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Off to great start-ups: Rowan gives $200K
Rowan University senior Nicholas Dennis and graduate Melissa Schipke have different ideas for increasing community engagement, but they share the same dream of building early-stage startups. With help from the Rowan University Innovation Venture Fund, the two will be able to do just
ODU entrepreneurial expo shows off student-run companies | Higher Education | pilotonline.com
Blade Taylor admits sometimes it’s hard for him to concentrate in classes. He’s got 3D printing, vinyl decals and profit margins on the brain. Grades? Minor details. “I came here to network,” Taylor said of his priority at Old Dominion
Northwestern Student Startups Get Access To $14M in New Funds
Northwestern just announced two funds that will infuse some serious cash into commercializing university technology, and supporting student startups. On Thursday, the university announced the $10 million N.XT Fund, which will invest in early-stage innovations based on Northwestern technologies, and
Yale Endowment’s Venture Funds Hit Home Run
Yale’s aggressiveness in allocations to venture funds as a larger share of endowment investment portfolio appears to be paying off with returns from such companies as Uber and Airbnb. Over the past 20 years, this portfolio has earned 92.7% per
Dr. Mao receives UF Informatics Institute Seed Fund grant
Dr. Liang Mao just received a UF Informatics Institute Seed Fund 2016 grant for his new project “Developing temporally comparable high resolution rurality maps for social and health sciences”. The project will run from September 2016 to August 2017. Dr. Mao will
Unispectral Closes $7.5M Series A Funding, backed by Tel Aviv University
Unispectral, a Ramat Gan, Israel-based startup developing camera sensors with next-generation seeing and sensing capabilities, closed a $7.5m Series A funding. Backers included Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), RBVC ( Robert Bosch Venture Capital), Samsung Catalyst Fund (the early stage investment
Bridging the Gap: Commentary on University Technology and Start-up Gap Funding for 3/8/16
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TechAccel invests $400K in UC Davis research fund
A Kansas-based private capital company announced Thursday it is investing up to $400,000 in a University of California Davis program that develops campus research into commercial uses. TechAccel LLC is collaborating with Davis researchers in the fields of animal health,
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures to launch health accelerator, fund
The arm of Johns Hopkins University that seeks to turn new technology into thriving businesses plans to launch a healthcare-focused accelerator, possibly within the next nine months. Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures has launched several efforts to push out new products
Indonesia launches new multi-year research fund
Indonesia has launched a new research fund which will provide multi-year grants to scientists in the country. The country has given single year grants up to now, limiting the scope of research in the country to smaller exercises. “We have