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The University Gap Funding/Accelerator Weekly update, a resource for those interested in university-affiliated translational research, proof of concept, startup, and venture gap fund/accelerator program
University Gap Funding and Accelerator Community News
Washington’s Life Science Discovery Fund Announces $1.5M In New POC Awards
The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced nearly $1.5 million in Proof of Concept grants to Washington for-profit and nonprofit organizationsto foster translation of health-related technologies from idea to market launch. Also announced was over $300,000 in supplemental funding
Academia-focused Crowdfunding Sites Are Emerging
As part of our ongoing focus on University Crowdfunding: By now, you’re probably used to everyone from your college classmates to your old roommate’s ex-girlfriend incessantly trumpeting Kickstarter campaigns for their experimental films or iPhone accessories. But more recently, you
FSU Introduces Innovation Foundation To Accelerate Student Entrepreneurship
FSU President Eric Barron announced plans for a future organization dedicated to assisting student entrepreneurs in transforming their ideas into real businesses — the FSU Innovation Foundation
Drexel Gets Into Early Stage Venture Capital
Drexel University is getting into early-stage venture capital. The school announced Monday the creation of “Drexel Ventures,” a new program designed to incubate and fund new technologies developed by faculty, students and alumni
Portland Seed Fund Gets $575K More From City To Fund More Start-ups
The Portland Seed Fund is readying a sequel. The two-year-old investment vehicle, which backs promising ideas at their earliest stage, plans to launch a second, larger edition this fall. It would offer more financial “runway” to startups as they move from intriguing
New Brunswick-Saint John Adds $14M To The Research Innovation Fund
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – A $20 million investment over five years to support research and innovation in New Brunswick was announced today by Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Danny Soucy as part of the government’s $80 million innovation strategy
Allied Minds raised $100M to expand investment in universities and federal labs
The private investment firm has significantly expanded its asset base since its founding in 2006, bolstered by investor confidence in its unique, and efficient, model for forming, funding and building new companies based on early-stage technologies in the life-sciences and
State of Georgia Awards $100K Innovation Grant to Georgia Tech for Research Into Sensiotec’s Non-Contact Cardiorespiratory Patient Monitoring
ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – Jun 25, 2013) – The State of Georgia, through the Georgia Centers of Innovation Program (COI) and OneGeorgia Authority, has awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology a grant of almost $100,000 for ongoing work on Sensiotec Inc.’s
Invest Nebraska puts $500K into healthcare software firm
Nebraska economic development officials and business leaders announced a matching $500,000 seed investment from Invest Nebraska, as part of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development Innovation Fund, to Phynd Technologies, a new software firm that soon will launch a new solution
Govt pumps €21m into Enterprise Ireland fund to commercialise third-level research
The Irish Government is to pump €21m into Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund to support the commercialisation of further third-level research in 2013. The goal of the funding is to