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University Gap Funding and Accelerator Community News
Natural Gas Vehicle Start-up, Simple Fill, Lands $1M From Ohio State University and Ohio Third Frontier
Simple-Fill, a startup developing technology to allow vehicles running on compressed natural gas to fill up at home, has received an initial investment from a fund backed by Ohio State University and the Ohio Third Frontier program. Simple-Fill’s CNG technology came from
Purdue Research Foundation Creates $15M Fund for Life Sciences Start-ups
Purdue Research Foundation and Cook Medical have created a $12 million evergreen investment fund to financially support life science startup companies tied to Purdue University. The Foundry Investment Fund, announced Tuesday, will be used to match outside donations to fund companies based
U.Va. Spinoff Announces Collaboration with Pfizer, CIT GAP Fund
Neoantigenics LLC, a new biotechnology company founded on discoveries made by Dr. John Herr at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, announced today it has entered into an early-stage research and development collaboration with Pfizer Inc.
LSU $2M LIFT POC Fund Approved
LSU LIFT, or Leveraging Innovation for Technology Transfer, Fund will support commercialization of faculty intellectual property through small grants for applied research on proof of concept
LSU President’s Committee on Technology Transfer Recommends New POC LIFT Fund
In order to better advance innovation arising from university research, LSU will adopt a new approach to commercialization and technology transfer, based on the recommendations of the President’s Committee on Technology Transfer, or PCTT.
Canadian public-private venture capital fund raises C$217 mln
Canadian government-backed investment fund set up to help revive the country’s ailing venture capital industry raised C$217.5 million ($198 million) at its initial closing, its backers said on Tuesday.
Singularity University to launch $50 million venture fund to tackle the world’s ‘grand challenges’
Forward-looking startups will have a chance at $50 million later this year when Singularity University, an education center and accelerator based at Mountain View’s NASA Ames Research Center, launches its first venture fund. The university will begin raising capital during the
Plans for $20M University of Minnesota venture fund take shape
The University of Minnesota is on track to raise a $20 million venture capital fund this year that will make seed-stage investments in startups born from academic research.
University of Washington Green Seed Fund Approves $279K In Projects
The Green Seed Fund awards grants to UW faculty, students, and staff to research opportunities that advance sustainable research while contributing to campus sustainability goals. Listed below are projects awarded for funding during 2014.
Princeton’s Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund Puts $400K Into Four POC Projects
Enhanced cybersecurity, non-scarring tattoo removal, 3-D photography and a laser-scanning device are projects selected for Princeton University’s Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund, which supports discoveries that have significant potential for further development into products or services. The roughly $100,000 each researcher receives