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Argonne National Lab launches incubator to help science startups
Argonne National Laboratory is launching an incubator for science-fueled startups, attempting to narrow the gap those companies often face between the lab and the marketplace. Read More
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Argonne Launches First Tech Incubator
Chain Reaction Innovations will provide access to Argonne's deep network of 1,400 multidisciplinary researchers and engineers as well as unique tools, including the Mira supercomputer and the nation's highest-energy X-ray source, the Advanced Photon Source. Read More
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Argonne launches an incubator
Argonne National Laboratory is getting into the business of incubating startups. Read More
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Argonne National Lab is Launching a Startup Incubator
Most startups need access to capital, mentorship, and to get their venture off the ground. But what if you also needed a supercomputer or an advanced photon source to further develop your tech? For those startups, Argonne National Lab is stepping in with a new incubator focused on science-heavy startups. Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), led by Andreas Roelofs and launching this summer, will be the first incubator of its kind in the Midwest, and only the second in the country. Read More
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Argonne National Lab launches incubator to help science startups
Argonne National Laboratory is launching an incubator for science-fueled startups, attempting to narrow the gap those companies often face between the lab and the marketplace. Read More
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Argonne launching first technology incubator for clean energy ideas
Ideas for the clean energy of the future could find a launchpad at a new program at Argonne National Laboratory near Darien. Chain Reaction Innovators is seeking science-minded entrepreneurs with ideas who want to connect with expert researchers, world-class technology and mentorship at the laboratory to develop those ideas. Read More
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Argonne National Lab launches incubator to help science startups
Clean tech and energy startups often have trouble finding investors because of the length of time it takes to get science-driven products to market, and the high cost of developing in the lab. Read More
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Argonne Launches First Tech Incubator
Developing transformative energy technologies and cleaner manufacturing processes and new materials requires more than a great idea and some committed people. It takes an innovation ecosystem. To meet this challenge, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and Argonne National Laboratory announced today a new innovation accelerator program for science and energy entrepreneurs called Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI). Read More
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Argonne National Lab launches incubator to help science startups
Argonne National Laboratory is launching an incubator for science-fueled startups, attempting to narrow the gap those companies often face between the lab and the marketplace. Read More
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Argonne launching first technology incubator for clean energy ideas
Argonne National Laboratory is launching its first technology incubator to help innovators with clean energy ideas develop them for the market. Read more. Read More
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Semi-finalists Chosen for CRI's Cohort 8
Twenty-eight individuals with a wide range of startup technologies were chosen to advance to the semi-finals and compete to join Chain Reaction Innovations’ (CRI) Cohort 8. A broad range of innovations are represented in this year’s applicants, including energy generation and distribution, bioremediation, anti-fouling, mineralization,… Read More
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Chain Reaction Innovations wins a 2023 Chicago Innovation Award
Chain Reaction Innovations has been recognized for solving unmet needs, creating jobs and generating new funding in the Chicago metro area. Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, has been recognized with a Chicago Innovation Award. (Image by Chicago Innovation.) Chain… Read More
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Entrepreneurship program at Argonne opens applications for startups
Chain Reaction Innovations seeks innovators to join Cohort 8 OCTOBER 26, 2023 Develop your clean energy or climate technology with the support of Argonne National Laboratory’s Chain Reaction Innovations program. Application deadline is 5 p.m. CST, Nov. 30. Through Chain Reaction Innovations, early-stage… Read More
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New startups Join Argonne’s Entrepreneurship Program
Chain Reaction Innovations announces new cohort Clean energy startups embed at Argonne to develop innovative technologies that hold promise for helping mitigate climate change. Four startups joined Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne, to develop clean-energy technologies over two years. Four new… Read More
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Demo Day Showcased Innovators at Four National Labs
Argonne hosted Demo Day in downtown Chicago, an event celebrating innovation at four laboratory-embedded entrepreneurship programs. Resilience of innovators recognized at gathering of national lab-based technology incubators. Getting an invention or new breakthrough from the laboratory into the broader world requires more than just a… Read More