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 overload and iron accumulation associated […]
AGTC Announces Updated Development Plan for Its X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa Clinical Program
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, announced next steps in the clinical development of the company’s potential treatment of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) caused by mutations in […]
Montagu Private Equity LLP Completes Acquisition of the RTI Surgical OEM Business
Montagu Private Equity LLP, a leading European private equity firm, announced the completion of its acquisition of UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum RTI Surgical OEM business. Following the acquisition, the OEM business will operate as a standalone company and retain the RTI Surgical name. The new RTI Surgical will further […]
Tiny Florida Medical Research Firm Faces Giant Challenge — COVID-19 Vaccine
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a Tampa-based medical research business with roots in Gainesville, found itself at a crossroads earlier this year right before the COVID-19 pandemic struck America. The company’s previous project had been working on modifying genes related to bacteria in the hopes of stopping oral mucositis in […]
The First Optical Space Mini-Camera Takes 20,000 Images in a Month
The first miniaturized space-based Earth-observing optical camera has begun sending huge-resolution images after a complex process of calibration, thermal stabilization, and connection tests. The camera, developed by UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Satlantis, a provider of high-performance payload technologies for Earth observation and remote sensing, has reached image number 20,000 […]
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 promises to bring the true-to-life […]
Oragenics Provides Update on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Program
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral mucositis, provided an update on progress with its SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccine candidate and announced the termination of its clinical development program with AG013 for the treatment of severe oral […]
Collagen Solutions Enters Into Three-Year New Agreement With NovaBone Products
Collagen Solutions, a company producing custom formulations of medical-grade collagen biomaterials and tissues for use in medical devices, had entered into a new minimum three-year agreement with UF startup NovaBone Products, a designer and manufacturer of synthetic bone grafts. The agreement formalized a longer-term supply arrangement to ensure NovaBone had consistent and increased access to this […]
Cannabix Technologies Files Patent for Detection of Molecules in Breath Using FAIMS technology
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., the developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer for law enforcement and the workplace, is pleased to report that it has filed a provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) entitled, “Apparatus and Methods for Detection of Molecules”. This provisional patent covers multiple new inventions and intellectual property […]
Ology Bioservices Wins Three Department of Defense Awards Totaling More Than $16 Million
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that the Department of Defense (DOD), through the Joint Science and Technology Office of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), has awarded the company with three biomanufacturing contracts with a combined value of […]