As part of the celebrations for the Duke University Centennial this year, the Office for Translation & Commercialization is excited to highlight the impact Duke innovations, partners, and startups have had on society at large with a physical and digital Centennial timeline exhibit: A Century of Innovation at Duke University. The physical installation is making its public debut right now […]

“I don’t want to say life-changing, but pretty close to it.” That was Shamitha Shetty’s takeaway from the inaugural Triangle Universities Startup Workshop, held in mid-May. Shetty, a Ph.D. student in the Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering, was beaming at the reception concluding the three-day intensive course, mulling over all the guidance she received on […]

At the Duke University Office for Translation & Commercialization (OTC), the team is working to bring technologies out of the university and into reality – be it through traditional patenting and licensing pathways or through start-up creation with Duke New Ventures (DNV) and investing with Duke Capital Partners (DCP). But behind each technology is an innovator with a vision, and so much of […]

COLUMBUS, Ga., Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Aspirion, a leading technology-enabled healthcare revenue cycle management (“RCM”) provider for complex claims and revenue integrity, announced today the acquisition of Infinia ML, Inc. (“Infinia ML”), a leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning company. The acquisition of Infinia ML accelerates Aspirion’s investment in cutting-edge intelligent automation to advance operational […]

NEW YORK – May 28, 2024 – DaVinci Education and Elentra, both pioneers in healthcare education technology, today announced their strategic merger under the portfolio of Achieve Partners. This exciting development is strengthened by the appointment of JD White, Ph.D., as the new CEO of the combined entity, set to lead a transformation in healthcare […]

Duke professor of electrical and computer engineering Aaron Franklin just lost his job as chief technology officer of the company he founded six years ago, and he’s thrilled. That’s because Franklin’s company Tyrata, which uses electronic sensors to monitor tire tread wear, was acquired—along with eight employees—by Bridgestone Americas. The technology that Franklin and his team developed […]

On Tuesday, September 12th, Triangle Venture Day: Therapeutics 2023 invited investors from across the country to hear from rising star innovators of the robust therapeutics scene right here in our own backyard. Jointly organized by Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State University, and NCBiotech, the event brought bright minded, budding academic entrepreneurs together with venture capital investors to showcase […]

“I wonder whether the conditions inside the body would affect the functionality?” “They certainly might.” Hansel Alex Hobbie, an ECE PhD candidate in the lab of Professor Aaron Franklin, was discussing the intricacies of his medical device invention with a group of graduate and professional students. The technology: a way to incorporate 3D-printed electronics onto the […]

On a cold, windy last Tuesday in November, around 300 people from the Duke community and entrepreneurial colleagues from across the Triangle came together to celebrate Duke inventors and innovations at the 5th Annual Invented at Duke event. Faculty, staff, students, local investors and entrepreneurs, and many more enjoyed food and drink as they networked with each […]

Stefan Roberts found a passion for biomedical research early in life and kept at it through his time at Duke University, where he graduated with a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 2018. Now, with support from Duke, he is growing a local start-up called inSoma Bio – developing biomaterials Roberts cooked up in the lab with his P.I., the […]

Invisibility casts a long shadow. In 2006, physicist David Smith and colleagues at Duke and elsewhere published a paper about an experiment they had conducted. They used metamaterials to direct microwaves around an object so that the wave pattern that reached a receptor on the other side of the object looked pretty much like the pattern that […]

June 05, 2024 05:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time DURHAM, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–restor3d, the leader in 3D printed, personalized orthopedic implants, announced today the successful closing of a $55 million Series A funding round led by private investors including Summers Value Partners and existing investors plus an additional $15 million in debt financing led by Trinity Capital. […]

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke Health is part of a multi-institution research team receiving federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) funding to develop an osteoarthritis treatment that regenerates joints. The research project, which includes teams from Boston Children’s Hospital and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was awarded a contract of up to $33 million, funded […]

Columbus, Ohio – Jan. 30, 2024 – Basking Biosciences (Basking), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel acute thrombolytic therapy to treat stroke, today announced the close of a $55 million financing. New investor ARCH Venture Partners led the round, with participation from additional new investors Insight Partners, Platanus, Solas BioVentures and RTW Investments, as […]

Austin, Texas, USA—14th December 2023: Neurophos, a spinout from Duke University and Metacept Inc., has raised a $7.2M USD seed round to productize a breakthrough in both metamaterials and optical AI inference chips. The company has been funded in a round led by Gates Frontier and supported by MetaVC, Mana Ventures, AdAstral, and others. The seed […]