🚀🚀 CDL-Vancouver ventures have officially surpassed $6 Billion CAD in Equity Value Creation 🚀🚀 Equity value creation represents the total value of companies that are alumni of the CDL-Vancouver program. Since CDL-Vancouver launched at the UBC Sauder School of Business at The University of British Columbia in 2016, the program has supported over 1,000 founders working to scale science and technology based businesses. CDL-Vancouver has over 175 Mentors who are supporting ventures in the 2024/25 programming cycle through four specialized streams: Biomedical Engineering, Climate, Compute, and Minerals. In reflecting on achieving this milestone, CDL-Vancouver Site Director Bree Stanlake shares: "We would like to congratulate the ventures on their successes in and out of the program, thank our mentors for sharing their time and expertise, the CDL-Vancouver staff for their dedication to excellence, and thank all of the corporate and individual partners for their ongoing support of the program." The Creative Destruction Lab program brings together a curated group of ventures to meet with experienced entrepreneurial mentors to deliver commercial and technical mentorship, guidance and advice to the next generation of venture founders. For more information about the program, visit https://lnkd.in/g6iaHQDj and stay up to date by following CDL-Vancouver
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"There's increasing pressure to think about, 'What is the university doing with respect to producing outcomes for society?' We've mostly done that through IP and licensing agreements and offices of technology and commercialization approaches." Now, though, leading universities like Purdue, UNC, and Notre Dame are building venture studios as a modern, ROI-focused way to drive change across the university, focus industries, and the world at large. Ready to turn the ideas from your university's students, alumni, faculty, and researchers into entrepreneurial ventures that solve industry problems? Learn how leading institutions are doing just that by partnering with venture builders. #UniversityVentureStudio #VentureStudios
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Congratulations to BioSensor Solutions! The company has advanced to the 17th Annual CU Boulder New Venture Challenge Final Showcase! Over the past five months, Good Point Projects has had the privilege of supporting Carl Kalin and David Z Beitz on marketing and communications initiatives as the company's on-call marketing firm. BioSensor Solutions provides a soil health analytics subscription platform based on data from their proprietary microbial activity sensors designed for use in the field and lab. Data from these sensors is important because microbial activity is essential to growing the foods we depend on. BioSensor Solutions was founded in 2023 with support from the University of Colorado Venture Partners Deep Tech Startup cohort program designed to commercialize innovative university technology. CEO David Beitz and President Carl Kalin are on a mission to help growers produce healthier, tastier, larger, and more sustainable harvests with fewer inputs (water, fertilizer, herbicides). David, who has a background in geology and geographic information systems, is a second-time startup founder with his first exit several years ago. Carl co-founded an agtech company that now works with 7 of the 10 largest growers in California. Carl also has had multiple exits and his companies have raised over $40 million in venture capital funding. #CUBoulder #Buffs #BoulderColorado #NewVentureChallenge #Entrepreneurship https://lnkd.in/ej8YDBya
New Venture Challenge Final Showcase
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FYI: ..."The four companies chosen for the New Venture Accelerator (NVA) will each receive up to $50,000 in equity-free funding and participate in a 14-week accelerator program that ends with a demo day in August. The NVA is open to SLU students and alumni who have received a degree from SLU in the past five years."... See link for more detail on the four companies. _____
New startup accelerator selects 4 companies for funding - St. Louis Business Journal
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Science knows no boundaries… So I’m extra excited to share Excedr's collaboration with our friends at the University of Toronto’s SpinUp at UTM. I know this is a little long, but I want to share this excerpt with you from their site about how SpinUp supports founders: “Early-stage entrepreneurs need dedicated, high-quality wet lab space and equipment to mature their intellectual property (IP) and attract external investment. But this space is scarce and often too expensive [...] SpinUp bridges the translation gap, providing early-stage life science founders access to highly subsidized wet lab co-working space, equipment, and infrastructure[...] Here, startups can focus their funds on developing their IP and strengthening their business case, tap the research strengths of a world top-twenty university and the commercial savvy of a world top-five university entrepreneurship network.” Fun fact: Since 2017, the only North American university to support more IP startups than U of T is… MIT. And at the risk of sounding like a broken record… I have to reiterate: Nothing like this existed just 10-12 years ago. Nada. Zilch. It’s important to me that we keep applauding them, encouraging them, and supporting them wherever we can. To our collaborators at U of T – we’re so excited to have you as our first international partner… Thanks for allowing us to lend our support! Raquel De Souza Tanya Rohrmoser #startups #biotechnology #lifesciences #academia
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Did you know: “Between 2018 and 2022, commercialization out of the University of Colorado Boulder alone had an economic impact of $8 billion nationally and $5.2 billion in Colorado. The university ranks fifth in the nation for startup creation and 14th globally for patents issued. It’s helped propel the state to sixth in the nation for venture capital deals. Read more at the link below, including more about Mana Battery, a spinout from Chunmei Ban’s laboratory (CU Boulder Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering).
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation, and Managing Director of Venture Partners at CU Boulder
Colorado Public Radio with a great piece on startups out of the University of Colorado, including awesome companies like Vitro3D and Mana Battery. Thanks Jenny Brundin for the write up! https://lnkd.in/gbatmz-E
We went to a startup symposium at the University of Colorado. We saw these nine cool startups. We said "wow" a lot.
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Thanks to Michael Rubin, M.D., Ph.D. from Northpond Ventures, for sending me this swag! Stay tuned for an enlightening conversation with Dr. Rubin, where we delve into Northpond Ventures' remarkable journey. As a multi-billion dollar venture capital firm driven by science, Northpond Ventures fosters innovation and supports groundbreaking advancements. Northpond Ventures has established itself as a pivotal player in the academic and entrepreneurial ecosystems through initiatives like founding The Laboratory for Bioengineering Research and Innovation at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, launching the MIT-Northpond Program to propel innovation in engineering and life sciences, and sponsoring a prize for women entrepreneurs at MIT. With over 60 financings led or co-led in recent years and active board participation in most of these ventures, Northpond Ventures is shaping the future of science and technology. For more insights into their impactful work, visit Northpond Ventures. https://www.npv.vc/ #VentureCapital #ScienceAndTechnology #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #WomenInTech #Bioengineering #LifeSciences #StartupFunding #AcademicInnovation #TechLeadership
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From writing mentor blogs for the University of Helsinki Helsinki Incubators, there has been a recurring theme. Contrary to the prolific innovation stemming from Nordic universities, research-oriented deep technology startups commonly encounter early-stage commercialisation hurdles such as getting the right teams together, clarity in market fit, and investors getting cold feet with projects they deem too complex. There are already great incubator programmes around the Nordics to boost university-based startups, and the mentors involved give invaluable guidance. Still, a private equity fund called Nordic Science Investments (NSI) can now be added to the mix. NSI is the first capital investment fund in the Nordic countries backed by university technology transfer experts, and they just completed the closing of their first €60M fund. The firm will bring investment expertise to the research institutes of universities in Finland and neighbouring countries. In addition to growth capital, the company offers early-stage spinout companies strategic support and networks and helps build teams to start the business. The founding team of NSI are Jari Strandman, Alexandra Gylfe, PhD MBA, Anssi Uimonen, and Matti Hautsalo, all of whom come with a lot of knowledge and experience muscle - just what is needed to convert ground-breaking research into commercial success stories. The image of the founders was sourced from a company LinkedIn post. #venturecapital #deeptech #innovation #techtransfer #spinout #science
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Such gratitude to Malvika Bhagwat from Owl Ventures for her visit to our class. Her discussion illuminated Owl Ventures' distinctive approach to EdTech investment and support. Key takeaways from Malvika's talk: * Impact Partner + VC: Owl Ventures transcends traditional VC roles. They actively stimulate meaningful innovation in EdTech by identifying high-potential founders and providing hands-on assistance. This approach ensures that outcomes guide both strategic planning and product development. * Patient Investment Strategy: Owl Ventures understands that real impact takes time. They give their portfolio companies the runway needed to thoroughly develop and implement their evidence plans, fostering sustainable growth and meaningful educational outcomes. * Catalyzing Innovation in EdTech: Malvika emphasized that VC funding, particularly Owl Ventures' approach, plays a crucial role in the broader EdTech ecosystem. By strategically investing in promising startups, they stimulate innovation, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in educational technology and driving the entire sector forward. Thank you, Malvika Bhagwat, for sharing these valuable insights and inspiring us to broaden our understanding of the critical role that Owl Ventures plays in shaping the future of education! This talk is part of Harvard Graduate School of Education T408 Evaluating Impact at Scale through the lens of equity, evidence and ecosystems that I have the pleasure of co-teaching with David Dockterman. Shout out to Aleksander Muller Hilderbrand and Jeph B. Acheampong for moderating the discussion! #OwlVentures #EdTech #ImpactInvesting #EducationInnovation #PatientCapital #HGSE
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We are into a very nice series of PhD defenses these days. We look forward to hearing Max Vellguth presenting his PhD project. His abstract begins with these words: "In a world experiencing paradigm-shifting challenges on economic, societal, environmental and geopolitical levels, the power of new ventures transforming our world is rising. Increasingly, new ventures are crucial in providing technological solutions to address global issues, such as climate change, poverty and human health. Despite the critical importance of entrepreneurship, high failure rates among new ventures persist and recent scandals underscore the complexities involved in venture governance. As the primary governance mechanism, venture boards are central to the success of new ventures. Board directors support entrepreneurs with advice and resources while overseeing management actions and venture development. However, while controversy among entrepreneurs and investors has emerged regarding the actual value venture boards provide to firms, academic evidence remains limited and often contradictory. That is problematic for both practitioners and scholars since it places a key aspect of entrepreneurship — venture governance — amidst practical intricacies and theoretical inconsistencies. Consequently, our understanding concerning the implications of composition and decision-making processes in new ventures remains nebulous." In his Ph.D. project, Max aims to address this existing research gap by focusing on venture boards in deeptech ventures that are commercializing breakthroughs in science and engineering. These ventures face distinct techno-economic challenges regarding firm, product and team characteristics, highlighting the importance yet complexities for effective venture boards and the collaboration between deeptech founders and their investors. Join us for Max' defence on Monday 17 June 2024 at 13:00 CET at DTU in Lyngby. See details below. Thomas J. Howard, Carina Lomberg, Jes Broeng, Fiona Murray #VentureBoards #VentureGovernance #Deeptech #Ventures #DTUinnovation #DTUdk #PhD
PhD Defence by Max Fidelius Vellguth: Governance in deeptech ventures: The critical role and impact of venture boards for deeptech founders and their firms - DTU Entrepreneurship
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The University of Queensland presents, Ventures ilab Accelerator Pitch Night! Join us Thursday 12 September from 5:30pm at The Tivoli and hear our teams pitch their cutting-edge innovations – from artificial intelligence and social media to period care and delicious snacks. Over the past few months, our founders have been hard at work tackling important global challenges to create positive impact in the intensive Ventures ilab Accelerator program. Grab your ticket at https://lnkd.in/ei6E7Qs The 2024 Chapter 2 ilab Accelerator Pitch Night is supported by Everest Engineering. #UQVentures #EntrepreneurshipatUQ
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