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University Gap Funding and Accelerator Community News
NIH SBIR Details Three-stage Gap Funding Program
Both the SBIR and STTR programs are divided into three phases listed below. NIH has special Technical Assistance Programs to help small businesses move their technologies from the lab into the hands of customers.
“LilyPad” Stormwater Treatment Wins Funding
PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon BEST has awarded a second round of commercialization funding to help advance a floating, solar-activated stormwater treatment device that can be deployed in retaining ponds and ditches to keep contaminants from reaching streams.
Kickstart Seed Fund Launches $500,000 Student-Run Venture Fund
Kickstart Seed Fund is launching a $500,000 student-run venture fund aptly named the Campus Founders Fund.
University of Minnesota launches $20M seed capital program, drops plans for VC fund
The University of Minnesota has abandoned plans for a $20 million venture capital fund and will instead launch a seed-capital program for university-born startups.
Stanford, StartX Fund awardee, grabs $2m seed round
Nirmidas Biotech, Inc., a diagnostic research technology company, is announcing that it has raised $2 million in seed round funding to commercialize its fluorescence enhancing plasmonic gold technology, called “pGOLD.” The technology platform, which significantly boosts the ability to detect
Cape Town launches new seed fund
As part of the official opening of the new CCDI space, a new Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) was launched as part of the proceedings. The DISF is supported with seed funding from the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the
University of Cincinnati Technology Commercialization Accelerator Accepting Applications
Applications are being accepted now through Sept. 1, 2014, for the fourth round of funding from the UC Technology Commercialization Accelerator. The accelerator serves as a vehicle for significantly ramping up the commercialization activity of the university. Its primary focus
Cambridge Innovation Capital is ‘Redefining’ Investment
“The Cambridge cluster has worked very well for a long time. It has an established angel and entrepreneur ecosystem and what we’re seeing now is entrepreneurs beginning to invest back into new technology companies,” says Victor Christou, Senior Investment Director at Cambridge
University of Queensland start-ups to benefit from new $10m capital fund
Queensland start-ups are to benefit from a new $10 million early stage investment fund. The fund is a joint initiative of the ilab incubator based at The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Long Pocket site, and Artesian Capital Management.
KoolSpan, BrainScope get $700K in Maryland Venture Fund backing
The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development says its Maryland Venture Fund has made follow-on investments in two Maryland startups totaling $700,000.