{"id":7964,"date":"2012-01-27T15:11:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T20:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=7964"},"modified":"2012-01-27T15:11:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T20:11:27","slug":"vc-company-harvard-start-seed-stage-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=7964","title":{"rendered":"VC Company, Harvard Start Seed-Stage Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5890\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/CentralSquareT_BartHowardEvertsFlickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5890\" title=\"CentralSquareT_BartHowardEvertsFlickr\" src=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/CentralSquareT_BartHowardEvertsFlickr.jpg\" alt=\"Central Square subway station, Cambridge, Mass. (Bart Howard Everts\/Flickr)\" width=\"275\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/CentralSquareT_BartHowardEvertsFlickr.jpg 275w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/CentralSquareT_BartHowardEvertsFlickr-150x109.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Central Square subway station, Cambridge, Mass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/experimentfund.com\/uploads\/XFund0.pdf\">The Experiment Fund<\/a>, a joint venture of Harvard University&#8217;s engineering school and venture capital company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.com\/\">New Enterprise Associates<\/a> (NEA), opened today in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The fund plans to support technology-based student start-ups in Cambridge and companies begun elsewhere by former students.<\/p>\n<p>The venture expects to support companies working in information technologies, health care, and energy. NEA&#8217;s Patrick Chung, one of Experiment Fund&#8217;s founders, expects the fund to support several promising companies over the next two years, with each new company receiving up to $250,000 in capital.<\/p>\n<p>Cherry Murray, Dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences says the fund &#8220;will provide a much needed set of people, skills, and financial resources to spur the innovation and idea creation of our students.&#8221; Murray says the school will designate faculty to advise student entrepreneurs about the fund and other local resources.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Harvard opened its <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=7041\">Innovation Lab<\/a> at a satellite campus across the Charles River in Boston, to encourage entrepreneurial activities by students and faculty. The i-Lab, as it&#8217;s called, aims to bring together entrepreneurs from the local community, as well as encourage innovation across Harvard&#8217;s schools and academic disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=7041\">Harvard Entrepreneur Center Opens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.flickr.com\/photos\/barteverts\/2519392977\/in\/photostream\/\">Bart Howard Everts\/Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Experiment Fund, a joint venture of Harvard University&#8217;s engineering school and venture capital company New Enterprise Associates (NEA), opened today in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The fund plans to support technology-based student start-ups in Cambridge and companies begun elsewhere by former students. The venture expects to support companies working in information technologies, health care, and energy. 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