Northwestern Student Startups Get Access To $14M in New Funds
Northwestern just announced two funds that will infuse some serious cash into commercializing university technology, and supporting student startups. On Thursday, the university announced the $10 million N.XT Fund, which will invest in early-stage innovations based on Northwestern technologies, and the $4 million NUSeeds Fund, which will support student startups out of the university. The […]
Insight Accelerator, Chicago Universities Team To Spur Start-ups
In the last 25 years, the engineers and designers at Insight Product Development have come up with a portable CT scanner and a wireless cardiac implant monitor. For the next generation of breakthrough medical devices, the Chicago design shop is turning to the area’s research universities and entrepreneurs. Insight is opening an accelerator program called […]
Northwestern Entrepreneur-In-Residence Testifies On Impact of Gap Funding To Pharma (Excerpt)
Excerpt from Dr. Andrew P. Mazar, Entrepreneur in Residence,testifies to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology (Sub-committee on Research and Science Education). These comments reflect the need for and gap funding emphasis on development-intensive technologies, like Pharma.