LRTC News
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Angel investors boost promising businesses Countless cities would love to have the wealth of entrepreneurial resources that Kansas City offers.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 Investors’ network to help entrepreneurs The Lawrence Regional Technology Center is ready to help connect willing investors with entrepreneurial endeavors throughout the region. The center is a co-founder of Mid-America Angels, a new investing network for the Kansas City area. read more...
Tuesday, August 31, 2004 County OKs plan to buy incubator
December 19, 2003 Pharmaceutical company lands $15 million deal
December 19, 2003 Kansans invest $15 million in firm
April 27, 2003 Technology center lacks funding
April 17, 2003 Start-up firm builds $1.5 million in funding
April 12, 2003 Regional Technology Center gaining high-tech
momentum
January 22, 2003 Plan Encourages Entrepreneurs
December 1, 2002 Have We Met?
September 11, 2002 Lawrence Technology Center Adds Clients
May 26, 2002 Group Hopes New Leader Spurs Growth
May 15, 2002 Lawrence, Kansas Based Business Development Group Names
New CEO
Thursday, December 28, 2006 Deciphera to grow at East Hills Friday, December 15, 2006 Startup KC BioMediX feeds off baby research developed at KU Monday, November 6, 2006 KU-developed tools licensed to Kansas company Friday, July 14, 2006 CritiTech OK’d for $48K in financing Wednesday, September 14, 2005 LaGarde Intros New E-Commerce Pricing Model March 1, 2005 SecuriKey Professional Edition
February 1, 2005 Gadget helps secure business
October 16, 2004 Chamber honors area companies
October 7, 2004 Griffin Technologies touts security device
September 30, 2004 Manufacturer invests in Lawrence's CritiTech
September 24, 2004 An example to follow: Proteon Therapeutics goes from good idea in '92 to invitation to premier VC event
August 5, 2004 Lawrence firm wins $100,000 grant
August 1, 2004 Products for the Paranoid
May 1, 2004 Lock Your Windows: Keep your PC safe from prying eyes with the latest in desktop security.
April 24, 2004 Private financing boosts pharmaceutical company
April 24, 2004 Device monitors children's computer use
April 24, 2004 Company designs unmanned aviation vehicles
February 8, 2004 Pilotless planes drive high hopes for company
December 20, 2003 New company gets helping hand
March 18, 2003 Technology: Pharmaceutical Firm Receives State Funding
February 12, 2003 Cultivating Life Science Entrepreneurs with Connections
to Kansas University Can Pay Off for Lawrence
February 11, 2003 Lawrence, Kansas Lands Drug Firm By Chad Lawhorn, Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, Lawrence
Journal-World
November 11, 2002 Combinatorial Chemistry Combinatorial Chemistry--a technology for synthesizing and characterizing collections of compounds and screening them for useful properties--was conceived about 20 years ago. Initially, the field focused primarily on the synthesis of peptide and oligonucleotide libraries. read more...
October 1, 2002 Lawrence Firm Touts New Security Device — Griffin Technologies CEO Hopes SecuriKey Locks Company into Future Success By Chad Lawhorn, Business Editor, Lawrence Journal-World
September 17, 2002 Press Release: Griffin Technologies Debuts SecuriKey™
Personal Edition, Lawrence, Kansas
June 5, 2002 Press Release: GSI To Provide Infrastructure
and Sponsorship to KCGeek.com
March 26, 2002 CritiTech, Inc. reports that its nano-formulation of paclitaxel is more effective than the conventional paclitaxel in a mouse model of ovarian cancer. read more...
November 29, 2001 Kansas University-Bred Drug-Delivery Technology Spin-Offs
Announce Deals
February 06, 2007 LaGarde(R), Makers of StoreFront(R) E-Commerce Platform, Raises $6 Million for Company and Product Expansion LaGarde, makers of the industry-leading StoreFront® e-commerce platform, has announced a $6 million Series A investment from Shasta Ventures of Menlo Park, California which is the largest investment in the state of Kansas for the 2006-2007 period. read more...
November 7, 2006 Pacifiers are starting point for KU’s first medical device start-up company Research by a University of Kansas professor on the care and treatment of premature babies has launched a new company called KC BioMediX Inc., which will bring the research to market and help premature babies get a better start in life and get home sooner. read more...
October 6, 2006 CADSTONE INVESTIGATES SECURE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY Cadstone, LLC and Galois Connections, Inc. have united to jointly research techniques that enhance trust in high-assurance computing systems. read more...
March 29, 2006 Proteon Therapeutics Raises $19M in Venture Capital Funding For Immediate Release Proteon Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company developing therapeutics to dilate human veins and arteries for use in vascular surgery and angioplasty, announced today that it has raised $19 million in a Series A venture capital round. read more...
March 13, 2006 ThinkGeo LLC Announces Merger with Cygnus Online ThinkGeo recently announced plans to merge with Cygnus Online by the end of March 2006. read more...
January 3, 2006 Proteon Therapeutics, LLC Closes $927,000 Round of Angel Financing For Immediate Release Proteon Therapeutics, LLC ("Proteon") announces it has secured $927,000 in angel financing during the fourth quarter of 2005. read more...
August 31, 2005 CritiTech Shows Small Particle Success CritiTech announced today that it has entered into an agreement to perform feasibility studies for the development of nano/micro particle compounds with a major international pharmaceutical company. read more...
August 22, 2005 CritiTech Announces Coating Agreement with Major Device Company CritiTech announced today that it signed an agreement with a major international device company to develop improved processes for the coating of implantable devices such as cardiac stents. read more...
July 26, 2005 CritiTech Consolidates R&D and Commercial Operations CritiTech, Inc., announced that it has completed the transfer of its technology and R&D laboratory operations from the Higuchi Biosciences Center at the University of Kansas to its new facility located in the West Lawrence Laboratories at 4950 Research Park Way, Lawrence, Kansas. read more...
January 17, 2005 Griffin Technologies' SecuriKey® Professional Edition Judged One Of 'Best of CES' Lawrence, KS - Griffin Technologies, LLC, a leading provider of information security solutions for software protection and user authentication, today announced that its cross-platform computer access control product, SecuriKey® Professional Edition, was named a finalist in the Accessories category of the "Best of CES" awards, a highlight of the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week in Las Vegas. read more...
Jan. 12, 2005 Proteon Therapeutics, LLC Awarded Grant by National Institutes of Health for New Cardiovascular Drug Development Program Kansas City, MO. - Proteon Therapeutics, LLC announced the award of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). read more...
September 30, 2004 Phoenix Scientific, Inc. Announces Investment in CritiTech, Inc. St. Joseph, MO - Phoenix Scientific, Inc. announced today that it has made a significant financial investment in CritiTech Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. CritiTech provides drug delivery and development technology for the pharmaceutical industry. read more...
September 7, 2004 Griffin Technologies Debuts WIBU-KEY 4.1 Software Protection Key, Offering Extra Memory Capability Lawrence, KS - Griffin Technologies, LLC, a leading provider of PC security products for home and business use, announced today the release of WIBU-KEY 4.1, its award-winning software copy protection and license management product. read more...
September 1, 2004 Griffin Technologies Ships SecuriKey® For Macintosh Lawrence, KS — Griffin Technologies, LLC, a leading provider of information security solutions for software protection and user authentication, today announced it has begun shipping SecuriKey® for Macintosh Professional Edition, the first-ever USB-based authentication solution for individual Macintosh users. read more...
August 04, 2004 CritiTech Inc. awarded NIH grant for new cancer drug. Lawrence, KS — CritiTech announced today that it had received a $100,000.00 National Cancer Institute STTR grant from the National Institutes of Health in support of its intraperitoneal nanoparticulate paclitaxel drug, Nanotax®, which is used to treat ovarian cancer. read more...
June 22, 2004 Proteon Therapeutics, LLC research labs to locate in the Biotechnology Development Center of Greater Kansas City. Proteon Therapeutics, LLC, took another step in its effort to enter clinical trials and ultimately received approval for its permanent vasodilation pharmaceutical by becoming a tenant of the Kansas City Biotechnology Development Center (KCBDC), an incubator owned and operated by the University of Kansas Medical Center. read more...
June 22, 2004 Proteon Therapeutics, LLC and The University of Kansas Medical Center Awarded Grant by National Institute of Health. Proteon Therapeutics, LLC, a Kansas City-based biotechnology company, announced the award of a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). read more...
May 3, 2004 Proteon Therapeutics, LLC Announces Hiring of Senior Scientist Proteon Therapeutics, LLC announced the appointment of Dr. Kimberly Bland as Senior Scientist at the company. Dr. Bland is a molecular and cell biologist with experience in the biotechnology industry, particular in leading-edge drug discovery. read more...
April 14, 2004 Proteon Therapeutics, LLC selected to present at the National Conference on Biotechnology Ventures Proteon Therapeutics, LLC, a Kansas City-based startup, has been selected to present at the National Conference on Biotechnology Ventures (NCBV) in San Francisco, CA on October 26, 2004. The NCBV is an exclusive event for promising early-stage biotech companies. read more...
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