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Three   I-Corps   startups   receive   Innovation   Fund   investment

9/15/2017

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​Image courtesy of Innovation Fund. From left to right: Chris Miller of Fontus Blue, Audrey Wallace and Amy Husted of Komae, Ronny Shalev of Dyad Medical,  and Stephanie Ham of OncoSolutions
Fontus Blue, which received a $50,000 Innovation Fund “B” Award, has a cloud-based software that helps water treatment plants optimize their use of treatment chemicals and processes, resulting in exceptional water quality with reduced operating costs. Today treatment plant operators don’t have a way to quickly and reliably tell how changing the amount of one chemical will affect the need for others, so they often use more chemicals than necessary. Decision Blue® uses real-world data and unique measures developed at the University of Akron, along with advanced multi-component optimization mathematics, to evaluate millions of possible combinations of treatment chemical dosage levels and search for cost-effective solutions. Fontus Blue, which is housed in the Akron Global Business Accelerator, is using the Innovation Fund award to a hire software developer and add features to its platform. The company already has 12 water utilities in six states using its platform.

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O2   RegenTech   receives   funding   to   support   pre-clinical   development

6/26/2017

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By Lisa Craig,  lmc91@uakron.edu
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O2 RegenTech, a startup spun out of The University of Akron and originally founded by Dr. Nic Leipzig, has received $100,000 in funding from the Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio.

Leipzig, an associate professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, was joined by Dr. Andreas Inmann, an experienced medical device entrepreneur to commercialize cost-effective, easy-to-use wound care solutions based on technology originally developed at Leipzig’s UA lab. The proprietary technology is used by O2 RegenTech in an initial product offering, OXAID™, as an oxygen-releasing, moist, antimicrobial dressing to promote chronic wound healing.


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UA   teams   in   an   entrepreneurial   sweep   at LaunchTown   event

4/28/2017

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By Lisa Craig, lmc91@uakron.edu
For the first time in the history of the LaunchTown Entrepreneurship Awards, one university swept all three top spots — The University of Akron.

Six finalists out of 30 teams made their final pitches and vied for $10,000 in total cash prizes at the 11th annual competition, held April 27 at The Bit Factory in downtown Akron. The event, which is sponsored by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, is an idea competition for new businesses, products or services that is open to all students, majors, colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio. Additional sponsorship of the event was provided by the Akron Global Business Accelerator, a program of the city of Akron.
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By   Geckos,   For   Humans

1/11/2017

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By ​Lisa Craig, lmc91@uakron.edu
Spiders, geckos and insects can stick to any surface with ease and not leave any marks or trails along their path – and so can new dry adhesive products produced by Akron Ascent Innovations (AAI). The groundbreaking invention has reached the next step in the innovation process with the announcement that AAI has formed a strategic partnership with Velcro Companies to combine its dry adhesive technology with VELCRO® Brand’s classic hook and loop technologies.
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AAI’s Akron-based team, which includes four UA graduates and one current UA student, hold a 17-foot long strip of adhesive film. They are, from left, Matt Cymbal, Fei Wang, Kevin White, Ali Blandon Cruz, Roxanna Raoufi, Rebecca Kuznarsky and Sherri Hart.

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