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Philadelphia Investor Puts Albuquerque in Top Ten for Entrepreneurs

Philadelphia entrepreneur and investor Bob Moore is an expert in data analytics.  The co-founder of RJ Metrics and the recently launched Crossbeam, a B2B software company that uses data analytics to help companies find partnerships, recently conducted a study of 100 cities in the US with the highest spending power for startups.  Albuquerque made the top ten list at number 5.  To read more, see Collin Krabbe’s January 23, 2019 …Read More

UNM Startup Avisa Pharma’s Reports Proof-of-Concept Trials Nearing Completion and New Issued Patents

Local startup Avisa Pharma has announced that its proof-of-concept trials using its AV BreathTest™ technology to test for pneumonia in emergency departments will be completed by year end, paving the way for an FDA clinical trial.  The company was formed to commercialize Dr. Graham Timmins’ breath-test technology for early detection and treatment of lung infections and has matured to become a clinical stage company. The company is developing a rapid, …Read More

Building Industry Hubs for New Mexico

Technologies and initiatives originating at the University of New Mexico and the state’s other research universities and national labs are catalyzing efforts to develop industry hubs in New Mexico.  See Kevin Robinson-Avila’s September 10, 2018 article, “Building on strengths,” reprinted below from the Albuquerque Journal Business Outlook, on what’s developing in the biotech, optics/photonics, and aviation/aerospace clusters in New Mexico.  https://www.abqjournal.com/1218785/building-on.html/mb10_jd_10sep_1biotech   Also see a related article on BennuBio https://stc.unm.edu/unm-startup-bennubio-receives-1-5-million-investment-from-the-states-catalyst-fund/. Building …Read More

Lobo Rainforest Building Marks One-Year Anniversary

On August 25, 2017, the Lobo Rainforest Building officially opened its doors to the  UNM and New Mexico innovation and entrepreneurial communities.  The building currently has a 100% occupancy rate for tenants located on the first floor and for the 310 students living in the apartments on the upper floors. Since 2012, STC has been responsible for carrying out the economic development vision of the University of New Mexico to …Read More

Local Startup Developing UNM Technology Lead Awardee for $1M DOE Contract

Pajarito Powder LLC, an Albuquerque start-up and Verge Fund portfolio company commercializing technology developed at the University of New Mexico and LANL, is the lead awardee of a $1 million contract to advance development of its platinum-free catalysts for fuel cells.  The company manufactures  platinum-free and reduced-platinum catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells, and is the  industry-leading PGM-free catalyst on the market today. The UNM catalyst technology was developed by Distinguished …Read More

Local Biotech Company Agilvax’s Cancer Immunotherapy Technology Shows Promising Results

Local start-up company Agilvax, Inc., headquartered in Albuquerque, is commercializing a virus-like particle (VLP) technology platform developed by UNM researchers Dr. David Peabody and Dr. Bryce Chackerian and cancer immunotherapies for one of the hardest to treat breast cancers.  The company’s AX09  immunotherapeutic was recently reviewed in the journal Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy for its preclinical efficacy in targeting triple negative breast cancer.  See the company’s announcement, reprinted below. Agilvax Announces …Read More

New Startup at the Lobo Rainforest Building Creating Next Gen Solution to Cloud Vulnerability

A new company started by native New Mexican Mark Chavez could lead us away from the cloud and into the light.  Chavez, along with co-investors and a fresh influx of capital from STC’s Co-Investment Fund, is working right now at the Lobo Rainforest Building in downtown Albuquerque to create a new way to give online users control over their own data is an innovative peer-to-peer online communications program that circumvents …Read More

Local Startup OptiPulse Forging Ahead with Disruptive Technology

Albuquerque startup OptiPulse Inc.is  moving forward on a radically different communications technology for high speed, wireless internet that enables a much higher bandwidth.  The company has developed 10 gigabytes-per-second speeds using its proprietary laser chips  that will save energy and lower the cost of transmitting data.   OptiPulse  is located in the Cecchi VentureLab at the Lobo Rainforest Building.  The company has also optioned UNM technology developed by Dr. Marek Osinski …Read More

STC.UNM and the UNM Innovation Academy Among Recipients Receiving New Mexico Gas Company Grants

The University of New Mexico’s technology-transfer and economic development organization, STC.UNM, and its entrepreneurial program for students, the Innovation Academy, have been awarded innovation grants by New Mexico Gas Company.  In its second year of funding, the gas company’s parent company, Emera, awarded $1.5 million to 28 organizations in New Mexico developing programs to train and support entrepreneurs, spin out startup companies, and increase economic development. STC, in its role …Read More

Bioscience Start-Ups: A Game Changer for the “New” New Mexico

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts Greg Byrnes, NMBio Executive Director 610-731-3671 (M) greg@nmbio.org Albuquerque, New Mexico – The New Mexico Biotechnology and Biomedical Association (NMBio) is launching its inaugural Knowledge Fair & Expo by showcasing New Mexico’s pioneering and talented entrepreneurs in the bioscience, biomedical, agriculture, and healthcare communities. On Wednesday, October 18th at the UNM Student Union Building, more than 60 speakers from Las Cruces to Los Alamos will …Read More