Research Commercialization Academy (BETA 0.01)

Author: PRNewswire

Source: Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH

Interest: AdhereTech receives $50,000 grand prize in global diabetes innovation challenge funded by Boehringer Ingelheim NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Developers of a pill bottle that wirelessly transmits data, measures medication and sends patient reminders have emerged as grand prize winners in the Healthcare Innovation World Cup, the international diabetes innovation challenge funded by Boehringer Ingelheim and organized by HITLAB.

Link: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wireless-pill-bottle-wins-healthcare-innovation-world-cup-207711501.html

Author: Richard Nieva

Source: Pando Daily

Interest: NCET2, or the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer, is a Washington DC-based organization that seeks to connect startups born out of university research projects with Fortune 1000 companies. The organization works with many of the large research universities, such as MIT, Harvard, and Yale. This fall, the organization is holding a conference in San Francisco called Exit: Startups, an event that seeks to shop startups spun out of university research projects to potential acquirers.

Link: http://pandodaily.com/2013/05/15/for-startups-with-university-roots-an-exit-is-priority-number-one/

Author: Lora Kolodny

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/

Interest: Gathering at the National Venture Capital Association’s VentureScape conference this week, venture and corporate investors met with executives leading top startup accelerators in a crowded session to discuss the health of the “startup ecosystem.” Two main questions on venture investors’ minds: “How do we know if accelerators are succeeding?” And: “Are we in an accelerator bubble?”

Link: http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/05/16/nvca-vcs-talk-accelerator-bubbles-accelerator-success/

Author: Molly Greenberg

Source: http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/

Interest: Crowdfunding is not just limited to startups, small businesses tirelessly trying to get their feet off the ground. Universities are using the innovative platform as well, striving to tell their story and campaign for their needs, raising money for a project, class, initiative that they believe to be of value. George Mason University is one of the best examples of a college stepping up and trying out alternative, more forward-thinking methods for fundraising their endeavors, currently in the mids

Link: http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2013/04/30/george-mason-launches-indiegogo-campaign-crowdfunding-for-student-social-entrepreneurs/

Author: Jennifer Finn

Source: http://www.udreview.com/

Interest: Senior fashion merchandising major Caroline LaPrise recently became one of three student finalists in the Hen Hatch Venture Funding Competition through the university’s Venture Development Center that involves pitching business ideas to investors. LaPrise has now sold over 500 handmade pieces, and she will present her investment pitch at the President’s Forum, an annual event held to help provide opportunities to entrepreneurs through exhibitions and funding awards, this Thursday.

Link: http://www.udreview.com/entrepreneur-creates-fashionable-headwear-1.3028077#.UW60H6KG1vB

Author: Cromwell Schubarth

Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal

Interest: A study released Monday provides more evidence that there are a lot more startups finding a harder time getting Series A funds than they did in finding seed money. The seed financing survey by the law firm of Fenwick & West said only 27 percent of startups hatched in 2011 landed first round venture money in 2012, compared to 45 percent who launched in 2010 and got later stage funds in 2011.

Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/03/26/new-study-finds-series-a-startup.html

Author: Jessica Holzer

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Interest: WASHINGTON—The so-called JOBS Act is yet to deliver a big boost to initial public offerings. The one-year-old law, officially the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, was aimed at helping companies with less than $1 billion in sales go public. But IPOs of such companies in the year since the law was enacted are on track to fall 21%, to 63 from 80 in the year prior, according to Jay Ritter, a University of Florida professor who tracks IPOs.

Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323361804578386833083221620.html

Author: Judy Lowry

Source: Story first appeared in Inventors Digest in March 2013

Interest: Two of the leading organizations in the United States dedicated to promoting academic innovation and entrepreneurship—the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2)—have committed to an ongoing collaborative relationship, designed to further their organizations’ missions, by recently signing a memorandum of understanding.

Link: http://www.research.usf.edu/absolute-news/templates/template1.aspx?articleid=1004&zoneid=1

Author: Colleen Debaise

Source: http://www.entrepreneur.com

Interest: New York venture capitalists say they plan to invest this year in a mix of online industries -- good news for technology entrepreneurs who hope their product or service is the next big thing. At Tuesday's "State of the Union" Venture Capital Lunch Club, an annual panel discussion at law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York, investors said they hadn't been put off by 2012's lukewarm initial public offerings (including Facebook's), and see plenty of new ventures that are ripe for investment.

Link: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/225790

Author: http://blogs.wsj.com

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com

Interest: It isn’t the big research labs or governments who are creating these breakthroughs, it’s our entrepreneurs. And immigrants are leading the charge. During the recent technology boom, 52% of Silicon Valley’s startups were founded by people born abroad. Look at any of our research labs: Immigrants perform much of the cutting-edge research.

Link: http://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/2013/02/13/startups-will-save-america/

Author: The University of Texas System

Source: The University of Texas System

Interest: The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved an additional $12.5 million for the UT Horizon Fund – a reserve used to invest in ideas and scientific breakthroughs developed at UT institutions. Originally approved in 2011 as part of UT System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa's action plan for advancing excellence across UT System institutions, this strategic venture fund keeps both the financial investment and returns in Texas and encourages greater commitment by UT institutions to he

Link: https://www.utsystem.edu/news/2013/02/14/125-million-ut-system-commercialization-fund

Author: http://blog.startupprofessionals.com

Source: http://blog.startupprofessionals.com

Interest: A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. A more general approach is to check out Grants.gov, which is a searchable directory of more than 1,000 federal grant programs. An advanced search tool is provided to search for a grant by eligibility, by issuing agency, or category.

Link: http://blog.startupprofessionals.com/2013/02/government-grants-cost-no-equity-but.html

Author: Alan Knott-Craig Jnr

Source: ventureburn.com

Interest: Comparing tech startups and the government is strange, I know. Nevertheless, having just finished a short course on economic development, I’m quite sure there are some parallels in the thinking of professors and civil servants in charge of the economy, and the thinking of the likes of Eric Ries of Lean Startup fame.

Link: http://ventureburn.com/2013/02/startups-vs-government-on-innovation/

Author: National Academy of Inventors

Source: National Academy of Inventors

Interest: The National Academy of Inventors will hold its 2nd annual conference in Tampa at the Embassy Suites Hotel in the University of South Florida Research Park, Feb. 21-22, 2013. The conference is open to members and non-members. The conference will feature presentations and panels by over 20 distinguished scientists and academic leaders on innovation, with keynotes by two well-known speakers: Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee, a

Link: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mits-robert-langer-and-us-commissioner-for-patents-focarino-to-speak-at-nai-conference-191265701.html

Author: Deanna Pogorelc

Source: MedCity News

Interest: A piece in Forbes this week calls attention to a recent trend in technology commercialization at universities: the use of crowdfunding. The article focused on a collaboration between the University of Utah’s Technology Commercialization Office and the crowdfunding site RocketHub, which resulted in the University Tech Vault, a portal specifically for projects that come out of the university.

Link: http://medcitynews.com/2013/02/crowdfunding-university-research-tech-commercialization-6-sites-that-are-doing-it/

Author: Kathleen Pender

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Interest: Congress created equity crowdfunding, but the Securities and Exchange Commission holds the infant industry's life in its hands. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, passed almost a year ago, will let privately held companies sell up to $1 million a year in unregistered stock to mom-and-pop investors using the Internet and social media. But they can't start until the SEC completes the regulations.

Link: http://www.sfgate.com/business/networth/article/Crowdfunding-awaits-key-rules-from-SEC-4264631.php

Author: Dave Michaels

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com

Interest: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should urge the creation of a new stock exchange limited to small companies that have trouble raising capital in public markets, an agency panel recommended today. The SEC Advisory Group on Small and Emerging Companies made the recommendation as its co-chairman suggested that a 2012 law intended to increase the number of initial public offerings might fail to have a big impact. The so-called Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act designed to induce more I

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-01/sec-group-urges-creation-of-exchange-for-small-companies.html

Author: David Ono

Source: http://abclocal.go.com

Interest: People faced with soaring healthcare costs have looked for help before. Now they've found another possible solution online. Thousands are sharing their stories on websites in what is known as crowdfunding. It's the latest online evolution connecting individuals who are in need, with people who want to do good.

Link: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/health/your_health&id=8977981

Author: http://www.innovationamerica.us

Source: http://www.innovationamerica.us

Interest: A New Jersey foundation that funds research coming out of the state’s medical school has agreed to replenish its investment arm with $5 million to pump into biotechnology startups at the pre-seed stage — one of the most difficult stages for companies to get funding. The New Jersey Health Foundation’sFoundation Venture Capital Group in New Brunswick, New Jersey invests up to $500,000 in pre-seed stage companies spinning out of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. It is poised

Link: http://www.innovationamerica.us/index.php/innovation-daily/27297-nj-foundation-pumps-another-5m-into-early-stage-biotech-investment-arm-medcity-news?utm_source=innovation-daily---your-daily-newsletter-highlighting-global-innovation-news-and-trends&utm_med

Author: http://www.innovationamerica.us

Source: http://www.innovationamerica.us

Interest: As the nation's economy continues its sluggish recovery, community colleges have emerged as important engines for entrepreneurial activity and job creation. An innovative new program, created and proven in a community college in northeastern Ohio, is hitting the road to help schools and the communities they serve to launch and grow technology-based startups.

Link: http://www.innovationamerica.us/index.php/innovation-daily/27306-kauffman-foundation-lorain-county-community-college-select-3-schools-to-pilot-entrepreneurship-education-funding-program-sfgate?utm_source=innovation-daily---your-daily-newsletter-highlighti