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Maryland TEDCO awards $6.6M in stem cell funding to 24 researchers, startups
Maryland Technology Development Corp. has doled out $6.6 million in funding awards to companies and researchers working on stem cell products and medical therapies. The funds were awarded to 24 separate projects through the state’s Stem Cell Research Fund. The fund
How this government funding programme has launched over 2,300 startups
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) runs an extensive programme to promote startups, called EXIST. It offers grants to transfer university research into campus startups, and helps foster a culture of entrepreneurship through innovation workshops, consulting services, and industry connects. The
Startups, VCs and Corporate Boards: Practical Insights from U Virginia
Husk Power Systems Co-founder and CEO Manoj Sinha (MBA ’09) started his innovative “mini-grid” energy company as a student at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. More than 10 years later the company is accelerating construction of small power
Xconomy: Why Investors Are Turning to the Midwest
For decades, venture capital investors have targeted the East and West coasts to find and fund their next big startup growth company. The result? Two thirds of VC deals and dollars are currently, as of the first quarter of 2019,
Labor $15m digital health accelerator with Monash University
Labor will fund a new health technology accelerator and medical simulation facilities in Melbourne’s south-east as part of a $15 million digital health election commitment. Shadow health minister Catherine King, shadow digital economy minister Ed Husic and Labor candidate for Dunkley
$1.4M gift creates the Alabama Power Endowed Innovation Fund at UA
A $1.4 million grant will fuel business innovation, entrepreneurship, small business growth and talent retention in the state. Alabama Power Foundation provided the funds to the University of Alabama to establish the Alabama Power Endowed Innovation and Talent Retention Fund.
Women entrepreneurs thrive managing talented teams and balancing many investors
Only a handful of the top companies in the U.S. are led by a woman. Efforts to change that and promote more women into positions of leadership have relied primarily on questions of equality. But is there also a business
Pharma Impact Investing and R&D
There is no shortage of diseases and conditions for which a cure is desperately needed. Just think of cancer, Alzheimer’s, and autoimmune disease. Despite the strides made in recent years in developing treatments, the road to a cure for many
KY Entrepreneurship | Reinventing Startup Support
With state government shuttering its dozen Kentucky Innovation Network offices in favor of more localized support for startup business ecosystems, the Greater Louisville region is percolating with new public-sector ventures to incite economic growth by nurturing the area’s entrepreneurs. The
Boyd Venture Challenge Awards $25,000 to UT Student Startups
Three businesses owned by students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, were awarded funding in the spring 2019 Boyd Venture Challenge. The Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in UT’s Haslam College of Business hosts the seed-fund grant competition. Start-up companies Winter Innovations, Quantum