Neoolife Is Pioneering Tissue Engineering Across Two Continents Revolutionizing Heart Valve Replacement with Double Component Deposition (DCD) Antonio D’Amore arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 2008 to pursue his doctoral studies in the Department of Bioengineering with an appointment to the prestigious McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
When a startup launches from a university there often remains a level of risk that potential investors are not ready to take on. That’s where a SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) or STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) grant can fill the void to keep an innovation from withering in the "Valley of Death".
Jared Raszewski’s (ENGR ’18) passion for innovation and entrepreneurship emerged while taking a chemical product commercialization course in his senior year at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering.
Pitt startup rebrands and hires CEO as it seeks funding for final pre-clinical studies for its medical devices to assist in regenerating damaged nerves.
Pitt Duo Launches Innovative Shoe Insert to Help People With Foot Pain Beth and Jeff Gusenoff are a podiatrist and a plastic surgeon by trade, but entrepreneurs at heart. Over the past five years they have been developing a supportive pressure-reducing shoe insert crafted initially for their patients recovering from procedures that transfer fat to the bottom of the foot for various foot conditions. Now they have formally launched their company, PopSole™, hired a contract manufacturer in Western Pennsylvania and are pounding the pavement to find distribution partners.