Yahoo! Finance – The University of Connecticut, in partnership with Connecticut Innovations (CI) and Webster Bank, today announced that two more early-stage companies have been awarded early-stage funding from the $2,250,000 UConn Innovation Fund (UIF).
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UConn fund awards $200K in seed funding for two startups
UConn Innovation Fund Invests in Two More University Startups
Seeing Green: iQ’s First-Place Finisher Innovates Lawn Care, Wins $15k
A lush green lawn may be the envy of every suburban neighborhood, but many homeowners find it too expensive to hire a lawn service, and too difficult to maintain it properly on their own.Continue Reading
First cohort of 15 startups get set for Vimson Group & New Lab’s Prospect Mining Studio
International Mining – Back in October 2019, leading Indian mining conglomerate, Vimson Group and innovation hub, New Lab, announced a partnership to establish Prospect Mining Studio, a venture studio program bringing together entrepreneurs and industry experts to address the biggest challenges facing the mineral and natural resource mining sector. The focus is on enhancing sustainability and closed-loop production, environmental sensing, worker performance and safety, mineral extraction and energy efficiency, and data optimisation.
UConn Alum Nadav Ullman Co-Creates ‘COVID-19 Clearinghouse’ to get PPE to Health Care Workers
UConn Students, Alum Shine As Part of ‘The Ventilator Project’
UConn Today – A pair of UConn students and a recent graduate are part of a Boston-based effort that is trying to bring an emergency ventilator to market as quickly as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Noah Pacik-Nelson ’20 (ENG) now serves as the lead engineer for The Ventilator Project, an all-volunteer organization.
Announcing the 2020 cohort of the CCEI Summer Fellowship Program!
UConn Student Entrepreneur Asks: Shouldn’t the Fish We Eat Be Fed Healthier Food?
UConn Today – Peter Goggins, who was one of the winners of the School of Business’ 2019 Innovation Quest entrepreneurship competition, has created a new fish food that he believes rears healthier fish, is better for the environment, and is at least 20 percent less expensive than typical commercial fish feeds. A few weeks ago, he secured his first customer, a koi farmer in eastern Connecticut.Continue Reading
LambdaVision Receives $5 Million Award From NASA for Additional ISS Research
ISS Blog – In December 2018, biotechnology startup LambdaVision launched an investigation to the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory to advance the development of the company’s innovative retinal implant capable of restoring high-resolution vision to patients with retinal degeneration. Now, LambdaVision, along with Implementation Partner Space Tango, has received a NASA award of $5 million to support the continued development of the implant through additional studies onboard the ISS.