{"id":828,"date":"2012-04-13T20:29:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T20:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/?p=828"},"modified":"2012-04-13T20:29:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T20:29:56","slug":"the-news-net-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/2012\/04\/13\/the-news-net-4","title":{"rendered":"The News Net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/files\/2012\/04\/news-net2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-829\" title=\"news net2\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/files\/2012\/04\/news-net2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a>As always, the News Net rounds up a selection of bioentrepreneur-focused news stories you may have missed over the past two weeks. Today\u2019s catch includes help for startups in Chile, the US and UK.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em> reports<\/strong><\/span> on the success of Start-Up Chile, started by the government in 2010 to boost local entrepreneurship. The audacious program gives $40,000 to startups led by foreign entrepreneurs to set up shop in Chile, no strings attached. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2012-04-11\/want-more-startups-learn-from-chile\">about it here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The Jumpstart Our Business Startups<\/strong><\/span>, or JOBS Act bill, recently signed into law by President Obama, expands funding options for small, fast-growing operations like biotech and tech companies. One provision allows companies to use crowd funding, a way for entrepreneurs to raise up to $1 million online from individual investors with minimal financial disclosure. Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montereyherald.com\/business\/ci_20356571\/mary-claypool-new-tool-startups-jobs-act-bill\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Finally, the UK government<\/strong><\/span> has announced the expansion of its \u00a3180 million \u201cbiomedical catalyst\u201d fund to include later-stage companies as well as start-ups, a move welcomed by the biotech sector. <em>The Scotsman<\/em> has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/business\/technology\/life-sciences-set-to-cash-in-on-180m-funding-boost-1-2228096#\">details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As always, the News Net rounds up a selection of bioentrepreneur-focused news stories you may have missed over the past two weeks. Today\u2019s catch includes help for startups in Chile, the US and UK.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/2012\/04\/13\/the-news-net-4#wpn-more-828\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/2012\/04\/13\/the-news-net-4\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":647,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-news-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/tradesecrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}