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Deependra Thakur and Abhay Dere won $40,000 for their software solution tailored for gas station store owners. The Maverick Entrepreneur Program and Award Fund distributed $117,000 to 10 student entrepreneurs at the MavPitch grand finale event. The Maverick Entrepreneurship Program

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research announced 16 outstanding projects in its latest class of ASPIRE awards, granting more than $5 million for research that aims to answer key feasibility and proof-of-concept questions in an accelerated time frame, and scaling for impact

Six Ohio State University student teams who participated in the first-ever President’s Buckeye Accelerator have each been awarded $50,000 to fund their entrepreneurial ventures. The six winners were among 10 teams who pitched their ideas to a panel of Ohio entrepreneurs on

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is launching a $500 million venture fund to invest in a range of AI companies – from early-stage to hyper-growth startups – focused on accelerating generative AI technology and research for the enterprise. With a differentiated model and strategy consisting of

Arizona State University will celebrate those who have served the nation and their communities with an assortment of events across Phoenix metro campuses for this year’s Salute to Service happening Nov. 8–18. Salute to Service honors the military veteran community along with first

Cleveland Clinic has launched the Cleveland Clinic Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program, a competitive program for start-up companies to explore quantum computing applications in healthcare and life sciences.  Up to four early- and growth-stage life sciences and healthcare technology companies will be

Iron Nation, a new volunteer emergency impact fund designed to help early-stage Israeli startups continue operating amid the nation’s war with Hamas, launched today. The fund aims to raise $20 million to support post-seed venture-backed startups in Israel, where an estimated

Shripad Bhagwat, PhD, a drug development expert with decades of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, has been named the inaugural senior director of the Needleman Program for Innovation and Commercialization (NPIC) at Washington University in St. Louis. In

The life sciences accelerator Blackbird Laboratories Inc. launched Tuesday with a $100 million founding grant from The Stephen and Renee Bisciotti Foundation and research collaborations with Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the Lieber Institute for Brain

Nex Cubed, the venture accelerator that launched a $40 million fund to target founders from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), announced today a venture scouting partnership with the nonprofit HBCU.vc to help train the next generation of Black venture capitalists. HBCU.vc offers fellowships