Green Energy Enthusiasts Are Also Betting on Fossil Fuels (NY Times) Silicon Valley’s technology investors have taken to the ramparts, threatening to tear down the oil and gas industries’ dominance with innovations that use ethanol, solar and wind.

VC Players Look East, to China (Business Week)
U.S. tech startups are competing for venture capital funding with China, a land of low costs, huge markets, and ample opportunity—and significant risks.

Funds Exit U.S. in Investment Gap (LA Times)
In a first, foreigners made more on holdings in this country last year than Americans earned on their overseas assets.

Announcements

The NIH-CAP Nationwide Outcomes Workshops are fast approaching and will be held in Boston (March 22-23), Washington D.C. (March 26-30), Los Angeles (April 11-13), and San Francisco (April 17-18). The workshops will be attended by the life science companies participating in the National Institutes of Health Commercialization Assistance Program (NIH-CAP), funded by NIH and executed by Larta to help NIH funded life science companies commercialize their technologies. Venture capitalists, angel investors, industry personnel as well as professional service advisors will be present to get a first look at these companies and mentor them in their efforts to get their technologies to market. For more information on these workshops and to participate as a mentor/advisor, please contact NIH-CAP, Program Director, Ketaki Sood 213-765-4824 ksood@old.larta.org.

New Zealand Joined Global Bridge Program

The Foundation for Research, Science & Technology of New Zealand has recently partnered with Larta Institute to execute a Global Bridge Program that will bring innovative technologies from New Zealand's top science and research centers to the US market. New Zealand is the most recent country to join a great group of countries drawn from the pacific region including Taiwan, Korea and Russia. Each of these countries will provide a handful of quality emerging technologies to undergo expert mentoring by Larta advisors and present at the 2007 Venture Forum in San Francisco on May 1 & 2.

Check out Innovation Pipeline’s latest in-depth special report!
On-Demand Nanotech. The report examines early-stage startups and innovations emerging from university and corporate labs. Read about the developments reshaping materials in industries from chips to healthcare. Purchase before March 20 and receive a 50-percent discount.

Mi-Co Announces Support for Motion Computing’s C5
Mi-Co, the leading mobile data capture software company, announced that it successfully demonstrated support for Motion Computing’s new C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) recently at HIMSS, the largest healthcare technology conference held in the United States. The C5 was announced by Motion Computing on February 20 during a joint conference with Intel in San Francisco.

The 2006 Federal Technology Funding Guide
Now Available!
Larta Institute's annual publication is recognized as the nation's leading survey on Federal technology funding opportunities. The 2006 Federal Technology Funding Guide: Navigating Government Programs Supporting Innovation in R&D and Beyond, provides detailed information on Federal funding processes, programs, and tips on applying for government R&D money.

The 2006 edition marks the 10th anniversary of the Guide!! Larta Institute is proud to bring this useful resource to innovators. This year, and thanks to the support of the Kauffman Foundation, we are able to make the Guide available at no cost to the public.  To download the Guide please click here.

You can also download the Guide at the Kauffman Foundation site for entrepreneurs, www.eVenturing.com.

Purchase other reports for only $99

University Tech Transfer: Licensing Intellectual Property from Universities 
Universities are among the best sources of intellectual property. This white paper from Larta Institute includes approaches for finding and accessing university research, recommendations for avoiding potential pitfalls when licensing university IP, suggestions for successfully negotiating university tech transfer agreements, and illustrations of typical licensing terms and types of licenses. 

Intellectual Property Strategies for Wireless Technologies 
It is vital for startup companies involved with wireless technologies to employ sound intellectual property strategies within the context of FCC regulations. A new Larta Institute white paper, Intellectual Property Strategies for Wireless Technologies, details IP strategies while addressing considerations for obtaining FCC approval.

>> March 18-20:

>> June 6-7:
The 4th Annual The Security Summit
The Security Network (TSN) is pleased to present the 4th annual The Security Summit in conjunction with its corporate, institutional and media sponsors! The “Most Innovative Security Products Exhibition and Competition” is expected to have over 60 exhibiting companies from Australia, Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. All entrants into the competition will be reviewed & receive feedback from local, national and intl. judges including ones from law enforcement and defense technology assessment centers from 4 countries. Launched in early 2005 as a natural extension of The Security Summit signature event, the mission of The Security Network is to advance security by “Fostering Innovation Through Collaboration” worldwide.

>> August 17-20:
115th APA Annual Convention
HERMES LLC has announced that their workshop, Initiating and Engaging Black Community-based Organizations in Mental Health Research Partnerships, has been accepted as part of the Continuing Education Program at the 115th APA Annual Convention in San Francisco, California, August 17-20, 2007. The company has developed tools to assist mental health clinical trial researchers and coordinators to increase minority study participation through community partnerships. HERMES is an NIH SBIR Phase II grantee and a participant in Larta's NIH CAP program. For more information contact Danielle Laborde, PhD, dlaborde@hermesllc.com, 919-293-0138.