Your Window Into the Innovation Economy

Winning an election is a rewarding and exciting accomplishment. However, the work doesn’t end there for elected officials. They also have to maintain a positive and healthy relationship with their constituents. Additionally, individual voters communicate through digital channels more than ever before, resulting in a higher expectation of receiving fast and personal responses.

For those living with neurological disorders, routine tasks can often become insurmountable obstacles. Seemingly straightforward activities — such as checking email, texting a family member, or managing personal finances — become difficult endeavors. Some patients can ultimately regain their cognitive abilities through months and sometimes years of rehabilitation, but these treatments don’t always lead to recovery. While experimental implants exist, they are often prohibitively invasive, requiring major brain surgery to utilize.

Alumni Ventures’ portfolio features an array of innovative startups leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and big data for unique, impactful applications. AI’s ability to solve complex problems across a variety of industries has made it an increasingly attractive technology for both investors and entrepreneurs.

Healthcare organizations have become frequent targets for hackers. However, unlike typical cybersecurity attacks that promote the theft of data or finances, the threat in healthcare is more dangerous as complications such as data encryption and ambulance diversions impact patient safety. In addition, hackers can target medical devices (such as pacemakers or surgical robots), causing them to malfunction and potentially endanger patients’ lives.

Alumni Ventures portfolio company Classiq provides quantum software developers across industries with a platform for designing useful quantum applications and deploying it seamlessly on quantum clouds and hardware devices of their choice.

In this video series, The Future of the Bioeconomy, Alumni Ventures Associate Drew Wandzilak provides insight into the economy’s transition from traditional systems to more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices. This week’s episode features Michelle Ruiz, CEO & Co-Founder of Hyfé, a next-generation biomanufacturing company that turns food manufacturing wastewater into alternative feedstocks for biomanufacturing. In this interview, Michelle discusses the need for cheaper feedstocks, the importance of strain engineering, and the need for corporate collaborations with startups.