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Snyder, Founder of Florida Biologix, Named Innovator of the Year for 2020

When informed that he was the recipient of “Innovator of the Year” – the highest recognition that UF Innovate | Tech Licensing bestows – Dr. Richard Snyder smiled humbly and said that he was caught off guard by the nomination. In 2006, the University of Florida innovator founded Florida Biologix...

CEOs Discuss Sid Martin Biotech’s Impact on Their Business Success

For the past 25 years, UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech has provided the foundation that has turned many startup companies into successful businesses. For many CEOs, Sid Martin played a fundamental role in keeping their companies alive during their infant stages. Gary Ascani is a former CEO of Banyan...

UF’s Sid Martin Biotech Business Incubator Celebrates 25 Years

As one of the first biotech business incubators in the United States, UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech has paved the way to success for many startup companies. Sid Martin celebrates its 25th anniversary today and continues to have a timeless impact. “The 25th anniversary of Sid Martin is a...

Inventors Honored at Virtual Standing InnOvation Event

More than 200 innovators participated in a live-stream event and virtual happy hour to celebrate their achievements in fiscal year 2020. The limitations of social gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic prompted UF Innovate | Tech Licensing to find new ways to honor University of Florida innovators. Instead of an...

UF Innovate’s Adrienne Pennell Receives UF Superior Accomplishment Award

In a virtual ceremony August 6, Licensing Associate III Adrienne Pennell has been named a UF Superior Accomplishment winner for her outstanding service at UF Innovate | Tech Licensing. Pennell was among more than a dozen nominees in the Clerical/Office Support category for Division 1. “I am beyond honored to...

UF Innovate | Ventures Invests in AbFero Pharmaceuticals

The University of Florida’s newly established venture fund, directed by UF Innovate | Ventures, has invested part of its inaugural fund in AbFero Pharmaceuticals, Inc. UF Innovate Ventures is acting as a follow-on investor to the lead investor Longwall Ventures from the United Kingdom. AbFero’s therapeutic platform addresses transfusion-related iron...

UF Innovate | Ventures Announces Inaugural Investments; Follows JSR Corporation’s Repeat Investment in OLED Display Startup Mattrix Technologies

The University of Florida’s newly established venture fund, directed by UF Innovate | Ventures, has closed an investment in Mattrix Technologies. Repeat investor JSR Corporation is leading the $3M series A1 financing, which will support the joint development of production-ready materials for a new class of video display technology that...

University of Florida, Part of the Florida High Tech Corridor, Recognized for Excellence in Innovation

The three founding universities of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council – the University of Central Florida (UCF), the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Florida (UF) – ranked for the eighth consecutive year among the “Top 100 Universities Worldwide Granted U.S. Utility Patents.” The University of...

UF’s Sid Martin Biotech Named Top Global Incubator for Record Third Time

For the third time, the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) has awarded its highest honor – the Randall M. Whaley Incubator of the Year award – to UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech. “Being named the best incubator on the planet is amazing. Receiving this award three times in a...

UF Ranked No. 1 Nationally in Innovation Impact

The University of Florida is the most productive large university in the country at leveraging its research funding into new companies, new jobs and new ideas, according to a report released last week by the George W. Bush Institute and the Opus Faveo Innovation Development consulting firm. A team of...