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University Gap Funding and Accelerator Community News
University of Alabama start-up ThruPore earns $150,000 NSF grant
ThruPore Technologies, a University of Alabama start-up company, has earned a $150,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop a new catalyst for the petrochemical industry.
TechColumbus and The Ohio State University Announce Technology Concept Fund
Innovations with ties to The Ohio State University will get a financial boost from the new Technology Concept Fund, LLC. The million-dollar fund includes investments from Ohio State and Ohio Third Frontier. The Technology Concept Fund will be managed by
Venture Capital Fund Launches in Dubai Aimed at Middle East Start-Ups
A new early-stage venture capital fund has set up in Dubai, looking to invest up to $1 million in technology start-ups across the Middle East and North Africa. It joins a bevy of start-up accelerators launching in the technology space
Ryerson University Healthcare Photo Sharing Spinout, Figure1, Raises $2M
Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University (DMZ) alumnus company Figure1 announced today that it has raised $2 million in seed funding. Figure 1, the startup behind the popular healthcare photo sharing app of the same name, incubated at the DMZ
Duke University Energy Seed Fund Calls For Proposals, $40K Per Award
The Energy Research Seed Fund provide funds for new interdisciplinary, collaborative research teams (working groups) with the larger goal of enabling Duke University investigators to obtain critical preliminary results that have a high likelihood of obtaining external funding.
Florida State University GAP Fund Announces New Grants, $8M Funded-to-Date
Florida State University is giving some of its leading researchers a little extra cash to propel their cutting edge work closer to the marketplace. Pradeep Bhide, Dr. James Olcese and Jinfeng Zhang all received the university’s Grant Assistance Program (GAP)
University City Science Center Houses Two New Startups
Two biotech startups have a new home at the University City Science Center. The companies, Targeted Therapeutic Solutions (TTS) and Innolign Biomedical, are coming in from UPstart, a startup incubator through the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Technology Transfer.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Grants POC $$ To Potential Breakthroughs
This program helps bridge the gap between University innovations and the marketplace by funding research and development that will demonstrate an innovation’s market viability to potential investors and partners.
North Carolina IDEA Grants Support Five Start-ups For $200K
Emerging technology companies in Durham, Raleigh, RTP, Summerfield and Wake Forest land non-dilutive grants from economic development group NC IDEA. The organization has now handed out more than $3 million in grants to 82 companies since 2006. The latest grants were
Portland Development Commission Puts $30K Into Six University-born Companies
The Portland Development Commission is seeding six fledgling university-born companies up to $30,000 to help them succeed in the marketplace. The PDC launched the University Startup Commercialization Grant Program this year as a way to strengthen the relationship between Oregon Health