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University Gap Funding and Accelerator Community News
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
Lorrain Community College Innovation Fund Announces $150K In Six Start-ups
The Innovation Fund, Northeast Ohio’s most active pre-seed fund for technology startups, has awarded $25,000 grants to six young companies. The funding will be used to help the companies validate their technology ideas through the imagining and incubating stages and into
University of Washington Green Fund To Invest $250K In Green Research
The UW has received top marks from a variety of organizations for its sustainability measures. In the hope of continuing that legacy, the university is investing $250,000 in a new grant promoting green research. Supported by the department of Environmental
University of Florida 3D Modeling Start-up, Paracosm, Lands $300K From State Commercialization Program
Gainesville-based Paracosm has secured $800,000 in private and public funding to advance its 3D modeling and navigation software. The funding includes $300,000 — announced this week — from the Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research. The institute, which has
Tufts Venture Fund will supply seed money to student startups
Are we approaching the point where Boston will have more venture capitalists living in dorm rooms than in Wellesley? Maybe not yet. But another student-run investing group is about to start putting money into campus startups, this time at Tufts
University of Southern Maine RFP For Commercialization Gap Fund Program
The Office of Research Administration and Development is accepting proposals in response to the ongoing Call for Proposals for the Commercialization Gap Fund Program. Full-time USM faculty and staff from all colleges are eligible to apply. Graduate and undergraduate students who
Oregon BEST Adds New Members To BOD
Oregon BEST has elected four new members to its Board of Directors, adding regional expertise from private industry and government labs to its leadership body tasked with helping the organization speed commercialization of a wide range of new clean technologies.