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First university start-up investments selected by funder techstart Northern Ireland
stablished by Invest Northern Ireland as part of its Access to Finance strategy, techstart NI is providing support for early stage technology businesses and university spin-outs. The businesses, Inflyte and Brewbot, have received over £300,000 between them aspart of a
University of Oxford Isis Fund Makes First Investments
The £1.25 million University of Oxford Isis Fund, set up by Parkwalk Advisors and Isis Innovation in February, has made its first investments in medical device spin-out Oxtex and in Brainomix, a start up from the Isis Software Incubator which
Top Entrepreneurial Colleges Press Release-Princeton Review
From more than 2,000 schools that The Princeton Review surveyed in 2014 for this project, Babson College in Massachusetts earned the #1 spot on the undergraduate entrepreneurship programs ranking list: it has been #1 on this list for three consecutive
American University to unveil new start-up incubator, including $100K Venture Fund
American University’s Kogod School of Business on Friday plans to show off its new on-campus start-up incubator, the latest in a string of co-working spaces to pop up in and around the nation’s capital. The incubator, one of the key
SMU’s MBA Venture Fund reaches $3M
In 12 years since its founding, Southern Methodist University’s MBA Venture Fund has grown to $3 million and is providing money to venture capitalists in a variety of industries. In 2002, two investors put forward $600,000 to begin the fund
U-M Social Venture Fund Invests in Detroit’s Loveland Technologies | Xconomy
The University of Michigan today announced that its Social Venture Fund has backed Detroit-based startup Loveland Technologies as part of a Series AA round of financing.An SEC filing shows that Loveland has raised about $780,000 from seven investors, although the
Brown Foundations’ $2.5 Million Challenge Kicks Off U Arizona Catapult Corp
Our modern world is changing faster than we can conceive and universities are at the forefront of progress. Often academic discoveries struggle to reach their intended markets, but a new and groundbreaking program launched at the University of Arizona will
Innovosource/Mind the Gap cited in article covering University of California’s $250 million venture fund
Seeking to boost the state’s innovation economy — and profit from it — the University of California plans to finance spinoff companies with the largest fund of its kind in the nation. The system’s Board of Regents approved the $250
Maine Venture Fund Partners with private investors to fuel the growth of Orono Spectral Solutions, Inc
The Maine Venture Fund (MVF) and private investors provided OSS with equity capital, following on the successful execution of numerous Federal SBIR and Broad Agency Announcement awards that funded the development of their existing commercial products.
Innovate Indiana Funded Start-up Closes $10M Series B
PrecisionHawk, an IU-funded venture that deploys unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect and process data for various commercial users, today disclosed a second round of funding that totals nearly $10 million.