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
Gillibrand wants to fill venture capital void
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to do for upstate New York what the venture capital sector has not. While New York state universities rake in $6 billion a year in government research funding — ranking it No. 2 in the country — the
Portland State University’s DesignMedix Closes Second Angel Round of $1.5 Million
DesignMedix, Inc., a biotech startup with ties to Portland State University, has closed a second round of angel funding from investors in the Northwest. Investors include Portland Seed Fund, as well as members of Bellingham Angels, Oregon Angel Fund, Seraph
Oregon BEST supports OSU-Industry collaboration on filter technology
PORTLAND, Ore. A new round of commercialization funding from Oregon BEST is helping a Portland company collaborate with Oregon State University researchers to advance a biochar-based filter system that utilizes waste biochar from lumber mills to remove heavy metals
AdAdapted, U Michigan gap fund recepient, raises $725,000 in seed round
AdAdapted has locked down $725,000 in seed capital to help it scale up its mobile advertising platform.
U.S.-Chinese Accelerator InnoSpring is Targeting $5 Million Fund
InnoSpring, a two-year-old accelerator founded in Silicon Valley to help U.S. and Chinese tech startups expand across borders, is raising a second fund, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned.
Inpria, an Oregon ONAMI gap project, raises another $1.5 million from OAF
Inpria, one of the first of now 40 ONAMI Gap Fund startup companies, has just announced that it’s raised $1.45 million from the Oregon Angel Fund.
Governor Cuomo Announces $900,000 to Fund Biomedical Research Projects at Nine SUNY Campuses
Albany, NY – July 8, 2014 – Governor Andrew M. Cuomotoday announced $900,000 in funding for projects supported by the State University of New York Health Network of Excellence. This first round of funding will be awarded to six projects engaging students and faculty
EU receives calls for first €1.1bn tranche of €80bn Horizon 2020 fund
EU private-sector firms and member states presented their first calls for projects and partners that will receive €1.1bn in public funding from the EU’s €80bn Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Framing the Expectations of Tech and Start-up Gap Funding
From my experience, the framing of expectations to sponsoring leadership and stakeholders is the single most important action in the successful launch and sustainability of any tech or start-up gap funding program. This is especially important if any source of
Ivy Foundation Biomedical Innovation Grants
The Ivy Foundation Biomedical Innovation Grants was created in 2008 by the Ivy Foundation to support collaborative University of Virginia research projects with the potential to yield leading-edge diagnostics and treatments for a range of human health problems. The fund