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Finance Wales close to three profitable exits deals from firms into Technology Venture Investments portfolio
Finance Wales is close to three exits on companies backed by its technology-focused fund, including one via flotation. Director of Technology Venture investments Steve Smith said the £40m fund, which has backed around 40 mainly pre-revenue technology firms in Wales,
University of Ulster reveals £240k Honeypot fund to boost digital content sector – Start Ups – Start-Ups
The University of Ulster has launched a new stg£240,000 seed fund designed to stimulate growth and enhance competitiveness within the digital content sector. The Honeypot seed fund is part of the Honeycomb – Creative Works initiative, a stg£3.58m skills and business
Japanese Govt to fund start-up CEOs
The Japanese government plans to start a system this fiscal year under which it will provide living costs of 6.5 million yen ($64,000) per year, for up to two years, for people who quit their companies and start a new
NZVIF’s $5.4M seed fund investment too early to predict returns
The government-backed New Zealand Venture Investment Fund says it’s still too early to judge the performance of the Seed Co-Investment Fund, which backs early-stage firms alongside angel investors.
New commercialization gap funding assists WSU innovators
Washington State University researchers can get in-house money to move their innovations from the lab to the marketplace through a new commercialization gap-funding (CGF) program.
Delaware Early Stage Venture Fund to Invest $50K-250K in Regional Start-ups
Leading Edge Ventures I, L.P., announced today the formation of an early stage venture fund. Headquartered in Newark, Delaware, the Fund will make investments in promising early stage companies in Delaware and the Mid- Atlantic region. It will also maintain
With Innovation Fund dollars, new medical ‘GPS’ sets course to personalize patient care
University of Chicago physicians Mark Ratain and Peter O’Donnell created the Genomic Prescribing System based on a simple hypothesis—that patients and healthcare providers would be eager to incorporate genetic information into decisions about prescribing medical treatments if they had the
Nepal Govt to establish Rs 500m fund to bankroll start-ups
The government has planned to establish a start-up fund in the coming fiscal year in a bid to cultivate the culture of entrepreneurship and promote fresh ideas. Presenting the budget for fiscal 2014-15, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat said that
Ilitches donate $8.5M to Wayne State University to fund surgical innovation
Pizza and entertainment entrepreneurs Michael and Marian Ilitch donated $8.5 million to the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine at Wayne State University to create the Ilitch Chair for Surgical Innovation. The money will establish an unrestricted fund
Midven’s Rainbow fund backs University of Anglia’s Spectral Edge
Iceni Seedcorn Fund joined Midven’s Rainbow Seed Fund in the investment in Spectral Edge. The company was founded in 2012 as a spin-out from the University of East Anglia to exploit novel image fusion technology developed by Professor Finlayson’s ‘Colour