Sofia Fund News & Blog

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.…

More moms, kid brands and retailers sign on with Kidizen as COVID19 reshapes the economy

Minneapolis, May 2020 ​– Unique, creative models that connect sellers and buyers are benefitting from the new reality of social distancing. Kidizen​, the online ​community marketplace for second-hand kids’ fashion, is seeing increased engagement in its virtual community and the female founders of the tech startup attribute it to COVID19.…

Rebiotix and Ferring announce world’s first with positive preliminary pivotal Phase 3 data

Rebiotix and Ferring announce world’s first with positive preliminary pivotal Phase 3 data for investigational microbiome-based therapy RBX2660.

This is a major milestone in Rebiotix’s efforts to bring the first microbiota-based therapeutic to the market to treat people that have recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI).…

Reflections from Both Founder and Funder

Sofia Fund’s Cathy Connett and Sofia Fund’s portfolio company StormSensor’s Erin Rothman offer tips on finding each other.

“Potential investors want to know that you can take this on, that you will push it across the finish line, that you have the vision and the skills necessary to make the company thrive by building the right team and product.

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.”…