Minnesota’s Angel Tax credit should be a consistent source of funding for starving startups, Sofia Fund partner Cathy Connett notes in this Twin Cities Star Tribune article. …
Sofia Fund News & Blog
Women-founded Startup TiLT Gets Investment Boost from Sofia Fund
Funding will help the startup scale to meet increasing need for employee leave management in dynamic employment environment
Minneapolis, November 10, 2020 – Sofia Fund, a leading angel investment group that invests exclusively in women-led companies, has made its most recent investment in Colorado-based employee leave management company TiLT (Talent in Leave Technology).…
Cognition Therapeutics Elucidates Genetic Mutation that Protects Against Alzheimer’s Disease
Mutation Validates Cognition Approach to Oligomer Displacement
Pittsburgh, October 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cognition Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage neuroscience company developing drugs that treat neurodegenerative disorders by regulating cellular damage response pathways, today announced that a peer-reviewed manuscript, entitled, “Icelandic Mutant Human Amyloid-β 1-42 Peptide Forms Fewer Oligomers with Lower Binding Affinity than Wild-Type Peptide,” has been published online in the Journal of Neurochemistry (doi:10.1111/jnc.15212).…
Joylux Founder, Colette Courtion, Named to Inc.’s Female Founders 100 list
Seattle, WA October 13, 2020 — Inc. today announced its third annual Female Founders 100 list, honoring an influential, ambitious, and diverse group of 100 women who are building America’s most inspiring and innovative businesses. Colette Courtion, the founder of Joylux, a platform of life-changing solutions for menopausal women, is proud to be acknowledged in this prestigious list of female founders.…
Joylux leading the charge for intimate care with femtech, Beauty Insider reports
Colette Courtion shares her vision for the future of solving women’s intimate issues, now with renown dermatologist and successful entrepreneur Dr. Kathy Fields on the board. Joylux is a femtech company innovating intimate care products for use at all stages of women’s health – from motherhood to menopause. …
Legendary Beauty Innovator Dr. Kathy Fields Places Big Bet on Femtech Pioneer Joylux
Seattle, July 16, 2020. Joylux, a leader in high-tech vaginal health and wellness devices and products targeting menopausal women, announced that Dr. Kathy Fields—the cofounder of leading skincare brand Rodan + Field and co-creator of Proactiv—is joining their board of directors.…
Cognition Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in SEQUEL Study
Pittsburgh, August 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cognition Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage neuroscience company developing drugs that treat neurodegenerative disorders by regulating cellular damage response pathways announced that it has dosed the first patient in the SEQUEL (Study of EEG QUantification with ELayta) Study of CT1812 (Elayta™) in adults with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease.…
Cognition Therapeutics Receives $75.8 Million NIA Grant
Sofia portfolio company Cognition Therapeutics awarded $75.8M in competitive grant process, to study efficacy of its technology with early Alzheimer’s patients
New York, June 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cognition Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage neuroscience company focused on the protection and restoration of synaptic function in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, today announced that the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the Company a grant (number R01AG065248) expected to total $75.8 million over five years to support a 540-patient Phase 2 study of CT1812 in individuals with early Alzheimer’s disease.…
Midwest Orthopedics at Rush (MOR) has adopted Oculogica’s EyeBOX®
Chicago’s Midwest Orthopedics at Rush, one of the leading orthopedic clinics in the country, has adopted Oculogica’s EyeBOX® for concussion assessments. EyeBOX is the first FDA authorized diagnostic for concussion that does not require a baseline test.
Full press release here: https://www.prnewswire.…
Sofia Fund kicks off 2020 with green tech investment, diversifying Midwest focus on med tech
Health care drew huge venture-capital investments in 2019.
“In 2020, venture-capital firms, including Twin Cities-based Rally Ventures, the most active in Minnesota, and female-led Sofia Fund, deployed $136.5 billion in U.S. companies, surpassing the $130 billion mark for the second consecutive year, according to the January-released PitchBook-National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) Venture Monitor.”…