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The 窪蹋勛圖厙 launched a record 17 startup companies this fiscal year.

That makes fiscal 2013 the 窪蹋勛圖厙’s single most productive year for startup formation. It places the 窪蹋勛圖厙 among the top five schools in the nation.

Last year, President Michael K. Young challenged the university to increase its number of fundable technology startups.

University startups give the American public a valuable return on their investment in academic research. 窪蹋勛圖厙 start-ups deliver impact to the public from our life-changing discoveries, Young said.

窪蹋勛圖厙 startups are companies, usually co-founded by 窪蹋勛圖厙 researchers, formed around technology licensed from the university.

Successful 窪蹋勛圖厙 start-ups benefit 窪蹋勛圖厙 researchers, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 as an institution and the public, said Linden Rhoads, 窪蹋勛圖厙 Vice Provost of Commercialization. The is here to make sure 窪蹋勛圖厙’s start-ups have the best possible chance for success.

The center coaches entrepreneurial faculty, students, and staff through the commercialization process, offering specialized programs at every step.

Rhoads, a serial entrepreneur herself, leads the center’s coordinated set of programs and resources for 窪蹋勛圖厙 startups. In the past five years, the center has increased the funding available for 窪蹋勛圖厙 companies and helped 窪蹋勛圖厙 startups win Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer federal grants. The Center for Commercialization established the New Ventures Facility, a startup incubator in Fluke Hall, and has helped create external forums that allow 窪蹋勛圖厙 startups to seek early stage investment.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 consistently ranks in the highest international echelons for its research and training, Rhoads said. At the Center for Commercialization, we have a system of entrepreneurial support worthy of the volume of high-quality research at 窪蹋勛圖厙. We want 窪蹋勛圖厙 to be known for best-in-class technology commercialization. This requires effective networking in and around each start-up team.

Entrepreneurs-in-Residence are experienced technology entrepreneurs who work alongside faculty to launch 窪蹋勛圖厙 startups. 窪蹋勛圖厙 Presidential Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellows launched successful 窪蹋勛圖厙 startups through the the centerand now can advise other 窪蹋勛圖厙 researchers. Seattle’s top venture attorneys coach 窪蹋勛圖厙 start-ups through the investment process, and venture capitalists help fill 窪蹋勛圖厙 startups with the region’s top executive talent.

The center provdes a variety of opportunities involving 窪蹋勛圖厙 students that include:

  • MBA interns interviewing potential customers and identifying competing products.
  • Law School Intellectual Property externs mapping 窪蹋勛圖厙 technologies against existing patents and assisting in the patent and copyright processes.
  • Bridge Funding Fellows performing due diligence on 窪蹋勛圖厙 startups to help them prepare for investors.
  • Commercialization postdoctoral fellows advancing the commercialization opportunity of innovations generated from their doctoral research or related efforts.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 has launched into a new level of entrepreneurship. For students, our Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship in the Foster School of Business is one of the top 10 programs in the nation, Young said. Now C4C makes 窪蹋勛圖厙 one of the top five schools for technology start-up formation. Our success this year comes directly from the unprecedented extent of engagement from our faculty, students, and friends in the Seattle business community.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 Start-up Companies for fiscal 2013 are:

  1. will provide rapid assessment of virulent bacteria in medical clinics allowing for same-day pathogen identification and enabling lifesaving choices for urgent care.
  2. , pioneering the use of remote monitoring in orthopaedics by developing a body-worn sensor, a smartphone app, and a clinician report that together comprise a system used to remotely monitor patients before and after joint surgery. Their initial product, a knee monitoring system, is currently in use at 窪蹋勛圖厙 Medical Center.
  3. , developing revolutionary proprietary technology for closing wounds with KitoStitch, used for deep wounds like sutures, fast like staples, painless like a Steri-Strip and easy to use as a Band-Aid.
  4. , developing cheaper and more eco-friendly material that replaces an important component of LED lights.
  5. developed a novel marine pile design that can reduce noise from impact pile driving to below injury threshold for sensitive fish and other wildlife.
  6. , bringing to market a technology that addresses the challenge to rapidly concentrate and purify DNA using a very simple protocol with yields comparable to that of popular commercial kits, but at a much lower cost.
  7. , has developed a brighter, longer lasting, and safer Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast agent.
  8. , a software-as-a-service that enables health and wellness providers to easily track their patients’ progress over time through an extensive digital library of assessment measures and use those results to collaboratively develop evidence- based treatment plans with their patients.
  9. provides a suite of cloud-based applications that increases hospital operating room efficiencies by replacing whiteboards with an automated, information exchange incorporating cutting-edge display technology.
  10. RGB Hats LLC, released a new computer security-themed card game titled Control-Alt-HackTM: White Hat Hacking for Fun and Profit, created for a broad audience with interests in tabletop gaming or science and technology, and to computer security experts interested in a bit of fun. The game was created to expose people to the world of computer security while they play.
  11. , offering affordable, cloud-based pay-per-use molecular modeling and related services to the biotech and pharmaceutical industry that expedites the drug discovery R&D process while dramatically reducing costs by eliminating the need to purchase and maintain computer clusters and annual software licenses.
  12. Second Wind, applies the basic principles of wind energy to convert the air stream of building ventilation exhausts into useful energy.
  13. , a sensor and services company focused on home safety, security, and loss prevention.
  14. , developing first-in-class small molecules that hold the promise of curing glioblastoma multiforme (a highly aggressive brain cancer) while maintaining patient quality of life
  15. , a nonprofit with the mission of nurturing healthier connections between patients and clinicians through communication skills courses for clinicians, launching an iPhone app, and hosting an innovation conference.
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