its faculty to continue building new global partnerships with the university’s impactful international research already expanding across all seven continents. Administered by the university’s International Institute and funded by the Office of Research and Economic Development, MSU’s Global Development Seed Grants provide faculty with up to $5,000 to support global projects […]
Wyss Institute’s Lab-on-a-Molecule Drug Discovery Project Receives…
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Northpond Labs, the research-and-development affiliate of Northpond Ventures, entered into an agreement today, whereby Northpond Labs will support the Institute’s “Lab-on-a-Molecule” project. This is the third Wyss project to which Northpond Labs has provided funding and in-kind support, to ensure a pathway toward rapid technology […]
Building an ecosystem
Even though William & Mary is best known as a liberal arts “public Ivy,” it’s also a research university where professors are quietly producing innovative technology — and are less quietly trying to create an entrepreneurial network to support it. Local capital isn’t as available in the Williamsburg area as it is around larger state […]
Two UAB startups receive grants from Innovate Alabama – News | UAB
The Alabama Innovation Corporation awarded two University of Alabama at Birmingham startups with grants during the second round of Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant awards. The Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program awards funds to Alabama-based companies that have been granted Phase I or Phase II awards through the Federal Small Business Innovation Research Program or Federal Small Business Technology Transfer […]
New program advises UCSC Ph.D. students on their path to entrepreneurship and venture capital
Many student-led innovations never make it out of the lab. A new program at UC Santa Cruz aims to change that by mentoring Ph.D. students in the life sciences on alternative career pathways outside academia: entrepreneurship and venture capital. The Innovation & Business Engagement Hub, in collaboration with the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) at UCSC, […]
Six student startups earn $50,000 President’s Buckeye Accelerator grants
Six startup business ventures created by The Ohio State University undergraduate students have each received $50,000 through the second annual President’s Buckeye Accelerator. The goal of the President’s Buckeye Accelerator is to help students who found startups to test their ideas in the marketplace while pursuing a degree, said Cheryl Turnbull, senior director of Ohio State’s Keenan […]
Students to pitch for £75,000 start-up funding in University of Bristol’s ‘Innovation Showcase 2023’
Student entrepreneurs will pitch for a share of £75,000 in start-up funding at the University of Bristol’s ‘Innovation Showcase 2023.’ During the public event on May 9, a dozen student ventures will pitch to a panel of business experts in a Dragon’s Den-style competition. The day will also see an exhibition of business ideas from […]
Mount Sinai Spinoff Startup LinusBio Raises $16 Million in Series A funding
LinusBio, a 2021 spinoff company from Mount Sinai, announced it raised over $16 million in Series A venture capital funding to deliver a novel platform that bridges genomics, the environment, and biological response. The company’s platform is based on new methods and technology developed by scientists at the Institute for Exposomic Research at Mount Sinai. […]
Harvard Business School announces New Venture Competition finalists – Harvard Gazette
On March 4, Harvard Business School student-led teams pitched their startups to 88 judges in the first round of the HBS 2023 New Venture Competition (NVC) Business Track, managed by the School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. Sixteen semifinalist teams were selected to move on to the next round, and from that group, eight finalists were invited to pitch at […]
Milltrust To Launch Follow-On University Venture Fund
Milltrust, a London, UK-based investment organisation focused on ‘Sustainable Prosperity’ across both public and private capital markets, launched the British Innovation Fund II, along with a dedicated venture investment platform, Milltrust Ventures. The fund will target high-impact, early-stage companies with links to UK University science and innovation. British Innovation Fund II leverages deep connections with […]