STC and the UNM Innovation Academy co-hosted their seventh Rainforest Student Pitch Competition on the evening of April 16 at Bow & Arrow Brewing Co. This popular community event recognizes student entrepreneurs in the state. The pitch competition was an opportunity for aspiring student entrepreneurs to present their innovative ideas for products, services and technologies to local entrepreneurs, investors, and business professionals. The competition is open to currently enrolled students …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
UNM Inventor Group Featured on KUNM’s University Showcase Program
Dr. Heather Canavan, Associate Professor of biomedical engineering in UNM’s Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, and her students were the guests on the February 16 KUNM University Showcase. The group of professors, students and staff at UNM have formed a new company called Adaptive Biomedical Design that focuses on designing and developing better biomedical and medical devices to improve patient care. Three of the adaptive design technologies from the …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
STC.UNM Startup Armonica Technologies, Inc. Receives Investment from State Catalyst Fund
Armonica Technologies, Inc., an STC.UNM startup commercializing new technology that promises to be a gigantic leap in genomic sequencing capabilities, has received a $1.5 million investment from the state’s Catalyst Fund and local private investors Cottonwood Technology Funds and Tramway Venture Partners. The technology is being developed by UNM Distinguished Professor Emeritus Steven Brueck, Professor Jeremy Edwards, and their team at the Center for High Technology Materials. The technology, called …Read More
STC and UNM Innovation Academy Awarded NSF I-Corps Site Grant
Albuquerque, NM, August 8, 2017. STC.UNM (STC), UNM’s technology transfer and economic development arm, and the Innovation Academy (iA), UNM’s innovative program for entrepreneurial students, announced that they have been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Sites grant for $443,631. The five-year grant will fund new programs and expand existing ones developed by the two organizations. The NSF awarded the grant under its Innovation Corps – National Innovation Networks …Read More
Pressure Analysis Company Secures License and Investment from STC.UNM
Albuquerque, NM, August 1, 2017. Local start-up Pressure Analysis Company (PAC) and STC.UNM, the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) technology-transfer organization, recently closed on a license agreement and investment. PAC is developing a wireless, impact-monitoring skullcap for athletes in contact sports based on sensor technology created at UNM. The company’s flagship product is a pliable, breathable sensor array built into an athlete’s conventional cap. The technology has many monitoring applications …Read More
Local Start-Up EquiSeq Gaining Recognition and Customers for Its Innovative Genetic Tests
A local start-up focused on providing better and cheaper tests for genetic disorders in horses is gaining a national audience. The company is developing genetic tests for equine polysaccharide storage myopathy, a disease that damages the muscle tissue in horses. The genetic tests allow horse breeders and owners to make better decisions on breeding and purchases. The genetic sequencing technology was developed at the University of New Mexico by Dr. …Read More
Local Start-Up Partnering with Pharma Company
Respira Therapeutics, a local start-up formed in 2010 to commercialize a new dry powder inhaler device and therapies that deliver more than twice the amount of drug to the lung than current inhaler technologies, announced it has licensed its drug RT234 for dry-powder inhalers to pharma company United Therapeutics. United with work with Respira to develop the drug to treat pulmonary hypertension. Respira’s dry-powder inhaler device is based on technology …Read More
UNM Start-ups Maturing Toward Market Readiness Thanks to New Mexico Angels Investments
Three local start-up companies developing UNM technologies for the marketplace have received follow-on and new investments from the New Mexico Angels, an organization of accredited individual investors committed to investing in technologies coming out of New Mexico’s research universities and national labs. To date, the Angels have invested in 13 start-ups commercializing UNM technologies. The latest round of investments includes follow-on amounts for EcoPesticides International Inc., developing biopesticide technology created …Read More