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Congrats to These guys!! Co-founded by VCU School of Business alumni! VCU Alumni

Local accelerator grad launches medical transport service - Richmond BizSense Weeks after graduating from Lighthouse Labs, a transportation tech startup has caught a ride with GRTC as it goes live in its home market.

VCU Pre-accelerator - Apply by Dec 15! A collaboration of VCU’s Schools of the Arts, Business, Engineering and College of Humanities and Sciences, the VCU da Vinci Center is a unique collegiate model that advances innovation and entrepreneurship through interdisciplinary collaboration.

Lighthouse Labs getting $1 million grant over two years from Activation Capital Lighthouse Labs, a business accelerator in Richmond that offers mentoring to startup companies, is getting $1 million over two years to support its work.

VCU’s ‘changemaker in residence’ launches campaign urging people working to alleviate poverty to promise to be ‘sidekicks’ While visiting Honduras a few years ago as part of his work running a global development nonprofit, Shawn Humphrey, Ph.D., snapped a photo of a woman carrying water on her head, thinking the image would be perfect for his organization’s website.

This is Impact! Congrats VCU School of Engineering!

VCU Engineering’s Medicines for All awarded $25 million to increase access to lifesaving medications The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering has been awarded a $25 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish the Medicines for All Institute and to fund the institute’s work on a wide range of essential global health treatments.

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Communitech - info - rvatech / jam CommuniTECH, a “digital barn-raising”, was conceived by RVA’s young tech professionals to have purposeful impact on their community, while meeting and being inspired by local peers.

"Alex and I had no chocolate background. I’m a computer scientist, he was a philosophy major. There was no reason to be doing this except for just a passion of wanting to create the best product." - Alex Brito
http://entrepreneurship.vcu.edu/blog/chocolate_company_founded_through_vcu_pre-accelerator_finds_success_in_richmond_area

Chocolate Company Founded Through VCU Pre-Accelerator Finds Success in Richmond Area | VCU Venture Creation University is VCU's strategy for ensuring all students are exposed to innovation and entrepreneurship and have access to entrepreneurial pathways.

VCU to send record-breaking contingent of students, alumni to Clinton Global Initiative University A record-breaking nine Virginia Commonwealth University students and alumni have been accepted to participate in this fall’s Clinton Global Initiative University, a prestigious event that brings together more than 1,100 innovative students from around the world who are committed to tackling some of ...

Boardgrab making moves on the west coast http://entrepreneurship.vcu.edu/blog/company_founded_by_vcu_alumni_expands_operations_to_the_west_coast

Company Founded by VCU Alumni Expands Operations to the West Coast | VCU Venture Creation University is VCU's strategy for ensuring all students are exposed to innovation and entrepreneurship and have access to entrepreneurial pathways.

"While Diagnoseaze, the school project, reached its culmination when Thoresen graduated, Diagnoseaze, the company, continues to grow and develop each and every day. The company is getting ready to begin developing a functioning prototype of the POC machine, which will be followed by a two to three year period of clinical trials."
http://entrepreneurship.vcu.edu/blog/Student_Startup_Diagnoseaze_Develops_Device_That_Predicts_and_Prevents_Heart_Attacks

Student Startup Diagnoseaze Develops Device That Predicts and Prevents Heart Attacks | VCU Venture Creation University is VCU's strategy for ensuring all students are exposed to innovation and entrepreneurship and have access to entrepreneurial pathways.