Business incubator Nest to launch health care startup accelerator in Singapore
Hong Kong business incubator Nest is extending its reach to Singapore with a health care start-up accelerator in partnership with AIA and Konica Minolta. The AIA-Konica Minolta acclerator will take on...
View ArticleChapman University student and alumni startups raise more than $4 million in...
(Source: Chapman University) Several dozen start-ups in the Chapman University incubator, called Launch Labs, have collectively raised more than $4 million in equity in the past 18 months. Launch Labs...
View ArticleCorporate 'Venturing' is Producing Tangible Social Impacts
By Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen is acting chief of the Multilateral Investment Fund's Access to Markets and Skills Unit, with expertise in corporate engagement, local development,...
View ArticleSFU professor recognized among Canada's Clean50 (Simon Fraser University)
(Source: Simon Fraser University) Contact: Majid Bahrami, 778.782.8538; mbahrami@sfu.ca Karen Lee, Faculty of Applied Sciences communications, 778.782.8923; k_lee@sfu.ca Photos: http://at.sfu.ca/EIekLW...
View ArticleSFU student spreading the mathematics love (Simon Fraser University)
(Source: Simon Fraser University) Contact: Allen Tung, University Communications, 778.782.9017, allent@sfu.ca Photo: http://i.sfu.ca/mMuhTi The majority of Simon Fraser University's Aboriginal students...
View ArticleUH accelerator announces finalists for third cohort (The University of Hawaii...
(Source: The University of Hawaii System) XLR8UH Cohort 3 Seven teams have been selected as finalists for the third cohort of the University of Hawaiʻi XLR8UH proof of concept center/venture...
View ArticleSFU Convenes Business Leaders and Ethicists on Canadian Climate Policy (Simon...
(Source: Simon Fraser University) SFU Contact: Robin Prest, SFU Centre for Dialogue, 778.782.7885; rjprest@sfu.ca Ethical Dilemmas in Climate Change Roundtable Dialogue: Participant contact: David...
View ArticleUSAID: Addressing Key Challenges for Entrepreneurs (US Department of State)
(Source: US Department of State) For the roughly 400 million entrepreneurs around the world, the challenges posed by complex social and economic problems -- from poverty to social inequality to climate...
View ArticleSFU Forges New Relationships in China and Hong Kong (Simon Fraser University)
(Source: Simon Fraser University) Contact: Dave Lefebvre, University Communications, 778.960.4933; dclefebv@sfu.ca Photo: http://at.sfu.ca/yrCrki Agreements to create a big data research centre, to...
View ArticleSFU and Hanhai launch China-Canada Accelerator program (Simon Fraser University)
(Source: Simon Fraser University) Contact: Dave Lefebvre, University Communications, 778.960.4933; dclefebv@sfu.ca Photo: http://at.sfu.ca/lBpjoC Simon Fraser University (SFU) is bringing Hanhai Zihye...
View ArticleThe million dollar incentive to change the world (UNSW - The University of...
(Source: UNSW - The University of New South Wales) How would you improve the lives of people in crowded cities if you had $US1 million? Students will have the chance to answer to this question at the...
View ArticleMission accomplished in China, says Watson
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson calls his latest trip to Asia a success, even if it’s taking some time to get over the jetlag. © provided Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson presented an Ottawa Senators jersey to Beijing...
View ArticleTackling climate change isn’t pie in the sky; the answers lay beneath our...
(Source: The University of Sheffield) Tackling climate change isn't pie in the sky; the answers lie beneath our feet Leading scientists from the University of Sheffield will join world leaders in Paris...
View ArticleHSE’s Business Incubator in World Top 25 (Higher School of Economics)
(Source: Higher School of Economics) At the UBI Awards ceremony in London's Trafalgar Square on November 25th, it was announced that HSE's Business Incubator is 14th in the UBI Global best university...
View ArticleSFU student spreading the mathematics love (Simon Fraser University)
(Source: Simon Fraser University) Contact: Allen Tung, University Communications, 778.782.9017, allent@sfu.ca Photo: http://i.sfu.ca/mMuhTi The majority of Simon Fraser University's Aboriginal students...
View ArticleSFU hosts SportsHack, a national 48-hour hackathon, Nov. 27–29 (Simon Fraser...
(Source: Simon Fraser University) Contact: Ian Hand, SportsHack mentor and SFU's Innovation Office and VentureLabs executive director, 778.782.3843, ihand@sfu.ca Christina Buiza, communications and...
View ArticleIBM and OpenPOWER Members Deliver Accelerated Technologies to Break Big Data...
(Source: IBM Danmark A/S) AUSTIN, TX - 16 Nov 2015: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and several fellow OpenPOWER Foundation members today revealed new technologies, collaborations and developer resources to enable...
View ArticleCan Auckland's North Shore be the next Silicon Valley? (Massey University)
(Source: Massey University) Grow North aims to identify ways to develop an innovation district in Auckland's north Barcelona, Spain. Boston, Massachusetts. Auckland, New Zealand? The creation of...
View ArticleIBM and OpenPOWER Members Deliver Accelerated Technologies to Break Big Data...
(Source: IBM Australia Ltd) AUSTIN, TX - 16 Nov 2015: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and several fellow OpenPOWER Foundation members today revealed new technologies, collaborations and developer resources to enable...
View ArticleIBM and OpenPOWER Members Deliver Accelerated Technologies to Break Big Data...
(Source: IBM Ireland Limited) AUSTIN, TX - 16 Nov 2015: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and several fellow OpenPOWER Foundation members today revealed new technologies, collaborations and developer resources to enable...
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