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Fiscal Year 2025 Impact Report: U-M Innovators Break Multiple Research Commercialization Records
9/16/2024At Innovation Partnerships, we believe in the transformative power of research. This year’s Impact Report celebrates how our innovation ecosystem translates research discoveries into real-world solutions that improve and save lives. Fiscal Year 2025 was a landmark year for research commercialization at the University of Michigan. Our office received 673...
Impact Newsletter – May 2026
6/5/2026I am pleased to share the latest edition of our Impact Newsletter, highlighting recent milestones across the Michigan innovation ecosystem.
U-M Startup Ecovia Bio Closes Series B Financing to Expand Michigan Manufacturing of Biodegradable Alternative to Microplastics
4/16/2026Innovation Partnerships announced today that University of Michigan spinout Ecovia Bio, one of the Accelerate Blue Fund’s portfolio companies, has closed a successful Series B financing round to expand manufacturing of its biodegradable alternative to synthetic superabsorbent polymers, an ubiquitous source of microplastics. The financing marks an important milestone for...
University of Michigan Accelerate Blue Fund and Michigan University Innovation Capital Fund Invest in Olympian’s Venture to Unlock Tactile Intelligence
4/10/2026As the 2026 Winter Olympics came to a close, an Olympian reached a different kind of vital milestone: raising $4 million in seed funding for his nascent sportstech startup, GripFusion, Inc. The University of Michigan sportstech startup received $500K in investment from the Accelerate Blue Fund and the Michigan University...
Impact Newsletter – March 2026
4/1/2026I’m delighted to share this month’s Impact Newsletter, showcasing how University of Michigan research is translating into real-world impact across Michigan and beyond.
Impact Newsletter – February 2026
3/5/2026I’m pleased to share our February Impact Newsletter, bringing you stories that highlight the unmistakable momentum across the University of Michigan’s innovation ecosystem and sharing opportunities for you to engage with our work.
Impact Newsletter – January 2026
2/3/2026I’m pleased to share our first Impact Newsletter of the year, highlighting stories from across the University of Michigan’s innovation ecosystem. In the final days of 2025, several U-M startups reached major milestones, including Neurable’s $35 million Series A, an oversubscribed $125 million funding round for Mythic to scale its energy-efficient GPU technology and a $12 million raise by Diamond Kinetics to expand its novel sensing technology for youth baseball and softball. I invite you to read on for more information on these and other stories from the university’s innovation ecosystem.
Impact Newsletter – December 2025
12/19/2025As we approach the end of the year and the holiday season, this time offers a chance to reflect on progress made, celebrate our achievements and look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead.
U-M, ASICS to launch groundbreaking sport innovation initiative
12/18/2025ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan and ASICS will establish the ASICS x Michigan Sport Innovation Center, a pioneering research effort aimed at advancing human performance and sport science, through a new multi-year research collaboration. ASICS will commit $25 million in funding to support the research program. This initiative will bring...
ProbeTruth, a New U-M Startup, Detecting the Hidden Nuances that Reveal Fraud and Deception
12/4/2025As technology advances, nearly every aspect of life faces the potential for digital alteration. Nowhere is this issue more immediately relevant than in the courtroom, where advancements in photo, video and audio manipulation software have made it increasingly possible to alter evidence undetectably. ProbeTruth, a new University of Michigan (U-M)...
Q&A With Anthony Licavoli – 2025 Jessica Soulliere Outstanding Service Award Recipient
11/25/2025For his positive attitude, willingness to help others and commitment to phenomenal customer service, Anthony Licavoli was named the 2025 recipient of the Innovation Partnerships’ Jessica Soulliere Outstanding Service Award. The award is named for our late colleague, Jessica Soulliere, who was a trusted and valued member of Innovation Partnerships...
Impact Newsletter – November 2025
11/24/2025Even as the days grow shorter, our innovation ecosystem continues to gain momentum thanks to the vision and dedication of the inventors, startup founders and partners working tirelessly to ensure the world benefits from the incredible innovations and discoveries created at the University of Michigan.
Leukemia treatment based on U-M research receives FDA approval
11/20/2025Patients with acute myeloid leukemia – a rare cancer of the bone marrow and blood — have long faced limited treatment options. That is until now, thanks to a drug developed through innovative research by Jolanta Grembecka and Tomasz Cierpicki, professors of pathology at the University of Michigan providing a...