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University of Alaska professor gets $75,000 investment for startup
An incontrovertible fact of Alaska life means black ice can spin cars out of control and winter snow dumps take up precious asphalt space meant for cars. At least, that’s the accepted normal. A new invention market-tested by University of
Wisconsin startup funding up 60% in 2016 | BizTimes Media Milwaukee
Eighty-four Wisconsin startups received $281.7 million in funding in 2016, up 60 percent from $177 million in 2015, according to the latest INvest Quarterly report from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The report tracks only companies the state has designated
Ohio taxpayers being asked to support the future of the state’s venture capital fund
A venture-capital fund created by the state to nurture startups now needs a hand from Ohio taxpayers. For the first time since its creation in 2003, the Ohio Capital Fund isn’t making enough money from its investments to cover payments
SD Venture Summit highlights university-developed tech to spawn start-ups
If San Diego’s Grolltex is correct, bendable display screens for smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren’t the stuff of science fiction. They’re just around the corner. The two-year-old start-up has licensed technology developed at UC San Diego to mass produce graphene —
TMCx Medical Device Companies Pitch at Expert Forum
The TMC Innovation Institute hosted a successful Expert Forum last week featuring its 19 medical device cohort startups. The TMC Expert Forum, where the companies pitch innovations to a room full of potential advisors, mentors and key opinion leaders, closed
Oxford biotech startup Nightstar Therapeutics plans US NASDAQ float
Founded in 2014, the company has developed a technology that could cure blindness. Nightstar is the latest in a number of UK-based healthcare companies looking to US markets for IPOs. Investors in the US are said to have a better
RMIT, others Melbourne startup incubator to open with $80m in financial support
The City of Melbourne has announced a new startup incubator and accelerator space that will open in the Melbourne CBD. The Jiangsu-Victoria Innovation Centre will not only provide startups access to coaching, universities, research institutes and the Chinese-based Suzhou accelerator
NC State University Commercialization Breaks Records, 169 licenses and 15 startups in 12 months
NC State’s Office of Technology Commercialization and New Ventures has just completed its most successful year ever, launching a record 15 startup companies, executing a record 169 licenses and options and filing 241 patents in the past 12 months. And,
Super seven firms boosted by University of Essex Knowledge Gateway Innovation Fund
Among the projects which have been boosted by the Knowledge Gateway Innovation Fund is the EyeWink, which enables smartphone users to control their devices with the wink of an eye. The brain-computer technology, developed by senior Essex university researchers Davide Valeriani
Imperial pilots new route for academic spinouts, inventor choice
In a first for any UK university, the College has launched Founders Choice™, a programme offering academics a choice between two routes for founding spinout companies. It has been created by the College with the support of its technology commericalisation