Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship

Case Western Reserve University student entrepreneurs are invited to present their business ideas to a panel of early-stage investors—in 90 seconds or less—for cash prizes at the 2018 Pitch U Competition in Cleveland. The first place prize is $4,500; second, $1,000; third, $500. There is no fee to…

Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition offers $50,000 in prize money—and new perks for finalists The six finalists of the upcoming Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition will not only compete for $50,000 in winnings, they will also receive free legal and entrepreneurial services and experience by…

The 2018 fall/winter edition of Case Western Reserve University's Think magazine is now available at numerous locations around campus, including in academic buildings and at the Tinkham Veale University Center. The online version is a click away at case.edu/think. The magazine, published twice a…

Developing device to expand global access to safe drinking water Update: The CWRU team selected as bronze winner in the graduate competition. A team of student innovators from Case Western Reserve University, developing a device to expand access to clean drinking water globally, was chosen a…

Technology developed by Case Western Reserve researchers; licensed by Technology Transfer Office XaTek Inc., a Cleveland-based company developing a portable sensing system that can quickly assess the clotting ability of a person’s blood, recently raised $9.1 million in Series A capital to further…

Courtesy of the Case School of Engineering Umut Gurkan, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and his team have won first prize in the Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation competition for their remote diagnostic technology SMART. SMART (Sickle and Malaria…

Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation, spoke on the podcast CLEnow in an episode titled “Sowing Global Entrepreneurship.” In the interview, Goldberg discussed his book, Beyond Silicon Valley: How One Online Course Helped Support Global Entrepreneurs, as well as local…

Nanoparticle technology mimics blood platelets to prevent and treat bleeding from trauma, surgery Case Western Reserve University and Haima Therapeutics LLC, a Cleveland-based biotechnology company, have signed a two-year option to license a hemostatic nanotechnology, called SynthoPlate, to prevent…

The Case Western Reserve University Technology and Validation Start-Up Fund Program recently announced the recipients of its first funding round of 2018. The $500,000 grants, awarded by the Ohio Third Frontier, are managed through the Technology Transfer Office to help faculty researchers advance…

Entrepreneurship Immersion Week is an intensive academic experience for undergraduates from all disciplines. The program generates the skills needed to help develop new business ideas and applies these skills in a team-based business competition. Teams of five students from 11 local colleges and…