Tech Ventures is Columbia University's technology transfer office. We license patents and help launch startups based on Columbia inventions & discoveries.
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Congrats to @tangentrobotics on its $4.5M pre-seed round to advance fine motor skills for robot dexterity! The startup is spun out of Columbia Engineering and co-founded by Dr. Matei Ciocarlie, Dr. John Kymissis, and Dr. Pedro Piacenza. tangentrobotics.ai/pre-seed-…
Columbia grad students and postdocs: join us on zoom tomorrow for a CTV Fellows info session! The program enhances our understanding of the commercial potential of Columbia technologies, while providing Fellows a valuable educational experience. techventures.columbia.edu/ab…
Columbia grad students and postdocs: join us tomorrow in-person for an info session about the CTV Fellows program! Details here:
techventures.columbia.edu/ab…
Columbia grad students and postdocs: applications to the CTV Fellows program open on Sept. 17! Join us for info sessions on Sept. 15 and Sept. 17. Details here: techventures.columbia.edu/ab…
Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic and her team have developed a multi-organ chip that mimics how cancer cells spread from vascular flow to distant organs, the first model of cancer metastasis of its kind.
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The Tamer Fund for Social Ventures (TFSV) provides seed grants to nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid early-stage Columbia University-affiliated social and environmental ventures. Apply by Aug. 15.
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Join CTV next week for a session featuring Synectic! Participants will get real-world guidance on moving from concept and prototype through design, testing, documentation, manufacturing preparation, and production. innovationstolife.splashthat…
Physician-scientists: letters of intent for the Harrington Scholar-Innovator award are due June 22. The selection committee seeks breakthrough discoveries defined by innovation, creativity and potential for clinical impact. harringtondiscovery.org/fund…
Join CTV on June 25 for a session featuring Synectic! Participants will get real-world guidance on moving from concept and prototype through design, testing, documentation, manufacturing preparation, and production.
innovationstolife.splashthat…
Join CTV on Wednesday for a talk and networking with Wolf Greenfield, offering a practical, startup-focused introduction to intellectual property for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students interested in translating university research into new ventures.
ip101withwolfgreenfield.spla…
Join the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change tomorrow to explore the role of policy in shaping climate entrepreneurship. You will hear firsthand from the founders of a variety of energy and climate related solutions
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Congratulations to XL Batteries, a startup founded by Dr. Colin Nuckolls developing grid-scale flow batteries for the alternative energy grid, on winning BloombergNEF's Pioneers award! about.bnef.com/insights/clea…
This Thursday, join physicist, innovator, and venture capitalist Tom Chi on April 9 for an eye-opening conversation on how we can design a livable future by aligning human systems with the laws of nature.
Register here: lnkd.in/eBSBxaik
To accelerate this breakthrough technology's path to patients, NOVAJoint Orthopedics has been established as an independent company committed to commercializing the NOVAKnee implant and extending the technology across orthopedic applications.
A team led by @columbiabme @ColumbiaMed @NadeenChahine @thehunglab has hit aggressive preclinical milestones by ARPA-H to advance NOVAKnee— their biological “living knee” implant — to the second phase of development.
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Congratulations to Vidrovr on its acquisition by @CesiumAstro! Vidrovr uses technology developed in Dr. Shih-Fu Chang's Digital Video and Multimedia Lab at Columbia University.
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Congratulations to Columbia's Dr. Zev Williams on being included in Time100 Health 2026. Dr. Williams found a way to address one of the most common causes of male infertility using AI. time.com/collections/time100…
Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic will lead Columbia’s efforts to cultivate functional liver organoids with bioreactor technology — a crucial step in producing large-scale liver tissues and organs for clinical use. engineering.columbia.edu/abo…
Applications to the Carbontech Development Initiative close tomorrow!
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Congratulations to Columbia's Dr. Elisa Konofagou and Dr. Louis Brus!
The National Academy of Inventors is proud to announce the 2025 Class of Fellow inductees!
This distinguished group includes 169 U.S. Fellows and 16 International Fellows, representing 127 research universities, government agencies, and non-profit institutions around the world.
Together, they hold more than 5,300 U.S. patents, with their groundbreaking work spanning fields such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, regenerative medicine, and more.
They join a global community of NAI Fellows — now 2,253 strong — who collectively hold over 86,000 U.S. patents and 20,000 licensed technologies.
These exceptional inventors will be honored at the 15th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Inventors, taking place June 1-4, 2026, in Los Angeles, California.
Join us in celebrating these trailblazing innovators.
Learn more about the NAI Fellows Class of 2025 here: academyofinventors.org/nai-w…
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