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Detroit Innovate targets young technologies, university start-ups
A new seed-stage fund called Detroit Innovate, which intends to help launch technology companies in Southeast Michigan and invest in existing young companies, is scheduled to be announced today. The fund has received $5 million from the New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan and hopes
New $7.5M fund will help U Michigan accelerate medical technologies
A new $7.5 million fund will help U-M medical discoveries make the leap from the laboratory to the market, accelerating their potential to help patients. Funded in part by a new $2.4 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s
Sun Grant Initiative funds three POC projects at South Dakota State University
The Sun Grant Initiative, funded through the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy and Transportation, promotes collaboration among researchers from land-grant institutions, government agencies and the private sector to develop and commercialize renewable, bio-based energy technologies. The proof-of-concept grants allow researchers
Osage Venture Partners expanding its novel venture firm model
Osage University Partners closed its first fund with $100 million in January 2011. The venture fund has since invested or reserved about half of that $100 million, says managing partner Bill Harrington (pictured above right), an experienced life sciences venture firm executive who
Notre Dame launches $3.5M fund for student-led ventures
A new $3.5-million fund at the University of Notre Dame has been established to help launch student-led ventures and further strengthen the educational component of the University’s ESTEEM Graduate Program. The funds for the program will be from gifts made
Dorm Room Fund backs student start-ups expands into New York City
NEW YORK—A unique venture capital fund that focuses on financing business concepts from students is expanding into the city. First Round Capital launched the Dorm Room Fund last year in Philadelphia with $500,000 and a team of students choosing which
MedCity news covers five university crowdfunding platforms
A piece in Forbes this week calls attention to a recent trend in technology commercialization at universities: the use of crowdfunding. The article focused on a collaboration between the University of Utah’s Technology Commercialization Office and the crowdfunding site RocketHub, which resulted in the University
University of Buffalo Catalyst Fund puts $214K into promising inventions
UB’s Catalyst Fund has awarded $213,762 to five UB inventors or research teams developing promising technologies in the life sciences. The financial support will enable the researchers to conduct efficacy studies and other projects that demonstrate the commercial value of
University of Washington C4C funds start-ups through creative gap funding program
Up to 20 UW startups will have funding by the end of this fiscal year, thanks to help from the UW Center for Commercialization (C4C). The C4C has funded eight companies in the past six months. By the end of
Pitt, CMU join team to gap fund start-ups
The technology commercialization offices at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University are teaming up on a new initiative to spin out more technology into startups. The collaboration is being funded by a $200,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and