SEBIO Congratulates 2019 Award Winners
Best Deals In Class Award Winners Announced Each year SEBIO recognizes healthcare and life sciences organizations in the Southeastern US whose achievements are bringing the region into focus as a hub of medical and technological innovation. The 2019 Investor & Partnering Forum in Miami honored five very worthy companies from across the region for their accomplishments this year.The awards were presented by Evan McClure, MD, a partner in the Life Sciences practice of global executive search firm Odgers Berndtson. “This community of entrepreneurs continues to produce curative...
Read MoreVENTURE CONNECT SUMMIT LEADERS ANNOUNCED
The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) today announced five leaders for Venture Connect. As Summit leaders, they are leading the strategy for this annual event along with the CED team. “We are thrilled to have such successful, experienced entrepreneurs and leaders providing their expertise to ensure that this event is a major success,” said Ravila Gupta, CED’s President and CEO. The Summit leaders will help bring together the tech and life science worlds with their unique, and expert experience as leaders, CEOs, founders, board members, investors, and...
Read MoreMedical Murray Open House
Medical Murray, a leading medical device development and contract manufacturing company, hosted an open house on October 24 highlighting the new 35,000 square foot facility located at 8531 Steele Creek Place Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. The open house provided guests the opportunity to tour the facility and see Medical Murray’s new and existing capabilities for catheter fabrication, ePTFE processing, packaging, and much more. Key team members from Medical Murray and various suppliers from the Southeast attended, giving attendees the ability to discuss their latest device...
Read MoreA Recap of the 21st Anniversary Forum
An impressive group of investors and companies attended the 21st Southeast BIO Investor & Partnering Forum (SEBIO) on November 6-7th at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. The Forum is the Southeast’s only regional life sciences venture capital conference. “The success of this year’s Forum is a testament to SEBIO’s significant role in connecting investment capital from up and down the eastern U.S. with the most promising biomedical companies for our seven-state region,” said Tina McKeon, Chair of SEBIO and Partner...
Read MoreInstitute for Commercialization of Florida Technology Delivers Nearly $1.9 Billion Economic Impact
Boca Raton, FL – The Institute for Commercialization of Florida Technology (the Institute) announced today results of a new study conducted by The Washington Economics Group, Inc.® (WEG), a Coral Gables-based boutique economic consulting firm led by nationally recognized business economist Dr. J. Antonio (Tony) Villamil. The study measured economic impacts of the Institute during FY 2018-19 to update prior years’ studies and concluded that the organization’s impact increased nearly 19% as funded companies continue to raise investment capital, increase sales, create jobs, and bring...
Read MoreMeet the company that won $10,000 at BioPitch
ImmunSYS, a Fort Lauderdale company developing technology to treat prostate cancer and other solid tumors, was the top winner in BioPitch, a Shark Tank for life science companies that highlighted the 2019 BioFlorida annual conference. The company won $10,000 after besting 15 other seed-stage and early-stage life science firms that also pitched at the Oct. 22 conference in Tampa. More than 20 investor judges worked over the past several months to review a record-breaking number of applications for BioPitch, and they determined the 16 semi-finalists who presented at the conference, said...
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