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New VC firm to target technologies and start-ups from UCSD
A group of alumni from UC San Diego has created an early stage venture capital fund that will target startup companies created by university students, faculty and graduates. The modest, roughly $8 million Triton Technology Fund unveiled late Wednesday expects
Vanderbilt University Plans For $50M Seed Fund
Vanderbilt University officials are drawing up plans for a $50 million pool of money that will finance strategic collaborations across campus in the coming years.
Cambridge University sells stake in pharma spin-out for $5.3M
Cambridge University has pocketed millions of pounds on a seed investment it made seven years ago in a company that makes “test tube patients” for drug research. The university made £3.17m, more than 30 times its original investment, after selling
QuickSod Wins $30K in the UTRF Tennessee Venture Challenge
QuickSod swept the first ever Tennessee Venture Challenge (TVC), claiming both the $25,000 overall prize and the $5,000 Crowd Favorite Award at the inaugural TVC Pitch Competition held by the UT Research Foundation (UTRF) Thursday, April 3 at The Foundry
North Dakota state-based Venture Grants support $1.3 million in promising technologies and research projects
The North Dakota Centers of Excellence Commission awarded funding requests for two Venture Grants, two Research ND grants and one Research ND BIO project totaling $1,277,924 at its meetings held February 21 and 28. Research ND and Research ND BIO
The University of Texas at San Antonio announce $100K in 20 translational research projects
The Office of the Vice President for Research announces the Special Summer Seed Grant program awardees for summer 2014. This seed grant program was a one-time funding opportunity established to promote research and scholarship at the highest quality. A total
University of New Mexico seeks to raise $1M seed fund for start-ups
The University of New Mexico may be putting more skin in the technology transfer game with a new $1 million fund to invest up to $100,000 in startup companies working to take UNM inventions to market. The UNM Foundation and
Angel investor donates $1M to support U Waterloo student Velocity Fund
Entrepreneur and angel investor, Mike Stork, is giving back to the Waterloo Region startup community with a generous donation of $1 million to Velocity at the University of Waterloo. The donation is a double win for student entrepreneurs. The gift
FundersClub fills void for start-up investors
A fast-growing Indianapolis start-up called TinderBox is days away from securing its second investment from the nation’s first online venture capital fund, FundersClub. Just like a year ago, when the sales and marketing software company became the first non-Silicon Valley
Five student startups get $60K from McGinnis Venture Competition
Five student startups from Carnegie Mellon University are getting a little more support, earning $60,000 in investment capital through the 2014 McGinnis Venture Competition, a cross-campus entrepreneurial challenge.