Month: February 2015

How a Miami Life Science Firm Grew from a Son’s Mission to Fight Oral Cancer February 25, 2015 Entrepreneur Matthew H.J. Kim wished his mother’s oral cancer had been caught earlier. He struggled to watch her go through treatments for the disease, including the removal of part of her jawbone. There had to be a

Vigilant Raises $5.5M in Funding February 25, 2015 Vigilant Biosciences has raised $5.5 million in Series B funding. The company intends to use the newly raised funds to get U.S. and European approval for its oral cancer device, the OncAlert oral cancer risk assessment system. The OncAlert system detects specific protein markers known to indicate

Miami Life Science Startup Stems from Personal Mission to Fight Oral Cancer February 24, 2015 Matthew H.J. Kim, a patent attorney by training, was heart-broken by the suffering and aggressive treatment his mother went through with oral cancer. He also saw first-hand the results of what he calls an inadequate standard of care resulting in

Miami Startup Raises $5.5M for Cancer Risk Detection System February 24, 2015 Miami-based Vigilant Biosciences raised $5.5 million to launch its oral cancer risk detection system, the firm announced Tuesday. Investors included White Owl Capital Partners, venVelo and the Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research. The company has raised $7.8 million to date.