宾州大学公园. — Following an extraordinary debut in 2016, this year’s 创造JDB电子 Venture & IP会议, held April 19-20 at the Penn State Hotel and Conference Center, 吸引了超过600名参加者, including 80 startup companies and more than 40 venture capitalists and industry advisers — all working together to drive innovation, foster collaboration and enable startup companies to take their businesses to the next level.
The conference kicked off with a special welcoming address by Penn State President Eric Barron, 然后是JDB电子学生创业公司的演讲, 每人得到2美元,帮助他们的公司向前发展. 这六家学生公司是IncU竞赛的决赛选手, a competition hosted by PennTAP that will air on the WPSU-TV show "投资5月24日:
- Hardwired, a custom, high-performance PC design/build service that uses superior parts to serve the virtual reality, gaming, 以及4K视频编辑市场, 由罗伯特·齐格蒙德创立, 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校政治学专业的学生.
- HemoGO, 智能手机应用, 结合了一个专有的测试条阅读器, that provides a complete blood count test at home that can then be electronically sent to health care professionals, 由Shevy karbasiafshare创立, 大学公园的生物系学生.
- SponsrU, 第一个可追踪的, goal-based crowdfunding platform designed to directly pay down student debt for individuals who can demonstrate need and academic goal achievement, 由James avversa和Leo Skoronski创立, 谁是企业创新创业专业的学生.
- Steer Logic有限责任公司, 一个专有的, automated team-roping dummy designed to improve a team roper’s skill set utilizing robotics and engineering methods — all while reducing the practice stress on live animals, 由Olivia Paige Scribniak和Anthony Gyke创立, electro-mechanical engineering technology majors at Penn State New Kensington.
- Trimatis有限责任公司, a triple bottom line business with proprietary methods to recycle certain plastic waste into 3-D printer filament for future use in environmental education and 3-D printed products, 由Jason Lehrer和Tito Emmanuel Orjih创立, JDB电子伯克分校的工程系学生.
- UnisBrands有限责任公司, a proprietary 3-D printing method designed to manufacturer custom-fit footwear, 由尼克·尤尼斯创立, an accounting major at the Altoona and University Park campuses.
最后， 去年的 大奖得主马特·罗达是一名大三学生，也是 反射交互技术,介绍了.
“发明JDB电子” & IP conference is truly a celebration of Penn State’s capacity for collaboration, 创新和社会影响,巴伦说.
会议的首要事件, 创业联系, featured venture capital “speed-dating” rounds on both days where startups rotated among investor-hosted tables sharing their company vision and asking for capital investment.
“The traditional model for a venture conference was that a preselected number of startups would pitch from the stage, 不知道房间里有谁，也不知道有没有人在听,Phospholutions创始人兼首席执行官亨特·斯威舍说. “This new format provides face-to-face interaction and makes for a highly valuable experience for startups. 即使我们得不到投资, venture capitalist often give us advice or help us make crucial connections in our industry."
在为期两天的活动中, entrepreneurs and investors participated in multiple panel discussions on topics such as the use of artificial intelligence in Ed Tech startups and how to get SBIR funding. 观众们聆听了引人入胜的主题演讲, like the fireside chat with Penn State Head Football Coach James Franklin and Wayne Kimmel from SeventySix Capital, 还有尼尔·埃亚尔, investor, 企业家和《JDB电子》一书的作者."
会议的第二天, 观众, 这里挤满了创新者和风险投资家, celebrated its own with an awards ceremony hosted by Vice President for Research Neil Sharkey. In addition to presenting the first 创造JDB电子 Inventor of the Year award, 超过150美元,000美元奖励给出席的创业公司. 奖项包括:
发明JDB电子2018年度发明家
授予詹姆斯·H. Adair for his work in nanotechnologies aimed at treating cancer.
Penn State’s Tech Tournament (a competition for Penn State’s best IP-based startups)
- First place, $75,000, Phospholutions, a granular soil amendment that reduces phosphorous runoff and enhances plant root depth
- 第二位, $50,000, ThoraciCair, a device to enhance natural breathing in newborns without the need for an endotracheal tube or mechanical ventilation
- 第三名，25000美元; Aleo BME公司., a nature-inspired material to address unmet needs in surgical adhesive and sealants
- 人民的选择，1万美元， ConidioTec,有限责任公司, a revolutionary product for the control and prevention of bedbugs
顶级创业创业者
- First place, Phospholutions, a granular soil amendment that reduces phosphorous runoff and enhances plant root depth
- 第二名，Actuated Medical Inc., a fully integrated medical device company incorporating electronically controlled actuation into medical devices to improve patient outcomes, 降低医疗保健成本，提高盈利能力
- 第三名是Informu Inc .., the world’s smallest predictive loss prevention device integrated with an AI app to keep your belongings safe
“The conference is an example of the kind of important and vital work emerging from Penn State’s research enterprise and from its students,研究部副总裁尼尔·夏基说. “Moreover, 企业家的集合, investors, sponsors and others who converged for this event demonstrates the ingenious power of partnership envisioned by the 创造JDB电子 initiative, where we are collaborating amongst our academic colleges and campuses and with industry partners to innovate and create what’s next to improve humankind.”
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