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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · 16d

💡 “Yale University is at the forefront of innovation—and Yale Ventures is helping make it possible.”

Excited to see our work featured on the recent Health & Veritas episode. Tune in to hear about the Yale founders and discoveries shaping the future: insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/hea...

Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · 18d

🚀 Big news for New Haven!

Gov. Lamont announced a $50.5M investment at 101 College to boost life sciences, quantum tech & infrastructure as part of the CT Innovation Clusters Program.

A pivotal moment for Yale Ventures + partners like #QuantumCT.

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · 20d

🌍👏 Congratulations to Jinali Mody ’23 M.E.M.! Jinali, founder and CEO of Banofi, a startup creating plant-based leather from crop waste, has been named one of three 2025 Young Champions of the Earth by the UN Environment Programme. #ClimateWeekNYC.

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‘Knowledge into action’: Yale-trained entrepreneur named among UN’s ‘Young Champions of the Earth’

Jinali Mody ’23 M.E.M., the founder and CEO of a startup that makes plant-based leather from crop waste, received a 2025 Young Champions of the Earth award during Climate Week NYC.

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · 26d

⚛️ Quantum momentum in #Connecticut!

QuantumCT—led by UConn and Yale—has been named a finalist for the National Science Foundation (NSF) grant Regional Innovation Engines award in #quantum science and its potential to transform technology, industry.

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QuantumCT, led by UConn and Yale, announced as a finalist for transformative award

QuantumCT, a quantum research initiative co-led by Yale and the University of Connecticut, is a finalist for an NSF grant that has the potential to transform the state’s economy and capacity for technological advancement.

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · 28d

The Wu Tsai Institute is launching a new graduate certificate to prepare the next generation of researchers through interdisciplinary coursework, hands-on activities, and professional development. news.yale.edu/2025/09/15/b...

‘Brains, Minds, and Machines’: A new graduate certificate for the study of human cognition

The Wu Tsai Institute is launching a new graduate certificate to prepare the next generation of researchers through interdisciplinary coursework, hands-on activities, and professional development.

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Sep 15

🌎 Yale @ Climate Week NYC will feature 20+ sessions convening members of the Yale community and partners focused on bringing solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss, and other planetary challenges to scale for positive impact.

Yale to engage global partners at Climate Week in New York

Yale community members will engage in a series of events during Climate Week in New York, including a two-day event at the Yale Club, underscoring the many ways the university is advancing solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss, and other planetary challenges.

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Sep 3

A group of Yale students’ novel idea of a digital pendant for infant vaccine records has become the foundation for one of India’s largest digital health platforms. ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

Khushi Baby Looks Ahead After a Decade of Impact in India

It all started when Dr. Ruchit Nagar, MD, MPH '16, took the course “Appropriate Technology in the Developing World” while pursuing his MPH at the Yale School of

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Sep 2

Action Alert: Business leaders—founders, entrepreneurs, VCs—sign on to support sustained funding for @NSF in FY26. NSF research drives U.S. innovation, competitiveness & workforce development.

✍️ Add your name: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Yale Ventures Annual Report 2025 is here!

💥 Expanded resources for innovators
💥 Connected our community
💥 Built partnerships with impact

👉 Read the report: bit.ly/yaleventures...

Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Aug 11

Today, Yale launches the Planetary Solutions Impact Accelerator to fast-track the development of transformative solutions to planetary challenges. Faculty from across Yale are invited to apply this fall.

Learn more: ventures.yale.edu/planetary-so...

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Yale Cancer Center @yalecancer.bsky.social · Jul 24

Congratulations to the 7 members of @yalecancer.bsky.social to receive funding as Colton Center for Autoimmunity awardees!
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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Jul 17

Excited to highlight the 2025 Colton Center for Autoimmunity Awardees. Nine pioneering research projects received nearly $1M in funding to advance innovation in autoimmune disease.
🔗See the full list now on our website. #YaleInnovation #Autoimmunity

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Jul 15

🎥 Now streaming on YouTube: full sessions, electric keynotes, and all the moments that made this year unforgettable. Go watch what happens when a community like this comes together.

#YIS2025 #YaleInnovation #Entrepreneurship #VentureCapital #InnovationCommunity

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Jul 9

Yale School of Medicine has received a $27.7 million grant from Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA) to support pioneering research in autism spectrum disorder. Led by Murat Günel, MD, this initiative brings together interdisciplinary teams from across Yale. medicine.yale.edu/news-article...

Yale School of Medicine Receives $27.7 Million Grant Toward Autism Research

The interdisciplinary research project aims to leverage state-of-the-art technologies and cross-departmental expertise to develop large brain models that will

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Jul 8

Investing in women’s health and biomedical research isn’t just good science — it’s essential for progress.

Read more of this powerful piece from Yale School of Medicine, "Biomedical Research Saves Human Lives."

#WomensHealthResearch #BiomedicalResearch #YaleMedicine #HealthEquity #YaleVentures

Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Jul 3

Verinomics is a Yale spinout that transforms crop improvement with genomics & gene editing. Their research facility is located in New Haven. hartfordbusiness.com/article/new-...

New Haven biotech Verinomics uses agricultural genomics, gene editing to produce healthier crops

A New Haven-based biotech company has developed advanced technology that uses gene-editing to improve the quality of lettuce.

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Jul 2

🧬 Meet the 2025 Blavatnik Accelerator Awardees supporting bold science on the path to impact!

8 Yale teams tackling cancer, ALS, IBD & more—using AI, RNA, & next-gen therapies.

Meet the awardees: ventures.yale.edu/news/eight-t...

Eight Translational Biotech Projects Selected for 2025 Blavatnik Accelerator Awards | Yale Ventures

The mid-cycle Blavatnik Accelerator Awards recognize eight Yale early-stage innovations tackling cancer, rare disease, and neurodegeneration through digital platforms, RNA therapies, and next-gen mole...

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Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture @yalecncc.bsky.social · Jun 26

📢📢📢 Great to see this catalytic #CDR pre-purchase by Milkywire from BlueShift, a photochemical direct ocean removal startup based on pioneering research from YCNCC Endowed Faculty David Kwabi. Congrats to the Blueshift team and thank you to Milkywire 👏👏👏

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Milkywire announces 15 new carbon removal purchases and 3 grants after extensive selection process | Milkywire

Among the selected organizations are Kairos Carbon, capturing carbon from wet organic wastes, Backwater, working on a new, widely-deployable, geological storage method for CO₂, and Norma, developing n...

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Jul 1

rom heart disease to Alzheimer’s, Yale-led biomedical research is changing lives, especially for women. Discover how science saves lives through innovation in sex-difference research.
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Biomedical Research Saves Human Lives

The last half of the 20th century saw a sea change in our capacity to fight disease and improve health. The bedrock for this development was the consistent

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Jun 20

Serena Scapagnini, the most recent Yale Quantum Institute artist-in-residence, will headline two events at this month’s International Festival of Arts and Ideas. news.yale.edu/2025/06/18/a...

Art, emotion, and quantum error correction

Serena Scapagnini, the most recent Yale Quantum Institute artist-in-residence, will headline two events at this month’s International Festival of Arts and Ideas.

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Jun 3

With the NVIDIA Hopper Superchips installed at Quantum Circuits HQ in New Haven, developers, Yale Quantum Institute scientists, and QuantumCT can test advanced application and algorithm development.

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Quantum Circuits & NVIDIA Team Up to Test Dual-Rail Quantum Computing on Grace Hopper Superchips

Quantum Circuits provides powerful dual-rail qubits with built-in error detection, error detection handling (EDH) and real-time control flow (RTCF).

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Jun 2

At last week’s #YaleInnovation2025, a new “civic track” led by entrepreneur Caroline Tanbee Smith explored strategies for building stronger cities. In a Q&A, she discusses the initiative and the link between civic life and innovation. news.yale.edu/2025/05/28/h...

How do we build more civically engaged cities?

At this week’s Yale Innovation Summit, a new “civic track” led by entrepreneur Caroline Tanbee Smith will explore strategies for building stronger cities. In a Q&A, she discusses the initiative and th...

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · May 29

📸 Highlights from Day 1: Yale Innovation Summit—tag yourself and your fellow innovators. #YaleInnovation2025

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · May 22

For its fourth round of grants, Yale Planetary Solutions will fund 23 projects—including a new “Constellation”-level project focused on destroying hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant gases. news.yale.edu/2025/05/21/y...

Yale Planetary Solutions announces a new ‘constellation’ of grants

For its fourth round of grants, Yale Planetary Solutions will fund 23 projects —including a new “Constellation”-level project focused on destroying hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant gases.

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · May 21

#YaleInnovation2025 is expanding—again! Hosted by Yale Ventures, this year’s summit is set to be the biggest yet.

The new Civic track will focus on tech and policy innovations that address “big challenges we’re facing in society.”

HBJ: www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/yale...

Yale Innovation Summit adds ‘Civic’ track to spotlight innovations that address ‘society’s challenges’

When the Yale Innovation Summit began 11 years ago, its focus was specifically on biotech companies. Hosted by Yale Ventures, the two-day Summit is Yale’s largest entrepreneurship event and one of t...

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