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The University Gap Funding/Accelerator Weekly update, a resource for those interested in university-affiliated translational research, proof of concept, startup, and venture gap fund/accelerator program
University Gap Funding and Accelerator Community News
University Crowdfunding Model Review 2
Crowdfunding is an emerging investment vehicle that may be better positioned to support the capital requirements of translational research, proof of concept projects, and early-stage start-ups than more traditional capital sources, like venture capital and angel investment. This hour-long event will be a web-enabled discussion and cover examples at three leading institutions
University of South Florida Launches Ground-Breaking Revenue Incentive Program
The University of South Florida in Tampa (USF) has announced a ground-breaking Revenue Incentive Patent Cost Sharing Program for their university inventors. The Revenue Incentive program, one of the first of its kind among U.S. universities, provides a way for USF innovators
NIH centers program to fund translational work on medical technologies
The NIH Centers for Accelerated Innovations (NCAIs), funded by the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will target technologies to improve the diagnosis, treatment, management, and prevention of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders and diseases. “The NCAIs
Colorado State University Takes Crowdfunding To the Next Level
Colorado State University, the first university in the state to open a web-based crowdfunding platform to potential donors, is taking its beta test to the next level. After a successful initial test of the Charge platform with 10 student businesses
Sequoia veterans plug a venture gap with $300 million fund for midwest start-ups, university tech
As Silicon Valley venture capitalists, Chris Olsen and Mark Kvamme were reluctant to visit “flyover country” to do deals. Now they’ve gone native and see the Midwest as the land of opportunity, setting up shop in Columbus, Ohio, with Drive
University of Tennessee Research Foundation Launches Business Plan Competition for Academic-Affiliated Startups
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) has announced the formation of a new business plan competition aimed at academic-affiliated startup companies. The competition, named Tennessee Venture Challenge (TVC), will be held in April 2014 and is designed to encourage
Kyoto University sets up $60 million fund for Asian start-up investment
Japan’s second largest university has set its second venture funds worth $60 million in the region and possibly across the country. Through the Kyoto University Venture Fund (KUVF), the university will fund business initiatives proposed by its faculty and alumni members or “relevant
Florida State University Student-Run Fund Yields High Educational Returns
They show up ten minutes early to investment meetings, manage million-dollar funds, check stock returns in their free time and at the end of the day… finish their homework? Allowing college students to manage a $1.2 million fund may seem
SD Innovation Partners invests in SDSU technologies
As the world around us becomes more crowded and complex, the human population faces increasingly difficult challenges, particularly in the areas of health care, food supply and energy. A host of innovative and disruptive technology-based solutions devised by researchers all
Innovate NY Fund supports $1.4M investment in Intrinsiq Materials
The Cayuga Venture Fund of Ithaca is the lead investor in a $4.1 million funding round for Intrinsiq Materials, a Rochester-area start-up developing conductive inks for the printed electronics industry, Intrinsiq announced Monday.