 May 16, 2014
6:00 p.m.
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Meeting
Bravo Brasserie
123 Empire Street
Providence, RI Rick Mobley, CEO of Enhanced Energy Group, will discuss his company's work commercializing technologies developed and patented by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center to capture carbon dioxide generated during the production process for sequestration or productive re-use. May 24, 2014 11:00 a.m. "Startups: Jumping into the Next Big Thing" Brown University MacMillan Hall Starr Auditorium, Room 117 167 Thayer St. Providence, RI Entrepreneurs from various fields will convene for a 2014 Commencement Forum titled "Startups: Jumping into the Next Big Thing." Panelists include Brent Grinna '04, CEO and co-founder of EverTrue; Pamela Arya '84, CEO of Optensity; Jose Estabil '84, director of entrepreneurship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Max B. Winograd '09, CEO and co-Founder of NuLabel Technologies.
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spring Edition | May 2014
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Slater Spotlight: Care Thread
 Say goodbye to your pager! A new entrant into the m-health space, Care Thread provides secure mobile messaging and team-based collaboration solutions that empower hospital providers to maximize communications and productivity across care teams. Care Thread delivers a HIPAA-compliant mobile messaging solution that provides every member of the care team with real-time information detailing a patient's status and treatment. 
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Bottomline Technologies Acquires Slater Portfolio Company Andera for $45 Million
 Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of cloud-based payment, invoice and digital banking solutions, acquired Slater-backed portfolio company Andera, a provider of innovative customer acquisition solutions, for approximately $44.5 million in cash and 102,000 shares of Bottomline stock.
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Slater Invests Additional $250,000 in Series B Financing of Tivorsan Pharmaceuticals
 Together with Ocean State Angels and other co-investors, Slater invested an additional $250,000 in Tivorsan Pharmaceuticals in a Series B financing aggregating approximately $2.75 million. Based upon research in the lab of Justin Fallon, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience at Brown University, the life sciences start-up is developing therapies to treat serious neuromuscular disorders, including Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Slater's latest infusion of $250,000 brings its total investment in Tivorsan to $500,000.
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Absolute Commerce Receives Another $100,000 from Slater
 Slater recently invested an additional $100,000 in Absolute Commerce, bringing its total investment in the startup to $350,000. The company was also profiled in VentureFizz for its innovative e-procurement platform that combines pre-negotiated supplier catalogs with rich product content and robust search capabilities.
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Slater Reinvests in VCharge
 The Slater Technology Fund recently committed an additional $100,000 to VCharge, the energy management services company, bringing its total investment to $600,000. The company also won a $280,000 grant from CommerceRI's Renewable Energy Fund. VCharge was also recently profiled in Greentech Grid for tapping "ultra-cheap grid storage and energy arbitrage."
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IlluminOss Medical Expands Commercial Efforts in Europe, Wins Three New Patents
 IlluminOss Medical continues to advance its innovative fracture fixation technologies as it expands its commercial efforts in Europe and works towards gaining regulatory approval in the United States. IlluminOss recently announced that it was awarded three new patents, bringing its intellectual property estate to a total of 32 U.S. and international patents protecting the company's technology and its application on bones and procedures throughout the body. Click here to see a video of how IlluminOss Medical's technology works.
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Medrobotics Prepares for European Commercialization, Announces Key Appointments
 Medical robotics company Medrobotics Corp., received the CE mark for its Flex® System and will initiate a commercial launch of the product in European markets. As part of the anticipated launch, the company made two key hires, appointing Russell M. Singleton as senior vice president, research & development, and Thomas F. Patzelt as vice president, marketing.
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Prothera Biologics Relocates to Former FujiFilm R&D Facility in East Providence
 ProThera Biologics became the first tenant in a recently launched wet lab incubator facility in the former research labs of FujiFilm Electronic Materials, located at 200 Massasoit Ave. in East Providence, R.I. Quonset, R.I.-based FujiFilm has been collaborating with Slater to re-purpose the 25,000-square-foot laboratory facility to support the launch of numerous materials and life science-based ventures. On April 24th, U.S. Representative James Langevin toured the facility and met with president and chief scientific officer Yow-Pin Lim, MD, Ph.D, to learn more about ProThera's development of biologics for treating a wide range of inflammatory conditions.
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Slater Appoints Six New Members to Board
 The Slater Technology Fund appointed six new members to its Board of Directors, including leading figures from the state's academic and research institutions, as well as from the private equity and venture capital sectors.
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Economic Impact of the Slater Fund Featured in the Providence Journal
 Citing Andera's successful acquisition, Slater Managing Director Richard Horan expands upon Slater's mission to invest in Rhode Island's innovation economy in an op-ed piece published in the April 14th issue of the Providence Journal.
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Thorne Sparkman Shares Takeaways from ARPA-E Summit in Providence Business News
 Slater Managing Director Thorne Sparkman was interviewed in the March 12th issue of Providence Business News about his participation in the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, which took place in Washington, DC, earlier this year. Sparkman was also a featured speaker at this year's Rhode Island Clean Energy Day, organized by the New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC), which took place on April 6th.
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