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Frazier Healthcare Partners raises $419M for life science venture fund, signaling huge interest in health investment
The U.S. healthcare system faces a myriad of challenges today, including uncertainty over federal regulation and shifting payer systems. You might expect that environment to give pause to many investors. But if Frazier Healthcare Partners’ latest round is any indication, investors aren’t
Utah USTAR innovation center aimed at seeding aerospace startups
The Utah Science, Technology and Research Initiative, the state’s tech-focused economic development agency, will open the doors Friday on a new facility near Hill Air Force Base aimed at seeding new, Utah-based aerospace and innovation companies. The USTAR Innovation Center,
Consortium of companies, led by Northwestern Mutual, to fund startup accelerator program
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. announced today it is teaming up with Rockwell Automation, Kohl’s, Robert W. Baird & Co. and Milwaukee Institute to fund an accelerator program for early-stage Milwaukee startup companies. John Schlifske, chairman and CEO of Northwestern
University of Michigan tech commercialization programs receive $2.66 million in state funding
A recent funding renewal will allow two University of Michigan (U-M)-administered programs to continue their mission of supporting collaboration among state universities and spinning off technologies developed at universities into startup businesses. The Michigan Strategic Fund – an oversight board
Amazon Catalyst program welcomed to Washington State University campus
Washington State University announces the launch of a collaborative program with Amazon titled Amazon Catalyst — a successful innovation grant program. Amazon will provide up to $300,000 to WSU to launch the initiative, providing funding and mentorship to support bold,
Maryland TEDCO Awards Funds to Nurture Startups
TEDCO announced at the annual Entrepreneur Expo on Oct. 25 that it would award $125,000 to each of the six teams, which had emerged from a field of 51 applicants. Collaborative teams from around the state had accepted the incubation
U Arizona Startup Advances New Therapies for Vascular Dementia
Billions of dollars are spent each year on health care costs related to the treatment of patients with inflammation-related brain disorders such as vascular dementia, yet no FDA-approved therapies exist for for these conditions. In 2013, Meredith Hay, a physiology professor
U Chicago’s New Venture Challenge winner AMOpportunities lands $1.1M in seed funding
AMOpportunities, a Chicago-based startup that helps connect international medical students to short-term training programs in the United States, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding, the company announced Thursday. The startup, which won the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge in
Three novel UNC-Chapel Hill startups named to the latest class of KickStart Commercialization Award winners
When UNC-Chapel Hill spinout company G1 Therapeutics made its NASDAQ debut in the spring of 2017, most observers in the medical, life sciences and investment community were solely focused on the big number: an $108.6 million initial public offering of
UChicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign partner on major innovation initiative
The University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are launching a partnership dedicated to research and technology development for some of society’s most pressing challenges, from producing clean water to treating cancer. The partnership will bring about 100