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TMC Innovation selects 20 participants for cancer therapeutics accelerator
Texas Medical Center Innovation selected 20 participants for its nine-month cancer therapeutics accelerator. The Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics was established in 2019 using grant funding the TMC received from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas, or CPRIT. The ACT provides resources for
TTU’s Innovation Hub announces $100K for 7 startups
The Innovation Hub at Research Park [on Feb. 7] announced the winners of its annual Presidents’ Innovative Startup Awards, through which the presidents of Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) recognize startups that exemplify innovation and commercialization. The awards give early-stage
The second fund of UTokyo Innovation Platform Co. comes to final closing with JPY25.6 billion
We are pleased to announce that a fund operated by UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd. (UTokyo IPC), the venture investment arm of the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan’s leading national university, has come to a final closing, with a total of JPY 25.6 billion involving 11 institutional investors.
Yale University creates $15 million fund to chip away at climate change
Over the next three decades, Yale will funnel $15 million in funding to early stage projects aimed at fighting climate change. The Climate Impact Innovation Fund, which was announced late last month by University officials, was financed by anonymous donors. It
Intel Launches $1 Billion Fund to Build a Foundry Innovation Ecosystem–invest in disruptive technologies
Intel today announced a new $1 billion fund to support early-stage startups and established companies building disruptive technologies for the foundry ecosystem. A collaboration between Intel Capital and Intel Foundry Services (IFS), the fund will prioritize investments in capabilities that accelerate foundry customers’ time
University of Warwick: €150,000 grant to investigate big improvements to medicines using tiny particles
A project to improve the efficiency of our medicines using tiny particles at the University of Warwick has received funding to take it a step closer towards commercialization. 166 researchers funded by the European Research Council (ERC) have won Proof
Three research-led projects at Purdue awarded $143,000
The Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization recently awarded more than $143,000 to three research-led projects. Each project is being led by researchers from Purdue’s College of Agriculture, College of Engineering and College of Veterinary Medicine, according to a press
The Upper Valley has become a booming hub for biotech firms
In 2001, when Phil Ferneau and his partners were launching a venture capital firm focused on New Hampshire startups, they met with several academics at Dartmouth College. Ferneau had been an advocate for converting academic research into viable companies in
Newly-formed Seattle VC firm aims to mine Univ. of Washington network for talent, innovation, money
The University of Washington is an absolute research powerhouse, ranking fifth among U.S. universities in R&D expenditures. But even with more than $1 billion in research money flowing each year, those dollars don’t necessarily translate into new entrepreneurial ventures or fast-growing
New University of Utah fund will turbocharge startups, student experiences
Finding success and navigating the “Valley of Death” for startup companies coming out of the University of Utah could get a lot easier thanks to a novel $5 million investment fund aiming to provide nascent entrepreneurs with opportunities to access