Wednesday, April 3, 2019

EvoNexus Links With EMD Performance Materials For Incubator Effort

San Diego- and Irvine-based startup incubator EvoNexus announced today that it has started accepting applications to a new startup incubation effort it is running with high tech material company EMD Performance Materials. EMD is owned by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. According to EvoNexus and EMD, it is now seeking early stage companies with emerging technologies and use cases relevant to EMD Performance Materials' core business, which includes specialty materials and technologies used for electronic displays, semiconductor devices, as well as decorative and functional coatings. The two said they are targeting science and technology-based startups working on early stage products related to "novel materials an technologies". Companies that apply will receive early stage funding and also exposure to EMD Performance Materials corporate R&D connections, early business unit exposure, technology steering, and potential beta customer trials, according to the two. The deadline for applications is May 4th, 2019, and the two said the program begins in June.

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