Cleantech Companies Win $1.5M in Business Oregon Grants
Seven cleantech startups affiliated with VertueLab, the nonprofit climate impact accelerator that helps fast-track development of clean technology solutions to reverse the climate crisis, were recently awarded $1.5 million in grants from Business Oregon’s Enhanced Phase 0 Program. VertueLab is the nonprofit climate impact accelerator. Among the winning technologies are a foundation system for wind […]
New innovation fund creates avenue for translational research at University of Oregon
The timeline for translating some UO research innovations into new products and businesses is about to get shorter thanks to a new seed grant program announced by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. The VPRI Innovation Fund will provide grants of $25,000 to $75,000 to qualifying UO faculty members to cover the […]
ATAMI Launching pad: Expansion boosts Oregon State U incubator for high-tech mfg startups
The Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Institute is primarily a research facility, but for the moment the people in lab coats may be outnumbered by the people in hard hats and safety vests. A major expansion is underway at ATAMI, an academic-industrial research center and business incubator run by Oregon State University and housed in an […]
Oregon State U robotics spinoff lands $8M in financing
An Oregon State University spinoff company that is developing two-legged robots for a variety of applications has raised $8 million in new investment funding. Albany-based Agility Robotics announced Thursday that it had completed a Series A round of financing led by Playground Global, a Silicon Valley venture capital fund. Other investors include Sony Innovation Fund […]
University of Oregon joins a regional partnership that is helping fuel innovation
The University of Oregon has signed on as a founding member of an innovation network that will connect scientists, entrepreneurs, and investors and bring research institutions, industry associations and other regional players together. The Cascadia Venture Acceleration Network includes more than 50 organizations that that have pledged to work collaboratively in support of entrepreneurs and […]
U.S. Department of Commerce gives $300,000 for Oregon business start-ups
Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network, the collaboration of government, businesses and universities formed to help create companies and jobs, has received $300,000 in federal funds to help new businesses. The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday announced the funding through its Regional Innovation Strategies program. RAIN said it will use the money to create the […]
At Oregon Health & Science University, healthcare tech is a priority
Oregon Health & Science University’s Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute Biomedical Innovation Program (BIP) , in coordination with the Department of Technology Transfer & Business Development (TTBD), takes an integrated approach to identifying, supporting, and accelerating the commercialization of new healthcare technologies. (For more on how OHSU commercializes technology…) The BIP/TTBD facilitates commercialization through direct project management, […]
Oregon BEST, OSU Ventures back eChemion for Technology that Triples Battery Life
Oregon BEST has awarded follow-on funding to an Oregon startup and Oregon State University spinout that has developed a new clean technology that triples the life of redox flow batteries used for renewable energy storage. The company, eChemion, has a chemical treatment technology that solves a major issue with flow batteries: degradation over time of […]
U Oregon tech startup firm plans to grow with $1 million infusion
A Eugene startup that has invented technology used in drug discovery and environmental testing recently raised $1 million in an investment round to help support its growth. NemaMetrix, a spin-out of University of Oregon research, has developed a portable device that can be used to quickly test the effects of drugs or environmental toxins on […]
9 companies join Portland Seed Fund portfolio
The eighth class of the Portland Seed Fund will take the stage Wednesday afternoon before 100 investors in downtown Portland, completing the latest cycle of the accelerator. This class of companies ranges from health care technology to food to sharing platforms. There are also three startups outside of the fund’s traditional Portland metro. The companies […]