12 Sep New hire at IU Ventures to attract, secure and issue investments for startups, tech
IU Ventures has hired a new associate vice president to attract and provide financial investments for university-related startups and technologies...
IU Ventures News
10 Sep Supporting research and development: IU Ventures invests $500K in therapeutics company
The Indiana University Philanthropic Venture Fund, which is part of IU Ventures, has invested $500,000 in MBX Biosciences Inc., a company founded by IU Bloomington Distinguished Professor Richard DiMarchi, IUPUI alumnus Kent Hawryluk and Tim Knickerbocker...
05 Sep IU Ventures invests $1M in wireless power innovator NuCurrent
IU Ventures has participated in a syndicated Series C fundraising round for Chicago-based NuCurrent Inc. The IU Philanthropic Venture Fund made an investment of $1 million to accelerate NuCurrent's growth in the emerging wireless power industry...
03 Sep Agreement with Osage University Partners strengthens IU Ventures’ network of potential co-investors
High-tech companies that seek venture capital and have been launched by Indiana University students, faculty, staff or alumni could benefit from a newly announced partnership between IU Ventures and Pennsylvania-based Osage University Partners, or OUP...
28 Aug Entrepreneurial events help women, minorities with pitches, funding, commercialization
For the third year in a row, the IUPUI campus will host events that can help the general public, especially women and underrepresented minorities, learn more about entrepreneurship and commercializing university inventions...
27 Aug IU Ventures Announces Launch of IU Angel Network to Support Early-Stage Startup Activity
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- IU Ventures announces the creation of the IU Angel Network. The program is designed to connect qualified investors with an Indiana University affiliation to early-stage startups led by members of the IU community. The IU Angel Network is led by Tedd Green, executive...
23 Aug Introducing The Quarry: A New Avenue for IU Faculty Entrepreneurs
The Indiana University network of campuses includes nearly 10,000 faculty and staff working every day to advance the university’s culture of innovation and inquiry. Many of these researchers have a vision for the real-world applications and significance of their findings. Part of IU Ventures’ mission...
20 Aug Introducing the IU Philanthropic Venture Fund: The Cutting Edge of Innovation
There is a concept in ecology called the “edge effect,” an idea which describes how there is greater diversity of life where two ecosystems interact. Between the land and the water, or where forest becomes grassland, new species that might not find success in either...
16 Aug Introducing IU Ventures: The Future of IU Innovation
Around the world, there is a community of alumni, close to 700,000 strong, working to solve real problems and bring new, innovative ideas to life. It’s made up of researchers, entrepreneurs, technologists, business leaders, investors, and all manner of brilliant minds with one thing in...
13 Aug IU Ventures Announces New Slate of Startup Support and Investment Programs
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- IU Ventures, formerly the Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, has announced new programs designed to foster connections among investors, IU faculty, students and entrepreneurs throughout the global IU community to support, invest in and grow innovative new enterprises with IU affiliations. In...