Geographic distance, venture capital and technological performance: Evidence from Chinese enterprises
Publication date: September 2020Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 158Author(s): Xiaoli TIAN, Gang KOU, Weike ZHANG (Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change)
Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change - June 28, 2020 Category: Science Source Type: research
Venture capital in academia: does present reality call for more nonprofit venture?
(Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation)
Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - June 2, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: David T. Ting, Julius J.S. Knowles Source Type: research
Role of Business Models in Funding the Biotech Industry: Global Trends and Challenges for Cuban Biotechnology.
This article analyzes the historic background of the biotech in-dustry's business models and corporate structures, as well as their impact on the industry's fi nancial framework. It examines recent changes implemented by the sector's main actors-in-cluding young startups, venture capital funds and big pharma companies-to mitigate fi nancial risk associated with develop-ment of new biotechnology products.Finally, it discusses the challenges and opportunities that these tendencies entail for Cuban biotechnology development and proposes adoption of business policies more tolerant of the fi nancial risk inherent in this sector...
Source: MEDICC Review - April 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: MEDICC Rev Source Type: research
Venture capital firm buys genetically engineered –apple firm as part of a $53 million ag biotech deal
(Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - February 7, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Craig Bettenhausen Source Type: research
Venture capital firm buys genetically engineered–apple firm as part of a $53 million ag biotech deal
(Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - February 7, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Craig Bettenhausen Source Type: research
Startup Licenses Carbon Fiber Tech to Treat Broken Bones, Receives Funding
An Arizona professor has has invented a flexible carbon fiber fabric designed to be inserted inside and around a fractured bone. The technology has been licensed to a startup and has already received venture capital funding to take it forward. (Source: The University of Arizona: Health)
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - September 26, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Paul Tumarkin, Tech Launch Arizona Source Type: research
Consumer teledermatology venture capital funding: A descriptive analysis
Background: Consumer-facing apps for dermatology services have become increasingly common and are seen as a potentially lucrative space within the growing realm of medical app technologies. While dermatologists play a critical role in the delivery of care via these entities, understanding the financial and business aspects is paramount for physicians rendering teledermatology care. We sought to characterize the current venture capital landscape in dermatology and the business forces shaping the consumer-facing teledermatology app space. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - August 21, 2019 Category: Dermatology Source Type: research
Evonik invests in New Jersey venture capital firm
(Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - August 3, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Melody M. Bomgardner Source Type: research
Factors Affecting Venture Funding of Healthcare AI Companies.
Authors: Halminen O, Tenhunen H, Heliste A, Seppälä T
Abstract
Venture Capital (VC) funding raised by companies producing Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) solutions is on the rise and a driver of technology development. In healthcare, VC funding is distributed unevenly and certain technologies have attracted significantly more funding than others have. We analyzed a database of 106 Healthcare AI companies collected from open online sources to understand factors affecting the VC funding of AI companies operating in different areas of healthcare. The results suggest that there is a sig...
Source: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - July 28, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Stud Health Technol Inform Source Type: research
Microsoft backs recognition firm AnyVision
Publication date: July–August 2019Source: Biometric Technology Today, Volume 2019, Issue 7Author(s): Israel-based AnyVision, which provides face, body and object recognition systems, has raised $74 million in funding from eye-catching investors including Microsoft's own M12 venture capital fund, chipmaker Qualcomm and camera manufacturer Bosch. (Source: Biometric Technology Today)
Source: Biometric Technology Today - July 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research
BASF invests in Chinese venture capital fund
(Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - May 30, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Michael McCoy Source Type: research
How patent signals affect venture capital: The evidence of bio-pharmaceutical start-ups in China
Publication date: August 2019Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 145Author(s): Lili Zhang, Ying Guo, Ganlu SunAbstractInnovation is the key to the economic development, and enterprises are the foundation of innovation. Bridging both these elements is the venture capital, who often rely on patents as one way to assess the potential of a start-up. Patents have the power to send signals about a start-up's capabilities, future prospects, and their right to produce and profit from specific innovations. To understand the influence these signals have on the amount of venture capital funding a start-up rece...
Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change - May 22, 2019 Category: Science Source Type: research
Fostering digital entrepreneurship from startup to scaleup: The role of venture capital funds and angel groups
This study aims at investigating how angel groups and venture capital (VC) funds affect growth of digital new ventures in their startup and scaleup phase. To address this aim, we analyzed 372 investment rounds regarding 256 Italian–based new ventures. The key findings are fourfold. First, VC funds positively affect the growth of digital new ventures. Second, digital scaleups, in line with the overall sample of digital new ventures, show a linear path of growth positively correlated with VC funding. Third, the relationship between funding received and growth in digital startups follows an inverted U–shape – with the o...
Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change - May 10, 2019 Category: Science Source Type: research
Solvay invests in Chinese venture capital firm
(Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - April 26, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Alex Scott Source Type: research
