GAP Community News

In this article, I would like to focus on one significant trait that some investors possess — an entrepreneurial background that enables them to establish strong connections with startups and better understand the ‘pains’ and challenges new founders face. Based on my

The University of Minnesota today announced investments totaling $2.5 million across multiple Minnesota venture capital funds that will ultimately benefit start-up companies in the state. This is the first in a series of significant investments stemming from a partnership announced last November

The University of Washington Population Health Initiative continued its annual partnership with CoMotion to jointly fund two Innovation Gap Funds of $50,000 each. This $100,000 in funding will support projects that simultaneously support the UW’s vision for improving population health

The University of Strathclyde’s world-leading Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation (CMAC) medicines manufacturing research centre, has received a new £11 million award from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) to deliver the CMAC Data Lab: A Digital Medicine Manufacturing

The University of Hawaiʻi has launched Faculty Fellows, a new experiential certificate training program available to UH System faculty interested in growing the university’s innovation and entrepreneurship capacity. Six faculty from the College of Engineering at UH Mānoa have been

An incubator for startup life science companies is coming to Hyde Park Labs, the $225 million Harper Court expansion. Years in the making, Hyde Park Labs is a 302,000-square-foot, 13-story tower at 52nd Street and Harper Avenue that will host science

The Kentucky Network for Innovation and Commercialization (KYNETIC) has selected eight teams from universities across the Commonwealth for Cycle 7 project funding. KYNETIC is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) and part of the national NIH Proof-of-Concept

Three University of Louisville research-backed technologies have been awarded funding through the Kentucky Network for Innovation and Commercialization (KYNETIC).  KYNETIC is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) and part of the national NIH Proof-of-Concept

Turning an idea into a viable business can be an exciting process, but it requires a significant investment of finances, time, mentorship and research along the way. As a champion of innovative and entrepreneurial culture, Ontario Tech University nurtures an

The University of Waterloo is investing up to $5 million from its $800-million endowment to create a venture capital fund to invest in startups. Led by general partners Ross Robinson and Akash Vaswani, Velocity Fund II (VFII) represents the first time