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Yale Biotech Startup Wins $100K From Yale Entrepreneur Institute Innovation Fund
The startup IsoPlexis received $100,000 from the YEI Innovation Fund—the second investment by the fund which was created in September 2013 by Yale University, Connecticut Innovations and First Niagara Bank to provide early-stage funding to promising ventures that have participated in a program
Five Long Island Biotech/Clean-Energy Start-ups Get $500K
The outlook is a little greener for five biotech and clean-energy startup companies thanks to half a million dollars in seed money from Accelerate Long Island and the Long Island Emerging Technologies Fund. Goddard Labs, Green Sulfcrete, PolyNova, SynchroPET and
Michigan Launches $6.8M Pre-Seed Fund 2.0
Companies developing technologies in the areas of advanced automotive, manufacturing and materials, agricultural technology, alternative energy, homeland security and defense, information technology, life sciences and other innovative technologies are invited to discuss their financing needs with Invest Michigan.
Cornell University Academic Venture Fund Awards $1.4M to 12 Bioenergy/Ag Projects
Cornell University’s David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has awarded $1.4 million from its Academic Venture Fund to 12 new university projects, including several related to biomass and bioenergy production.
12 Northeast Ohio companies win $42.3 million from Ohio Third Frontier
Twelve, young companies receive over $42M in support from the state’s economic development engine, Ohio Third Frontier (OTF). OTF has led the nation as an example of what a robust approach, via both funding and support programs, can do for
QED Program launches seventh round of funding; to put near $1M in start-ups
As the University City Science Center’s QED proof-of-concept program launches its seventh round, one of its newest academic partners, The Pennsylvania State University, has expanded its involvement from the Medical College at Hershey to include its main campus at University
Wayne State University gets $250K boost from local Detroit Innovate Fund
The Detroit Innovate Fund, a new fund to help launch local high-tech startup companies, has invested $250,000 in Detroit Materials Inc., a Wayne State University spinoff that hopes to make cast-steel parts for the military, mining and off-road markets. The company will use
European VC, Epidarex, announces £50m into life sciences venture fund for university spin-outs
Investors keen to capitalise on British science have poured nearly £50m into a new venture capital fund. Epidarex, a specialist life science venture capital group, will on Thursday unveil a new £47.5m fund dedicated to UK start-ups, including university spin-outs.
Mizzou student start-up lands $50K from local angels
Angel investors come from all backgrounds and industries, but Kansas City-based Knoda today announced it has received a $50,000 investment from a less likely angel group: students.
Florida Institute for Commercialization of Public Research funds unmanned aircraft start-up
The Institute for Commercialization of Public Research (the Institute) announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with Altavian, an unmanned aircraft solutions provider that integrates engineering and manufacturing with services for federal, state, local, and commercial clients. The Institute works