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Slater Fund Invests $250,000 in Absolute Commerce
The Providence Journal
January 15, 2013
Slater Invests $250K in Absolute Commerce
Providence Business News
January 15, 2013
Slater Invests $250K in Providence E-Commerce Biz
Boston Business Journal
January 15, 2013
Classified Communication: As Important for Hospitals As It Is for Spies
Venture Beat
January 8, 2013
Slater Fund Invests in Providence Hospital Technology Firm
The Providence Journal
January 8, 2013
Slater Invests $250K in Care Thread
Providence Business News
January 8, 2013
Slater Pumps $250K into RI Mobile Message Startup
Boston Business Journal
January 8, 2013
Slater Funds Thorne Sparkman and VoltServer CEO Steve Eaves Featured on WPRIs Executive Suite
WPRI
August 26, 2012
IlluminOss Bone-Repair System Excites Investors
Providence Business News
October 22, 2012
IlluminOss Focus Is Worth Emulating
Providence Business News
October 22, 2012
Slater Technology Funds Invests in IlluminOss Medical
Providence Journal
October 2, 2012
RI Medical Device Biz Gets $28M Series C Fundraise
Mass High Tech
September 27, 2012
IlluminOss Lands $28M in Series C Financing Round
Providence Business News
September 27, 2012
Slater Technology Fund Invests in VCharge
Providence Journal
September 24, 2012
Slater-Backed VCharge Gets $770K Round of Seed Money
Mass High Tech
September 24, 2012
Slater Invests Another $250K in VCharge
Providence Business News
September 24, 2012
Pulmatrix, ImmuNext, ProThera, & More in Boston Life Sciences News
Xconomy
September 7, 2012
ProThera Expands Research With $750K
Mass High Tech
September 7, 2012
ProThera Biologics Lands $750K from Slater, NIH
Providence Business News
September 5, 2012
Locately, MoFuse, Care.com, & More Names from the Boston Deals Roundup
Xconomy
August 22, 2012
Slater Invests $130K More in MoFuse
Providence Business News
August 21, 2012
Slater, Others Make $525K Investment in MoFuse
Mass High Tech
August 21, 2012
Lucidux Gets $250K from Slater Tech Fund
Mass High Tech
July 30, 2012
Lucidux Lands $250K from Slater Fund
Providence Business News
July 30, 2012
Slater Technology Fund Invests in Providence Company
The Providence Journal
July 30, 2012
VoltServer Adds $250K to Build Internet Protocol of the Electricity World
Xconomy
July 26, 2012
Funding Daily: If You Know What Youre Worth, Go Out and Get It
VentureBeat
July 23, 2012
Slater Fund Invests in Charlestown Firm’s Approach to Electricity Distribution
The Providence Journal
July 23, 2012
VoltServer Lands $250K from Slater Fund
Providence Business News
July 23, 2012
Investor Named in VoltServers Initial $250K Round
Mass High Tech
July 23, 2012
Medical Technology Firms Finding Support in RI
Providence Business News
July 21, 2012
The Saturday Morning Post: Quick Hits on Politics & More in RI
WPRI
July 7, 2012
Howard: To Fix RI, Stop Asking Experts, Start Asking Residents
WPRI
July 5, 2012
Yes, Rhode Island Does Have Its Own Entrepreneur in Residence
WPRI
June 25, 2012
Local Startups Land $1M from City, HUD
Providence Business News
June 1, 2012
5 Questions With: Dr. Yow-Pin Lim
Providence Business News
May 7, 2012
EpiVax Gets $2.25M From National Institutes of Health
GoLocalProv
April 10, 2012
EpiVax Secures $1.5-million National Institutes of Health Grant
The Providence Journal
April 9, 2012
EpiVax Inc. Lands $1.5M from the NIH
Providence Business News
April 9, 2012
EpiVax Awarded $1.5M NIH Grant
Mass High Tech
April 9, 2012
Slater Commits to Second Funding Round for Energy Startup
New England Business Bulletin
March 23, 2012
Slater Technology Fund Ups Its Seed Stage Investment in Alektrona to $450K
Smart Energy News
February 29, 2012
Slater Commits Second Round of Funding to Energy Startup Alektrona
GoLocalProv
February 29, 2012
Alektrona gets $200K from Slater Technology Fund
Mass High Tech
February 29, 2012
Slater Technology Fund Invests in Providence Energy Start-up
The Providence Journal
February 29, 2012
Slater Reinvests in Alektrona
Providence Business News
February 29, 2012
R.I. Startup Companies to Receive $13.1 Million in Federal Grants
The Providence Journal
February 28, 2012
RI to Focus Funds on Tech, Life-Science Startups
NECN
February 27, 2012
Providence Startup Raises $5.4M in Venture Funding
Providence Business News
February 23, 2012
Mnemosyne Picked by India’s Jubilant for New Drug Ideas
Mass High Tech
February 22, 2012
Mnemosyne, Hydra, On-Q-ity, & More New England Life Sciences News
Xconomy
February 17, 2012
Mnemosyne Completes $5.4 Million Series A Round
Drug Discovery and Development
February 17, 2012
Venture Capital Deals
Fortune
February 17, 2012
Biotech Startup Mnemosyne Snags $4.5M A Round for Neuropsych R&D
FierceBiotech
February 16, 2012
Providence Biotech Company Raises $5.4 Million
The Providence Journal
February 16, 2012
Mnemosyne Pharmaceuticals Lands $5.4M in Series A Round
Mass High Tech
February 16, 2012
EDC, Slater End Funding Impasse
Providence Business News
February 10, 2012
Slater Accepting Applications for Fellowships
Providence Business News
January 30, 2012
Slater Technology Fund Seeks Entrepreneurial Fellows
The Providence Journal
January 30, 2012
VCharge Adds $1.9M
PEHUB
December 5, 2011
Slater Boosts Investment in VCharge under $1.9M Round
Mass High Tech
December 5, 2011
Slater Tech Reinvests in VCharge
Providence Business News
December 5, 2011
Slater Technology Fund Invests in Cranston Energy Firm
The Providence Journal
December 5, 2011
City to Invest in Startups
Providence Business News
November 28, 2011
Providence Wants to Be “Startup Incubator”
GoLocalProv
November 21, 2011
Design Incubator Space Eyed for Knowledge District
Providence Business News
November 21, 2011
Tools for Entrepreneurs – A Business Forum that Matters
GoLocalProv
November 18, 2011
Mayor Taveras Launches Public Equity Investment Fund
GoLocalProv
November 18, 2011
City Creates Venture Fund, Partners with Local Entrepreneurs, Investors
Providence Business News
November 17, 2011
Slater Technology Fund Invests in Drug Discovery Company
The Providence Journal
November 14, 2011
Neuro-biotech Startup Lands Slater Funds
Providence Business News
November 14, 2011
Potential Drugs for Brain Disorders Lure Investment
Providence Business News
November 14, 2011
Five Questions with: Andrew P. Mallon
Providence Business News
October 24, 2011
Grant Chance for Slater to be Self-Sustaining
Providence Business News
October 24, 2011
Slater: Not the Time to Eliminate State Aid
Providence Business News
October 24, 2011
RI Life Sciences Companies Strut Their Stuff
GoLocalProv
October 13, 2011
A New Method of Extracting Information from DNA
Providence Business News
October 3, 2011
Eaves Eyes Next Step in Powering Hybrid Vehicles
Providence Business News
October 3, 2011
Cytosolv Targets Drug for Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Providence Business News
October 3, 2011
NABsys Points the Way to R.I. Innovation’s Future
Providence Business News
October 3, 2011
Feds Infuse State with $13M for Small Biz, Entrepreneurs
Providence Business News
October 3, 2011
Slater Gives $150,000 to VCharge
Providence Business News
May 9, 2011
VCharge Lands $150K in Slater Seed Funding
Mass High Tech
May 9, 2011
Alektrona Building Bridge to Making ‘Smart’ Profits
Providence Business News
April 11, 2011
Five Questions With: Richard G. Horan
Providence Business News
March 30, 2011
R.I. Slips to 22nd in Tech, Science Index
Providence Business News
March 28, 2011
Who’s Who in RI Venture
GoLocalProv
March 16, 2011
Slater Technology Fund Names 8 New Student Fellows from Brown, URI
GoLocalProv
March 5, 2011
Slater Fund Picks Eight Student Fellows in R.I.
Mass High Tech
March 2, 2011
Slater Tech Companies Raise $28.2M in 2010; To Release Economic Impact Study
Providence Business News
February 1, 2011
Funding Cuts Impact RI Tech/Science Ranking
RI Future
January 27, 2011
MoFuse Raises $1.27M, To Triple Work Force
Providence Business News
January 6, 2011
MoFuse Lights Up a $1.2M Financing Burst
Mass High Tech
January 6, 2011
Slater Fund’s Entrepreneurial Fellows Program Funded for Five More Years
Providence Business News
September 22, 2010
URI Wins $20 Million NSF Grant for Marine Life Research
Providence Business News
September 8, 2010
Day-after Reactions to Rhode Island’s Play for 38 Studios, Curt Schilling’s Videogame Start-up
The Boston Globe
July 27, 2010
$250K for Alektrona
Xconomy
July 21, 2010
Slater Fund Invests $250K in Alektrona, Local Energy Management Startup
Providence Business News
July 21, 2010
Alektrona Tackles Smart Grid with $250K Slater Funding
Mass High Tech
July 21, 2010
Rhode Island Pharma Startup Raises Seed Capital
Reuters
July 8, 2010
Slater Tech to Fund Mnemosyne Pharma
PEHUB
June 28, 2010
Slater Invests $250K in Brain Science
Providence Business News
June 28, 2010
New Tizra Clients Include Columbia U.
Providence Business News
June 23, 2010
NIH Awards $2.7M to ProThera Biologics
Providence Business News
June 23, 2010
Five Questions With: Moses Goddard
Providence Business News
June 23, 2010
Tracking Job Growth Challenges EDC
Providence Business News
June 14, 2010
R.I. Business Plan 2010 Winners Named
Providence Business News
May 4, 2010
Loan-Guarantee Program Moving Forward in Budget
Providence Business News
April 26, 2010
AT EDC, Stokes Tries to Build Consensus
Providence Business News
March 8, 2010
Slater Fund Plants Seeds for Job Growth
Providence Business News
February 22, 2010
In Cutting, R.I. Should Avoid Nicking Bone
Providence Business News
February 22, 2010
NABsys Raises $7M in Series B Round
Providence Business News
February 17, 2010
Slater, N.Z. Firm Take Stakes in Cytosolv
Providence Business News
February 17, 2010
Cytosolv Raises $500K
PEHUB
February 9, 2010
EDC Unveils Plan for Green R.I. Economy
Providence Business News
February 9, 2010
Slater Puts $500K into Wound Startup Cytosolv
Mass High Tech
February 9, 2010
Cytosolv Lands $500,000 in Seed Money
MassDevice
February 9, 2010
State of the State: Much Work Remains
Providence Business News
February 1, 2010
Cardiorobotics Grabs $5M in VC Financing
Mass High Tech
January 21, 2010
Slater Fund Invests $2M in ’09
Providence Business News
January 20, 2010
Slater Fund Names Second Fellows Group
Providence Business News
January 12, 2010
Slater Seeds Dynadec
PEHUB
January 11, 2010
Slater Invests $350K in Brown Prof’s Firm
Providence Business News
January 11, 2010
Dynadec, Harvest, and Konarka: A Trio of Friday Fundings
Xconomy
January 8, 2010
Dynadec Dealt $2M in Latest Funding Round
Mass High Tech
January 8, 2010
Five Questions With: Dan Gilman
Providence Business News
January 6, 2010
One Rhode Islander’s Plan to Save the State
ABC News
December 28, 2009
R.I. Biomedical Industry Needs Support
Providence Business News
December 21, 2009
Capital Available for Right R.I. Firms
Providence Business News
November 2, 2009
Brown U. and Johns Hopkins Researchers Form Sentient Bioscience to Improve Liver Cancer Treatment
Xconomy
September 15, 2009
RI VC Shop Slater Tech Fund Bets $250K on Sentient Bioscience to Develop Embolization Tools
Biotech Transfer Week
September 9, 2009
Slater Grants $250K to Biotech Startup
Providence Business News
September 8, 2009
R.I.’s Slater Technology Fund Seeds Sentient Bioscience
Mass High Tech
September 8, 2009
Xconomy Goes Mobile at m.xconomy.com
Xconomy
August 18, 2009
From Sonar to Mammograms
The Boston Globe
August 9, 2009
July Shows Early-Stage Investors Eyeing Economic Recovery
Mass High Tech
August 7, 2009
Cardiorobotics in $11M Series A Round
Providence Business News
August 3, 2009
Cardiorobotics Lands $11.6M in VC
Mass High Tech
August 3, 2009
Cardiorobotics Raises $11.6 Million
PEHUB
July 27, 2009
Startups Offer Insight for R.I. Graduates
Providence Business News
June 29, 2009
Andera Partners to Expand Reach
Providence Business News
June 8, 2009
RxVantage Takes $500K in Slater Funds for Doctor Scheduling App
Mass High Tech
June 5, 2009
RxVantage Raises $500K from Slater Fund
Xconomy
June 1, 2009
Slater Invests $500K in Medical Startup
Providence Business News
June 1, 2009
NABsys Secures $4M First Round to Develop Electronic DNA Sequencing
Xconomy
May 5, 2009
NABsys Gets $4M to Continue DNA Work
Providence Business News
May 5, 2009
Nanopore Sequencing Startup NABsys Closes $4M Equity Round
GenomeWeb
May 5, 2009
NABsys Nabs $4M for DNA Sequencing
Mass High Tech
May 5, 2009
Some New England Firms Seeing Fundings, Sales Growth and Hiring
Mass High Tech
April 10, 2009
Study Cites 10% Drop in R.I. High-Tech Wages
Providence Business News
April 4, 2009
Five Questions With: Jordan Frank
Providence Business News
February 16, 2009
URI Taps De Groot to Head New Vaccine Research Center
Mass High Tech
February 12, 2009
Venture-backed Deals in R.I. Grew to $52M in ’08
Providence Business News
January 24, 2009
Change Must Come to the Ocean State for It to Grow
Providence Business News
December 29, 2008
Slater Plants a Seed for R.I.’s Economy
Providence Business News
December 22, 2008
Slater Aims to Keep Students in RI
Providence Business News
December 22, 2008
Slater Fund to Host Paid Internships
Providence Business News
December 15, 2008
Mapquest Founder Joins Location Inc. Board
Providence Business News
November 26, 2008
RI Turns to Innovation Economy in Face of Record Job Losses; A List of Tech and Life Sciences Firms in the State to Watch
Xconomy
November 6, 2008
Slater Invests $500K in P&H Therapeutics
Providence Business News
October 29, 2008
Slater Technology Fund Invests in Web 2.0 Monetization Firm
New England Business Bulletin
October 24, 2008
Tizra Wins Slater Funding, New Partners
Providence Business News
October 8, 2008
WaveSyndicate Gets $350K from Slater Fund
Providence Business News
October 6, 2008
Slater Slots $350K into R.I. Startup WaveSyndicate
Mass High Tech
October 6, 2008
Chamber Eager to Develop Ocean State Entrepreneurs
Providence Business News
September 22, 2008
Slater Fund Invest $3.1M in 11 Startups
Providence Business News
September 10, 2008
Slater Doled Out $3.1M to 11 R.I. Tech Startups in Past 15 Months
Mass High Tech
September 10, 2008
MoFuse Gets Seed Funding to Create Sites for the Mobile Web
Venture Beat
August 23, 2008
MoFuse Mobile Networks Secures Funding
FierceWireless
August 22, 2008
Rhode Island Backs Mobile Website Builder MoFuse
Xconomy
August 21, 2008
MoFuse Wins Slater Backing
Providence Business News
August 21, 2008
MoFuse Plugs into Seed Funds from Slater
Mass High Tech
August 21, 2008
Zimmerman’s Instincts Help Propel FarSounder
Providence Business News
Juen 30, 2008
Slater Invests Another $250K in Creative Circle
Providence Business News
June 30, 2008
Slater Invests $500,000 in ProThera
Providence Business News
June 24, 2008
ProThera Pulls in $500K in New Slater Funds
Mass High Tech
June 24, 2008
Industry Clusters Key to Rhode Island’s Economy
Providence Business News
June 23, 2008
Slater Fund Reinvests in Location Inc.
Providence Business News
June 10, 2008
Cardiorobotics Collects First Funding
Mass High Tech
June 5, 2008
Slater Fund Invests Another $350K in Andera
Providence Business News
May 27, 2008
Andera Adds $350K in New Funds from Slater
Mass High Tech
May 27, 2008
Nanotechnology Turning Science Fiction to Reality
Providence Business News
May 26, 2008
FarSounder Filling New Sonar Testing Tank
Mass High Tech
May 9, 2008
Tizra to Bring MIT Press Books Online for Sale
Mass High Tech
May 1, 2008
Tizra Beats Sales Goals Following Product Debut
New England Business Bulletin
April 25, 2008
Can Smallest State Be High-Tech Hub?
The Boston Globe
February 27, 2008
R.I. Tech Council Pushes Research, Awards Grants
Mass High Tech
February 8, 2008
Expansion Eyed by Slater
Providence Business News
February 4, 2008
Some Mistakes Hurt More Than Others in Business
Providence Business News
February 4, 2008
R.I. Artists Are Engines for Growth
Providence Business News
January 28, 2008
Tizra PDF Platform Goes Public
Providence Business News
January 23, 2008
Slater Fund Invests Another $250K in Genome Corp.
Providence Business News
January 22, 2008
Genome Corp. Names SAB, Raises Additional Funds
GenomeWeb
January 21, 2008
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals to Expand in R.I.
Providence Business News
January 16, 2008
Slater Re-invests in Software Startup Public Display
Providence Business News
January 15, 2008
Ocean State Funds Web App Firm with $250K
Mass High Tech
January 15, 2008
Zimmerman’s Instincts, Ear Help Propel FarSounder
Providence Business News
January 7, 2008
R.I. Business Plan Competition Adds High School Track
Providence Business News
November 26, 2007
From the Heart
Mass High Tech
October 5, 2007
Perfecting Superconductors to Change the World
Providence Business News
October 1, 2007
The Financing That Makes Great Things Possible
Providence Business News
October 1, 2007
Innovation Success Is In the DNA of the State’s Entrepreneurs
Providence Business News
October 1, 2007
Slater Invests in Genome Sequencing
Providence Business News
October 1, 2007
Engineered Tissue Offers New Way to Screen Drugs
Providence Business News
October 1, 2007
Genome Enters Search for Cheap DNA Sequencing
Mass High Tech
September 28, 2007
12 Honored at PBN-R.I. EDC-Tech Collective Gala
Providence Business News
September 21, 2007
Is Subprime’s Loss the Tech Industry’s Gain?
E-Commerce Times
September 19, 2007
Slater Invests $3.1M in FY07, Marks Record Returns
Providence Business News
September 17, 2007
Concordia Receives $250,000 from Slater Technology Fund
Textile World
August 27, 2007
Private Sector Needs to Help Out Slater
Providence Business News
August 27, 2007
A Space Where Biotech Can Grow
Providence Business News
August 27, 2007
Concordia Fibers Gets $250K from Slater Fund
Providence Business News
August 27, 2007
Slater Sinks Funds into Fiber Firm Concordia
Mass High Tech
August 27, 2007
Andera Adds Partner to Create Fuller Online Product
Providence Business News
August 20, 2007
Advanced Image Enhancement Announces Licensing Agreement with Hologic
Pharmacy Choice
July 19, 2007
EpiVax Awarded a Grant for Hemophilia Therapy
Providence Business News
July 2, 2007
Slater-backed Startup Envisions Better Hearing Devices
Providence Business News
July 2, 2007
Slater Invests $250,000 in Startup Bionica
Providence Business News
June 27, 2007
Slater Invests $500,000 in Middletown Robotics Firm
Providence Business News
June 18, 2007
Slater Funds Med Robot Firm with $500K
Mass High Tech
June 15, 2007
Slater Bets on Potential of URI Biomarker Research
Providence Business News
June 11, 2007
Ocean State Startup Wins Slater Funding
Mass High Tech
June 7, 2007
Slater Happy to Bet on Andera
Providence Business News
May 28, 2007
Incubators: Firms Find that Incubators Make Monetary Sense
Mass High Tech
May 18, 2007
R.I. Courts Biotechnology Firms at International Gathering in Boston
Providence Business News
May 14, 2007
Slater Fund Boosts Its Investment in Andera
Providence Business News
May 8, 2007
N.E. Draws 29% More Venture Capital in 1Q
Providence Business News
May 7, 2007
Slater Fund Invests $500,000 in Tizra
Providence Business News
May 1, 2007
2007 R.I. Business Plan Winners Named
Providence Business News
May 1, 2007
Ocean State’s Tizra Takes $500K from Slater Fund
Mass High Tech
May 1, 2007
Creative Circle Advertising Solutions Raises Second Round Funding
Paid Content
April 25, 2007
Creative Circle Gets Second Funding Round
Mass High Tech
April 24, 2007
Creative Circle Advertising Closes Second Financing Round
Digital Media Wire
April 24, 2007
Creative Circle Completes 2nd-Round Financing
Providence Business News
April 23, 2007
A Software Start-Up Scratches for Survival
Forbes
April 17, 2007
Investing in the ‘Gap’: New Focus on Seed Stage
Mass High Tech
April 6, 2007
Slater Invests $250,000 in Software Startup
Providence Business News
April 2, 2007
Public Display Gets $0.25M from Slater Fund
Providence Business News
March 26, 2007
Ocean State is Growing “New Economy”
Providence Business News
March 12, 2007
Mass. Opens BIO Arms to Neighbors
Mass High Tech
March 2, 2007
Startup Sees Big Market for PDF Tools
Providence Business News
January 27, 2007
EpiVax Finds Development Funds Through Contract Work
Mass High Tech
December 29, 2006
NABsys Inc. Buys Fellow DNA Research Company
Providence Business News
December 27, 2006
Traction Gives Customers a Better Grip on Their Data
Providence Business News
December 23, 2006
NABsys Closes Buy of GeneSpectrum
Mass High Tech
December 22, 2006
Rhode Island’s Economic Forecast: Turbulent Times
Providence Business News
November 18, 2006
Comeback Kid: Rabiner’s Selva Medical Sells for $90M-plus
Mass High Tech
November 3, 2006
Slater Renews Biotech Incubator Lease
Mass High Tech
October 23, 2006
Slater Funds Cryogenic-Imaging Startup at URI
Mass High Tech
October 2, 2006
Mapping the Genome of Entrepreneurial Success
Mass High Tech
September 22, 2006
Slater Turns to Private Capital
Providence Business News
September 2, 2006
Slater Should Go But Recall Its Roots
Providence Business News
September 2, 2006
The Pitch: NABsys Inc.
Mass High Tech
September 1, 2006
Plugging the Funding Gap
Financial Executives International
September 1, 2006
The Slater Fund Provides $500,000 to Payments Firm
Providence Business News
June 13, 2006
RightPath Finds $500K Funding from Slater
Mass High Tech
June 13, 2006
Creative Circle Advertising Solutions Wins Funding
Editor & Publisher
June 5, 2006
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