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UW Spin-out Zplasma featured in Xconomy & UW Today
UW spin-out company Zplasma, co-founded by UW professors Uri Shumlak, Aeronautics & Astronautics, and Brian Nelson, Electrical Engineering, are featured in the Xconomy story: “New UW Spinout Zplasma Aims to Keep Moore’s Law Humming” and UW Today story: “Plasma startup creates high-energy light to make smaller microchips.” Shumlak and Nelson have developed a method for producing the high-powered light used to turn pieces of silicon into… View More
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UW Spin-out Kona Medical Secures $30M in Financing to Pursue Novel Hypertension Therapy
Kona Medical announced it has raised $30 million in Series C financing to advance its novel hypertension therapy. The company was founded in 2009 by CEO Michael Gertner and is headquartered near Seattle in Bellevue, Washington. Kona Medical licensed technology from the University of Washington, developed by UW researchers Jessica Foley, James Little, and Shahram Vaezy, that uses high intensity focused ultrasound to treat nerves. … View More
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Faculty Member’s Spin-Off Looks to Improve Mass Spectrometry
Last year, the director of the UW School of Pharmacy Mass Spectrometry Center, Dave Goodlett, developed a method to make mass spectrometry research easier. The method, known as Surface Acoustic Wave Nebulization (SAWN), simplifies how researchers introduce nonvolatile compounds — such as proteins, lipids and small molecules like caffeine — into a mass spectrometer for analysis. Historically, researchers working with nonvolatile samples had to choose… View More
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UW Launches Technology Start-up Incubator, aims to double start-ups over three years
The University of Washington today unveiled a new business incubator that will provide startup businesses access to critical lab and office space on the UW campus for their work. The incubator is one key element in a larger commercialization initiative announced by President Michael Young today that will double the number of startups produced by the UW – from an average of 10 a year to 20 – during the next three years. Continue reading … View More
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UW Start-up Helps Doctors Manage Increasingly Complex Hand-off and Care of Hospitalized Patients
A new University of Washington start-up company TransformativeMed, LLC has licensed proven technology from the university that significantly improves communication across the team of physicians caring for a patient, in response to the increasingly complex care transition that resulted from the 2003 regulation of resident work hours. The digital management technology lets physicians coordinate and streamline care transitions during the physician sign-out and handoff process in hospitals, all from within the hospital’s existing electronic medical record (EMR) system. Continue reading … View More
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Tom Clement leads Cardiac Insight in targeting stroke risk
Tom Clement has a strong history as one of the region’s top medical device entrepreneurs. In 1998 he co-founded Pathway Medical Technologies and served as CEO until 2008. Tom was also previously a founding employee at Heart Technology, which grew to more than $100 million in annual revenue and 550 employees before becoming acquired by Boston Scientific. Tom joined Cardiac Insight in 2011 after leading… View More
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UW Spinout Physware Raises $6.9M, Changes Name to Nimbic
Physware, a University of Washington spin-out founded in 2006 by Electrical Engineering Professor Vikram Jandhyala, has raised $6.9M in Series B Financing and changed its name to Nimbic. Physware was featured in a recent case study by the Center for Commercialization. Nimbic, a leading provider of SaaS-based, cloud-computing electronic design automation (EDA) solutions, announced that new investor Austral Capital, and existing investors Madrona Venture Group… View More
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Arzeda reaches first milestone in technology collaboration with Pioneer Hi-Bred
University of Washington spin-out Arzeda has reached its first milestone in a multi-year technology collaboration with Pioneer Hi-Bred. Pioneer Hi-Bred is a Dupont business and based out of Iowa. Using computational protein design technology licensed through the UW’s Center for Commercialization, Arzeda is working to develop custom designed enzymes that are of commercial significance to Pioneer Hi-Bred in the areas of gene discovery and agricultural… View More
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EnerG2 Wins $21.3M in Stimulus Funding to Build Ultracapacitor Materials Plant in Oregon
University of Washington start-up EnerG2, an advanced materials company focused on energy storage, has scored a $21.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a new manufacturing plant in Albany, OR. The funds are part of a total of $2.4 billion in federal stimulus grants announced today to speed up the manufacturing and development of next-generation batteries, energy storage technologies, and electric… View More
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Tech Alliance showcases early-stage ventures
The fifth Technology Alliance Showcase took place on Tuesday, July 15. This quarterly event is intended to give emerging companies external visibility and is a great forum to get them exposed to an audience of potential advisors and seed funders. Five startups made presentations including UW spinout Vitriosic. Read coverage from Xconomy and the Seattle Times.
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