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UTSA students vie for $100K in prizes technology start-up contest
Get your pitch ready: The $100K Student Technology Venture Competition is back at UTSA on April 26. The competition, hosted by the UTSA Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE), challenges UTSA students to create and pitch a product exciting
Bayer and Trendlines establish Ag Innovation Fund
Bayer and Trendlines, an Israeli innovation commercialization company, announced a partnership to invest in agricultural technologies through the establishment of the Bayer Trendlines Ag Innovation Fund. The flexible five-year partnership agreement includes a $10 million investment from Bayer, which will
General Mills and 7-Eleven Join the Venture Capital Crowd
At first glance, the maker of Cheerios and Cocoa Puffs might not fit the image of a cutting-edge venture capital investor. But with the food business moving to healthier offerings and online distribution, General Mills has created a venture capital
The House Fund raises $6 million to invest in startups tied to UC Berkeley
A new fund has been created with the sole purpose of investing in startups coming out of University of California at Berkeley. Jeremy Fiance, former managing partner for the Dorm Room Fund, has raised $6 million to create The House
CincyTech predicts 600 new jobs with $30M fund
CincyTech has formed its fourth and largest fund to date, one that will provide about $30.75 million to invest in as many as 25 homegrown startups in the digital and life sciences fields. The Cincinnati-based accelerator projects the CincyTech Fund IV LLC will create at
Bridging the Gap: Commentary on University Technology and Start-up Gap Funding for 4/15/16
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Can An Investment Fund Make Minnesota A Medtech Mecca?
If Minnesota really wants to realize its long-held dream of becoming a national hub for medtech and biotech research and to benefit from the high-paying jobs that could spawn, it needs a well-funded, long-range commitment from the state — and
From the Lab to the Marketplace: Michigan Tech Researchers Find Help at Home to Commercialize Their Discoveries
Startupcompanies involving two Michigan Technological University faculty members have recently signed commercial licensing agreements, which represent important commercialization milestones.Both companies worked extensively with services and programs provided by the Technology Commercialization Team in MichiganTech’sOffice of Innovation and Industry Engagement. The
University of Energy launches US$10m Endowment Fund | Business News 2016-04-13
The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani has launched a US$10million endowment fund to cushion the young University into a higher pedestal in the next ten years. The endowment fund is expected to serve as supplementary to
Peoria’s OSF hospitals launch $75 million VC fund
A hospital run by a small group of nuns in Peoria probably isn’t the first place you’d look for the cutting edge. But OSF Healthcare, which runs 11 hospitals across the state, is one of a few dozen hospitals