Mark Lowey

UCalgary creates first Canadian investment fund for child health startups

Mark Lowey
November 18, 2020

The University of Calgary has created Canada's first pre-seed and seed-stage investment fund for spinoffs focused on child health. The new "UCeed" investment program also includes one of the country's few private equity funds managed by students.

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Organizations: AazeinTx, Alberta Children's Health Foundation, Bluesky Equities, Cannonball Sport & Education Foundation, Creative Destruction Lab-Rockies, Cumming School of Medicine, Haskayne School of Business, Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking, Innovate Calgary, Laurier University, Oxford University, Qualisure Diagnostics, Queen’s University, River Fund at the Calgary Foundation, StimSherpa, University of Calgary, University of Waterloo, Venturion Oil, and Zymedyne
People: Derrick Hunter, John Wilson, Valeria Marino, and Vincent Chahley
Topics: angel investors, child health, Commercialization, commercializing university research, entrepreneurship, experiential learning, general health, health sector startups, innovation ecosystems, innovation transfer, pre-seed and seed-stage investment for startups, private equity investment, startups, startups spun from university research, student-led private equity funds, support for startups, UCeed investment program, University Innovation Quarter, university research and education, venture capital funding, and venture capitalists

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