LightPath Technologies Awarded $22.1 Million Follow-On Purchase Order To Supply Advanced Infrared Camera Systems (PR Newswire)

UF startup LightPath Technologies, Inc., announced it has secured $22.1 million in follow-on purchase orders with a leading global technology customer related to the supply of advanced infrared camera systems in CY 2027.
Nasser Nassiri Koopaei Is on a Mission to Address Unmet Medical Needs With His Biotechnology Startup (UF Pharmacy)

UF researcher Nasser Nassiri Koopaei has been working to transform his research on stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles for targeted drug delivery through his biotechnology startup, EriVan Bio, a UF startup.
Kriya Announces $320 Million Series D Financing to Advance Pipeline of Gene Therapies for Chronic Diseases of High Unmet Need (Bio Space)

UF startup Kriya Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing gene therapies to address common chronic diseases of high unmet need, announced the closing of a $320 million Series D financing.
LightPath Technologies Marks 40 Years of Innovation in Optical and Infrared Solutions (Newswires)

UF startup LightPath Technologies celebrates 40 years of innovation, delivering advanced imaging technologies for defense, industrial, automotive, and medical markets.
LightPath Technologies Secures $18.2 Million Purchase Order To Supply Advanced Infrared Camera Systems (PR Newswire)

UF startup LightPath Technologies announced it has secured an $18.2 million purchase order with a leading global technology customer related to the supply of advanced infrared camera systems in CY 2026.
NovaBone To Unveil First-of-Its-Kind Bioactive Wedge at AOFAS 2025 Annual Meeting in Savannah (PR Newswire)

UF startup NovaBone, a pioneer in synthetic bone graft technologies, will showcase its Bioactive Pre-contoured Wedge (BPW) at the 2025 American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) Annual Meeting.
Gene Therapy Specialist Kriya Raises $313M (Bio Space)

UF startup Kriya is advancing a host of gene therapies for a wide variety of chronic diseases, including geographic atrophy, trigeminal neuralgia and type 1 diabetes.
Myosin Therapeutics Awarded $4.5 Million NCI Bridge Grant to Advance Phase I Trial of MT-125 in Glioblastoma (PR Newswire)

UF startup Myosin Therapeutics announced it has been awarded a $4.5M Phase IIB Bridge Award from the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
LightPath Technologies Announces First Germanium-Free G5 Camera Variants Utilizing Proprietary BlackDiamond™ Glass

UF startup LightPath Technologies announced that its subsidiary G5 Infrared has begun producing two high-end cooled infrared cameras using LightPath’s proprietary BlackDiamond™ Glass instead of Germanium.
Solid Biosciences Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for SGT-501 First-in-Class Gene Therapy for Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT)
Solid Biosciences Inc., which acquired UF startup AavantiBio, announced that it received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SGT-501, the Company’s novel, AAV-based investigational gene therapy for the treatment of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT).