26Jul
26Jul
Women-led U.S. startups attract just fraction of venture money
In the new study, researchers examined nearly 7,000 U.S. companies that received venture capital between 2011 and 2013. They then identified companies with women on their executive team. Just why women-led companies were recipient of less venture capital raised questions about the industry's inner workings, said co-author Candida Brush, a professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College in Massachusetts. Read more >>
23Jul
Pixability’s CEO Shares New Cause-Related Marketing Research: Why Brands Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Take a Stand
Cause-related ads seem to be everywhere. There’s much industry debate about what works, what doesn’t, and whether it’s even worth the risk. Bettina Hein, CEO of Pixability, shares quantitative research her company has done behind this trend and why brands shouldn’t shy away. Read more >>
22Jul
Babson College to Expand to Miami
Massachusetts-based Babson College, the recognized world leader in entrepreneurship education, is expanding to Miami, Florida, with three graduate programs—including the Blended Learning MBA, ranked No. 1 for alumni earnings and top 10 worldwide by Financial Times (FT), The Princeton Review, and Entrepreneur magazine. Read more >>
21Jul
Blind Rock Hill mother sees family again with pair of high-tech glasses
Three years ago, Rock Hill mother Brandi Jones Ervin was robbed of her eyesight. After she had gastric bypass surgery, she noticed a blur that could not be rubbed away. She couldn’t cook, she couldn’t drive, and she couldn’t watch her daughter perform in the high school marching band. We, at FOX46 Charlotte, worked to get results for Ervin by way of high-tech Esight glasses. Read more >>
21Jul
The Wearables Giving Computer Vision to the Blind
Other wearables use light and magnification to assist people with limited vision. A device called eSight, which users wear like a VR headset, uses a high-resolution camera to magnify images and project them onto the OLED screen in front of the user’s eyes. Read more >>
20Jul
Chronix Biomedical $8.00 million Fundraising. John DiPietro Filed Jul 18 SEC Filing
Chronix Biomedical Inc, Corporation just had published form D about $8.00 million equity financing. This is a new filing. Chronix Biomedical was able to sell $3.31 million so far. That is 41.34 % of the fundraising. The total financing amount was $8.00 million. This form was filed on 2017-07-18. The reason for the financing was: unspecified. The fundraising still has about $4.69 million more and is not closed yet. We have to wait more to see if the offering will...
19Jul
Drug for concussion, stroke found by UT scientist moves closer to human trials
Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals, the company Lechleiter founded with William Korinek of Boston, completed Monday its first round of financing that raised roughly $2.4 million in fresh capital. The fledgling company had $670,000 in seed funding from the federal government since 2014. Lechleiter hopes the drug, which is at least 7 years away from market, could be easily administered by any football coach or paramedic to mitigate the effects of concussions or strokes. Read more >>
19Jul
Gates is Still Gunning for HIV. Here’s the Latest
Gates has been backing HIV self-testing and rapid diagnostics projects since around 2010, when it invested $600,000 in Daktari Diagnostics, a company focused on “delivering critical diagnostic test results.” In 2015, Daktari rolled out its portable point-of-care device that measures CD4 cell counts. CD4s are white blood cells that fight infection and are defined as “antigen[s] found on helper T cells.” The following year, in 2011, Gates awarded PATH a $1.1 million grant to “develop a target product profile for...
19Jul