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Catalyze CU seeks startups to expand portfolio of successful ventures
Catalyze CU is celebrating its fifth year of helping university-affiliated new ventures move further toward success and sustainability. University students, faculty and staff can still submit applications for the 10-week intensive summer program through April 8. Catalyze CU is the startup accelerator
Connecticut Innovations hopes its record 2017 returns woo more venture investment
Like a gambler confident in his long-term strategy, Connecticut Innovations doesn’t sweat a bad bet. Losing — as much as $5 million on a single company in one instance — is part of the venture capital investment game. It’s a
Mercedes-Benz, University of Alabama partner on startup challenge
Mercedes-Benz is partnering with several entities, including the University of Alabama, to drive innovation within the state’s college and professional startup community. The “MBUSI Innovation Challenge” is running through June 19 across two streams of participants – students and professionals,
ASU announces new network to connect startups with potential investors
President Michael Crow unveiled a new plan to connect entrepreneurs at ASU with investment funding through the Thunderbird School of Global Management. This system, which is expected to get off the ground in the fall of this year, will be
UB-affiliated artificial intelligence startup raises $900,000 in seed round to advance driverless boat technology
Buffalo Automation, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that is developing technology for self-navigating boats, has secured $900,000 in seed funding from investors — significantly more than the $700,000 the company set out to raise early this year. The investments will enable
Tel Aviv University launches VC fund to invest in early-stage startups
Tel Aviv University has announced plans to set up an early-stage startup venture fund, the first of its kind by an Israeli university. The TAU Ventures fund, which will be located in Tel Aviv, has already raised some $20 million in
‘TEDCO 2.0’ comes into focus – Technical.ly Baltimore
TEDCO made a series of promotions and hiring moves as the state’s quasi-public organization backing early-stage companies looks to rework the programs it offers to help entrepreneurs. The latest announcement hones in on themes that recently-hired CEO George Davis touched on in announcing “TEDCO 2.0”
Cambridge and four other universities form agritech partnership
The Ceres Agritech Knowledge Exchange Partnership links the universities of Cambridge, East Anglia, Hertfordshire, Lincoln and Reading, as well as the John Innes Centre, NIAB and Rothamsted Research, to enable effective sharing of commercialisation expertise, a key aim of Research
LA-based venture fund to support Purdue research, technologies, startups
Los Angeles-based Kairos Ventures and Purdue Research Foundation today announced a partnership to bring substantial venture funding support to Purdue University research, technologies and startups with high commercial potential. The collaboration provides additional leverage for Purdue’s startup ecosystem and supports
European collaborations fuelled by Imperial seed fund
Data privacy, particle physics and cancer prevention are some of the projects that have received a funding boost to strengthen European collaboration. The European Partners Fund, awarded by Imperial College London, provides up to £100,000 per year for seed funds