http://www.desertangels.org Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:26:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Article includes a few Desert Angel portfolio companies. Southern Arizona biosciences continue to grow in tough economy By Robert S. Green, Arizona BioIndustry Association Published on Friday, July 9th, 2010 AzBiz.com http://www.desertangels.org/?p=333 PRECISE DELIVERY DEVICE ASTOUNDS RESEARCHERS, MAY BE USED GLOBALLY A Tucson man's invention - a programmable pump that delivers measured doses of drugs - has been named one of the top 10 inventions of the year by Popular Science magazine. Full Article in the Arizona Daily Star regarding a Desert Angels portfolio ... http://www.desertangels.org/?p=331 The June 2010 issue of Popular Science magazine has listed the Mini-Infuser product from Medipacs as one of the top-10 inventions of 2010. June 2010: Inventions of the Year Invention Awards: A Drug Pump That Delivers Perfect Dosages By Lisa Katayama http://www.desertangels.org/?p=329 Momentum is gaining in Tucson on promising early-stage companies Article on AzBiz.com that discusses positive momentum of the start up community in Tucson. All three companies in the article are Desert Angels portfolio companies - Amplimed, Tempronics and High Throughput Genomics. By Joe Pangburn, Inside Tucson Business Published on Friday, April 16th, ... http://www.desertangels.org/?p=324 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a clinical trial called an Investigational Device Exemption study for a Tucson company's portable power source for artificial hearts. The FDA uses IDE studies to collect safety data in order to approve devices for the market. The Tucson-based SynCardia Systems, Inc.-manufactured Freedom driver system will ... http://www.desertangels.org/?p=322 Recently, Jarret Hamstreet and Micky Thompson wrote about their experiences in redesigning the Desert Angels website and integrating AngelSoft. The article was published on blogs at Eller College including Eller MBA. To read the article highlighting the redesign of our website, click here. http://www.desertangels.org/?p=315 State seeing venture capital dry up [...] When Tarek Makansi went looking for money to get his Tucson-based company's technology for energy-converting computer chips into production, he soon found he'd have to look beyond the state borders. About two weeks ago, his Tempronics Inc. announced that it had landed a $2.7 million ... http://www.desertangels.org/?p=310 Tempronics Inc., a Tucson-based company developing new solid-state electronics technologies for heating, cooling and power generation, has raised $2.7 million in venture-capital financing in a deal led by the San Francisco-based venture firm Nth Power. Tempronics is led by CEO Tarek Makansi, an electrical engineer who spent 21 years with IBM ... http://www.desertangels.org/?p=305 Spend an extra day in Tucson to review student companies from the award-winning McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship and companies from the incubator Arizona Center for Innovation. Angels will serve as judges who select a handful of companies to deliver a full venture pitch. For more information, visit http://innovation.arizona.edu. Location: UA Student ... http://www.desertangels.org/?p=195 You Are Cordially Invited to Attend the 3rd Annual Southwest Regional Angel Summit in Tucson, Arizona. Click here to download invitation. Please join fellow angel investors from across the Southwest to discuss key angel issues, including deal syndication, term sheets, developing a regional deal database, and receive updates on the state of follow-on ... http://www.desertangels.org/?p=182