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Technology and start-up gap fund managers from 26 universities reported $2.5M invested into 42 technologies and star-ups, bringing the annual reported total to $3,7M into 68 gap funding projects

Crowdfunding has been identified as an emerging investment vehicle that may be better positioned to support the capital requirements of translational research, proof of concept projects, and early-stage start-ups than more traditional capital sources

Venture Capital for developmentally-rigorous, early-stage technology and start-ups is dead. Research universities, often a source for this future innovation, have offered a solution to this dearth in available capital through gap funding programs.