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May 22, 2025

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Backs Six Budding Inventions

At NC State, we know today’s research drives tomorrow’s breakthroughs — and much of that early innovation begins right here. Recognizing this, Chancellor Randy Woodson launched the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) in 2010 to help faculty turn bold ideas into real-world impact. The fund has fueled dozens of startups, attracted millions in follow-on support, and delivered solutions that make a difference — and now, meet the 2025 award winners driving the next wave of innovation.

Jan 8, 2025

Partnership Between Wolfpack Investor Network & Harbright Ventures Sees Continued Growth

The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) and investment group Harbright Ventures recently marked two years of a partnership that has delivered tangible benefits for the entrepreneurial community at North Carolina State…

Oct 25, 2024

NC State Startups Secure $480K in One NC Funding

Eight North Carolina-based startup companies working to commercialize NC State research innovations recently received funding from the One North Carolina Small Business Program. Administered by the North Carolina Department of…

Jun 17, 2024

Catalyzing Creative Concepts to Solve Commercial Challenges

NC State University research helps turn today’s ideas into tomorrow’s solutions. That’s core to our land-grant mission. The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF), a competitive internal seed fund, has proven to be…

Nov 28, 2023

Trusting Their Gut: NC State Spinout Company Knows Cows Hold the Key to Quickly Cooling the Climate

Hoofprint Biome, which recently closed a $4.25M pre-seed round of venture capital funding, was founded by two NC State Ph.D. grads with the mission to improve cattle’s gut health and, as…

Aug 16, 2018

Meet the 2019 Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Recipients

Groundbreaking research happens every day at NC State, and a growing number of important technologies are making the leap from lab to marketplace. It’s no surprise that adequate funding is crucial to this transition.

Apr 12, 2018

76 investors back NC State biopolymer startup Tethis in $3.6M funding

Tethis IP Holding Co., a biopolymer manufacturer, has raised $3.6 million according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Raleigh-based company raised the money in the form of…

Mar 13, 2018

NC State Startup’s Cloud-Computing Tool Moves from the Lab to the Marketplace

It’s always exciting for scientists to see their ideas come to fruition in the lab. For NC State computer science researcher Helen Gu, that idea was a new approach to identifying…

Mar 1, 2018

NC State Startup Tethis Receives Wolfpack Investor Network’s Largest Capital Raise to Date

“No matter what the entrepreneur is telling you at the front of the room, it probably won’t be the same going forward,” says Joe Sinsheimer, managing director of the Wolfpack…

Feb 15, 2018

NC State Startup Tethis Wraps Up $17.5M Funding for Advanced Diaper Technology

Raleigh-based Tethis is a step closer to commercializing a product that could revolutionize the diaper market by making it greener and reducing plastic waste that ends up in landfills. The…