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A SLATER TECHNOLOGY FUND-backed company, Cadent Therapeutics, has entered into an agreemnt to be acquired by Novartis in a deal worth up to $770 million.

Slater Technology Fund-backed company to be acquired by Novartis

Entrepreneurship
PROVIDENCE – The Cambridge, Mass.-based company Cadent Therapeutics has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Novartis in a deal worth up to...
SLATER TECHNOLOGY FUND and RI Bio were allocated a combined $597,500 in federal grants for programs designed to aid health care startups in the area. / AP FILE PHOTO/SUSAN WALSH

R.I. orgs receive nearly $600K to boost health care startups

Entrepreneurship
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 TECHNOLOGY FUND has closed on a special purpose vehicle for the company HappyNest Inc., bringing private investment to the company.

Slater fund closes on private investment vehicle for HappyNest

Economic Activity
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

Health Services
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 is investing in Alcinous Pharmaceuticals.

Slater Technology Fund to invest in Alcinous Pharmaceuticals

Health Services
PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund, along with private angel investors, will invest up to $600,000 in Alcinous Pharmaceuticals, the nonprofit seed fund announced...
Thorne Sparkman joined Slater in 2000 as executive director of what was then known as the Slater Center for Interactive Technologies. He focuses on the earliest stage of company creation, including working with university-based teams commercializing research. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Support the founders

Business Services
Thorne Sparkman | Slater Technology Fund managing director As a seed-stage investor, I spend countless hours discovering and courting entrepreneurs, because the founders of today’s...

Piranha Pond pitch contest set for Nov. 13 at UMassD...

Technology
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the South Coast Entrepreneurs Collaborative will host a Piranha Pond pitch...
OPEN HOUSE: Sebastian Sheng, left, a first-year graduate student in PRIME, or program in innovation management and entrepreneurship at Brown University, speaks with, from left, Brown sophomores Isamella Espinosa, international relations major; Olivia Tulkoff, public policy major; and Jack Schaeffer, applied math and economics major, at the university’s Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship during an open house to kick off the fall semester.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. has a robust entrepreneurial community, but can it do more...

Cover Story
For a small state, Rhode Island punches above its weight when it comes to producing promising startups and organizations that help nurture and fund...
VERTEX HAS entered into an agreement to purchase Semma Therapeutics for $950 million in cash.

Vertex to acquire Semma Therapeutics

Technology
PROVIDENCE – Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Semma Therapeutics for $950 million in cash, the companies announced Tuesday. Both companies...
SLATER TECHNOLOGY FUND has invested $250,000 in HappyNest, an East Greenwich-based company providing digital services and consumer-facing offerings in the laundry-as-service market.

Slater funds East Greenwich laundry delivery startup

Entrepreneurship
EAST GREENWICH – The Slater Technology Fund has invested $250,000 in HappyNest Inc., a laundry-as-service company headquartered in East Greenwich, the fund announced this...
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