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Harvard Business School announces New Venture Competition finalists – Harvard Gazette
On March 4, Harvard Business School student-led teams pitched their startups to 88 judges in the first round of the HBS 2023 New Venture Competition (NVC) Business Track, managed by the School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. Sixteen semifinalist teams were selected to move on
Milltrust To Launch Follow-On University Venture Fund
Milltrust, a London, UK-based investment organisation focused on ‘Sustainable Prosperity’ across both public and private capital markets, launched the British Innovation Fund II, along with a dedicated venture investment platform, Milltrust Ventures. The fund will target high-impact, early-stage companies with
UChicago’s Transform Accelerator for Data Science and Emerging AI Startups Announces Inaugural Cohort
The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Data Science Institute today announced the inaugural cohort of its new accelerator, Transform. Housed within the new Deep Tech Ventures initiative at the Polsky Center, Transform will provide full-spectrum support, including access to business and technical
UTRF to Launch Venture Program, Accelerator Fund for UT Startups
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) will create the Venture Launch Program and the Accelerator Fund to bring more UT innovations to the world. “The benefits this kind of program will provide are numerous and invaluable,” said UTRF President
Entrepreneurs receive award from K-State Accelerator program
Kansas State University College of Business Administration Accelerator program awards $100,000 to 10 entrepreneurs. Kansas State University announced that 10 entrepreneurs recently pitched their companies to a panel of judges during Demo Day, the culmination of the eight-week Accelerator program hosted by
OVPR Makes Largest Investment in Seed Funding in FY 2022-23
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) at Stony Brook University has made its largest investment in seed funding over the course of the current fiscal year. Since the summer of 2022, the office has funded 32 projects
President’s Innovation Challenge names finalists for 2023
Reimagining how depression is assessed and treated, exploring business applications of generative AI, and developing a novel decarbonization solution, are just a few of the 25 ideas that have been selected as 2023 President’s Innovation Challenge Finalists. The President’s Innovation Challenge is
TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative Announced Recent Investments
COLUMBIA, Md., March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent round of funding through the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII). MII accelerates the commercialization of technologies from bench to market. MII Awards Established in 2012, the MII program was
Private and GAP Accelerator Models
Accelerators have contributed to the success of many tech and web giants. For example, Airbnb, Stripe and DropBox are all among the unicorns that have received investment support from some of the largest financial powerhouses out there – from JP
How Venture Capital Can Avoid the Next Silicon Valley Bank Fiasco | WIRED
IN THE PUBLIC imagination, venture capitalists are often seen as independent wealthy actors seeding early-stage companies with their personal money. But the vast majority of VC capital is from “LPs”—or limited partners—including public pensions, university endowments, hospitals, and wealthy families. In