For a second consecutive year, Londoners are taking steps to bring one of three of the city’s innovations to market – and to snag their share of more than $20,000 in prize money. The annual Proteus Innovation Competition officially kicked off on November 17 with...
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Western’s Propel Summer Incubator launches 2016 cohort
Propel, Western University’s entrepreneurship accelerator, announced its new cohort of startups for its 2016 Propel Summer Incubator (PSI). The PSI program received applications from more than 50 entrepreneurs. After a competitive process involving a written...
Western student entrepreneur awarded $5000 in pitch competition
The 2016 installment of the Seed Your Startup entrepreneurial plan and pitch competition has awarded its $5,000 top prize to Western University student entrepreneur Alan Kalbfleisch to help launch and grow his venture Pascal Press. Hosted by Propel at Western...
Innovation meets commercialization in new competition
Medically inducing hypothermia in a patient has been shown to prevent further brain injury following stroke, brain trauma or cardiac arrest but the process also cools the entire body potentially leading to blood clotting and even heart attacks. A medical device to...
Student entrepreneurs begin Summer Incubator program at Western
Propel, Western University’s student entrepreneurship program, will launch the PSI Summer Incubator program at a special event on May 14, 2015. Seven youth-led ventures have been offered cash, formal mentorship and office space for the summer of 2015 to grow their...