NC State was awarded funding for the I-Corps Program to help mentor Clemson University in Accelerating Research Translation with the National Science Foundation.
Hoofprint Biome, which recently closed a $4.25M pre-seed round of venture capital funding, was founded by two NC State Ph.D. grads with the mission to improve cattle’s gut health and, as a result, reduce methane a major contributor to climate change.
WIN chose a long-term investment in SonoVascular for several reasons including the product’s large total and serviceable addressable market, excellent unit economics, and all-star leadership and technical teams.
Entrepreneur and investor Bill Spruill recently donated $900,000 toward the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF), which awards annual grants to Pack members in order to further their cutting-edge work. Spruill hopes his gift will not only help these projects come to fruition faster and more easily that might otherwise be possible but will also inspire others to join him in supporting this important fund.