Investing in the Future of Duke Technologies
On Tuesday, over 20 angel investor organizations, venture capitalists, and other local family investors came together for the first Duke Investor Day to listen to pitches featuring 11 start-ups formed from research at Duke University.…
The Rapid Growth of Digital Innovations at Duke
From the rise of the internet to a booming digital economy: FY19 Annual Report in Software Since Time Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990, the way we live, shop, work, communicate, and even…
A Busy Year for Duke New Ventures
Research is the seed capital for creating knowledge to foster innovation: FY19 Annual Report for Duke New Ventures Each year, Duke research yields new ideas and innovation with the potential for commercialization. Our highly-skilled and…
NC IDEA FOUNDATION Announces Inaugural Statewide Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Summit
NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic advancement in North Carolina, announced today that the organization is hosting the inaugural North Carolina Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Summit with the goal to catalyze…
Chakrabarty, Randles Elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors
NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and administrators who have demonstrated remarkable innovation producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. Krishnendu Chakrabarty, the John Cocke Distinguished…
Duke Entrepreneurs Advance Projects in Summer Accelerator
The participants in Duke I&E’s inaugural Summer Accelerator, which concluded last week, kicked off every morning the same way. “If you’re here, you have to yell with us,” said Howie Rhee, Duke I&E’s Managing Director…
Duke Nursing Innovations
The summer 2019 Duke Nursing Magazine is now published online! Thumb through the virtual magazine and learn how they’ve been creating pathways for innovation at the Duke University School of Nursing! Click here to…
A Conversation with Lumedica’s Adam Wax
Late last month, Luminate—a Rochester, N.Y.–based startup accelerator focusing on optics, photonics and imaging technologies—announced the winners of its second-round accelerator competition. Taking third place, and taking home a cool US$250,000 of seed money from…
NC startups raise $337M in Q2, lowest total in 3 years, but …
Led by 10 deals made in the Triangle, startups raised more than $337 million in the second quarter, the lowest total in three years, according to a new report from Dow Jones VemtureSource. But there…