Pangaea Ventures closes $85 million fund for Arizona startup investments / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno)
Pangaea Ventures, a Canada-based venture capital firm with a Phoenix office, announced closure of its fifth fund that secured $85 million for Arizona startups including those in the biosciences.
Valley health care entrepreneur Justin Bayless launches venture capital firm / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno)
Valley entrepreneur Justin Bayless launched a new venture capital firm, Bayless Ventures, to back early-stage health care technology companies. The firm started with investments in three companies: Piction Health, Prickly Pear and Joiful Health.
This company changed semiconductor manufacturing forever. And it’s about to open for business in Arizona / Arizona Republic
This in-depth series focuses on Arizona’s semiconductor industry and the story behind Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which is building a massive chip-manufacturing complex in north Phoenix that will feature the company’s most advanced technology on American soil.
Flagstaff Festival of Science hosting workshops for STEM presenters and educators / Arizona Daily Sun
The Flagstaff Festival of Science will be hosting a series of workshops for STEM presenters and teachers in early October, which are designed to teach them ways to communicate STEM concepts to youth.
SARRC unveils program to improve life skills for autistic adults / Arizona Big Media
The Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center found through a 16-week study that its program aimed at helping autistic adults, Strengthening Skills, led to enhanced daily living skills and reduced anxiety.
Tucson Tech: University of Arizona professor honored for sight-enhancing device / Arizona Daily Star
Hong Hua, a longtime University of Arizona optics professor and director of the UA’s 3D Visualization and Imaging Systems laboratory, has been honored for helping the nearly blind to see clearly.
Goodyear to get new Banner Health medical center. What to know / Arizona Republic
Banner Health broke ground on a new three-story, 62,475-square-foot medical facility in downtown Goodyear that will include primary care, orthopedics, cardiovascular and on-site labs and imaging. Upcoming Events /
Upcoming Events:
September 26: Flinn seed grants application deadline
September 28: Yuma Research Transforming Communities Symposium
October 16: Addressing Challenges with FDA 483s and Warning Letters in Clinical Trials
December 11: reimagine Health Research Symposium