Who is Short-Sighted?

A post on SBIRGA asked the question, “Just how short-sighted is the VC community?”  The post discussed a recent analysis by the State Science and Technology Institute (May 28th Digest) of a study conducted by Pricewatershouse’s MoneyTree Report that indicates venture capital companies are making more investments in later stage companies and fewer investments in [...]

House Small Business Committee Holds SBIR Hearing

House Small Business Committee Holds Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research Program 
Witness List 
March 13, 2008 
Chairwoman Velazquez’s (NY-12) led a lively hearing on the SBIR program in helping small businesses support promising research. She emphasized the importance of reinstating eligibility of majority venture capital-backed companies and highlighted the remedy offered in the [...]

New therapies deserve diverse funding sources

Getting financing can be difficult. This news article from the Worcester Telegram & Gazette demonstrates the importance of SBIR funding.
“Not all start-up companies have been able to tap into venture capital to fund their businesses. Mr. Prescott of Crescent Innovations has secured federal Small Business Innovation Research funding, grants and money from [...]