{"id":620039,"date":"2022-11-02T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging6.connect.org\/?p=620039"},"modified":"2025-01-29T12:21:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:21:39","slug":"springboard-corner-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connect.org\/springboard-corner-november-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboard Corner: November 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">November 2022<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome back to the Springboard Corner, where we highlight and share recent milestones of life science and hi-tech startups which we have worked with through <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.org\/springboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect\u2019s Springboard program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We are well into the last quarter of 2022 and here\u2019s the latest from Connect\u2019s Springboard companies!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carlsmed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlsmed<\/a> &#8211; which has developed a patented medical device that is combined with a personalized surgical plan for patients needing spine surgery, closed a $30M financing round earlier this year. Now, the first patients are enrolling in the COMPaSS Study (Clinical Outcome Measures in Personalized aprevo<sup>R<\/sup> Spine Surgery). This multi-center study will collect data over a two-year period from patients who have undergone surgery with Carlsmed\u2019s aprevo<sup>R <\/sup>device, monitor their progress over time, and thereby further advance personalized spine surgery.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gryphonconnect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gryphon<\/a> &#8211; founded in 2014, Gryphon has developed an all-in-one smart mesh WiFi router for the connected home which includes internet security and parental controls. This past month the company completed a successful crowdfunding campaign raising $0.22M in the process.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/invest.innovega-inc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Innovega<\/a> &#8211; founded in 2008, Innovega has developed the next generation of contact lenses. Their patented and smart eyewear technology allows the visually impaired to experience\u00a0 ultra-high magnification of surrounding areas without needing bulky VR headsets or goggles. The company recently completed a successful crowdfunding campaign where they raised $0.58M.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nanopharmasolutions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nano PharmaSolutions<\/a> &#8211; founded in 2019, Nano PharmaSolutions has developed a delivery technology which generates drug nanoparticles that greatly enhance the bioavailability and uptake of insoluble drugs. The company announced it has entered into a collaboration with Mikart, LLC to produce materials for clinical trials in a GMP environment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowbox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shadowbox<\/a> &#8211; founded in 2017, Shadowbox has developed a patented, cloud-based workflow automation platform for integration and management between healthcare providers and EHR (electronic health records) data systems. They just closed their $6.0M Series A round which will be used to further scale and drive market expansion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagntrac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tag-N-Trac<\/a> &#8211; a developer of smart IoT tracking software, we highlighted them earlier this year when they emerged from stealth mode and closed a $10M Series A round. Business Insider recently named them one of the 16 most promising cloud-software startups of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stay tuned for what the remaining months of 2022 will bring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2022 Welcome back to the Springboard Corner, where we highlight and share recent milestones of life science and hi-tech startups which we have worked with through Connect\u2019s Springboard program. 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