Plus, Freya Systems wins an award, Comcast completes its AI accelerator, the Science Center appoints three new board members, Burro welcomes a CFO, Qlik hires an EVP of global sales, the Forum of Executive Women welcomes a new board chair, HealthVerity has a new CTO and Drexel chose two startups for its Innovation Fund.
The fund will support young companies with close ties to the institution, and offers entrepreneurship students the chance to vet startups like early-stage VCs.
Drexel University has launched the Innovation Fund, which invests in early-stage Drexel student and postgraduate startups, as well as startups founded to commercialize the results of Drexel scientific research.
Drexel University has been tapped to join the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps, a network of universities focused on nurturing researchers as they translate their innovative work for commercial viability. As a partner institution of the I-Corps Hub Northeast Region led by Princeton University, Drexel will share its deep expertise in experiential learning and entrepreneurial training with faculty, staff and students throughout the region.