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Florida Opportunity Seed Fund announces awards
Opportunity Fund awards are intended to support new projects (not supplement current research). Proposals must involve faculty from at least two departments/units/colleges and are limited to $100,000 for the entire project period (two years)
Ohio State University accelerator start-up backed by TechColumbus
One of the companies graduating Thursday from Ohio State University’s 10x business accelerator program already had a good head of steam when it entered in February, and just got another turbo boost.
Oregon Angels back consumer brands in contest
Dozens of investors will collectively make a quarter-million-dollar decision Wednesday, choosing from among a handful of Portland-area startups competing for their money.
US-China incubator Springs up in Sillicon Valley
innoSpring, Silicon Valley’s first US-China technology startup incubator, officially opened its doors today and welcomed its first intake of 12 technology startup companies to its newly-minted 13,500-square-feet facilities in Silicon Valley. At a by-invitation-only event, InnoSpring also announced the establishment
Indian government backs Startup Villiage
KOCHI: Startup Village, a technology business incubator formed through a public-private partnership to promote technology startups, will rope in investments of Rs 100 crore and nurture 1,000 startups in the next ten years
New Delhi VC fund focuses on Dalit entrepreneurs
Parliament Street in New Delhi leads to some of the biggest banks in India — the Reserve Bank of India, the State Bank of India and the Standard Chartered Bank. Tomorrow, this road will be open to a new set
Armenia launching early stage VC fund ($200-500K/project)
YEREVAN. – A venture fund will be established in Armenia this year, and it will provide its first funding by the year’s end, Enterprise Incubator Foundation Executive Director Bagrat Yengibaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Australia seeks $100M to drive pre-seed investors
Experts have called for federal government investment in entrepreneurial and venture capital skills, including the establishment of a $100 million fund for budding venture capitalists, to boost Australia’s struggling commercialisation industry.
Cincinnati state-supported VC fund supports aging-related products
State-supported venture development group CincyTech will help Linkage Ventures analyze investment opportunities and manage due diligence.
Micro-loans SPARK 12 new Michigan companies
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Twelve Michigan companies have received a combined total of more than $444,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to more than $2.4