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Baylor University Hosts 10 Finalists from Universities Across the World for its Global New Venture Competition
Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business will host its seventh annual New Venture Competition Feb. 23-24 at the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, 1621 S. Third St. The competition is a two-day business plan and elevator pitch
University of California, Riverside Highlander Venture Fund puts $50K into ‘Next-Generation’ Mosquito Repellent
A venture capital fund created to help faculty and alumni of the University of California, Riverside, move their marketable discoveries to the buying public made its second investment late last month. The funding will allow the startup company Sensorygen to develop a
Invent Penn State awards $200K to four campuses
As part of its Invent Penn State initiative, Penn State today (Feb. 5) announced four new seed grants, each valued at $50,000, designed to bolster entrepreneurship and economic development in communities surrounding Penn State campuses across the Commonwealth. With today’s announcement in
Ideadvance Seed Fund pursues past and present UW System colleagues
Innovators with current or past ties to the UW System are invited to apply to the Ideadvance Seed Fund with business ideas that could contribute to Wisconsin’s “knowledge economy.” The Ideadvance program provides business funding and mentoring toward a scalable,
University of Akron, Ocius Technologies team receive $1.5 million award from DARPA
Ocius Technologies LLC and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Akron announce the receipt of a $1.5 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II award in collaboration with
Rochester ED $5 million fund supports start-up companies
For the past five years, the Rochester Economic Development Fund has been striving to create new local jobs by financing business start-ups, like GoRout and Vyraid. The fund, financed with $5 million of local-option sales-tax dollars, has doled out more
NextStep Robotics gets investment from U Maryland Momentum Fund
NextStep Robotics, a startup which makes a device to treat foot drop, closed on $750,000 in new funding, said CEO Brad Hennessie. The Baltimore-based company is the second to receive investment from the Maryland Momentum Fund, which was created by the University System
Techcelerator start-up programme opens doors in Romania
A new acceleration programme that is addressed to Romanian technology startups was launched in the capital Bucharest and the city of Cluj-Napoca. Techcelerator will give funds for the development of companies in the pre-acceleration phase through an exclusive partnership with
Arrowhead Center at NMSU selects seven companies for HealthSprint accelerator program
A diverse and visionary cohort of health industry entrepreneurs are about to begin the next phase of their startup journey in southern New Mexico. HealthSprint – a new health technology accelerator program at Arrowhead Center, the entrepreneurship and innovation hub
Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland, Betamore seek 5 health startups for new accelerator
Betamore, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures and the University of Maryland, Baltimore are looking for five local digital health, bio-health or life sciences companies to participate in a new collaborative accelerator program. The application period for Trajectory Next is now open.