U News 1 | Emory University, Techstars announce a partnership
The University of Alabama at Huntsville will host the second annual "Business of Space Conference" on February 23-25.
From Emory University:
Pre-seed investor firm Techstars announced it is partnering with The Hatchery, Emory’s Center for Innovation, and the Goizueta Business School’s Roberto C. Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation to launch the “Techstars Emory Founder Catalyst Program.”
This proven pre-accelerator program was designed to enable early-stage entrepreneurs with world-class startup education, mentorship, and opportunities to scale their ventures. Participation is open to all members of the Emory community, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Teams must have at least one Emory-affiliated member actively involved with the startup and commit to weekly in-person sessions.
The Founder Catalyst program is free for all founders.
From the University of Alabama in Huntsville:
The University’s College of Business will host the second annual “Business of Space Conference” on February 23-25. The event starts with a reception on the first day and continues with programming over the next two days focuses on creating solutions through partnerships while addressing both opportunities and barriers. Registration is now open at this link that also includes another link to the conference agenda.
From Loyola University Maryland:
Loyola University Maryland’s Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship has accepted 11 new ventures for the center’s 2024-25 Baltipreneurs Accelerator, a four-month part-time program supporting start-up businesses and social ventures with training, technical assistance, mentorship, networking, and access to capital.
This year’s Baltipreneurs harness artificial intelligence and machine learning for health care, source and roast coffee beans, lead in women’s fashion, cosmetics, and services, provide educational tools for underserved students, and explore for minerals while minimizing the ecological impact. Comprised of mostly women entrepreneurs this year, they include Loyola students and alumni as well as entrepreneurs from other universities and the community.
“We are pleased that the national growth in microbusinesses owned by founders of color and the 70 percent increase in the number of Black-women-owned businesses since the pandemic were reflected in our Baltipreneurs applicant pool,” said Wendy Bolger, Founding Director of the Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. “Baltipreneurs’ success will be the city’s success, as microbusinesses create seven jobs for every one entrepreneur, on average, and drive unemployment down.”
From Ferris State University:
The University will be a partner in Bedrock’s plans for the phased development of a dynamic14-acre district in downtown Detroit that would focus on fostering innovation in life sciences, technology and entrepreneurship.
The company also is partnering with BAMF Health, Michigan Innovation Headquarters, and Wayne State University and its TechTown Detroit entrepreneurship hub, with others to be determined as development proceeds.
Bedrock is a full-service real estate firm specializing in innovative city building strategies. The firm and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $7.5 billion to acquire, develop and operate more than 140 properties in Detroit and Cleveland with landmark developments at Hudson’s Detroit, Book Tower, City Modern, Tower City Center and the May Company Building.
At its core will be a 220,000 square foot Life Science Innovation Building. The first-of-its-kind in the country and incorporating the world’s most advanced and comprehensive theranostics platform and treatment center, this groundbreaking research and outpatient facility will pioneer new medical treatment methods from BAMF Health.
From Johns Hopkins University:
The Pava Marie LaPere Center for Entrepreneurship recently launched its 2024 Social Innovation Lab (SIL) cohort with 15 entrepreneurial teams—an additional five teams this year for the lab’s largest cohort since its inception in 2012.
The Social Innovation Lab recognizes and empowers innovators in the Baltimore area and is the only Pava Center accelerator open to both Johns Hopkins students and non-affiliates. Projects planned by members of the 2024 cohort include a youth education program focused on Black history, a parole and reentry program for incarcerated women, and an eco-friendly water pollution solution using algae and seaweed.
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