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NMSU Arrowhead Center accelerator success: Emerging Technology Ventures awarded $200k
New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center is celebrating the success of Emerging Technology Ventures Inc. (ETV). The company, which has taken part in several Arrowhead Center programs, recently received a $200,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award. “Arrowhead Center and
NCBiotech among grant recipients from Wells Fargo Incubator Fund
Startups are hurting during this downturn, but the North Carolina Biotechnology Center can now offer one Research Triangle Park company some targeted relief. The Center won a $50,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) program this week to help a local cleantech
Seed fund backs $2.8M in new quantum ideas at the University of Waterloo
Improving thermal medical imaging of the eye with a new quantum camera and developing new materials to enable “beyond 5G” wireless communications are among the goals of six projects recently supported by the Quantum Quest Seed Fund (QQSF). Awarded by Transformative Quantum Technologies (TQT),
P&G’s Startup Lab Pivots With Virtual Pitch Contest-Forbes
P&G Ventures, the early-stage startup studio within consumer products behemoth Procter & Gamble, is launching its first-ever Virtual Innovation Challenge, a product pitch contest for entrepreneurs, inventors and startups navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. P&G Ventures is moving the Innovation Challenge
Auburn University awarded $1.31 million in research project funds from state
Three Auburn University research projects have received a combined $1.31 million award, through a new program administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, or ADECA. Gov. Kay Ivey announced the grants this week through the new Alabama
Boosting campus innovation, Haifa University launches student VC fund
The University of Haifa has become the latest Israeli university to launch a student venture capital fund, seeking to boost entrepreneurship on campus by investing in start-ups run by students, academics and recent graduates. The HIL Fund was established by the
University of Michigan to receive up to $130M to commercialize drug discovery
ANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan and health care investment firm Deerfield Management Co. announced Wednesday a new partnership with the aim of developing life-saving drugs and disease treatments. Deerfield has committed up to $130 million over the next decade
LaunchVT announces 2020 Accelerator cohort | Vermont Business Magazine
LaunchVT has selected the seven Vermont startups that will be participating in its 2020 Accelerator. This is the eighth cohort of startups to come through LaunchVT’s acceleration program. Over the past seven years, LaunchVT has provided business development support, strategic coaching,
Food scientists receive College of Ag Sciences award for research innovation | Penn State University
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Food scientists Gregory Ziegler and Joshua Lambert are the 2020 recipients of the Research Innovators Award, given by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences to recognize faculty and staff who have commercialized intellectual property generated by their Penn
9 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed Startup Funding-Builtin.com
The coronavirus pandemic has changed everything, including how companies raise venture funding. It has become a slower, shakier process, in part because VCs and startup founders can no longer meet in person. “Much of communication between people is non-verbal,” Russ