Ollie completes $15M financing; Series A led by Aviva Investors and Employees Retirement System of Texas
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IU Philanthropic Venture Fund commits $500,000 to drug development company
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University Philanthropic Venture Fund, which provides capital to faculty, students, alumni and staff at all IU campuses to help them further develop their research and innovations into startup companies, has committed to invest $500,000 in Indianapolis-based NERx Biosciences Inc. as part of a $2.2 million bridge round.
UNIST Startup Receives KRW 1 Billion Investment from KIBO
Launched in January of this year by KIBO, the U-TECH Valley is a platform that supports rapid commercialization of cutting-edge technologies developed at universities and research institutes in South Korea.
Sergey Young to Present at the Longevity Leaders Conference
Sergey Young of Longevity Vision Fund, to present on "Opportunities in Longevity Biotechnology" at the Longevity Leaders Conference in London, 4th of February.
Michigan Schools Face Nation's Worst Decline in State Education Funding
Funding for Michigan's public schools has fallen more sharply than any other state over the past quarter century, a new report from Michigan State University finds.
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Softbank to invest 460 million euros in Germany's Auto1 Japan’s Softbank will invest 460 million euros ($561 million) in used-car dealing platform Auto1, marking the first investment in Germany by its Vision Fund, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Iceland Investing $1 Billion on Increasing Airport Capacity A tourist boom has caused traffic at Iceland’s Keflavik airport to grow more than five-fold over the past nine years, with a predicted 10 million passengers this year.
Is Investing in Digital Currencies Like Bitcoin Safe? If you've been even slightly tempted to invest in digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ripple, or Etherium, you might want to listen to Warren Buffett.
Ford to Invest $11 Billion by 2022 on New Electric Cars Ford Motor will increase to $11 billion its investment in electrified vehicles between now and 2022, saying it will introduce 16 battery-electric cars and 24 hybrids or plug-in hybrids around the world in the next few years.
Facebook-owned Oculus gets patent infringement lawsuit Oculus, a virtual reality (VR) company acquired by Facebook, was sued for patent infringement. Reuters reported that TechnoView IP, a technology trading company, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Oculus and Facebook in the US federal court in Delaware on July 7 (local time).
Olaf Carlson-Wee is the 27-year-old raised $10 million from venture capitalists for an unusual hedge fund
A total of $12.5 billion in settlements from Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse may be on the way for borrowers who got mortgages before the housing bust.
A former portfolio manager at New York State Common Retirement Fund and two brokers were charged with securities fraud after being involved in a bribery scheme that started early in 2014.
The NFL Players Association launched the OneTeam Collective to provide access to capital and licensing rights to startups.
