Duke University's spinout initiative is moving to Durham.ID to gain more space and provide better support to its spinouts.
The Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, Duke University’s initiative to help current and former students, staff and faculty, create startups, is relocating to the Durham Innovation District.
The Durham Innovation District, or Durham.ID, has been created by Longfellow Real Estate Partners, Measurement Incorporated and Duke University to provide 1.7 million square feet of work space.
The Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative (Duke I&E) will be located on the third floor of the Imperial Building where it will have create collaboration, event and classroom space for the spinouts it is supporting and its own staff.
Jessica Brock, managing director at Longfellow Real Estate Partners, said: “Duke I&E is a perfect fit for Durham.ID, which is quickly taking shape as a world class home to talented minds and game-changing ideas. Our network of facilities is designed to accommodate everything from the advanced wet lab science of Duke researchers at the Carmichael Building to Duke I&E’s nurturing of young entrepreneurs and startups.”
The new location for Duke I&E will also contain a cafe, catering kitchen and a social/game space.
