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Volvo Launches a VC Fund to Keep Up With the Future
STARTUPS LOOKING TO cash checks had better start learning Swedish and get ready for meetings at the IKEA cafeteria. Today, Volvo announced it has launched its very own in-house venture capital fund. Working with an undisclosed amount of money, Volvo Cars Tech Fund
NMSU LAUNCH team leads commercialization effort with university-developed cardiac technology
There are a wealth of dynamic and industry-altering technologies emerging from New Mexico State University that are ripe for commercialization. Arrowhead Center’s LAUNCH program identifies and supports teams who can lead the way, to catalyze movement from university research to
Maine Technology Institute awards $10.5 million in grants
The Maine Technology Institute approved six grants totaling $10.5 million for businesses trying to grow and gain market share. The money, awarded from the $45 million Maine Technology Asset Fund approved by voters last June, is intended to help bolster
Case, Vance Bringing ‘Rise of the Rest’ Startup Fund to Memphis
The co-founder of America Online is coming to Memphis this May with his investment fund to hear pitches from local startup companies and award $100,000 in seed funding to one of them. Steve Case, the chairman and CEO of the
GSMA innovation fund to invite startup applications for next round
The GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund, which supports startups in Asia-Pacific and Africa with equity-free grant funding and technical assistance, is looking to select another 15 companies for its third round. Applications for the round are set to open on
New Jersey Health Foundation Awards $50,000 Innovation Grant To Princeton University Researcher
New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) has awarded a $50,000 Innovation Grant to Alexander Ploss, Ph.D, assistant professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, announced James M. Golubieski, president of NJHF. Dr. Ploss is addressing the urgent need of finding better treatments to combat hepatitis B
IU creates $15 million Philanthropic Venture Fund to develop innovations, businesses
A newly created evergreen fund managed by the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. will provide capital to faculty, students and staff at all IU campuses to help them further develop their research and innovations into startup companies. The IU
Headlines AgSprint Accelerator at NMSU’s Arrowhead Center announces open applications
Southern New Mexico is ripe with agripreneurs – agricultural entrepreneurs – of all varieties. AgSprint, part of the suite of accelerator programs at New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center, grows and supports new agtech startups as they blossom in the
UAE launches seed grants to support space research
The UAE government has launched the Space Settlement Challenge; a dedicated seed grant fund of Dh2 million ($544,424) that supports ambitious projects from all areas of research pursuing ideas and concepts to unlock the future of human space habitation. The
[COA Member] University Hospitals Ventures looks to encourage innovation
Looking to provide patients with complex, chronic diseases quicker access to costly medications, University Hospitals launched Specialty Pharmacy in 2016. It has become the first enterprise of UH Ventures, a new arm of the system that aims to develop business