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Corporate VC Fund launched to support University of Wolverhampton uni spin-outs
A new investment fund to support university spin-outs has been launched by steel company Caparo and the University of Wolverhampton. The £400,000 CIC Investment Fund will award cash in return for shares, with either Caparo or University of Wolverhampton staff
ENTREVESTOR: Nova Scotia tops up innovation funding
Nova Scotia’s life sciences sector is one of the big winners of the announcement last week that Innovacorp has received fresh capital for its venture capital funding. The province announced it will provide $40 million over the next eight years
CWRU receives $500,000 state grant for technology start-up fund
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded Case Western Reserve University a $500,000 grant for a campus-based translational research fund to help faculty researchers advance and commercialize their innovations. The grant will transfer the administration of the commission’s statewide Technology
Edinburgh University DEM software tech spin-out to launch off £450,000 in investment
Particle Analytics has developed intelligent software that allows organisations across a range of industries to simulate the movement of bulk solids and particles in a more advanced, efficient and cost effective way. The technology aims to enhance the efficiency of
Dakota Venture Group celebrates 10 years
UND’s student group, the Dakota Venture Group recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. The group, which was first established in 2006 as a student-controlled educational investment opportunity, currently manages more than $1.8 million, according to a news release. “Over the years,
UWaterloo’s Velocity Garage achieves largest free startup incubator status
The University of Waterloo celebrated the official opening of the expanded Velocity Garage, making UWaterloo home to the largest free startup incubator in the world. Now occupying 37,000-square-feet, the Velocity Garage offers workspace for up to 120 startups to work
Third Rock Ventures Raises $616 Million Fund IV for healthcare tech
Third Rock Ventures, LLC announced today the closing of Third Rock Ventures IV, LP (“Fund IV”), raising $616 million in an oversubscribed fund. With Fund IV, the firm will continue to execute on its strategy of creating innovative healthcare companies
University Hospitals receives $500,000 grant from Third Frontier for tech ventures
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission on Thursday awarded University Hospitals a $500,000 grant to help speed up the development of promising biomedical technologies. UH will match the grant from the Ohio Third Frontier Technology Validation and Start-up Fund to bolster
Venture Grants Fund Growth and Exploration for Colorado College Students
Keller Venture Grants, made possible by the Keller Family Foundation, allow hundreds of Colorado College students to create and implement their own research projects by providing students up to $1,000. Last year, the program provided nearly $150,000 in student research
Launch of Alberta Transplant Innovation Fund to Accelerate Transplant Research and Innovation
The University Hospital Foundation, Alberta Economic Development and Trade and Astellas Pharma Canada, Inc. (Astellas) today announced a new research and innovation partnership that will have a direct and tangible impact on some of the most vulnerable Albertans – those