Cade Museum
Cade Museum Closes on $3.2 Million in Tax Credit Financing; Will Start Construction soon
The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention closed on $3.2 million in financing made possible by the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program. The NMTC Program provides up-front equity that allows the project to begin immediately. Construction will begin in April on a 21,000 square foot building in downtown Gainesville’s Depot Park, which will be...
Four startups named semi-finalists for Cade Museum Prize for Innovation
By Ron Wayne The Cade Museum for Creativity + Invention has narrowed the 16 finalists for the 7th Annual Cade Museum Prize for Innovation to the Final Four. They are: AbleNook — A Tampa startup that developed prefabricated living modules that snap together and are easily assembled, transported and adaptable to diverse terrain. Feynman Nano...
16 finalists vie for Cade Museum Prize for Innovation
By Ron Wayne Winning the first $50,000 Cade Museum Prize for Innovation in 2010 helped to make the Tutoring Matching Service the success it is today, according to company President Ethan Fieldman. “The notoriety of the prize, the support of the Cade family and the support of many community members who learned about us and...
Cade Museum Receives $184,000 Grant from Templeton Foundation
The John Templeton Foundation has awarded $184,000 to the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Florida to share their creativity and science programs with a national audience. Named in honor of the late Dr. J. Robert Cade – the lead inventor of Gatorade – the Cade Museum exists to inspire creative thinking, future...
NanoPhotonica Wins $50,000 Cade Museum Prize
By Caitlyn Finnegan After going through four rounds of judging and pitches, nanotechnology company NanoPhotonica came through with the “secret sauce” judges were looking for to secure the $50,000 Cade Museum Prize. NanoPhotonica accepted the fourth annual award, along with the cash prize courtesy of the Community Foundation of North Central Florida and $10,000 in...
Two Local Companies Advance to Cade Museum "Final Four"
After two months of presentations and deliberation, the Cade Museum has narrowed 81 submissions for its $50,000 prize to the “Final Four.” The Final Four inventions include the X-Finger, an advanced artificial finger prosthetic used by military veterans and children, a Pyrolizer that converts solid waste to energy using advanced thermal technology from Green Liquid...