Female investors sought for startups
A new angel investor network in the Triangle is taking aim at one of the tech industry’s lingering shortcomings: a lack of access to capital for female entrepreneurs. The female-run network, xElle Ventures, was launched late last…
NCBiotech awards $2.1M in grants, loans
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has awarded 23 grants and loans totaling $2.1 million during the past fiscal quarter to bioscience companies, universities and non-profit organizations. The awards, made in the second quarter of the Biotech…
More than 100 companies to participate in CED’s new look venture event
More than 100 entrepreneurial companies will be participating in the Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s new-look “Venture Connect” event in March. The CED is relaunching its annual venture capital-focused event. “Redefining the traditional conference, Venture Connect, is a new three-day…
Duke University & Deerfield Management Announce Four Points Innovation
Deerfield Commits up to $130 million to Accelerate Drug Discovery at Duke Through a Newly Launched Company Visit Four Points Innovation (Durham, NC and New York, NY, December 18, 2019)—Duke University and Deerfield Management Company, a healthcare investment firm, today announced the creation of…
From Lab to Marketplace – A Tale of Duke’s Innovation Ecosystem
On Tuesday, November 19th Duke in DC and Duke’s Office of Translation and Commercialization (OTC) co-hosted a congressional briefing titled, “University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems.” OTC Executive Director Robin Rasor and New Ventures Director Rob Hallford…
From Campus to Commercialization: Celebrating Duke’s Novel Innovations
From Drug-Resistant AI to AR Brain Models–Duke Puts its Innovative Spirit on Display Again Celebrating its 3rd year, “Invented at Duke” showcased 13 companies and early technologies from across campus illustrating how Duke is leading…
JOB : AI Health Data Science Fellow
Job Code: 1420, Associate in Research Job Description The Duke AI Health Data Science Fellowship program is a 2-year training program for individuals with a strong quantitative background seeking experience in data science…
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…