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SparkLabs launches $50M fund for promising early-stage startups in Korea
SparkLabs Group started in 2012 with a Seoul-based accelerator dedicated to boosting South Korea’s then-nascent startup ecosystem. Now it’s going back to its roots with the launch of a $50 million fund for early-stage Korean startups that want to expand globally. The
University of Michigan fund invests $100K in cosmetics startup
The Zell Lurie Founders Fund at the University of Michigan has made a seed investment of $100,000 in Ann Arbor-based Sahi Cosmetics LLC, a startup that was part of last winter’s cohort of companies at the Desai Accelerator. The accelerator
NC Biotech Center awards $3.6M in loans, grants :: Editor’s Blog at WRAL TechWire
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 47 loans and grants totaling $3.6 million to universities, bioscience companies and other entities in the fourth quarter of its 2016-2017 fiscal year ending June 30. The awards will support life science research, technology
WARF to rev up funding for startup companies | Business Report | chippewa.com
WARF is blazing forward with efforts to turn UW-Madison discoveries into products on the market, and will triple its spending on entrepreneurial programs over the next several years. Erik Iverson, managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, noted that
University of Buffalo awarded $10 million grant to drive industry partnerships and innovation
The University at Buffalo received a 10-year, $10 million Center for Advanced Technology (UB CAT) in Big Data and Health Sciences designation from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology & Innovation (NYSTAR). The state granted only one such designation.
UAB launches new commercial accelerator
The University of Alabama at Birmingham kicked off Innovation Week with a major announcement on Monday: the launch of a new commercialization accelerator program. The new program is designed to help students and faculty research ideas and concepts and build
Birmingham AI start-up secures £200,000 Centrica backing
Birmingham-based Grid Edge is the brainchild of three researcher friends, Tom Anderson, Dr Jim Scott and Dr Dan Wright, who met while working together at Aston University’s European Bioenergy Research Institute in 2012. Following three years of product development, the
University of Southern Mississippi Researchers Use I-Corps Grant to Develop New Polymer Technology
At The University of Southern Mississippi, research and innovation are fueling new discoveries in technology that offer real-world applications in the private and commercial sectors. Nothing illustrates this synergy better than a recent National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps grant fostered
University of Victoria’s Innovation Centre adds to thriving tech sector
Greater Victoria’s burgeoning high-tech sector may want to brace itself — it’s about to get even bigger. That’s the warning from Jerome Etwaroo, associate director of the Coast Capital Savings Innovation Centre at the University of Victoria, who said his
Fitz Gate Ventures collects $10 mln for maiden fund into Princeton University- PE Hub
Gate Ventures today announced that it has raised $10 million for its first fund. Founded in July 2016, Fitz Gate Ventures invests in startups in which a Princeton alum, faculty member or student is either a founder or member of