NEWS AND INSIGHTS

Bolden Announces $1.5M Pre-Seed Financing

Development of Antisense Oligonucleotides Seeks to Promote Neurogenesis.

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Lenoss Medical: All Things OsteoPearl

Ingenuity lies in simplicity. Our Q&A with Lenoss Medical Founder & CEO, Dom Messerli

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MindImmune Appoints Industry Leaders to Board of Directors

Brad Margus and Robert Michael Poole, MD FACP, bring deep background and experience

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Slater to oversee $12M for Rhode Island venture development

Venture efforts will get $12 million in federal funding via a new agreement.

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Brown-launched biotech secures $375,000 in Slater funding

XM Therapeutics seeks to develop new treatments for chronic heart and pulmonary conditions.

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Slater Invests in XM Therapeutics from Brown University

Biotech targeting heart failure and pulmonary fibrosis comes out of stealth.

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Thorne Sparkman at Brown Innovation Showcase

Faculty inventions, startups shine at Innovation@Brown Showcase

Business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs convened in Providence to connect with Brown scientists.

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State of Innovation: R.I.’s ecosystem for entrepreneurs shows resilience

More entrepreneurs are launching companies and putting down roots in the Ocean State.

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RightHill Ventures Commits $1.5 Million to Slater-Backed Drug Discovery Company

New Fund Participates in Series A Financing for URI-Based MindImmune, Developer of a Novel Treatment for Neuroinflammatory Conditions Such as Alzheimer’s Disease

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Slater Sushi & Networking: Starring this year’s B-Lab entrepreneurs

Join Slater, RightHill Ventures, and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship for a special summer sushi networking event celebrating the participants of the Nelson Center’s venture accelerator, the Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab).

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Noted Scientist Nancy Ryan Gray and Brown University Engineering Dean Lawrence Larson Join the Slater Board

New appointees bring critical insight into the commercialization of university-based research.

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There’s a New Implant Developed in Rhode Island to Treat Spine Fractures

Using special instrumentation these Osteo-Pearls are implanted into the fractured vertebrae.

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RightHill Ventures Launches to Accelerate the Journey from Research to Startup for University Innovations

Beginning with innovations from Brown University researchers, new fund will build companies from university discoveries.

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Arctura Awarded $1.15 Million Grant from U.S. Dept. of Energy

Arctura has won a $1.15-million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy to commercialize a new blade coating designed to reduce the damage to wind turbine blades caused by lightning.

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Slater-Backed Company Acquired by Novartis

Cadent Therapeutics has entered into an agreement to be acquired by global healthcare giant Novartis [NYSE: NVS] in a deal worth up to $770 million. 

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Is This It? AI for Differential Diagnosis Webinar

Hear from panelists on the forefront of AI in academia and industry as they discuss how AI is reshaping the process of diagnosis.

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$597,500 in EDA Grants for Slater Technology Fund, RI Bio Will Boost Health Care Startups in Rhode Island

Federal grants will launch new partnership to support translational research companies and a program to grow life science startups.

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Slater Technology Fund Establishes Its Third Special-Purpose Fund to Invest in HappyNest

HappyNest is a technology-enabled laundry pickup and delivery service expanding nationwide from its headquarters in Rhode Island.

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Slater Technology Fund Invests in Pharmaceutical Startup Developing Novel Cancer Therapeutics

URI-based company is developing promising new synthetic molecules for use in treating ovarian cancer.

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Slater Technology Fund Closes on $25,000 Investment in EdTech Startup

GoPeer is building a technology platform to streamline the effort and expense associated with K-12 tutoring.

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