University of Notre Dame’s commercialisation hub, Idea Center, spawned a total of 27 spinouts and startups in 2017-18, a record for the university that surpassed the objective of 16 companies.
The result meant Notre Dame almost matched the 33 companies generated through the university’s entire history prior to 2017-18. Its previous best had been three businesses in 2016.
Idea Center launched in early 2017 to help thrust more Notre Dame faculty and student-led innovations onto the marketplace. It includes a 55,000-square foot…
