UF Innovate | The Hub News

Venture Atlanta Presenter Admiral Named 2019 Most VC-Backable Startup

UF Innovate | The Hub resident company Admiral, a pioneering innovator in AdBlock recovery and digital subscriptions, has been notified that the Global Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) named the company 2019 Most VC-Backable Startup. The Global VCIC includes venture capitalists, student VC teams and fast-growing startups in a one-of-a-kind...

Gainesville Expert Proves Blockchain Isn’t Just for Software Engineers

Blockchain expert Palveshey Tariq is a modern-day Renaissance woman. She holds a position with the Public Utility Research Center (PURC) at the University of Florida, for which she leads semiannual sessions for the World Bank Program in the capacity of blockchain to streamline energy generation, distribution and regulation. This was...

New Energy Meter From Martinson Machine Shows How Much Money You Spend in Real-Time

How about being able to monitor electricity consumption? And knowing that, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, “we can reduce the cost of power outages by over 75 percent and save America over $150 billion”. This is the proposal of the Martinson Smart Meter developed by UF Innovate |...

Incubation Business Expert Mark Long Keynote Speaker at TechFest Louisville

UF Innovate | The Hub Director Mark Long was the keynote speaker at TechFest 2019 Louisville, KY, a biennial summit designed to bring together technology professionals for learning and networking. With his talk titled “How to Build a Large-Scale Incubator/Accelerator Ecosystem: Lessons from UF Innovate,” Long shared success stories from...

Jim Bowie Leaves UCF to Join UF Innovate | The Hub As New Associate Director

Jim Bowie, site manager for the University of Central Florida business incubator in Kissimmee, believes in good timing. It’s the key to building a successful business and a successful career, he said. It was time for Bowie to move on from Kissimmee heading for a similar job with the business...

A High-Tech Walk Across Florida – Gainesville

According to the Florida Tech Corridor Council, a public-private organization that seeks to grow the region’s technology jobs, Gainesville is one of the cities across the center of the state on the spotlight of innovation for its research, technological innovations as well as homegrown startups. UF Innovate comprises Tech Licensing, Ventures,...

SmartSteward to Integrate With Vista Clinical Diagnostics

UF Innovate | The Hub resident company Antibiotic Adjuvant, Inc, creator of SmartSteward, electronic infection control and antibiotic stewardship system, and Vista Clinical Diagnostics, a medical testing lab serving skilled nursing facilities, announced they are working in collaboration to improve antibiotic stewardship. The announcement occurred during the Florida Healthcare Association...

Tech Tuesday: UF Innovate The Hub Adding New Associate Director

Jim Bowie brings a rich innovative history to The Hub. He will be responsible for recruitment, retention, and management of companies. He will also handle day-to-day management, develop programs for mentorship, guidance, and strategic direction for Hub companies.

Jim Bowie Joins UF Innovate | The Hub as Associate Director

On August 12, UF Innovate | The Hub will have two celebrities at its helm. Jim Bowie, a descendent of the legendary Jim Bowie (think Battle of the Alamo and the Bowie knife), joins Hub Director Mark Long, an Elvis Tribute Artist and fearless leader of Incubation Services at the...

Pheromones Give Nematodes a Boost in Controlling Pests

UF Innovate alumni startup Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest control company that develops and produces nematode pheromones that can be used to direct beneficial nematode behavior, has established a cooperative research agreement with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The ARS team, Pheronym CEO Fatma Kaplan, and Ed Lewis, head of the...