Pitching in Washingtong DC: Showcasing Unviersities and Their Startups

WASHINGTON - Aug. 29, 2016 - PRLog -- The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2), an association of university Startup Officers, will hold its first University Startups Demo Day at Congress on September 20, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Universities create over 800 startups each year around the country, and 200 companies were submitted and screened to find the "Best University Startups 2016". These companies are the most exciting early-stage companies presented by the country's great universities.

"To lead the world in the 21st Century, our nation must have a sustained commitment to education, scientific research, and startups," says Tony Stanco, NCET2 executive director, "and American universities are uniquely positioned to deliver on all three to ensure the U.S. continues to lead socially and economically in this century, as it did in the last."

While everyone is familiar with the dominant position of American universities in two of the three pillars, education and research, little attention has been drawn to the revolutionary transformation occurring at universities to build campus-wide innovation ecosystems. Universities have quietly hired startup officers to help students, researchers and alumni create and fund innovative social and for-profit startups. And, at the same time, they have been establishing new innovation districts on their campuses to nurture and incubate these American dreamers. If you walk onto a university campus today you will find unheralded doers and makers solving the world's most pressing problems, from remotely powered medical devices to regenerative medicine, and from IoT building solutions to alternative sustainable coatings and materials.

The University Startups Demo Day is the university community's opportunity to show the nation how far it's come in its bold, new vision for the future of the university, and how that vision is central to national competitiveness and economic growth, peace and prosperity. The University Startups presenting at the Demo Day have individual stories to tell about the good work they are doing to create jobs, serve humanity and leave the world a better place for the next generation.

For more information about the University Startups Demo Day contact NCET2 or any of the university startup officers listed below whose companies were selected as "Best University Startups 2016".

ABOUT NCET2: NCET2 aims to advance and professionalize university Startups Officers by providing opportunities for networking, policy advocacy, and education. NCET2 recognizes that Startup Officers are the backbone of any university's research commercialization program. They work to support the world's most transformative companies created at their university by students, researchers, alumni, faculty, and staff. SOs are instrumental in coordinating with national and regional angels, VCs, and corporates that help fund, mentor and support university startups.

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FOR NCET2: Ria P. Ancheta-Adrias, Email: mediacontact@ncet2.org