UF/Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute Brings in 10 New Resident Companies in Six Months
The University of Florida biotech incubator continues to expand on its 21-year history of growing and launching life sciences companies.
Alachua, FL, November 16, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute, the leading biotechnology incubator at the University of Florida, is having a great year. The institute has welcomed 10 innovative companies into the incubator program in a six-month period. It is at 95 percent capacity level and has accumulated an additional $37,000 in sponsorship funding to date in 2016.
“We have recently welcomed to the institute more startups that have game-changing technologies,” said Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute Director Mark S. Long. “They have come to the right place. The institute is an innovation engine able to offer entrepreneurs and inventors the tremendous resources of the University of Florida, including our experience in developing technology partnerships.”
We have recently welcomed to the institute more startups that have game-changing technologies. They have come to the right place. The institute is an innovation engine able to offer entrepreneurs and inventors the tremendous resources of the University of Florida, including our experience in developing technology partnerships.
Mark S. Long, Director of the Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute
Among the new companies that have joined the institute are:
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Assembly Biosciences, Inc. – new oral therapeutics for treating hepatitis B
- Curtiss Healthcare, Inc. – Salmonella vaccine development
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AlphaChem Innovations, Inc. – marketing insecticide for Varroa mites
- Amend Surgical – novel orthobiologics in bone graft repair
With a successful track record nurturing and accelerating sustainable biotech and biosciences businesses, the Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute helps to grow the economy of both the region and the state, creating jobs and producing substantial investment. Institute companies have attracted more than $1.6 billion in M&A activity, including $1.2 billion in the last seven years.
“We don’t just define success by the number of startups at the institute,” said Merrie Shaw, Assistant Director. “It is about the number of new innovations, the number of new jobs, and the number of new partnerships and new investments that provide the greatest benefit to all.”
About the Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute at the University of Florida
The Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute is a leading biotechnology incubator headquartered at the University of Florida in Alachua, Florida at Progress Park. The institute has been honored with national and international awards for incubator excellence and achievements in technology commercialization, funding access, job creation and technology-based economic development. It is dedicated to mentoring companies, and supporting economic growth in the North Central Florida region.
For more information, visit www.sidmartbio.org.
Contact:
Merrie Shaw
Assistant Director
UF/Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute
386-462-0880
mashwa@ufl.edu
Source: UF/Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute
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