We've heard lots of good words about Keraderm, the VT KnowledgeWorks member company that closed a $2.5 million investment from NewVa Capital Partners.
The news was covered in The Roanoke Times and we heard from Aric Bopp of the New River Valley Economic Development Alliance, and from Doug Juanarena of GenTek Ventures.
Cory Donovan, Executive Director of the NewVa Corridor Technology Council (NCTC), kindly left this comment:
Yes, things are really starting to click here in the Roanoke/Blacksburg region. All of the pieces are coming together including ideas, talent, capital, and the entrepreneurial spirit. When you consider that small companies create 80% of the new jobs in our economy, the future looks bright for the NewVa region!
Donovan is the author of A roadmap to the innovation economy, a guest column for the Roanoke Times published 10/27/09.
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VT KnowledgeWorks is a unique growth enhancement program open to entrepreneurs in the New River Valley of Virginia and beyond. Acceleration center and incubation facilities are located in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, Virginia.
VT KnowledgeWorks sponsors include Attaain, Inc., BB&T, Handshake 2.0, Harris Office Furniture, Hodges, Jones & Mabry, P.C., Latimer, Mayberry & Matthews IP Law, LeClairRyan, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and The Becher Agency (TBA).
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