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Accelerate Blue Fund Approaches First Close Goal
11/18/2020The Accelerate Blue Fund, which will provide early-stage investment capital for U-M startup companies, has raised $1.5M of its “first close” goal of $2M thanks to the generous donations of its Founders Circle Members and Supporters. Accelerate Blue has a target size of $20 million, which will be raised through...
20th Annual Celebrate Invention – Recap
11/18/20202020 has definitely forced all of us to redefine work and networking. As the date approached for the 20th annual Celebrate Invention we faced a choice: cancel it for 2020, or figure out how to host an impactful virtual event to connect our U-M startups, innovators, and partners. We chose...
Great Lakes Discovery Request for Proposals
10/7/2020The Great Lakes Discovery Fall RFP Cycle is now open, with Letters of Intent being accepted through 11:59 P.M. ET on November 30, 2020. The Letter of Intent (LOI) submission will address the items below: Novelty Genetics Biologic Rationale Preclinical Models Clinical Development Selected applicants will be invited to complete...
Refraction AI
9/28/2020Last Mile Delivery Robots Find Their Place During Stay at Home Order U-M robotics startup Refraction AI designs and operates networked fleets of autonomous robotic delivery vehicles. In the COVID-19 crisis they saw a clear need for the “last-mile” logistics platform that they had been testing on the streets of...
U-M Record-Breaking Growth in Startups FY20
9/9/2020U-M launches record number of startups, inventions in FY2020, during period marked by pandemic By Jeff Karoub, Michigan News ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan launched a record 31 startups in fiscal year 2020, a 40% increase during a period that included a pandemic and temporarily shuttered labs. U-M inventors went...
Celebrate Invention 2020
7/28/2020Celebrate Invention, September 21 – 24, 2020 Members of the University of Michigan community of innovators, leaders from promising U-M startups, and alumni gathered from around the world for the first-ever virtual Celebrate Invention to honor U-M inventors, discuss the growing impact of U-M innovations, and explore ways to further...
Our Fight Against COVID-19
4/3/2020“The situation we face today would have been unimaginable for many of us just weeks ago. As COVID-19 has changed the way we work and live, the U-M Innovation Partnerships team has been giving considerable thought as to how we can best assist in the fight against COVID-19. While the...
COVID-19 Announcement: Update on Innovation Partnerships
3/16/2020Message from U-M Innovation Partnerships In order to help slow the spread of the coronavirus through the local community, many members of the U-M Innovation Partnerships team are currently working remotely. It is our sincere hope that we will be able to provide the same degree of phenomenal customer service...
Giving Blueday – Support Accelerate Blue Fund
12/3/2019Technology Transfer transforms U-M research discoveries into technologies that improve our quality of life and fuel economic development. Inventions from U-M Technology Transfer changed the way we are vaccinated from the flu. They have changed the way doctors monitor critical patients. And we are paving the way towards the connected...
University of Michigan Accelerate Blue Fund
11/25/2019The University of Michigan Accelerate Blue Fund (“Accelerate Blue” or the “Fund”) is a new early-stage investment fund approved by the Regents of the University of Michigan on October 17, 2019. Accelerate Blue is a collaborative, cross-campus effort led by the U-M Innovation Partnerships Venture Center in support of U-M...
Celebrate Invention 2019
8/8/2019Celebrate Invention Members of the University of Michigan community joined with regional leaders on October 22 to celebrate the accomplishments of U-M innovators, who, once again, broke records in terms of productivity and impact, disclosing a total of 502 new inventions and launching a total of 22 new startups in...
Giving Blue Day – Support Our Top Priority
11/27/2018Technology Transfer transforms U-M research discoveries into technologies that improve our quality of life and fuel economic development. Inventions from U-M Technology Transfer changed the way we are vaccinated from the flu. They have changed the way doctors monitor critical patients. And we are paving the way towards the connected...