Research Institution Gap Funding and Accelerator Programs (GAP) Insights

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) today announced BCRF Ventures, a venture philanthropy program designed to accelerate promising breast cancer innovations from the laboratory to patients. Launching with $23 million in seed donations, which includes a lead gift of $11 million from Karen and Rob Hale, the program seeks to

INDRC, a strategic partner of IP Lab Ventures, was represented at the launch in Prague. The announcement came from First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček, alongside European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice President Marek Mora, who confirmed that the EIF, part of the EIB Group, is committing roughly CZK 656 million

React Foods has spun out of Aarhus University to commercialise a fermentation technology that turns CO2 and hydrogen into a protein-rich yeast biomass, backed by a loan of 4.2 million kroner ($645,000). The gas protein sector’s newest entrant is a startup built on cross-institutional research. Danish firm React Foods is

Project Ventures, an early-stage VC firm rooted in the Imperial College London ecosystem, today announced the launch of its debut €5.8 million (£5 million) fund, backing pre-Seed and Seed-stage startups at the intersection of DeepTech and AI. According to the firm, they are the first independent, alumni-powered VC fund dedicated

The University of Alberta and Celesta Capital today announced a partnership to commercialize deep tech research emerging from the university and strengthen Alberta’s startup ecosystem through a new partnership supporting entrepreneurship training, intellectual property and commercialization support, industry programming and strengthened collaboration between university founders and investors. The partnership will

A new independent fund, managed by Dvash Group in strategic cooperation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yissum, will invest in breakthrough technologies emerging from the University and Israel’s broader innovation ecosystem. The fund will initially focus on deep tech, quantum technologies, dual-use technologies, and cybersecurity. Dvash Group, led

A landmark $5-million institutional venture fund launched at Western University will invest directly in early stage companies founded by entrepreneurs in the campus community. In a first for the university, the Western Propel Fund will offer up to six investments of $150,000 per year for five years to startup businesses with at

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has received a four-year, $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to rethink how the university moves research discoveries from the laboratory into practical use. Led by Ilya Avdeev, director of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center and professor of mechanical engineering, the UWM TRANSLATE initiative will