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SCRA accepts 3 new companies into SC Launch
SCRA has accepted three new client companies into its SC Launch entrepreneurial program, allowing the companies to receive mentoring, grants and potential investments from SC Launch Inc. Charleston-based Wander Technologies Inc. created Rayka, a social recommendation platform for travel. The app allows users to find nearby places to visit through images and videos provided by […]
Blinktbi’s portable EyeStat device measures blink reflex
Blinktbi of Charleston has developed a new technology to measure and assess the blink reflex. According to Blinktbi, EyeStat, cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, delivers data about the blink reflex in less than a minute. It stimulates and measures the blink reflex using light puffs of air, high-speed videography and a proprietary algorithm. […]
SCRA gives grant funds to 4 companies
State-chartered nonprofit SCRA has awarded a total of $150,000 in grant funding to four of its client companies. Tide Stop LLC, based on Johns Island, received a $25,000 grant from SCRA’s Academic Startup Assistance Program, which provides grants to for-profit companies sponsored by an academic institution. Tide Stop is sponsored by Clemson University. The company […]
Lou Kennedy appointed to SCRA board
Nephron Pharmaceuticals President and CEO Lou Kennedy has been appointed by Gov. Henry McMaster to serve on the executive committee of the SCRA board of trustees. SCRA’s board comprises corporate, government, academic and economic development organizations. The executive committee is the voting arm of the board, while the [...]
We have the best city, but we can’t rest on our laurels
After so many years of being rated the No. 1 city in the entire universe, it took us a little work to digest this new-to-us ranking from U.S. News & World Report. The great state of South Carolina is not No. 1, nor No. 2 or even No. 22. The Palmetto State ranks 42nd in […]
Electrify America installs 5 S.C. vehicle charging stations
Electrify America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America headquartered in Reston, Va., has opened five electric vehicle charging stations across South Carolina, including one in the Lowcountry. “Our goal is to make charging easier and more accessible for electric vehicle drivers, or those considering purchasing one, when they hit the road,” Anthony Lambkin, senior […]
Blackbaud CEO named to innovative leaders list
Blackbaud CEO Michael Gianoni has been named to Forbes’ 2019 list of America’s Most Innovative Leaders, joining the likes of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Tim Cook. Forbes compiled the list based on founders or CEOs of U.S. companies with greater than $10 billion market value; the 50 largest private U.S. companies to go public […]
Parenting frustration is father of invention
Dads launch company to revolutionize baby bottle industry; U.S. base is in Charleston An Israeli company trying to revolutionize the baby bottle industry all started in 2012 with Ayal Lanternari anxiously warming his wife’s refrigerated breastmilk as his 3-month-old son cried. He said the process — heating the milk w[...]
Charles River Labs expanding operations
Charles River Laboratories International Inc., a full-service drug discovery and early stage development company headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., is expanding its Charleston County operations, according to a news release. The company is investing $10.9 million to add a new administrative building to its current operations in West Ashley. The expansion is expected to create approximately […][...]
If you decide you need to change your business, listen to your people
“Life is flux.” — Heraclitus of Ephesus, 500 BCE There have been multiple translations and paraphrasings of Heraclitus’ assertion over the centuries. For a time, the skate company Volcom Stone used “The only constant is change” as one of its slogans. The paraphrasing and the context all continually repeat one thing: In this life, change […]
22 Lowcountry firms make Inc. 5000 list in 2018
Parrish and Partners, a transportation engineering firm based out of Columbia, was ranked the fastest-growing private company in South Carolina in the 2018 Inc. 5000 list. The company reported 3,422% growth over three years and $18.6 million in revenue, according to Inc. 5000’s rankings, putting it at No. 114 nationwide. The annual list ranks the […]
Viewpoint: Improving Charleston’s wireless infrastructure remains critical
Wireless technology has come to play an exponentially more integral role in our daily lives. Our connected devices now allow us to stream videos, map real-time traffic conditions, remotely monitor our homes and stay in touch with our loved ones.
