KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program, Powered By JumpStart, Awards $100,000 To Urban League Of Rochester And Ibero-American Action League

Program will celebrate National Small Business Month by awarding grants across Upstate New York to help economic development organizations connect with small businesses in underrepresented communities The KeyBank Business Boost & Build program, powered by JumpStart, is celebrating the start of National Small Business Month by awarding $100,000 to the Urban League of Rochester (ULR)

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KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program, Powered By JumpStart, Awards $100,000 To Excelsior Growth Fund And Westminster Economic Development Initiative

Program will celebrate National Small Business Week by awarding grants across Upstate New York to help economic development organizations connect with small businesses in underrepresented communities The KeyBank Business Boost & Build program, powered by JumpStart, is celebrating the start of National Small Business Week by awarding $100,000 to Excelsior Growth Fund (EGF) and the

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KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program, Powered By JumpStart, Awards $100K To Three Dayton Organizations To Launch New Workforce Development Initiative

Grant will Fund Collaboration Between Dayton Chamber Minority Business Partnership, Dayton Minority Business Assistance Center and Wesley Community Center Today, the KeyBank Business Boost & Build program, powered by JumpStart, awarded a total of $100K in funding to three Dayton community organizations through the KeyBank Center for Technology, Innovation and Inclusive Growth. Together, the Dayton

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Venture For America Granted $30K From KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program, Powered By JumpStart, To Grow Program In Ohio

KeyBank Business Boost & Build program grant to VFA intended to help nonprofit increase women and people of color participants in two-year fellowships working in Ohio startups Venture for America (VFA), a two-year fellowship program for recent college graduates, received a $30,000 grant from KeyBank Business Boost & Build program, powered by JumpStart, helping the

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Endotronix Hires Seasoned Life Sciences Executive John Flavin As CFO

Endotronix, Inc., a medical technology company providing device and digital health solutions for heart failure management, today announced the appointment of seasoned life sciences executive and entrepreneur John Flavin as Chief Financial Officer. He joins the team as the company prepares to scale business operations in preparation of clinical trials and commercialization of the Cordella™

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Q&A With LISNR CEO Rodney Williams

LISNR in Cincinnati, Ohio, had a huge year in 2017. The communication technology company seemingly made headlines every month with exciting updates to their data-transmitting sound technology. They were named a “Top 10 startup to watch in 2018,” receiving a CES Innovation Award for a second straight year, announced partnerships with Jaguar Land Rover and Ticketmaster, raised additional capital on top of the

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Google To Offer Free Training And Coaching In Cleveland On May 11

Google will offer free training, demonstrations and coaching on Friday, May 11, when the company brings its Grow with Google tour to Cuyahoga Community College. Google will host the free, one-day event from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.at Tri-C’s Hospitality Management Center on Public Square in Cleveland. Google staff will lead hands-on workshops about online marketing for

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Startup Sotera Medical Corp. Secures More Than $1 Million In Seed Financing

Sotera Medical Corp., a medical device company in Cleveland that is developing a device for use in cardiac procedures to treat atrial fibrillation, announced it has closed initial seed funding “in excess of” $1 million. Specific terms of the investment were not disclosed. Sotera said in a news release that the round was led by a syndicate of investors,

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Boston Scientific Buys Securus For $40 Million

Boston Scientific has acquired Securus Medical Group for $40 million. Securus’ shareholders, some of whom are in Northeast Ohio, could earn another $10 million if the medical device company hits certain regulatory and commercialization milestones, according to a news release from Boston Scientific, a Fortune 500 medical device company. Securus’ Cleveland-based CEO, Steven Girouard, will transition to a consulting role.

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Business Growth Collaborative To Assist Minority Businesses

A group of 10 Cleveland organizations have created a coalition to promote business growth opportunities for minority entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio. The Business Growth Collaborative, or BGC, is being created to make entrepreneurial resources more readily available to disadvantaged communities. “At its core, the BGC is about putting the needs of diverse entrepreneurs and small

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7signal Raises $7 Million Series C Investment Round

7signal of Independence has closed a $7 million Series C investment round, according to a news release from the company. The company plans to use the money to fund growth initiatives and improve its product: a Wi-Fi performance management system. 7signal’s hardware and software gathers Wi-Fi performance data from individual devices — laptops, cell phones, point-of-sale systems, etc.

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Cleveland Foundation Awards $22.2 Million In Q1 Grants

The Cleveland Foundation board of directors approved $13.8 million in grants for the month of March, bringing the total investment for the first quarter of 2018 to $22.2 million. The latest round of funding focuses on youth and social services, economic and workforce development, and education, according to a news release. “As a community foundation,

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