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techcolumbus commits $500,000 to fund osu spinoff nanofiber solutions

TechColumbus Thursday, May 03, 2012

TechColumbus announced this week its commitment to invest $500,000 from its Pre-Seed Fund in Nanofiber Solutions LLC to advance innovations in cell culture technologies and regenerative medicine. Click here to read the full article.

innovation engine accelerator at ohio university now accepting applications

Ohio University Thursday, May 03, 2012

The Innovation Engine Accelerator is a digital media business accelerator located in Ohio University's business incubator, the award-winning Innovation Center. Made possible by public and private support, the Innovation Engine Accelerator is launching its inaugural 10-week boot camp class providing seed funding of up to $20,000 each for five teams this summer. Applications are available now. Click here to read the full article.

crowdfunding leaders unite to advocate for regulatory framework and industry support

crowdsourcing.org Thursday, May 03, 2012

On Wednesday, April 18, the crowdfunding industry’s 13 top debt and equity crowdfunding platforms and industry experts met to create a Statement of Intent for a lasting organization that will champion, advocate for, and represent the global crowdfunding industry. Two days later, this group—the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Association, or CFIRA—presented its Statement of Intent to the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). CFIRA’s complete Statement of Intent can be found on www .Crowdsourcing .org .

minority biomedical entrepreneurship conference takes place may 21-22 in cleveland

BioEnterprise Corporation Thursday, May 03, 2012

The America21 Project and BioEnterprise are hosts of a groundbreaking national conference dedicated to promoting and accelerating underrepresented minority healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship.

The First Annual Minority Biomedical Entrepreneurship Conference will be held on May 21 – 22 at the Cleveland Marriott, overlooking the construction of the Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center. View event information here.

new albany plans business accelerator to complement incubator

TechColumbus Thursday, April 19, 2012

A new accelerator program for startups in New Albany will help them continue to grow. At the March 20 meeting of New Albany City Council funding was approved for creation of a new 7,100-square-foot "business accelerator" space. Read the full story here.

manta secures $44 million equity investment from norwest venture partners

Manta Thursday, April 19, 2012

Manta, the largest online community dedicated entirely to small business, announced that it has received a $44 million minority equity investment from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), a leading global investment firm. Read the full story here.

annual report showcases strength of central ohio's entrepreneurial ecosystem

TechColumbus Thursday, April 19, 2012

TechColumbus’ fifth annual report to the community highlights the progress Central Ohio has made in cultivating talent, catalyzing new businesses and creating the type of entrepreneurial ecosystem that is driving the region’s success in the 21st century global economy. Read the full story here.

cleveland-based energy focus inc. receives $4.9 million investment

Thursday, April 05, 2012

university of akron research team gets national award for breast cancer research

Thursday, April 05, 2012

A research team from the University of Akron is one of five national recipients of a $100,000 grant from General Electric, which last fall launched a program to identify and bring to market innovations created to diagnose and treat breast cancer. Read the article here.

clay marsh of osu is an innovator in preventative health care, says md4 utah

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Physician-scientist Clay Marsh is one of the indisputable rising stars in the constellation of personalized health care (a term he doesn’t fancy), and a genuine innovator in devising preventative health care as opposed to “sick care,” and in pursuing novel translational research and pilot projects that find new ways to engage patients in the nation’s largest academic health care system. Read the article here.

cleveland advanced manufacturing leader reflects on attending state of the union address

whitehouse.gov Thursday, March 08, 2012

Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita is Founder, President, and CEO of Quality Electrodynamics in Cleveland, Ohio, and last on January 24th, 2012 he was a guest in the First Lady's box at the 2012 State of the Union. He reflects on the experience here.

cincytech helps to vet startups' minimum viable concept

inc.com Thursday, March 08, 2012

According to this Inc.com article, Cincytech wants to help startups identify their 'minimum viable concept.' Read it here.

purdue wins foundation grant to expand ohio internship program

Purdue University Thursday, February 23, 2012

Purdue University's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship and the Discovery Learning Research Center are expanding their Interns for Entrepreneurship program to place more students in high-tech startup companies in Northeast Ohio. Read the story here.

Southwestern Ohio newest hot spot for drone jobs

YELLOW SPRINGS NEWS, 11/24/11 Thursday, December 01, 2011

Southwestern Ohio is the newest breeding ground for the United States military high-tech defense mechanism--the drone. At the Springfield Air National Guard base, they're working on becoming ground control operations for the MQ-1 Predator after being awarded a new mission from the Department of Defense and Air Force.

Drones, or pilotless jets, are the newest weapon of choice for the U.S. Read more here.

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