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The Launch Place Invests $250,000 in SEAL Innovation to Commercialize Its Wearable State-of-the-Art Swim Safety Monitor - SEAL SwimSafe™
The Launch Place announced today a $250,000 investment in Raleigh, NC-based SEAL Innovation, Inc., to commercialize SEAL SwimSafe™. Utilizing wearable swim bands and state-of-the-art detection technology, SEAL SwimSafe™ will help improve swim safety and reduce drowning and injury by alerting guardians of swimmer distress.
The Launch Place and First Flight Venture Center partner to host The Big Launch Challenge
The Launch Place, a leading recruiter of entrepreneurs in the Dan River Region of Virginia, and First Flight Venture Center (FFVC), RTP’s largest technology incubator, announced today a unique partnership to attract the most innovative technology start-up companies in Virginia and North Carolina to a competition that planners of the event are referring to as “high stakes.”
The Launch Place commits $250,000 to CirrusWorks to expand its technology
DANVILLE, Va. (Monday, Feb. 24, 2014) – The Launch Place,the Dan River Region’s leading entity to recruit emerging and serial entrepreneurs, announced today it will invest $250,000 in CirrusWorks Venture, LLC, specifically $75,000 now and $175,000 upon securing additional capital from private investors.
