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NMSU accelerator goes buggy
By Lauren Villagran / Journal Staff Writer - Las Cruces Bureau Thursday, April 13th, 2017 at 1:01pm New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center has chosen six startups for its new AgSprint business accelerator focused on developing technologies for next-generation...
NMSU’s AgSprint accelerator selects first participants
Date: 04/13/2017 Writer: Amanda Bradford, 575-646-1976, ambradfo@nmsu.edu Six promising startup companies that are developing technology in all areas of agriculture have been selected for a new accelerator program at New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center. The...
Arrowhead Center at NMSU launches accelerator for export-based NM startups
Date: MAY 18, 2017 By NEWS EDITOR AND PARTNERS Do you have an idea for a business that will be based in New Mexico and plans to sell products or services outside the state? New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center has a new accelerator program open to all...
Arrowhead Center virtual startup accelerator extends application deadline to June 18
Date: 06/02/2017 Writer: Amanda Bradford, 575-646-1976, ambradfo@nmsu.edu New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center has extended the application deadline to June 18 for a new accelerator program open to all types of business startups that are located...
NMSU’s Arrowhead Center to host inaugural AgSprint Assembly
Date: 07/12/2017 Writer: Adriana M. Chavez, 575-646-1957, adchavez@nmsu.edu Leaders and entrepreneurs in the world of agricultural technology will join promising agtech startups to discuss ideas to help promote and develop agtech investments in New Mexico, as...
This Denver Farm Raises ‘Microlivestock,’ AKA Edible Insects
Date: May 3, 2017 By Stephanie Wolf, stephanie.wolf@cpr.org The Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch is not your typical ranch: there's no cattle or grain for feed. The ranch, which launched in 2015, raises "microlivestock" -- crickets, mealworms and waxworms, for people to...
Health tech startups across NM invited to new virtual accelerator at Arrowhead Center
Date: 07/07/2017 Writer: Amanda Bradford, 575-646-7148, ambradfo@nmsu.edu In the health technology industry, innovation is a constant. New ideas for devices, products and services are always emerging, but it can be difficult to access the potential customer...
NM accelerator tapped to host first American agtech competition
By May Ortega – Reporter, Albuquerque Business First Sep 15, 2017, 6:30am The team at New Mexico's first agriculture technology-focused accelerator, founded in February, has had little time to catch its breath. After wrapping up its first cohort, AgSprint is...
NMSU’s AgSprint program selected as national host for Future Agro Challenge
Date: 09/20/2017 Writer: Amanda Bradford, 575-646-1976, ambradfo@nmsu.edu AgSprint, an accelerator program launched this year at New Mexico State University’s entrepreneurship hub, Arrowhead Center, has been selected as the first and only U.S. host site for the...
NMSU AgSprint client aims to address food insecurity in rural New Mexico
Date: 07/17/2017 Writer: Amanda Bradford, 575-646-7148, ambradfo@nmsu.edu A New Mexico-based agricultural technology company is working to solve a global food problem at the local level with support from the AgSprint accelerator program at New Mexico State...