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Imperial Innovations invests £5.1m in new biotech start-up
AIM-listed technology investor Imperial Innovations invested £5.1m in Artios Pharma, a new biotech start-up launched on Wednesday. Imperial Innovations contributed £5.1m to the £25m series A funding round, giving it a 14.9% interest in the new Cambridge- based company. Artios,
University of Tokyo to invest in affiliated startups
The University of Tokyo will launch one of Japan’s largest university-tied investment funds by the end of the year, pouring up to 16 billion yen ($157 million) into affiliated startups in pharmaceuticals, materials and other fields with long timelines that
Enterprise Ireland’s €500,000 agricultural fund opens for applications
Enterprise Ireland’s €500,000 Competitive Start Fund (CSF) to support start-up activity in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors opens for entries today, September 21. The fund provides €50,000 in equity fundingfor each successful applicant and will close at 3pm Wednesday, October 5,
Valley VC Spectrum28 launches $170m fund for disruptive technologies
Spectrum28, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on investing in companies disrupting long-standing industries, has closed its first fund, Spectrum Fund I, with a corpus of $170 million. Co-founded by experienced investors and entrepreneurs, the fund co-founders and founding general partners
Announcing the 2016 Illinois Proof-of-Concept Program Award Recipients
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office of Technology Management (OTM) is pleased to announce the 2016 awardees of the Illinois Proof-of-Concept Funding Program (I-POC). I-POC facilitates development projects that demonstrate an innovation’s market viability to potential investors and partners. Projects consist
Dundee Venture Capital raises $20M to fund startups across the Midwest
A venture fund in the Midwest just closed a $20 million round in hopes of fueling the region’s burgeoning tech ecosystems. Omaha-based Dundee Venture Capital announced its Fund III on Tuesday, which will be used to bolster seed and early-stage
GMC Life Sciences Fund Makes Further Seed Investments in universities
Catapult Ventures, managers of the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, has announced that it has completed two new seed investments. The Fund completed a seed investment into sensor technology developer Kanichi Research in August and in September, it completed the seed
Rev1 Ventures and Nationwide Children’s Hospital Launch New Fund to Support Healthcare Innovators
Today, Rev1Ventures, the seed-stage venture fund that combines investment capital and strategic services, andNationwide Children’s Hospital, one of America’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric healthcare systems, launched the Life Sciences Fund to support the growth and development of research-based healthcare spinouts
Arkansas Innovation Hub Announces Kickoff of Inaugural I-Fund Program
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub of North Little Rock announced Wednesday that eight teams representing five universities kicked off an inaugural 12-week I-Fund program in Fayetteville over the weekend. I-Fund is an early stage, proof-of-concept fund formed to capitalize and
Silicon Valley, Michigan Tech MTRAC Help Fast-Track Commercialization of Tech Research
This is a key to early career success because graduate students help generate new knowledge, and new knowledge leads to research publications, the gold standard of professional recognition. But Xiaohu Xia, an assistant professor in Michigan Tech’s Department of Chemistry,