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Inova launches investment fund to find personalized medicine innovators
Inova Health System, the giant nonprofit hospital network serving Northern Virginia, is creating a new start-up incubator and investment program focusing on “personalized” medicine innovations. Executives say they plan to invest at least $100 million over the next three to
Berkshire invests in commercialisation of UK university research
The UK’s £1.9bn (€2.3bn) Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund is to invest £15m in a new fund aiming to direct institutional capital into the commercialisation of UK university research. The local authority pension fund committed the £15m to the
UT Research Foundation Announces Maturation Fund Recipients for 2017
Improved wireless charging technology for consumer electronics, development of higher-value-added material from waste produced during biofuel production, and novel materials for 3-D printing are among the recipients of this year’s maturation funding from the University of Tennessee Research Foundation, announced
EPFL startups raise record $393M in outside capital in 2016
Companies linked to the Lausanne-based tech university raised 397 million francs ($393m) in 2016, smashing the previous record set in 2014, of 242 million francs, EPFL said in a statement. The funds were raised by spin-offs created as a result
Israeli VC Pitango launches its 7th early-stage fund of $175M | TechCrunch
Pitango Venture Capital, one of the most active VCs in the Israeli startup scene, has announced its seventh fund, Pitango Venture Capital 7. The fund will have $175 million under management, and invest from seed upwards. The new fund focuses
Campus Capital Launches £2M Venture Capital Fund
Campus Capital, a Sheffield, UK-based new venture capital firm, is launching its first £2m fund. The firm, which builds “on campus” investment funds with universities, has signed up the University of Sheffield as its first partner. It is also in
Defence innovation fund launched at Strathclyde
An innovation fund aimed at boosting developments in data-driven decision-making technologies has been launched at the University of Strathclyde. Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin announced the £3 million Defence and Security Accelerator competition at the inaugural Maritime Enterprise Innovation
How Canada can provide a powerful spark for innovation through an SBIR-like program
“Government is a big buyer with many complex challenges. Entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to these problems should have a shot at solving them, don’t you think?” This was a question asked this fall by federal Minister of Small Business and
Australia CSIRO sees “virtuous cycle” in reinvesting patent monetisation cash directly into commercialisation
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) – Australia’s national R&D agency – announced this week the creation of a new technology commercialisation fund that will be capitalised using patent assertion and licensing revenues. According to a press release,
New $10M fund aims to aid Wisconsin startups
Northeastern Wisconsin’s nascent startup culture will get a much-needed boost next year. A $10 million boost, to be more specific. Maybe more. The Winnebago Seed Fund wants to raise at least that much money to invest in 10 to 14