2019 Transformational Business Awards: Meet the Finalists
(UF startup Florida Insect Control Group is a finalist in the 2019 Transformational Business Awards, a global honor, in the category of Health, Wellness and Disease Prevention. The startup offers ground-breaking pest control systems for mosquitoes and flies.) IFC and The Financial Times have announced the shortlist for the 2019 Transformational Business Awards—a premier global program […]
UF Startup Combatting Mosquito Diseases Featured at National Showcase
UF has been nationally recognized for working with a pest control company to prevent the spread of insect-borne diseases. On April 10, UF and the Florida Insect Control Group, a pest control device company, went to Washington, D.C. to be recognized for developing insect traps, said Philip Koehler, a UF entomology professor and the control […]
UF Startup Florida Insect Control Group Featured at University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Showcase in Washington, D.C.
University of Florida researchers behind Florida Insect Control Group, a pest control device company, originally intended to protect deployed military personnel from insect-borne diseases, shared the story of their #Research2Startup path at the University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase in Washington, D.C., April 10. Organized by the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities and the Association […]
Four of 16 Cade Prize Finalists Are Local
Four of the Sweet 16 finalist for the annual Cade Prize are local companies. Cade officials said in a news release Friday that the Sweet 16 finalist expo will be held April 10 and the Final Four will be honored at the Inventivity Bash May 18. The Cade Prize rewards inventors and entrepreneurs who demonstrate […]