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    Award Winning Startups

    We have helped launch more than 200 startup companies based on UMN technology and have raised more than $1.15 Billion in investment capital, IPOs and acquisitions.

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    COVID-19 Innovations

    The University of Minnesota is developing technologies to help in the fight against COVID-19 and has adopted AUTM's COVID-19 licensing guidelines.


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Sustainable Floral Foam Developer Wins Grand Prize at 2022 MN Cup

Sep 22, 2022

UMN startup BKB Floral Foam took first place at startup competition MN Cup, beating out 90 semifinalists to be crowned Grand Prize Winner and receive $50,000 in funding

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Alisha Wackerle-Hollman: Assessing a Child’s Early Literacy Skills

Sep 12, 2022

Alisha Wackerle-Hollman is an innovator and assistant research professor of educational psychology whose research focus is on early childhood development and designing equitable assessments for young preschoolers.

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UMN Releases FY 2022 Technology Commercialization Data

Aug 31, 2022

The University of Minnesota today released new statistics about its technology commercialization successes covering fiscal year 2022, including a record number of startups created and patents issued by U.S. and foreign authorities to University inventors. 

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We have launched over 200 startup companies based on U of M research.

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October 25 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Mini-Webinar: Technology Commercialization 101

Get introduced to Technology Commercialization at UMN, learn about what we do as well as how (and when) to work with us.

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