Local startup Pajarito Powder Secures Funding by Hyundai and Kia to Advance Hydrogen Technology

Hyundai Motor Group and Kia Corporation have invested in Albuquerque-based start-up company Pajarito Powder which concluded the start-up’s B-3 funding round to further advance its hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyzer […]
UNM Rainforest Innovations Announces Awardees Receiving 2025 Gap Funding

The Gap Fund @ UNM provides funding to support the advancement and commercialization of innovative technologies developed at the University of New Mexico (UNM). The goal of the program is […]
ShearIT Secures $490k NIH Grant for Stroke Treatment Research

A local startup, ShearIT, LLC, has been awarded $490k in funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to support their Phase I (proof of concept) research for their utilization […]
Series A Funding Awarded to Nob Hill Therapeutics to Advance Breakthrough Respiratory Technologies

Nob Hill Therapeutics, Inc. (NHT), an early-stage company developing innovative treatments for lung diseases, has secured $3 million in Series A funding led by Tramway Venture Partners, with participation from […]
Five Businesses That Spawned from UNM Patents

Albuquerque Journal By Ryan Boetel, Journal Business Editor July 29, 2024 It’s s a matchmaker. But instead of shooting arrows like Cupid, the University of New Mexico Rainforest Innovations plays […]
New UNMRI Startups to Receive Lucky Entrepreneur Coin™ in FY2025

Starting July 1, UNM Rainforest Innovations will start giving out a Lucky Entrepreneur Coin™ to each newly founded startup company based on a University of New Mexico technology. Starting a […]
Armonica Technologies Welcomes New CEO

Armonica Technologies, Inc. is an Albuquerque-based biotechnology company commercializing an innovative DNA nanopore sequencing technology for precision medicine research applications. They recently appointed a new CEO, Emily Milsovic, who is […]
How UNM Rainforest Innovations has Supported Nearly 170 Startups out of UNM

Since its inception in 1995, UNM Rainforest Innovations has fostered the development of nearly 170 startup companies commercializing University of New Mexico (UNM) technologies. Its role is to protect and […]
Pajarito Powder Awarded $20M to Advance Clean Hydrogen Energy Production

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected a local startup to be awarded $20 million to advance their clean hydrogen energy production. The startup, Pajarito Powder, is working to develop […]
MNT SmartSolutions Expands Executive Team with new CEO and COO

Local nanoparticle-based dental health technology startup MNT SmartSolutions welcomes two new members to their executive team. The two brothers, backed by years of professional dentistry experience and co-founders of Prime […]