Re:MIT launches new venture for world-changing entrepreneurs
by icinnamon on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @06:57PM
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Does anyone know if something similar exists at other universities (specifically curious about Stanford)?
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Re:MIT launches new venture for world-changing entrepreneurs
by gsjbjt on Thursday October 27, 2016 @12:33AM
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The difference between this and most other incubators (at Stanford, Harvard iLab, etc as mentioned below) is that it's very specifically geared towards hard-tech startups that other investors typically shy away from because of the long time to market.
Re:MIT launches new venture for world-changing entrepreneurs
by icinnamon on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:33AM
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Precisely. I'm asking if other hard-tech incubators exist at Stanford (and others)...
Re:MIT launches new venture for world-changing entrepreneurs
by devarshar on Thursday October 27, 2016 @01:07AM
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has iVenture Accelerator program. They have plenty have resources and offers financial support ($2500 per fellow and $10k per startup) and co-working space in the UIUC Research Park.
They don't care if its hard-tech or not. Your company has to be good enough to qualify for their program.
Re:MIT launches new venture for world-changing entrepreneurs
by hkmurakami on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:51PM
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StartX seems closest to what they describe.
I believe Stanford also has funds for even earlier stage / younger teams, as well as domain specific programs like the one at the tomkat center for sustainable energy.
Re:MIT launches new venture for world-changing entrepreneurs
by seb_lounis on Thursday October 27, 2016 @01:19AM
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Check out Cyclotron Road at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - similar mission to support hard tech innovators. Applications open until midnight on Monday, October 31 cyclotronroad.org/apply
Re:MIT launches new venture for world-changing entrepreneurs
by eob on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:29PM
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Well Harvard iLab is a University-wide incubator that has its own building. They offer advising and limited resource support (e.g., a small lab filled with hardware hacking tools), but no funding as far as I'm aware.
Re:MIT launches new venture for world-changing entrepreneurs
by toufka on Thursday October 27, 2016 @12:32AM
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The UC system has a biotech incubator, QB3.
Re:MIT launches new venture for world-changing entrepreneurs
by roye on Thursday October 27, 2016 @05:00AM
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there's also a cornell-technion joint venture called the "Runway startup postdoc" aimed for new PhDs to transition to being founders: http://tech.cornell.edu/programs/startup-postdocs