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Millennial Materials and Devices Presenting at NY Business Plan Competition Finals

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Gaurav Lalwani, PhD, Biomedical Engineering department at Stony brook University and Center for Biotechnology Fundamentals Program alumnus, has Co-founded Millennial Materials and Devices, a company which was recently awarded second place in the Stony Brook Entrepreneurs Challenge 2015, with a cash reward of $10,000 and $3000 prize in ‘DARE to RISK’ Business Plan Competition at Farmingdale State University, Long Island Regional Affiliate of the New York State Business Plan.

Millennial Materials will now be presenting at the Finals of New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) in Albany on April 24, 2015 in the Nanotechnology/Advanced Technology category. The NYBPC is the only leading collegiate business competition that is a regionally coordinated, collaborative statewide program representing over 75 colleges and universities, which sets it apart from all other competitions in the nation. Millennial Materials and Devices is working towards the commercialization of a novel proprietary formulation and method to fabricate large-area transparent conductive films for applications ranging from the fabrication of flexible unbreakable displays to electromagnetic shielding and biomedical coatings.

Symbiotic Health Wins Best in Show at 1st Pitch Competition

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Symbiotic Health, Inc, a New York City based company and Center for Biotechnology client, was named “Best in Show” at the first of MABA’s 1st Pitch Life Science events in 2015, Symbiotic Health has developed a capsule to help kill Clostridium difficile (Cdiff) infection which causes severe, debilitating diarrhea, is the most frequent hospital-acquired infection in the US and an immediate public health threat that requires urgent and immediate action (CDC). The company’s pipeline includes a capsule microbiome therapeutic designed to cure Cdiff by restoring a community of protective bacteria.

Dr. Gerard Honig, CEO of Symbiotic Health, presented on behalf of the company. Stephen M. Goodman, Co-founder of Mid Atlantic Bio Angels and a partner at Pryor Cashman LLP in New York City, also a panelist at the event said Dr. Honig’s pitch and responses to questions demonstrated both mastery of the competitive space and a willingness to address challenges to his analysis calmly and directly. His style, as well as his substance, exemplified the maxim that it’s not just the business plan but the management that ultimately brings a company success. Read more about the company and the competition here.

The Entrepreneur’s Toolkit Workshop – April 21, 2015

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The Entrepreneur’s Toolkit Workshop is the next installment of how to workshops for entrepreneurs, early phase companies, inventors, and anyone thinking of becoming an entrepreneur. Technology agnostic information on topics such as Seed Funding, Crowd Funding, What is the profile of a fundable company? Protecting my edge in intellectual property? What type of incorporation is right for me? will be presented. View complete agenda here.

This event will be taking place April 21, 2015 at the Center for Wireless and Information Technology at Stony Brook University. View event flyer – Registration for this singular event is at no charge, but space is limited – please reserve your seat here: http://www.cewit.org/newsevents/EntrepreneursToolkitInterestForm.html

Startup Mission Critical: How to build an IP portfolio investors will want to invest in early and often

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Presented by Clean Energy Business Incubator Program

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Long Island High Tech Incubator

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Seminar

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Mixer

In most cases for a startup, having patent, trade secret, trademark, and/or copyright protection is the key leverage needed to attract the life-blood investment necessary to sustain and grow the startup to exit. This discussion will address from a startup’s perspective how to maintain the maximum potential value of Intellectual Property you may have AND future Intellectual Property that you don’t even know about yet!

You will learn about:

  • Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret Basics
  • Common misconceptions about IP, e.g., Patentability and enforcement vs. Freedom-to-Operate
  • Preparing for your pitch and the resultant Due Diligence
  • What steps to take (or not to take) in order to avoid losing your precious IP leverage: Unintentionally forfeiting IP rights,Controlling ownership,And other IP portfolio building strategies

Speakers: Ray Farrell, founding partner of Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP; Pina Campagna, Patent & Trademark Attorney at Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP.

RSVP to David C Hamilton Director, Business Development, Clean Energy Business Incubator Program (CEBIP): david.hamilton@stonybrook.edu

Stony Brook Start-up Codagenix receives $322,000 to Fund Vaccine Research

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Codagenix, a Stony Brook biotech company, has closed on $322,000 in public and private funding, including the latest investment from Accelerate Long Island and the Long Island Emerging Technologies Fund. Read more about the company and the funding from Accelerate Long Island and Newsday.com.