Recent News, Opportunities and Upcoming Seminars (Correction)

JULY AT THE INQBATION LAB

STARTUP FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY

Please reach out to us if you are interested in receiving more information on the opportunities below.

Actinia (Prof. Mercouri Kanatzidis, Weinberg ) is now raising $3M in Seed funding to reach production-level manufacturing capacity.

Stemloop (Prof. Julius Lucks, McCormick) is raising $1M in Seed funding to support the commercialization of their first product, µSense for Lead.

Volexion (Prof. Mark Hersam, McCormick) is raising $1.2M in their Seed- Series 2 funding from undisclosed investors with $250k open. They are continuing the development, scale-up and commercialization of their graphene enapsulation technology.

Flashpoint Therapeutics (Prof. Chad Mirkin, Weinberg) is actively subscribing a $10M round with a lead investor putting in $5M .

If you are a Northwestern startup with an active option/license that would like to share fundraising or milestone news through this monthly newsletter, please email inqbationlab@northwestern.edu for consideration. Thank you!

Q PROGRAM UPDATES

FOUNDHER FELLOWS BOSTON NETWORKING TRIP

The 2023 FoundHer Fellows, Dr. Ruchi Gupta (Feinberg), Prof. Julie Kim (Feinberg) and Prof. Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy (Weinberg), concluded their fellowship with a VC networking trip to Boston where they participated in educational pitch meetings with investors from Atlas Ventures, RA Capital Management, Novartis, Bessemer Venture Partners, Johnson & Johnson, Mission BioCapital, Boehringer Ingelheim, 5am Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Northpond Ventures, Pillar VC, Trekk Venture Partners, Rivas Capital, Polaris Partners, and The Engine. In addition, they joined a co-organized VC Blitz event with MIT's Faculty Founder Initiative. The FoundHer fellows were mentored by Dimitra Georganopoulou (Qral Ventures), Lilli Zakarija (EdgeOne Medical), and Michelle Hoffmann (CBC). The program was sponsored with a generous donation from the Provost's Office. Picture in the photo above (left to right): Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, Alexandra de Paz, Michelle Hoffmann, Michal Preminger (J & J Innovation), Julie Kim, Ruchi Gupta, Dimitra Georganopoulou, Lilli Zakarija, Alexander Jones (J & J).

UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER SCHOLARS PROGRAM

In June, the Q Summer Scholars Program was launched. We welcomed a group of Northwestern undergraduate and Master’s students interning at Northwestern startups for 8 weeks this summer. Pictured in the photo (left to right) are a few of our Scholars: Ryan Asali (McC '24), Yazeed Alroogi (McC '24), Kayd Bhagat (McC '24), Lauren Gunn (SoC '24), and Regina Fernandez (McC '24).

GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) is an NSF grant that supports the development and translation of technology based on established NSF-funded research projects from all science and engineering disciplines. Researchers can now receive $550,000 to $1 million for translational research, technology scale-up, and demonstrations in innovation. The National GEM Consortium is teaming up with the National Science Foundation to promote PFI to universities within the GEM Ecosystem. As a result, applications from GEM universities will have the opportunity to bypass the NSF’s traditional lineage requirement and qualify for funding. GEM will also offer consultations to interested applicants. Please contact us or go to GEM Fellowship for more information.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE Q

Q Founder Series | Getting Started on a Messaging Strategy

*INVITATION-ONLY WORKSHOP*

Bill Bell (Founder & Principle, Amplifier)

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

2 PM - 3PM

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FAST Center of IL|SBIR/STTR Webinar: Post-Award Management

Shelley Maves (Fast Center IL, Manager)

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

1 PM - 2 PM (remote)

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If you have any questions, please visit the Querrey InQbation Lab or email inQbationlab@northwestern.edu.