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Five teams of Harvard researchers will work to de-risk promising ideas, with the aim of eventually launching startups, thanks to funding announced today from the University’s Grid Accelerator. Projects emerging from this year’s competitive selection process represent a cross section of

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is launching an accelerator to help promising healthcare startups come to market. The yearlong, paid Innovation Nexus program will comprise mentorship, coaching and networking with subject matter experts in and outside of the health system. “Since opening the Novant

The University of Connecticut, R/GA Ventures, and CTNext are kicking off their first cohort of the Future Climate Venture Studio this week, with six selected companies creating solutions across a range of critical areas of climate and sustainability including energy,

Five faculty-led innovation teams have been selected to participate in the fifth cohort of the University of Maine’s MIRTA accelerator program. The 2023 projects will develop research innovations in photovoltaic and color changing fabric; utilizing a new technology in catheterization to

New companies are not born out of thin air. An entrepreneur and their idea are the seeds—but that seed won’t grow without proper support in the right environment. To blossom from a fledgling startup into a booming business, these ventures

SINGAPORE, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Singapore-based energy technology startup Ampotech has raised S$1,775,000 in Pre-Series A funding to further its international expansion. The funding round was led by Earth Venture Capital (Earth VC), a global climate tech venture fund with Southeast Asia focus. KSL Maritime Ventures, the

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans BioInnovation Center has announced the acquisition of Fluence Analytics, a NOBIC and BioFund-supported company, by Yokogawa Electric Corporation. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fluence provides real-time analytics solutions to polymer and

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Applications are now open for the 2023 Invent Penn State Summer Founders Program, which provides a $15,000 grant to entrepreneurial teams with at least one Penn State student to work full-time on their startup, social good or

A trio of promising and exceptionally talented scientists at Oregon Health & Science University has earned unrestricted funding to extend leading-edge research to ultimately improve human health. Recipients of the 2023 Faculty Excellence and Innovation Awards, made possible by the