Portfolio News

Cause related ads increase fourfold

Purpose-driven ads are not only growing in number, but they generate more views and drive more results in the form of engagement rates, research shows. Drawing on YouTube data, video ad tech company Pixability established that cause-related ads among the Interbrand 2016 list of top 100 global brands had increased fourfold over the past five years. Read more >>
Read more...

The Big One

Wasabi Technologies, the cloud storage startup started by Carbonite’s founders, just raised a $10.7M convertible note, according to new Form D filing. Having previously raised $8.9M from angel investors, the company launched earlier this year as a faster and cheaper competitor to Amazon’s popular S3 service. Read more >>
Read more...

Myomo Expands Management Team to Accelerate Commercialization of MyoPro® Powered Orthosis

Myomo®, Inc. (NSYE MKT: MYO), a commercial stage medical robotics company, today announced the expansion of its management team with three new full-time positions in medical affairs, sales and marketing. The expansion marks the company’s accelerated commercialization of its MyoPro line of powered orthoses after raising growth capital through its IPO in June 2017. Read more >>
Read more...

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 >>
Read more...

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...
Read more...