Pivotal Ventures, the investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates, has together with its partners Break Through Tech and SecondMuse, launched Gender Equality in… Keep reading
Sumi Ghosh, COO (left) and Mike LaVitola, MBA ’14, CEO and cofounder (right). (Image credit: Foxtrot) Foxtrot Market this week announced that it has closed a $42 million Series B round, which included a $200,000 investment… Keep reading
Dan Sachs is the executive director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In this role, he oversees the education and programming functions for the Polsky Center, leading a team in developing co-curricular programs and experiential learning opportunities. Family… Keep reading
Tovala, which won the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge in 2015, is led by Bryan Wilcox (left), cofounder and chief technology officer, and David Rabie, MBA ’15, cofounder and CEO (Image credit: Tovala) The meal service company and… Keep reading
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation kicked off its 2021 Entrepreneurial Outlook series with a session examining the state and potential of sustainable energy. John Carlisle, PhD, director,… Keep reading
The initiative is part of the NSF I-Corp program, which aims to empower scientists, researchers, and students to test the commercial potential of their research and ideas. (Image credit: iStock.com/berya113) The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has… Keep reading
Nick Hamburger (left) and Zack Schreier (right) pitch Quevos on ABC’s Shark Tank. (Image credit: ABC) On Friday, January 22, Quevos, the egg white snack company, appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank, the reality show where entrepreneurs… Keep reading
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently launched the Compass – a first-of-its-kind deep tech accelerator program for early-stage startups and technologies. “Backed by a 25-year history of launching successful ventures and leveraging business… Keep reading
Electrochaea continues to maintain and operate the BioCat Plant (above) as a demonstration site for the power-to-gas energy storage technology. The plant in Denmark features a biological methanation system that uses methanogenic archaea and the proprietary bioreactor developed by Electrochaea. Keep reading
F3 Platform Biologics is developing a low dose of the FDA-approved drug Amifostine. The solution helps prevent radiation-induced genomic damage and instability, which is a potential side effect of exposure to ionizing radiation, such as the radiation present in CT… Keep reading
It’s a New Year and the Polsky Center kicks it off with a full line-up of events and programs, including our milestone 25th anniversary celebration of our nationally-ranked Edward K. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge, our first-ever ETA (entrepreneurship… Keep reading
