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By The Numbers

A record setting year of innovation — In FY20 we saw researchers from across campus working with the OTC team to make records for the number of inventions, revenue, and start-ups.

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Duke Start-ups: Impact in North Carolina and Beyond

By the numbers
170
Companies formed
$5.7B
Raised in private and public financing
10
IPOs

Annual Reports

Duke is an innovative place to be right now–we’re turning our world class research into viable commercial products.

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2020 Impact

405

Disclosures

105

Agreements

98

Issued Patents

$65M

In Revenue

Duke Startups

Duke Total Invention Disclosure & Agreements

Recent Success Stories

Tellus Therapeutics Wins Early Stage Company Shootout,
Tellus Therapeutics

DECEMBER 4, 2018 An A-List Group Of Investors And Companies Attended The 20th Anniversary Southeast BIO Investor & Partnering Forum (SEBIO) On November 13-14th At The Loews…

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Deep Blue receives FDA clearance for hernia mesh product, Deep Blue Medical Advances, Inc.

DURHAM – Medtech startup Deep Blue Medical Advances can now begin selling a novel hernia mesh product with enhanced anchoring strength following receipt of FDA…

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New space for biomedical engineering research , Lumedica

[Originally posted by Duke Magazine— June 12, 2018] When Adam Wax A.M. ’96, Ph.D. ’99, president and chief scientist of Lumedica, has a question about the…

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kēlaHealth Among 6 to Win NC IDEA grant, kēlaHealth

November 20th, 2017 Today NC IDEA, a private foundation supporting entrepreneurial innovation North Carolina, announced the recipients of the Fall 2017 NC IDEA Seed Grant…

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Infinia ML Wins “Best Machine Learning Company” Award , Infinia ML, Inc.

DURHAM, N.C., June 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Infinia ML, an advanced machine learning company that delivers transformative automation solutions and predictive analytics to enterprise businesses, today announced…

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Grid Therapeutics Signs Exclusive License Agreement to Develop a Novel Immuno-Oncology Antibody, Grid Therapeutics

Grid Therapeutics, LLC, an oncology-focused biotechnology company announced the execution of an exclusive license agreement with Duke University to develop the first human derived antibody…

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Realtime Robotics Secures $2M in Seed Funding, Realtime Robotics

[Press Release from Realtime Robotics, July 3, 2018] Realtime Robotics, Inc Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation Realtime Robotics has been awarded a…

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IonQ Raises $20M Series B Round, IonQ

COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IonQ, an early-stage company developing quantum computing for commercial applications, today announced completion of a $20 million series B round led by…

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CaregiverAsia and Holmusk partner to provide customized home care solutions, Holmusk USA, Inc

Caregiver Asia Pte Ltd, an online aggregator of on-demand health and caregiving services, and Holmusk, a digital health and data science company, has partnered to…

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Duke spinout developing 'revolutionary' diagnostics device, SenGenix, Inc

[Originally published July 21, 2014. By Jason deBruyn, Triangle Business Journal] SenGenix, a small company born in a Duke University lab, is developing a new…

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