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Recent MBA Launches Locally-sourced Food Business
10+ hour, 7+ min ago (143+ words) Mirage News The June Startup Cornell podcast features a chat with Caroline Feldmeier MBA '26, founder of Grow the Earth, a food company producing high-end charcuterie and other locally sourced meats. Feldmeier's products were featured at the April Celebration Ezra event…...
22. 5 M Fund Launched to Turn Research Into Businesses
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1226+ words) North East England's five universities are joining forces with North East Mayor Kim Mc Guinness to help transform academic research into high-growth new businesses. The North East Spinout Inspire Fund, launched today (Thursday 11 June), is supported by "10m investment from the…...
$10 M AI Fund Launched to Enhance Services
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (365+ words) Western Australia is set to be at the forefront of using artificial intelligence (AI) to support the community with the establishment of a new Public Sector AI Centre of Excellence and a $10 million investment fund. Opportunities for AI use within…...
Ashurst Guides Portmeirion's "17 M Equity Fundraise
1+ week, 1+ day ago (225+ words) Mirage News Global law firm Ashurst is advising Portmeirion Group plc (AIM: PMP), the global homeware brands group, on an equity placing and retail offer to raise gross proceeds of approximately "17m. The equity fundraise is being undertaken alongside the agreement…...
Founders Factory Boosts WA's Innovation Ecosystem
1+ week, 1+ day ago (349+ words) Founders Factory lands in Perth to lead two weeks of workshops, masterclasses and pitching opportunities for local and international startups. The Western Australian (WA) Government's Nature Tech Accelerator partnership with global startup accelerator Founders Factory has returned to Perth for…...
Trade, Financial Fragmentation Worsens Amid Cost Surge
1+ week, 1+ day ago (294+ words) Deepening Divides: The Cost of a More Fragmented Financial System - published in collaboration with Oliver Wyman, a Marsh business, and the second in the Forum's fragmentation series - finds that these pressures are playing out through escalating tariffs, investment restrictions and…...
Private Sector Investment Surges To New Record
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (187+ words) Private sector spending on property and equipment in South Australia has surged to a new record. New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows expenditure on private new capital in South Australia rose to a record $3. 1 billion in the…...
Triangle Initiative Boosts Life Science Startups
2+ week, 3+ day ago (249+ words) This is a summary of a story that originally appeared on the Office for Translation & Commercialization. Biomedical researchers from across the Triangle gathered in April for the Life Sciences 2026 Triangle Universities Startup Workshop, a three'day program designed to help academic…...
Private Equity Boosts Primary Care Workforce: Study
3+ week, 2+ day ago (672+ words) PROVIDENCE, R. I. [Brown University] " When health policy researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health tracked data from primary care practices that had been acquired by private equity firms, they found something surprising: not all of the changes were detrimental....
War Dept. Invests $191 M to Boost Rocket Motor Industry
3+ week, 6+ day ago (436+ words) Mirage News The Do W announced today the latest in a series of investments in the solid rocket motor industrial base: an April 20, 2026, investment of $27. 3 million in DPA Title III funds to Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (Pac Sci EMC),…...