JumpStart and Case Technology Ventures Invest in Neuros Medical

CLEVELAND, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- JumpStart Inc. , the Northeast Ohio venture development organization that accelerates the progress of high growth early-stage businesses, and Case Technology Ventures (CTV) , a pre-seed stage venture capital and technology validation fund at Case Western Re...

Hampton Roads Ventures Tackles U.S. Healthcare Crisis Community by Community

Medical Office Building Project Provides State-of-the-Art Healthcare for Rural and Urban Communities NORFOLK, Va., March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hampton Roads Ventures (HRV), a community development investment firm, employed the federal New Markets Tax Credit ("NMTC") program to provide...

The Commercialization Funding Coach, Fred Patterson, Weighs In On SBIR Funding for Small Business Ventures in Wake of NIH Exclusion

The Commercialization Funding Coach, Inc. proprietor, Fred Patterson, has weighed in on the future of SBIR grants in Washington, DC as a means of funding for small business ventures in the wake of SBIR grants being explicitly excluded from NIH stimulus money. Federal reauthorization or a continui...

Clarus Ventures Hires Former Merck President Ed Scolnick and Broad Institute Scientist Finny Kuruvilla

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarus Ventures, LLC ("Clarus Ventures"), a leading life sciences venture capital firm, announced today the hiring of Edward Scolnick, M.D., as a Venture Partner and Finny Kuruvilla, M.D., Ph.D., as a Principal in the Firm's ...

E6 Ventures Invests in Novel Coatings Developer, Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd

ASCOT, England, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- E6 Ventures has agreed to participate in the next round of funding in Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd. Set up in 2005 by its chief technical officer, Sergey Aleksandrov, Diamond Hard Surfaces is a high technology company that has developed a low temperature pr...

Trident Capital and Mustang Ventures Lead Series A Investment in Profex, Inc.

Leading dermatology company serves growing professional and consumer markets in China. Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) August 28, 2008 -- Trident Capital, an international venture capital firm, today announced that together with Mustang Ventures, its investment partner in China, ...

Khosla Ventures Into Healthcare With ZocDoc

Top VC Firm Leads Series A Funding of Healthcare Startup NEW YORK, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- ZocDoc, the service that helps consumers find and book doctor appointments online, today announced it has completed a $3 million Series A round of financing led by Khosla Ventures. ZocDoc is the ...

Step of Mind Ltd Will Present its Concept at the Silicom Ventures Summit

Step Of Mind Ltd was selected to present at the Silicom Ventures Summit on June 29th-30th in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv, Israel (PRWEB) June 26, 2008 -- Step of Mind Ltd (SoM) was selected to present its concept and system for treatment of movement disorders at the Silicom Ven...

Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt Ventures into the Land of Milk and Honey ... and Blueberry!

Stonyfield Farm introduces new organic 0% fat Greek yogurt flavors to satisfy consumers' hungry demands LONDONDERRY, N.H., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Stonyfield Farm, the world's leading organic yogurt-maker, is expanding the flavor offerings of its organic, authentically straine...

Element Six Signals Ambitions for Growth With Senior Appointment for New Ventures Unit

LONDON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Brendon Grunewald has joined Element Six as head of E6 Ventures to set up and run the group's new venture business to identify and invest in new business opportunities. As part of the group's ambitious growth programme, Element Six has made significant funds ava...

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7 Health Ventures Invests in Tulip Medical

HERZELIA, Israel, September 15 /PRNewswire/ -- 7 Health Ventures, a professional venture capital fund dedicated to investing in healthcare technologies and products, announced today it had joined a deferred closing of Tulip Medical's round A of financing. Dr. Dalia Megiddo, founder and managin...

Cognition Therapeutics Closes Series A Financing to Advance Drug Candidates for Alzheimer's Disease

...ercialization with seed and early-stage companies; connecting investors with their Investment Portfolio companies; expanding established life sciences ventures and relocating biomedical companies to Pennsylvania. www.plsg.com About Innovation Works (IW) Innovation Works provides risk ca...

Relievant Medsystems Announces Completion of $20 Million Financing

... financing. The financing was led by Morgenthaler ventures with existing investors Canaan Partners and ONSET ventures and new investor Emergent Medical Partners partici...e are very excited to be working with Morgenthaler ventures and Emergent Medical Partners," said Paul Goeld. ...

West Wireless Health Institute Teams with Corventis for its First Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial

...early detection, prevention and treatment. Corventis is funded by prominent venture capital firms Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Mohr Davidow ventures and DAG Ventures. Privately held, the company is located in San Jose, California. For more information on Corventis, please visit www.corventis.com ...

CoAxia, Inc. Announces $21.5M Series D Financing

...s led by Sofinnova Partners with participation from all previous major investors including Affinity Capital Management, Baird Venture Partners, Canaan ventures Partners, Johnson and Johnson Development Corporation, and Prism Ventureworks. In addition, CoAxia reported strong, continued enrollment in its S...

UPCI Joins ExCell Research Study Using Stem Cells for Leukemia and Lymphoma Patients

...rope. Gamida Cell's current shareholders include: Elbit Imaging, Biomedical Investment, Israel Healthcare Venture, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Amgen, Denali ventures and Auriga Ventures. CONTACT: Courtney McCrimmon Wendy Zellner UPMC Media Relations PHONE: +1-412-647-3555 E-MAIL: McCri...

TYRX Presents Early Clinical Results from AIGISRX(TM) Antibacterial Envelope Retrospective Registry

..., AIGIS has been implanted in over 3,000 patients nationwide. In February, 2008 TYRX raised $25 million in a venture capital financing led by Clarus ventures and co-led by Pappas Ventures. TYRX products utilize novel biomaterials, including technology licensed exclusively from Rutgers , The State Universit...

Logical Therapeutics Appoints Peter A. Lankau as CEO and Director

...he development of products that treat diseases associated with inflammation. Logical's investors include S V Life Sciences, Burrill and Company, Novo ventures A/S, and Novitas Capital. For more information on Logical Therapeutics, visit the company's website at www.logicaltherapeutics.com . Inquir...

One Step Closer: Novel Opioid Receptor Compound in Phase I Clinical Trials

...ntific discoveries into practical application," said Ron Kudla, executive director of the Office of Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer and New ventures at Rensselaer. "Most importantly, this is a testament to the fact that if the results of your research are going to have an impact on the public, it h...

Elusys' Anthrax Anti-Toxin, Anthim(TM), Enters Second Phase I Clinical Study

...eatening disease. Current venture investors include Essex Woodlands Health ventures LLC, Invesco Private Capital, Crescendo Ventures, MedImmune ventures and Pfizer. For more information please visit www.elusys.com . ...

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Funxional successfully completes initial clinical trial of FX125L, an anti-inflammatory drug with a novel mechanism of action

...company based in Cambridge (UK) which focuses on novel anti-inflammatory therapies. FXT is managed by a very experienced team and is financed by Index ventures and Novo A/S, while its shareholders also include Ipsen and Cambridge University. FXT has research and office facilities in Cambridge. For more infor...

Broecker: 'What we need are tougher measures against climate change'

... prediction In the paragraphs that follow, Wallace S. Broecker analyzes the current state of play, champions options like carbon sequestering, and ventures some new predictions for the future. "We are going to need to take tougher measures against climate change in the next few years", he contends. "It...

Innerscope Research(R) Appoints Digital Leader, Andre Marquis, as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing

...ntinue to position Innerscope as a leader in next-generation media research. Marquis was the founder and/or first management for five entrepreneurial ventures with a total market value of $2 billion. "Andre's deep technology and digital experience, as well as his success with business strategy, sales an...

Innerscope Research(R) Appoints Digital Leader, Andre Marquis, as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing

...ntinue to position Innerscope as a leader in next-generation media research. Marquis was the founder and/or first management for five entrepreneurial ventures with a total market value of $2 billion. "Andre's deep technology and digital experience, as well as his success with business strategy, sales an...

Developer of advanced computing memory, father of biochemical engineering, and innovative engineering educators win highest engineering honors of 2009

...elected to the NAE in 1974. THE BERNARD M. GORDON PRIZE Tom Byers and Tina Seelig are recognized for their work with the Stanford Technology ventures Program (STVP) at Stanford University. STVP is an education center that provides students across the university with entrepreneurial skills needed to...

Fountain of Youth to be found in the anthill?

...hieved before. "Often potential research partners are reluctant to cross barriers in scientific specialties and there is not funding for such risky ventures when there is interest to do them," Liebig says. "The beauty of this project is that the HHMI Collaborative Innovation Awards create the opportunity f...

Iowa State wins $18.5M grant to create NSF Center for Biorenewable Chemicals

...p partnerships with industry as well as start-up companies through Iowa State's Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship and venture capital firms Khosla ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Lynn Preston, a deputy division director at the National Science Foundation and leader of the Engineering Re...

New high fiber barley licensed to grow

... "The recent signing of a license agreement between the CSIRO/Australian Capital ventures Limited joint venture and Austgrains Pty Ltd has paved the way for large scale commercial crops of BARLEYmax unique grain developed by CSIRO using c...

IEEE Homeland Security Conference Business Panel to feature experts on technology commercialization

... bridge the gap between the intelligence communitys technology needs and new advances in commercial technology. Taylor-Smith will discuss Battelle ventures investment interests in security technologies. Robert will speak about business opportunities in the Commonwealth for Defense and Homeland Security bu...

Speaker, judges set for Global Venture Challenge

...on under management. Attendees will include Mohr Davidow Ventures, Battelle ventures and Innovation Valley Partners, Lux Capital, Agile Equities, Flagship ventures and Meritus Ventures. ...

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BIO Ventures for Global Health Announces Management Changes

Christopher D. Earl Resigning as CEO Board member Melinda Moree named interim leader WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH) today announced that Christopher D. Earl, Ph.D., will resign from BVGH, effective July 9, 2009. Melinda Moree, Ph.D., ...

Jina Ventures Advises Swiss Pharma Contract on Strategic Sale to Covance Inc

NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Jina Ventures is pleased to announce the acquisition of clinical pharmacology and research company, Swiss Pharma Contract (SPC) by leading contract research organization, Covance Inc (NYSE: CVD ). Jina Ventures was the exclusive financial advisor to SP...

Index Ventures Closes Euro 350 Million Early Stage Fund

Ben Holmes Named Partner LONDON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Index Ventures today announced the closing of a euro 350 million early stage fund, Index Ventures V. The fund is dedicated to early stage and seed investments in the technology, biotechnology and clean technology sectors across Europ...

Clarus Ventures Names Two New Partners

Dr. Emmett Cunningham and Scott Requadt Promoted From Principals CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarus Ventures, LLC ("Clarus Ventures"), a leading life sciences venture capital firm, announced today the promotions of Emmett Cunningham, M.D., Ph....

Myngle Best ICT Company at the European Ventures Summit

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Myngle ( http://www.myngle.com ), the global language platform, has just been announced as the winning ICT company at the Europe Unlimited's European Venture Summit (EVS) ( http://www.e-unlimited.com/events/p200245/overview.asp ). EVS is ...

Bell Ventures Launches Breakthrough Radical Defense Skin Care Ingredient

BOSTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Bell Ventures LLC, a leader in innovative antioxidant solutions in food, nutrition, and skin care, announces the release of its new, high-performance natural ingredient, GlobalPAX(TM). GlobalPAX(TM) is a proprietary extract made from the world's finest natura...

Starfish Ventures Closes Australia's Largest Venture Capital Fund With $185 Million Tech Fund

MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Melbourne-based Starfish Ventures announced today the successful closure of its Starfish Technology Fund II at $185 million, the largest venture capital fundraising in Australia. The fund will invest in ICT, Life Sciences and Cleantech companies. ...

BIO Ventures for Global Health Receives $7 Million Grant from Gates Foundation to Engage Biotechnology in the Fight Against Neglected Diseases of the Developing World

-Funds to support creation of market incentives and facilitate new R&D collaborations- WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH) today announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has expanded its support of the organization, so it can further...

Medical Ventures Becomes Neovasc with Two Corporate Acquisitions and $8.3 Million Financing

Financing to Advance Commercialization of Expanded Portfolio of Vascular Products VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Neovasc Inc. (TSXV: NVC), formerly Medical Ventures Corp. (TSXV: MEV), a company developing and marketing innovative specialty va...

SPO Medical Retains American Capital Ventures for Investor Relations Services

NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SPO Medical Inc. (OTC: SPOM), a leading developer of biosensor and microprocessor technologies for use in portable monitoring devices, today announced that it has retained the services of American Capital Ventures (ACV), a leading provider of compre...

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