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NIH Common Fund announces 2016 High-Risk, High-Reward Research awards
The High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) program, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ’s Common Fund, awarded 88 grants to highly creative and exceptional scientists with bold approaches to major challenges in biomedical research. The awards span the broad
UK pledges £220m tech fund for life science and university sectors
The UK government is set to invest £220m in a package of measures for the life science and university sectors to support the use of cutting edge technologies. The support was announced by the chancellor Philip Hammond over the weekend
Irish university oncology start-up attracts $95m funding
A new Irish company treatment company, Carrick Therapeutics, has attracted $95 million (€84.5 million) in an initial funding round. The new financial backers to the fledgling company, which aims to build Europe’s leading oncology company, include Arch Venture Partners, one
NC Idea grants awarded for statewide network of entrepreneur support organizations
The Greensboro Partnership’s Entrepreneurs Connection was one of nine grant winners announced last week by the NC IDEA Foundation, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial business innovation and economic advancement in North Carolina. The grants totaled $1.175 million and
Amino Capital Completes Final Close of Its $50M Fund II for Artificial Intelligence Early-Stage Startups
Early-stage venture firm Amino Capital Management Company, LLC (“Amino Capital”) today announced the final close of its $50 million second fund, Amino Capital II, L.P.(formerly zPark Capital II, L.P., the “Fund”) and Dr. Huican Zhu’s joining the Fund as a
Madison HealthX Ventures raises first fund
HealthX Ventures, a Madison venture capital firm that invests in digital health care businesses, will announce Sunday that it has raised more than $20 million for a first fund. The fund, which raised the money from about 80 investors, puts
Marc and Lynne Benioff’s $20 million gift to USC supports research and treatment innovations to fight cancer
USC Trustee Marc Benioff ’86 and his wife, Lynne, have given $20 million toward construction of theLawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC, a new center in Los Angeles that will combine interdisciplinary research with the holistic prevention
LSU faculty members are closing in on bringing their inventions to market with funds from the university’s LIFT2 grant program
A new age cooling system that more efficiently powers refrigerators, a data-driven polling analytics program and tools for attaching soft tissue to bone are rarely mentioned in the same breath—or even thought about much by the average person. But by
Macomb Innovation Fund, JP Morgan Chase Announces $375,000 in Awards to Six Detroit-area Technology Startups
Six early-stage companies from Oakland and Wayne counties will receive $375,000 in funding from the Innovation Fund Macomb Community College, Powered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The unique initiative provides mentoring and capital to early-stage businesses, as well as learning
Allied Minds and GE Ventures Form Strategic Alliance to Commercialize Leading-Edge Technologies
Allied Minds plc (LSE: ALM) (“Allied Minds”) and GE Ventures (NYSE: GE) (“GE”), today announced the launch of a strategic alliance to jointly identify and commercialize next-generation technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, Allied Minds and GE Ventures agree