MSU Student Venture Capital Fund and Red Cedar Ventures announce 2022 investment in startups
At the fourth Investment Celebration event on April 22 in East Lansing, the MSU Student Venture Capital Fund made recommendations for pre-seed investment in five promising Michigan-based firms. The MSU SVCF is a partnership between the Michigan State University Foundation, Red Cedar Ventures, and the Center for Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Entrepreneurial Finance in […]
Fundraising brings Cambridge Ventures to $1B of assets under management
Cambridge Innovation Capital has raised its largest round of funding to date as the venture investor seeks to capitalize on the UK city’s growing life sciences and technology economy. CIC – which benefits from a unique contract with Cambridge University – has raised £ 225mn to invest in early start-ups operating in areas ranging from […]
UC Venture Lab-backed startup earns $6 million
A University of Cincinnati Venture Lab-backed business is exploring minimally invasive technologies to treat musculoskeletal problems that might repair damaged tissue with $6 million in investment, including $2 million from the US Department of Defense. Amplicore, a Mason, Ohio-based firm, is developing a number of solutions to treat osteoarthritis, cartilage degradation, degenerative disc disease, and […]
Creator Fund to back early-stage university deeptech startups
Universities in Europe will produce the next generation of outstanding deeptech businesses. At least, that’s what Jamie Macfarlane, the CEO and creator of Creator Fund, believes. Creator Fund just established a $20 million fund, its second after a $5 million fund in January 2021, to invest in early-stage deeptech startups from UK universities in fields […]
JMU Bluestone Seed Fund announces spring investments
The Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship’s James Madison University Bluestone Seed Fund is winding up its first year of investments with the addition of two alumni-led firms to the portfolio. A total of $30,000 has been invested in seven startup enterprises. Among those who will benefit from the spring investment are: Art & Design by Maddy […]
Check out the SickKids Innovation Showcase
The SickKids Innovation Showcase is an annual event that celebrates the most advanced health and life sciences ideasfrom the innovators at The Hospital for Sick Children and our Research Institute. It will provide unparalleled access to eight emerging biopharma and medtech innovations with high potential for market disruption and impact. The event will consist of […]
Tulane Innovation Institute to transform university’s tech and entrepreneurial enterprises — and the regional economy | Tulane News
The Tulane Innovation Institute will launch operations from its downtown headquarters later this year, thanks to several generous lead gifts from forward-thinking philanthropists. Like the nascent technologies and startups it seeks to invigorate, the multi-million-dollar, long-term project to transform the university’s entrepreneurial capabilities is attracting interest from expert investors who recognize its powerful potential. The institute’s top […]
UNC-Chapel Hill innovation hub gets green light, speeds economic development downtown
By this time next year, Chapel Hill will have an innovation hub that will attract folks looking for UNC-Chapel Hill’s innovative research and entrepreneurial activity, as well as links to community partners and firms coming to town. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took a big step toward launching a full-fledged innovation hub […]
Rice University competition doles out nearly $2M in cash prizes to student startups
Rice University’s worldwide student startup competition returned in a big manner to its in-person format, awarding over $2 million in funding and in-kind rewards to more than a dozen winning teams. The 2022 Rice Business Plan Competition took held on campus from April 7-9, culminating in a luncheon and awards presentation on Saturday at the […]
Five teams advance to final round of Duquesne University’s New Venture Challenge
Five teams have progressed to the final stage of Duquesne University’s New Venture Challenge competition, a competition sponsored by Duquesne’s Palumbo-Donahue School of Business that awards cash and service prizes totaling more than $100,000 to budding entrepreneurs from all around the world. The 17 teams who advanced to the semi-finalist round were notified by the […]