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Big Winners and a Shared Vision at the Yale Innovation Summit
The fourth annual Yale Innovation Summit (link is external) on May 10 presented by the Office of Cooperative Research (OCR) and Yale Entrepreneurial Institute provided a window into an expanding entrepreneurial ecosystem at Yale, particularly around biotech and tech discoveries. Interest in entrepreneurship from both faculty and student populations is on the rise, new technologies and discoveries are happening across campus, and the world outside Yale’s walls is taking notice. Nearly 600 were in attendance—including representatives from over 35 venture capital firms—and there was real energy and enthusiasm throughout the day’s panels, keynotes, pitch contests and outdoor poster session.
“The Yale Innovation Summit has quickly become a capstone event,” says Jon Soderstrom, Managing Director of OCR, “and it’s drawing attention inside and outside Yale—both for the number of transformative breakthroughs in progress at Yale and the impressive rise in startup success stories.”
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