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European venture capital firm U2V (University2Ventures) has announced the first closing of its €60 million Fund I. With this fund, the spin-off from Earlybird-X aims to back early-stage DeepTech startups from European tech universities. It will invest in pre-Seed and Seed-stage startups

Portland State University joins a coalition of Oregon’s top innovation and academic institutions in the launch of Oregon AI Accelerator, a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative designed to support early-stage founders building transformative, AI-first companies. Backed by seed funding from Google, and

The University of California, Davis, has awarded $100,000 through the autumn 2025 cohort of the Science Translation and Innovative Research, or STAIR, Grant Program to help scientists advance innovative research with strong commercial potential. Awardees of the autumn STAIR grant

The Foundry is looking for motivated entrepreneurs to build startups based on technologies from a curated portfolio of U-M innovations. Those who successfully complete the program may pitch ventures to a panel of experts for a chance to launch their

The vision of the HSG START Accelerator is to build a pan-Alpine bridge between technological excellence and entrepreneurial implementation. The programme specifically prepares European tech start-ups in the early growth phase for scaling and access to capital and markets. ‘Our mission is

Cincinnati entrepreneurs unveiled breakthrough technologies aimed at rewriting how patients are diagnosed, treated and protected. Hosted at the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub, the event highlighted an accelerator program that has quickly become a cornerstone of the region’s health and

The Whitman School of Management has launched the Orange Business Angel Network (OBAN), a groundbreaking student-led experiential learning program that will provide hands-on startup investment experience for students while connecting University-affiliated entrepreneurs with seed funding and mentorship. The program will begin in

Worth a listen. The Trump administration has been clear on wanting deep cuts in federal funding for research at American universities, including cutting money for basic research by more than a third. In response, some universities are working harder to turn research into

Mirror Security, a research-driven cybersecurity company which spun out of University College Dublin (UCD) with the support of NovaUCD, today announced that it has raised $2.5 million (€2.15 million) in pre-seed funding to scale its breakthrough encryption platform for AI