Eight Ohio biomedical companies have received a total of $8 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier technology support program.The grants, which awarded about $1 million to each firm, ...
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Plans for a new, small, state-backed investment fund that would’ve been operated by Cleveland-based venture development group JumpStart were shot down earlier this year by the state’s Third Frontier program.But ...
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April 12, 2011 11:39 am by Brandon Glenn | 0 Comments
The state of Ohio has unveiled plans for an 11-week summer competition that’s designed to attract and retain young entrepreneurs and help them set up businesses in the state.The program, ...
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February 16, 2011 10:00 am by Brandon Glenn | 0 Comments
Public-private venture investment group CincyTech plans to invest $3 million in Southwest Ohio startups this year. The vast majority of its portfolio companies are in the biomedical, information technology and ...
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January 27, 2011 4:33 pm by Brandon Glenn | 0 Comments
Ohio's Third Frontier technology acceleration program has awarded $25 million to several early stage investment funds in the state. The grants come under two different Third Frontier programs, which are ...
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January 12, 2011 11:34 am by Brandon Glenn | 0 Comments
Northwest Ohio venture and business development group Rocket Ventures is looking to invest about $8 million in early stage companies this year. The majority of those investment dollars are expected ...
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December 30, 2010 10:49 am by Brandon Glenn | 0 Comments
A company that was once the poster child for the joys of living and doing business in Ohio now may have become a cautionary tale about a weakness in the ...
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December 23, 2010 1:13 pm by Brandon Glenn | 0 Comments
Most people in Ohio's biomedical industry would've considered 2010 a good year if just one key thing happened -- voters renewed the state's $1.35 billion, 10-year Third Frontier program, which ...
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November 23, 2010 12:51 pm by Brandon Glenn | 1 Comments
Early stage investment group North Coast Angel Fund is raising money for a second fund, having pulled in commitments for $800,000. In all likelihood, North Coast Angels are looking to ...
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November 4, 2010 12:39 pm by Brandon Glenn | 0 Comments
When it comes to keeping smiles on the faces of Ohio's medical industry leaders, Governor-elect John Kasich's predecessor did him a big favor. It's called Ohio Third Frontier. ...
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October 4, 2010 1:47 pm by Mary Vanac | 0 Comments
Chris Coburn is the captain of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the corporate venturing arm of the Cleveland Clinic. The 53-year-old fitness enthusiast and his crew have an important job: nurturing inventions ...
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September 2, 2010 5:08 pm by Brandon Glenn | 0 Comments
The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron has received a $2.6 million Ohio Third Frontier grant for biomedical sensor research and commercialization. The grant is from the revamped Wright Center for ...
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August 12, 2010 2:15 pm by Mary Vanac | 0 Comments
Who would have thought a smart nanotechnology material that keeps aircraft and wind turbine blades free from ice could help glaucoma patients? Khalid Lafdi and Ed Timm did. At the ...
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Credit for this blog post should really go to William Hoffman, an editor and writer with the University of Minnesota medical school and author of “The Stem Cell Dilemma.”Hoffman e-mailed ...
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