GAP Community News
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
LSDF announces $750,000 in Proof of Concept grants to promote health-related technologies
SEATTLE, Washington, August 29, 2014 – The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced nearly $750,000 in Proof of Concept grants to Washington state for-profit and non-profit organizations to promote translation of health-related technologies from the laboratory to the commercial
Should Universities Get Involved In Venture Capital? Forbes Opinion Piece
The StarTribune noted recently that the University of Minnesota is rethinking its venture capital strategy. Is this smart? I don’t mean to single out one university, because I find similar thinking at some other universities. So it might be useful
Aston University spin-out funded £230,00 by Mercia Capital
Aston EyeTech has developed software that supports optometrists with diagnosis, selling optical products and conducting clinical trials. Mercia Fund Management has agreed to invest £230,000 in the first instance.
Startup secures $4.6 million; cites University resources
Seed money, expert advice, business contacts and other services from the University of Chicago helped PhysIQ (formerly known as VGBio) launch a service that it expects will improve patient care and reduce health care expenditures nationwide.
Trask Innovation Fund application deadline set for Sept 19
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Applications for the Trask Innovation Fund are being accepted through Sept. 19 to eligible Purdue University inventors at all campuses who are working to advance Purdue technologies toward commercialization.
DC iCorps now accepting fall cohort applications
DC I-Corps, a new NSF-supported program designed to foster, grow and nurture an innovation ecosystem in the Mid-Atlantic Region, is now accepting applications for its fall cohort, beginning on October 9. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis up
U Chicago spin-out fund, Arch Venture Partners, raises $400 million fund
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Chicago-based Arch Venture Partners raised a $400 million fund to invest in early stage companies, the firm announced Wednesday, underscoring renewed investor confidence in the once moribund life sciences sector.
University of Wollongong launches AU$10m startup seed fund
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has launched an AU$10 million seed fund aimed at providing a pipeline of early stage business development for young tech startups, in order to attract outside investment.
Macomb Community College sets up innovation fund for start-ups
Macomb Community College just put a considerable amount of money where its mouth is. The college’s Board of Trustees agreed this week to allocate $1 million for creation of an Innovation Fund, a program that provides financial support to start-up
Vietnam Minister of Science and Technology plots innovation priorities, including a fund
During a working visit to Canada, member of the Central Party Committee, Minister of Science and Technology, Nguyen Quan, on August had a meeting with representatives of Vietnamese intellectuals in Canada.