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The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) Announces Venture Philanthropy Program: BCRF Ventures
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) today announced BCRF Ventures, a venture philanthropy program designed to accelerate promising breast cancer innovations from the laboratory to patients. Launching with $23 million in seed donations, which includes a lead gift of $11
GAP Pipeline Brief: University of Pennsylvania StartUP Fund Makes First Investments in Vasowatch, OneFiltr, and Peptaris
Award & Investment Overview The University of Pennsylvania’s Office of the Chief Innovation Officer has announced the first investments from its StartUP Fund, a $10 million university-backed initiative providing early-stage capital to Penn faculty-founded companies commercializing technologies developed across the
Czech Republic Launches First Dedicated Technology Transfer Fund
INDRC, a strategic partner of IP Lab Ventures, was represented at the launch in Prague. The announcement came from First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček, alongside European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice President Marek Mora, who confirmed that the EIF, part
GAP Pipeline Brief: UCL Ventures-Supported Spinout Cascader Raises Seed Funding to Advance AI-Enabled Eye Care
Award & Investment Overview Cascader, a medical technology spinout supported by UCL Ventures, has completed a seed funding round led by Topcon Healthcare to advance artificial intelligence technologies for ophthalmology and oculomics. The amount of the seed round was not
GAP Pipeline Brief: Newcastle University Spinout Dragonfly Advanced Materials Secures £1 Million to Scale Aerogel Manufacturing Technology
Award & Investment Overview Dragonfly Advanced Materials, a Newcastle University spinout developing scalable aerogel manufacturing technology, has secured £1 million in combined investment and grant funding to expand production and advance commercial deployment. The financing consists of a £500,000 investment
Novo Nordisk Foundation-Backed React Foods Turns Gases Into Yeast Protein
React Foods has spun out of Aarhus University to commercialise a fermentation technology that turns CO2 and hydrogen into a protein-rich yeast biomass, backed by a loan of 4.2 million kroner ($645,000). The gas protein sector’s newest entrant is a
Project Ventures debuts €5.8 million fund targeting DeepTech and AI startups linked to Imperial College London
Project Ventures, an early-stage VC firm rooted in the Imperial College London ecosystem, today announced the launch of its debut €5.8 million (£5 million) fund, backing pre-Seed and Seed-stage startups at the intersection of DeepTech and AI. According to the
University of Alberta and Deep Tech VC Firm Celesta Capital Launch Partnership to Accelerate Startup Commercialization
The University of Alberta and Celesta Capital today announced a partnership to commercialize deep tech research emerging from the university and strengthen Alberta’s startup ecosystem through a new partnership supporting entrepreneurship training, intellectual property and commercialization support, industry programming and
Dvash Group and the Hebrew University partner to launch deep-tech venture capital fund targeting $50 million
A new independent fund, managed by Dvash Group in strategic cooperation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yissum, will invest in breakthrough technologies emerging from the University and Israel’s broader innovation ecosystem. The fund will initially focus on deep
New Western University Propel Fund to Invest $5M in Startups
A landmark $5-million institutional venture fund launched at Western University will invest directly in early stage companies founded by entrepreneurs in the campus community. In a first for the university, the Western Propel Fund will offer up to six investments of