Tech Launch Arizona awards $1.1 million to boost promising tech
A patch for a beating heart, an underwater adhesive and a new kind of needle for laparoscopic surgery are among the technologies the University of Arizona is nurturing toward the marketplace. Tech Launch Arizona has awarded about $1.1 million in grants this fiscal year to support 28 faculty inventions as part of its Asset Development […]
Tech Launch Arizona announces $715K in awards from new POC program
Nineteen University of Arizona researchers are recipients of Proof of Concept Program Awards by the newly established Tech Launch Arizona, or TLA. The purpose of the program, or POC, is to enable faculty with promising inventions and discoveries to address technological and commercial hurdles – moving them closer to commercialization. The awards, ranging from $10,000 to […]
Tech Launch Arizona announces two gap funding partnership, POC program
Tech Launch Arizona, a new umbrella organization at the University of Arizona charged with commercializing technology and creating industrial relationships, has announced two gap funding models for the program: Arizona Furnance: Arizona Furnace offers promising startup ventures a package worth more than $50,000 in cash and services. The package includes a $25,000 seed funding grant and […]