Tag: Slater Technology Fund
State of Innovation: R.I.’s ecosystem for entrepreneurs shows resilience
For the developers of Pointz, a navigation app geared toward safer routes for cyclists, Rhode Island offered a wealth of mentoring and networking opportunities,...
Five Questions With: Larry Larson
5Q: Larry Larson
Chairman, Slater Technology Fund
Sorensen family dean of engineering and professor of engineering, Brown University
1. What are your priorities as the new chair...
Slater Technology Fund head launches new, university-focused venture fund
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island’s rich university landscape offers fertile ground for innovative, public interest-focused research. But translating those ideas into reality requires money, and...
Lending some help to little guys
SMALL BUSINESS
Ask any Rhode Island small-business owner if they could use more help – loans, grants, coaching, training programs – and it’s safe to...
Thorne Sparkman
Thorne Sparkman is constantly on the hunt.
His quarry? Entrepreneurs with transformational ideas in areas such as health care and energy and the grit to...
Slater Technology Fund-backed company to be acquired by Novartis
PROVIDENCE – The Cambridge, Mass.-based company Cadent Therapeutics has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Novartis in a deal worth up to...
R.I. orgs receive nearly $600K to boost health care startups
PROVIDENCE – Slater Technology Fund and RI Bio have received a combined $597,500 in federal funds to boost health care startup programs, the state's...
Slater fund closes on private investment vehicle for HappyNest
PROVIDENCE – Slater Technology Fund on Monday said it closed on a special-purpose vehicle for HappyNest Inc., a technology-enabled laundry pickup and delivery service.
The...
Slater Technology Fund to invest in Alcinous Pharmaceuticals
PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund, along with private angel investors, will invest up to $600,000 in Alcinous Pharmaceuticals, the nonprofit seed fund announced...
Slater Technology Fund to invest in Alcinous Pharmaceuticals
PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund, along with private angel investors, will invest up to $600,000 in Alcinous Pharmaceuticals, the nonprofit seed fund announced...