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Hyundai Motor Builds Global New Venture Capital Investment System
The Hyundai Motor Group will set up an open innovation center in Beijing, China and Berlin, Germany within year. Including those in Korea, Silicon Valley in the United States and Tel Aviv in Israel, a total of five advanced bases
Comcast Is Now Taking Applications for Its New Startup Accelerator
Comcast announced this week that it’s now officially taking applications for seats in its LIFT Labs accelerator. Techstars will run the program at the new Comcast Technology Center, which was topped off last month. As we reported last year, the 12-week LIFT Labs’ accelerator program is
Startup Health lands $19.3 million in funds to help startups
StartUp Health, a digital health group that supports, connects and finances startups, just landed $19.3 million from Ping An Global Voyager Fund, GuideWell, Masimo Corporation, and a consortium of partners through its Transformer Fund II. “This [funding] is a really
First project funded through $65 million John Hopkins, investment firm partnership – Baltimore Business Journal
A Johns Hopkins cancer biology researcher has received the first investment from the newly created Bluefield Innovations fund. Bluefield Innovations is a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and New York investment firm Deerfield Management. The $65 million funding effort is aimed at helping to commercialize early-stage
Academic-commercial collaborations see huge rate of Startup success in Ireland
More than 80 percent of collaborations between commercial and academic institutions since 2013 have resulted in successful startups, a report by Knowledge Transfer Ireland has found. The report also shows 26 new products and services have launched in 2016 from fully
[COA Member] Pre-accelerator offers way to help Puerto Rico-based young entrepreneurs
To help combat a mass exodus of young professionals from Puerto Rico, a pre-accelerator is offering a program for local entrepreneurs. Pre18 is offering a way to boost those in the early stages of establishing a company, granting them $20,000 plus
Texas A&M research program to fund seven more projects
The Texas A&M College of Science has big plans for its participation in a university-wide collaborative research initiative in 2018 with goals to provide up to $600,000 in support for teams participating in the Strategic Transformative Research program. The program,
TEDCO stem cell investments yield 1,400 jobs in Maryland, report says
State-backed investments in stem cell research have resulted in the creation of nearly 1,400 new jobs over the past 10 years, according to new data from Maryland Technology Development Corp. The Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, administered by TEDCO, supports research grants and
Techstars launches Minnesota accelerator for agriculture and food startups
International startup accelerator Techstars announced today that it is launching a new ag tech accelerator in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Called the Farm-to-Fork Accelerator, the program will be managed by Brett Brohl, previously an entrepreneur in resident at Techstar’s Retail Accelerator,
UC Berkeley SkyDeck Accelerator Welcomes 16 New Portfolio Startups; New Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
The UC Berkeley SkyDeck startup accelerator has announced the 16 teams accepted into the Spring 2018 cohort. Teams will receive support and mentorship valued at more than $200,000per company, and an additional $100,000 in funding from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund. SkyDeck is located