VQ Biomedical secures $5M, including a seed round led by Harbright, WIN, and DCP
VQ Biomedical is a Duke University start-up and DCP portfolio company resulting from the collaboration Duke clinicians and engineers.
Breath of Life: Duke Inventors Secure $5M for Novel Oxygenation Startup
Duke clinician partners with Duke engineers to tackle an elusive critical care challenge: Can oxygen be delivered directly into the bloodstream through a catheter?
Colleagues off the Court: Duke and UNC Champion Research and Innovation on Capitol Hill
From Google’s search to 3D printing, from MRIs to mRNA vaccines, countless products and services that make our lives better started as university born innovations from research.
Durham agtech startup Avalo secures $11M in funding
Avalo is a Duke agtech start-up based on technology developed by former postdoc Mariano Alvarez (Biology, Trinity) and Professor Cynthia Rudin (CS, Trinity).
Duke University ranks 24th worldwide for patents granted to academic institutions
Duke researchers are pioneering inventors and Duke is successfully commercializing these inventions for the benefit of the public.
Donald Patrick McDonnell, PhD, Wins 2025 Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship
Professor Donald McDonnell (PCB, SOM) is a serial inventor with multiple commercialized technologies, including FDA-approved breast cancer drug ORSERDU.
Tune Therapeutics Names John McHutchison as CEO and Chairman of the Board
New Tune CEO John McHutchison has held professorships and associate directorships at SOM and DCRI. Tune is a Duke spinout and DCP portfolio company.
Finding the right fit: inventive Duke students get crash course in commercializing their technologies
Making customer calls and polishing pitches – Duke’s innovation ecosystem collaborates to offer Duke graduate and professional students a hands-on technology commercialization bootcamp.
Dr. Jim Flatt Announced as New CEO of DMC Biotechnologies
DMC Technologies is a Duke start-up commercializing sustainable chemistry technology out of the lab of Associate Professor Michael Lynch (BME, Pratt).