Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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May 1, 2017
Undergraduate venture fund makes its first investment
The Zell Early Stage Fund, a fund designed to give U-M undergraduate students experience in the venture capital process, has selected its first investment target.
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March 20, 2017
Winners announced in Flint-focused Social Impact Challenge
A student team from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy has won the 2017 Social Impact Challenge, which focused on ways to advance entrepreneurship efforts in Flint.
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March 14, 2017
U-M startup working on cancer treatment raises $8.3 million
A U-M startup that’s developing a non-invasive way to remove diseased tissue from cancer patients using high-intensity ultrasound has attracted $8.3 million in Series B financing.
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March 6, 2017
Presidential announcement, edX CEO talk to top innovation forum
An innovative new mechanism to connect faculty and the public around current events and issues will be announced by President Mark Schlissel during an Academic Innovation Forum this month.
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January 24, 2017
Big Data research projects to seek insights from social media
Two recently funded U-M research projects will use Big Data from social media to gain new insights into economics and the way people communicate about parenting and politics.
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January 24, 2017
Projects use Big Data to predict diseases, advance genomics analysis
Three U-M research projects will use Big Data and mobile technology to learn how to predict when individuals will get diseases including depression and hepatitis C, and to unlock the potential of single-cell gene sequencing.
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January 5, 2017
U-M startup Neurable raises $2M in seed funding
Neurable, a U-M startup that developed brain-computer interface technology based on breakthrough neuroscience, has raised $2 million in seed funding to bring its software platform to market.
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December 12, 2016
Driverless electric shuttle introduced at Mcity
A fully autonomous, 15-passenger electric shuttle manufactured by French firm NAVYA will support research and provide self-guided tours of U-M’s Mcity.
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November 16, 2016
Open-access automated cars to advance driverless research
New U-M research vehicles will be open testbeds for academic and industry researchers to rapidly test self-driving and connected vehicle technologies at a world-class proving ground.
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November 16, 2016
$1.65M grant aims to help regional manufacturers hurt by imports
A business assistance center at U-M plans to use a $1.65 million federal grant to help manufacturers in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana improve their global competitiveness and enhance business growth.
