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How $100B of ‘Free Money’ Could Transform Tech
Oil is so last century. With oversupply and lagging demand holding down the price per barrel, even Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s largest producers of petroleum, is moving away from its dependence on crude. The Saudi government recently struck
Clemson University Research Foundation awards funds for technology development
The Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF) has announced six recipients of fiscal year 2017 Technology Maturation Fund awards. The CURF Technology Maturation Fund provides grants to faculty to support the last critical development step needed to move their technology to the
Montana State University business accelerator receives $50,000 from U.S. Small Business Administration
An entrepreneurship support center for Montana State University students, alumni and faculty has won a $50,000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help enhance its business accelerator program, 406 Labs. The Blackstone LaunchPad at MSU was one of
University Investment-A New Model Of Venture Capital
In the alternative investments space, attorneys have long been able to play an important role. Whether the investment in question is senior bank loans, non-recourse litigation finance liabilities, venture capital investments, or hedge fund vehicles, attorneys play a crucial role
3 initiatives, $3M for startups: MEDC seeks to boost access to early-stage capital
A trio of initiatives from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. aims to increase the flow of capital to startups and early-stage companies in the state. By the end of the year, two separate but similar funds of $1 million and $2
GO-EDC launches fund for start-up companies
The Greater Oshkosh Economic Development Corporation has launched a fund to help entrepreneurs get their business ideas off the ground in the Oshkosh area. GO-EDC this week announced its recently minted Greater Oshkosh Capital Catalyst Fund is now accepting applications
Innovation in the Western Cape is set to get another healthy boost
Designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product developers can apply for grants of up to half a million Rands each from the second round of theDesign Innovation Seed Fund. The DISF is a project of the Cape Craft and Design Institute with investment
Birmingham’s Health Tech Kaido secures £50,000 funding from Mercia Fund Management SME Innovation Fund
The SME Innovation Fund is a joint initiative set up by Mercia Fund Management, leading investment business in UK innovation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercia Technologies PLC and the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN), to help build
Group seeks to guide philanthropists to supplement crunch in federal funding of research
Poring over a list of the top 50 US philanthropists in 2014, physicist Marc Kastner noticed that 16 were based in California, compared with just 6 in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey combined. “That made it pretty clear where
Enterprise Ireland gets a new €200k start-up Competitive Feasibility Fund
A new €200,000 Enterprise Ireland Competitive Feasibility Fund for entrepreneurs and early-stage start-up companies in the Cork region has been launched. The fund, which is a key measure of the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs, is aimed at stimulating businesses