UF Innovate | Ventures Announces Inaugural Investments; Follows JSR Corporation’s Repeat Investment in OLED Display Startup Mattrix Technologies
The University of Florida’s newly established venture fund, directed by UF Innovate | Ventures, has closed an investment in Mattrix Technologies. Repeat investor JSR Corporation is leading the $3M series A1 financing, which will support the joint development of production-ready materials for a new class of video display technology that promises to bring the true-to-life […]
Creative Agency Helps Businesses Bring Their Brands and Ideas to Life
Juan Carlos Tafur had been working as a Creative Director at the University of Florida when he got the inspiration for Innova Leaf, a creative video agency offering professional animated video content, promotional video solutions, and different video production services. He noticed a gap in communication and a lack of creativity with certain learning and […]
The Future of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Ed
Mark Long, director of incubation services at UF Innovate, shared on The Place Makers podcast, episode 10, along with Pete Cramer, director of development at Wexford, and Jabir McKnight, co-founder | director of campus recruitment & business development at DREAMBEACON, what needs to be done in order to be more innovative and more entrepreneurial in […]
Oxidien Pharmaceuticals Announce Addition to Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Oxidien Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a best-in-class enzyme therapeutic for an underserved kidney disease indication, announced three additions to its Scientific and Medical Advisory Board (SMAB) to provide external advice on its development activities and clinical program in secondary hyperoxaluria. Helena Cowley, CEO of Oxidien, said “The […]
Tech Company Helps Businesses Promote With “Swag” While Minimizing Carbon Footprint
“People want technology and they want something sustainable. So we went to set out the next generation of what swag can be.” That was the inspiration for UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Imprint Genius, according to CEO Isaac Hetzroni. So what is “swag”? It’s possible you have collected many items of swag yourself. […]
Selecting a Microbiome CDMO Partner for the Long Term, Arranta Bio Shares
As more microbiome-based therapies progress through the clinic toward approval for market launch, concerns over the lack of outsourcing capacity for process development and commercial manufacturing of live biotherapeutic products are increasing. Arranta Bio is investing heavily in both its process development and cGMP manufacturing capabilities for the supply of clinical trial material and in […]
Oxidien Pharmaceuticals Receives High Recognition at RESI Conference in Partnership With Women in Bio
UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Oxidien Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company mitigating kidney disease by treating secondary hyperoxaluria, announced that its compelling investment opportunity was recognized by conference attendees casting their votes for the company in the Innovation Challenge. The votes cast for Oxidien placed the company in the top three in the impressive […]
This Is How the Spanish Camera That Observes the Earth From the Space Station Works
About 500 kilometers away from Earth, a camera captures images in the Japanese module of the International Space Station. It is the first designed in Spain to be put into orbit. But the most important thing is that it is the only one dedicated to the observation of our planet that has an accuracy of […]
UF Ranked No. 1 Nationally in Innovation Impact
The University of Florida is the most productive large university in the country at leveraging its research funding into new companies, new jobs and new ideas, according to a report released last week by the George W. Bush Institute and the Opus Faveo Innovation Development consulting firm. A team of economists and business development experts […]
UF Innovate | The Hub Celebrates 10 Years Since Groundbreaking
UF Innovate | The Hub is a place where entrepreneurs take a creative idea and make it into a legitimate business. In the past 10 years, 108 businesses began their journey there. “There wasn’t any real formal support for entrepreneurs and first-time startup founders in the Gainesville area. This was a real boom for providing […]