Accelerator Pipeline – WARF

Building Momentum: A message from Greg Keenan

Jim Mayfield — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:23:34 +0000

Welcome to our winter 2020/21 edition of the Accelerator Pipeline. Although we are still in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, our project teams continue to make significant progress in advancing their technologies closer to commercialization. I appreciate our UW-Madison faculty, students and staff’s resolve and flexibility to keep pushing their projects Forward. I also want to acknowledge the...

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Technology Monitor: A new era of industrial hemp, transplant therapy, controlling quantum bits and more

Jim Mayfield — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:22:26 +0000

Hemp traits: Half a century ago the Badger state led the nation in hemp production. Today, a project by Mike Petersen and Shawn Kaeppler at the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center (WCIC) is using state-of-the-art genetic engineering to improve industrial hemp. They are targeting traits such as eliminating THC production while upregulating high-value cannabinoids, and increasing yield and value...

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One Shot: The future of transportation

Jim Mayfield — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:20:13 +0000

The future of transportation – think urban air mobility – calls for a new generation of manufacturing. Grad student Buzz Rankouhi is building an audacious prototype and a company to do it. What do a Chicago skyscraper, NASA rockets and 3-D printing have in common? For Buzz Rankouhi, something very important. Rankouhi, a research associate at UW-Madison and CEO of Dastan Technologies...

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WARF Venture Updates

Jim Mayfield — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:19:59 +0000

WARF Ventures invests in select startup companies within the UW community. The team provides focused support and resources to advance technologies from UW–Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research. Since the last Accelerator Pipeline (October 2020), WARF Ventures made investments in early stage companies working to make data analytics more accessible, improve patient outcomes and solve...

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Building Momentum: A message from Greg Keenan

warf_admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:04:01 +0000

I always look forward to my fall column. This is the season to celebrate achievements from our previous fiscal year and forecast what to watch for in the coming year. Needless to say, this has been a particularly challenging year and a difficult start to the fall semester. Even though we have not been able to enjoy the UW marching band practices outside WARF and the normal bustle of student...

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10 Questions for Mixed Reality Guru Kevin Ponto

warf_admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:37:45 +0000

The associate professor is bridging science and art to redesign the interface between the real and virtual worlds. Lost treasures, hidden tombs, videos games – your imagination is the limit. How does a computer engineer come to study art and design? KP: About midway through my degree I felt it was not the right fit. My parents said, “Look, it’s a great degree to have. Finish it off.

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WARF Innovation Day 2020

warf_admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:28:21 +0000

Join us for our first all-virtual WARF Innovation Day on November 18th at 2 pm CST. Featuring LIVE quick pitches from sports tech to virtual reality, emergency medicine to food science, the event will include special guests and glimpses of our iconic campus. Innovation Day has become a signature fall event for investors, industry and other tech-insiders. We look forward to welcoming you from all...

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WARF Ventures Updates

warf_admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:17:04 +0000

WARF Ventures invests in select startup companies within the UW community. The team provides focused support and resources to advance technologies from UW-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research. Since the last Accelerator Pipeline (June 2020), WARF Ventures made investments in early stage companies working to treat rare diseases, support new artists and solve other critical problems.

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Building Momentum: A message from Greg Keenan

warf_admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:15:58 +0000

During this time of uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, I want to start by wishing you and yours well. It has been gratifying to see how quickly our researchers and the WARF Accelerator team have adapted during the COVID-19 crisis. WARF Accelerator was proud to dedicate $100,000 to our COVID-19 WARF/UW-Madison challenge, which is intended to speed the development of rapidly deployable...

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Technology Monitor: Science meets sports, a prototype takes shape, and more

warf_admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:14:04 +0000

WARF Accelerator speeds the development of technologies with exceptional potential for commercial success. With targeted funding and expert advice from seasoned business mentors known as Catalysts, WARF Accelerator helps inventors develop their technologies and advance to the marketplace. The latest developments: Sports science: Could a wristband or other wearable device one day be used by doctors...

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