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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
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.