ASPER-HUJI Innovate Partner Update - Winter 2020-21
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<strong>Partner</strong>s <strong>Update</strong> <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Announcing<br />
<strong>ASPER</strong>-<strong>HUJI</strong><br />
<strong>Innovate</strong>!<br />
We are delighted to report that<br />
The Asper Foundation, from<br />
Winnipeg, Canada, are<br />
strengthening their existing<br />
collaboration with <strong>HUJI</strong> <strong>Innovate</strong>,<br />
by making a generous gift of $5M<br />
Canadian Dollars. In recognition<br />
of this partnership we are now<br />
called <strong>ASPER</strong>-<strong>HUJI</strong> <strong>Innovate</strong> and<br />
are pleased to unveil our new<br />
logo. This gift will ignite new<br />
activities while enhancing<br />
current ones, strengthen our<br />
ability to raise additional funds<br />
for growth and launch the annual<br />
Asper Prize for Innovation.<br />
Introducing our<br />
updated logo:<br />
“It was the entrepreneurial spirit<br />
of our late parents, Israel & Babs,<br />
that created ties with <strong>HUJI</strong> in<br />
1968. Now, with <strong>ASPER</strong>-<strong>HUJI</strong><br />
<strong>Innovate</strong>, the advancement of<br />
new ideas will continue for<br />
generations”<br />
Amnon Dekel<br />
Executive Director<br />
<strong>ASPER</strong>-<strong>HUJI</strong> <strong>Innovate</strong><br />
Gail Asper<br />
President,<br />
The Asper Foundation
Our Vision<br />
Leverage our<br />
University’s<br />
innovation potential<br />
to solve substantial<br />
problems through<br />
Entrepreneurship<br />
Our Missions<br />
Ignite and improve<br />
Entrepreneurial Mindset<br />
and Skills<br />
Create Scalable Ventures to<br />
Solve Substantial Problems<br />
Grow the <strong>HUJI</strong><br />
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem<br />
<strong>Partner</strong>s <strong>Update</strong> <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2020</strong>
Semester 1 <strong>Update</strong><br />
Sparking Entrepreneurial<br />
culture in the university<br />
Over 3,000 students, faculty and university staff participated in<br />
our activities to promote entrepreneurial culture, mindset and<br />
skills in the University during the first semester. The activities<br />
included “Startup Sunday” meetups, the JLM Impact Hackathon,<br />
the annual Creativity Challenge, the “OPEN:Explore” programs<br />
for researchers and more.<br />
Strength in Numbers:<br />
$2M+<br />
Raised so far by OPEN<br />
graduates in the first<br />
2 cohorts<br />
5000+<br />
Members of our online<br />
communities engaged<br />
in discussions.<br />
2500+<br />
Participated in<br />
entrepreneurial events<br />
& workshops<br />
380+<br />
Students developed<br />
venture ideas and<br />
created prototypes.<br />
100+<br />
Research students &<br />
researchers explored<br />
how to turn their<br />
research to ventures.<br />
3<br />
Babies were born to<br />
Asper-<strong>HUJI</strong> <strong>Innovate</strong><br />
employees! Congrats<br />
to Michal, Yotam &<br />
Yulia!<br />
<strong>Partner</strong>s <strong>Update</strong> <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2020</strong>
More News:<br />
Up to $10,000 funding<br />
opportunity in OPEN<br />
enabled by a Gift brought to<br />
us by the British Friends<br />
We are now recruiting the 3rd<br />
cohort of the OPEN venture<br />
creation program and this year we<br />
are offering up to $10,000 grants<br />
for creating a prototype to the<br />
participating teams. This is possible<br />
after receiving an anonymous gift<br />
of $200,000 over four years. A big<br />
thank you to Nigel Salomon and<br />
the British Friends of the Hebrew<br />
University for making this possible!<br />
OPEN Alumni update -<br />
Pigmentum raised $1M<br />
We are really proud of Amir Tiroler<br />
and Tal Lutzky, co-founders of<br />
Pigmentum, a molecular biology<br />
startup that develops new ways to<br />
create natural pigments for the<br />
food or cosmetics industry, for<br />
raising $1M from the Freshstart<br />
incubator. We look forward to<br />
seeing great news about<br />
Pigmentum going forward. OPEN<br />
Alumni have now raised more<br />
$2,000,000! More news soon!<br />
Thank You!<br />
A Big thank you to the following people whose help and guidance were invaluable! Moe Levy;<br />
Amb. Yossi Gal, Ram Semo, Brenda Needle-Shimoni, Daniella Citron; Debbie Dankoff and Rami<br />
Kleinman (CFHU) and Nigel Salomon (BFHU)! Big thanks also to Prof. Shlomo Magdassi,<br />
Ayelet Cohen and the rest of the <strong>ASPER</strong>-<strong>HUJI</strong> <strong>Innovate</strong> team!<br />
> Next <strong>Partner</strong>s <strong>Update</strong>: July 20<strong>21</strong><br />
<strong>Partner</strong>s <strong>Update</strong> <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2020</strong>
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