BioHealth News Archive

Insight Venture Partners LLC, TPG Growth among highest-investing venture capital firms – Baltimore Business Journal

Insight Venture Partners LLC, TPG Growth among highest-investing venture capital firms – Baltimore Business Journal

Venture capitalists had a big year in Maryland in 2015. In the fourth quarter of last year, they invested more than $451 million in…

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Bacteria-powered Bio-Bots Avoid Obstacles on Way to Target – Medgadget

Bacteria-powered Bio-Bots Avoid Obstacles on Way to Target – Medgadget

Microscopic robots, powered by bacterial flagellation, are a curious branch of robotics research, potentially leading to devices that can deliver drugs, perform surgical tasks,…

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ARCH Venture Partners raising $400M for ninth fund – MedCity News

ARCH Venture Partners raising $400M for ninth fund – MedCity News

Looks like ARCH Venture Partners is gearing up for its ninth fund, with aims to raise $400 million, according to a regulatory filing. The…

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GSK, Miltenyi Biotec to Partner on Cell, Gene Therapies – GEN News Highlights

GSK, Miltenyi Biotec to Partner on Cell, Gene Therapies – GEN News Highlights

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Miltenyi Biotech said they will partner to develop new cell and gene therapies through a collaboration whose value was not disclosed.…

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Biotech venture performance in 2015: Huge financings, few rounds – MedCity News

Biotech venture performance in 2015: Huge financings, few rounds – MedCity News

The biotech investment climate sank into deep insecurity by the close of 2015, as shown in EP Vantage‘s new “Pharma & Biotech 2015 in Review” report. The  flutterings…

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CONNECTpreneur XVIII comes to Montgomery County

CONNECTpreneur XVIII comes to Montgomery County

Montgomery County’s Bethesda Hyatt will be the venue for the CONNECTpreneur XVIII Forum on April 28. The event, which will be held 7:00 to…

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Virginia Bio Welcomes Dr. Reg Seeto to Board of Directors – Business Wire

Virginia Bio Welcomes Dr. Reg Seeto to Board of Directors – Business Wire

Virginia Bio, the premier statewide non-profit association representing life science industry in the Commonwealth of Virginia, elected Dr. Reg Seeto, Vice President, Head of…

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Tom Sadowski tapped for economic development role at University System of Maryland – Baltimore Business Journal

Tom Sadowski tapped for economic development role at University System of Maryland – Baltimore Business Journal

Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore CEO Thomas Sadowski has taken a high-ranking economic development position with the state's public university system. Sadowski, who has…

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Startup Professionals Musings: How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings: How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and…

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Article > Roche, Blueprint sign $1bn cancer immunotherapy deal

Article > Roche, Blueprint sign $1bn cancer immunotherapy deal

Blueprint Medicines is collaborating with Roche on the discovery, development and commercialisation of up to five targeted cancer immunotherapies, in a deal potentially worth…

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Hopkins graduate programs ranked among nation’s best by ‘U.S. News’ – Hub

Hopkins graduate programs ranked among nation’s best by ‘U.S. News’ – Hub

Johns Hopkins University graduate programs in nursing, education, medicine, and biomedical engineering remain among the best in the nation, according to the newest U.S.…

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Health IT startup Tissue Analytics raises $1.9M – Baltimore Business Journal

Health IT startup Tissue Analytics raises $1.9M – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore health IT startup Tissue Analytics has raised $1.9 million in debt to scale up its wound analysis business. The funding comes from unnamed…

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TCF…CIF…WTF(unding)? How to prepare a winning application Tickets, Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 1:00 PM

TCF…CIF…WTF(unding)? How to prepare a winning application Tickets, Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 1:00 PM

Every year TEDCO makes dozens of investments in the State’s most promising tech startups – this volume of deal flow makes TEDCO the “go to”…

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WIB-DC/Baltimore Presents a Women’s History Month Event: “Women Investing in Women,” – March 17, 2016

WIB-DC/Baltimore Presents a Women’s History Month Event: “Women Investing in Women,” – March 17, 2016

Every year in March, Women In Bio celebrates Women’s History Month (WHM) with events highlighting the most pressing issues for women in the biosciences/technology…

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Top Start-Up Investors Are Betting on Growth, Not Waiting for It – The New York Times

Top Start-Up Investors Are Betting on Growth, Not Waiting for It – The New York Times

For the last few years, the spotlight in start-up investing has largely shone on those who poured money into a company when it was…

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