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BHF Accelerator Award to boost research at University of Birmingham
The university is one of only six institutions in the UK to be awarded with a BHF Accelerator Award, which encourages pioneering research of the highest calibre. It will bolster the university’s research in atrial fibrillation (AF), heart failure, thrombo-inflammation
FACIT and University of Toronto launch precision medicine company, supported by seed fund
FACIT, a commercialization venture group, together with the University of Toronto (“U of T”), announced the creation of Ontario-based Cellular Analytics (the “Company”). Cellular Analytics is founded upon a proprietary microfluidic platform that enables molecular characterization of cancer at the level of single
NDSU students seeking investors for venture capital fund Pathway Ventures
FARGO – Three North Dakota State University students are seeking to create a $1 million venture capital fund. The founders of Pathway Ventures made their initial public appeal for investors on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the 1 Million Cups Fargo
Rutgers University Receives $4M as New Hub Under NIH REACH Program to Accelerate Development of Biomedical Technologies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey was selected as one of five new hubs under the National Institutes of Health’s Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) program to speed up the translation of biomedical discoveries into commercially viable diagnostics,
Xconomy: Venture Investors Bets on Healthcare, and Milwaukee, With $75M Fund
Venture Investors is going all-in on healthcare with its latest venture fund. Launched in 1982, Venture Investors (VI) is the oldest venture firm in Wisconsin, and one of the older VCs in the US. Historically, early-stage life sciences and healthcare
OSF Ventures invests $7.3M in healthcare data analytics startup
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare’s venture arm participated in a $7.3 million funding round for Socially Determined, a startup using data analytics to identify patients in need of social services and other resources, OSF Ventures announced Oct. 28. Socially Determined’s analytics and machine
Partners pours $80M into investment funds for digital tech, AI, life sciences
Partners HealthCare has created two new investment funds to support innovation in the realms of artificial intelligence, digital technology and pre-clinical life sciences, the Boston-based health system announced Oct. 21. The Artificial Intelligence and Digital Translation Fund boasts initial funding
University of Arizona venture fund backs local laser startups
UAVC, the University of Arizona’s in-house venture capital fund, has invested in three new laser companies recently spun out of the Tucson institution. Between them the three companies to win backing – DeUVe Photonics, CThru Lasers, and Wavelength Unlimited Technologies
Cascade Seed Fund raising sixth fund to invest in more Pacific Northwest startups
Early-stage entrepreneurs in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest have a new source of funding available. Cascade Angels Fund today announced that it is rebranding as Cascade Seed Fund, which just raised $5.4 million for an initial close of its sixth fund.
UW’s Fisher Innovation Launchpad Announces 10 Finalists
Ten innovative businesses — that range from a company that has created a digital assistant to track workouts and diet, to a virtual reality system to help children learn music instruments — are finalists in a University of Wyoming entrepreneurship