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MBA Entrepreneurs Profit As Schools Pump Record Sums Into Ventures
Before Alex Money enrolled in a master’s and later a PhD at Oxford University, he was a fund manager in the City of London, where he spent two decades working in investor relations and as a portfolio manager at Citibank,
Partnerships with ASU bring startup acceleration program to New York | ASU News
Thanks to new partnerships between Arizona State University’s Furnace Technology Transfer Accelerator and community development partners in New York, entrepreneurs in upstate New York will have the opportunity to commercialize technologies developed by the Air Force Research Lab – Information
Innovation Works collects almost $24 mln for early-stage Pittsburgh tech fund
Investment in Pittsburgh technology companies is significantly increasing due to an uptick in investment from existing, local venture capital, an influx of out-of-town investment, and now a new fund from Innovation Works called Riverfront Ventures. In just the first nine
UO Foundation to invest $500k in local business through business/law student-managed fund
The University of Oregon Foundation launched a seed fund today with $500,000 from the Willamette Investment Pool. The fund, managed by UO business and law students, will be used to make investments in emerging local companies, according to Chief Investment
University to help fund future of horticulture research with $400K seed fund
The University of Melbourne will contribute $200,000 alongside the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) to establish the Innovation Seed Fund, announced today as part of the Department’s new Horticulture Centre of Excellence. The $400,000 fund will underpin research
This $50M investment fund has money for Maryland health companies it says are being ignored by investors
A new venture fund will target Maryland companies that have been skipped over by other deep-pocketed investors who focus on technology hotbeds like Silicon Valley. BioHealth Innovation Inc. on Tuesday announced its new $50 million BioHealth Gap fund. The fund
University of California Incubators Eager to Scout Startups, Co-Investors for UC Ventures
Fledgling companies at the 20 or so incubators clustered around UC Berkeley, UCSF, and other University of California campuses are well-placed to benefit from the new $250 million venture fund the university system plans to set up next year. But
GSK commits $5M to startups, academics that develop bioelectronics
GlaxoSmithKline has just launched a $5 million Innovation Challenge Fund to advance open-access technology in the bioelectronics space. The funding’s aimed toward biz-savvy academics and startups that are working to create a new class of treatments that aren’t necessarily pills or injections, but
More companies are starting venture divisions
San Francisco startup GoodData raised nearly $26 million in a funding round Thursday, but the lead investor wasn’t a traditional venture capital firm. It was Intel Capital, the global investment organization for the Santa Clara chipmaker. More companies are following Intel’s
U. of Michigan student-led venture funds seeking business plans
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business today announced that its three student-led venture funds are all actively seeking business plans to consider in their