Tech Transfer News and Events

EVENTS

Venture Capital and
The Company Formation Process

by Rob Siegel, general partner of X/Seed Capital, affiliated with Mohr Davidow Ventures

May 1 at 1-3 PM
1800 Sherman Ave., Suite 400, Evanston.
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X/Seed Capital focuses on early stage deals coming out of university and other research institutions.

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April 22 - May 21, 2008

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PAST EVENTS

Getting NU inventions from bench to market

April 8 and April 11, 2008, 12:00pm - 1:00pm,
Presenter: Alan K. Hauser, Ph.D. Director, Business Development, NU Tech Transfer Program (TTP)

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NEWS

Law encourages universities to act on findings

"There was a time when university researchers who made discoveries simply wrote about them in journals and let anyone who wanted to exploit them commercially do so."

Chicago Tribune
March 10, 2008

Nerites Succeeds with Series A Round of Funding

Nerites Corporation, a company that develops novel tissue repair products and coatings for medical devices, today announced it has completed a $5.7 million Series A round of funding. Venture Investors LLC of Madison, Wisconsin, with participation by Black Mountain Ventures of Foster City, California, led the investment. Previously, Nerites had raised $3 million from private investors.

The Milwaukee Business Journal
February 15, 2008
Press Release (PDF)

Fixing A Hole

Commercial success has eluded polymer-based organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Yet the key to any future market breakthrough may not be the light-emitting polymers at the core of these devices but rather the hole-injection layers that play a secondary role.

Chemical and Engineering News
September 11, 2006

Bioscience Firm Will Move to Madison

Baird Venture Partners will announce today that it is moving a Chicago-area biosciences company to Madison as part of a $5.85 million financing round.

Milwaukee Jounral Sentinel
September 5, 2006

Plextronics Signs License Agreement with Northwestern University

Plextronics has announced that it has signed a license agreement with Northwestern University. The agreement will integrate the thin film and molecular innovations of acclaimed chemist Tobin J. Marks, Professor at Northwestern, into Plextronics' Plexcore technology platform.

Nanotechnology News
July 26, 2006

Biotech Start-up Markets Versatile Synthetic Adhesive

The biotech start-up company Nerites is hoping to return the favor by transforming the secret of the mollusks into a profitable business venture that also serves mankind.

The Capitol Times
May 25, 2006

Promixagen In-Licence Agreement

Proximagen Neuroscience plc (AIM: PRX), the drug discovery and development company focused on neurodegenerative diseases, is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive in-licensing agreement for a platform of drug candidates for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders. The compounds were discovered and synthesized by Professor Richard Silverman at Northwestern University in Chicago. Professor Silverman was also responsible for the discovery of Lyrica, a recently introduced medicine for the management of neuoropathic pain, currently marketed by Pfizer.

Promixagen Neuroscience web site
May 22, 2006
London, UK

Innovative Coating Could Give Medical Implants A Longer Life

By mimicking an adhesive protein secreted by mussels and a polymer that repels cells and proteins, researchers at Northwestern University have designed a versatile new two-sided coating that could breathe life into medical implants

Science Daily
May 16, 2005