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The Grenoble Ekiden relay marathon has reached record levels of popularity this year, with nearly 5,200 runners expected—that’s 60 six-runner teams more than last year! Participants are gearing up for the Sunday, October 22 event with the traditional lunchtime training (Tuesdays at Parc Paul-Mistral and Thursday in the Presqu’île neighborhood right up until the week […] >>

Morphosense, a company specializing in the structural monitoring of infrastructures like bridges, dams, and tunnels, earned kudos at the national i-LAB 2017 competition, winning in the creation and development category. i-LAB supports innovative technologies and startups through grants from the French Ministry of Research and Bpifrance. Morphosense, a Leti spinoff created in 2016, will use […] >>

Startup LXRepair, a CEA spinoff founded in 2013, has just raised €1.1 million in capital from investors Kreaxi, CEA-Investissement, XPAND Investissement Ltd., Grenoble Angels, Savoie Mont-Blanc Angels, Gentiane participations, and private individuals. LXRepair will use the funds to complete clinical proof-of-concept studies in oncology, obtain the CE mark for its innovative DNA repair measurement systems, […] >>

In June the Challenge First Step jury selected six potential startups from Leti and Liten. The project leaders received support with the business creation process this fall and will update the jury on their progress in late November. The jury will then decide whether or not to fund any of the projects. The projects address […] >>

Electromagnetic compatibility expert Nexio, Grenoble-Alpes University labs IMEP-LaHC and G2Elab, and construction-industry R&D center CTSB in Grenoble have joined forces to boost the Pheline electromagnetic testing lab’s capacities. A vocational degree program in electromagnetic compatibility testing was set up at CTSB in 2016, followed by an electronics design workshop specializing in electromagnetic fields in 2017. […] >>