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Soft Tissue Regeneration, Inc. Announces Financing and Appoints New Members to Board of Directors

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New Haven, Conn. (PRWEB) January 06, 2014

Soft Tissue Regeneration, Inc. (“STR”), a developer of regenerative orthopedic devices for tendon and ligament repair, today announced the completion of a financing and the addition of three new members to the company’s board of directors. The $ 5 million financing commitment will permit STR to complete its European Phase I clinical study and continue the FDA regulatory process for the Company’s L-C Ligament®, a bioresorbable, implantable scaffold for the repair and regeneration of an injured or torn anterior cruciate ligament (“ACL”). In conjunction with this financing, Dane Miller, Ph.D., Charles Hart, Ph.D., and Richard Emmitt are joining the STR board of directors, offering deep industry expertise in medical devices and investments.

Current investors, Connecticut Innovations and Launch Capital, led the $ 5 million financing and Dane Miller and The Vertical Group also participated. The financing allows STR to complete its 15-patient Phase I clinical study of the L-C Ligament in Europe, which enrolled the first patient in June, 2013, in The Netherlands. The financing will also support STR’s continued regulatory and clinical activities with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in preparation for a global pivotal clinical trial. The first tranche of STR’s $ 5 million financing closed on Nov. 19, 2013.

“STR has quickly progressed from a concept to a real product that is already demonstrating clinically its potential to provide surgeons and their ACL patients with an alternative to the inherent morbidity and risks of autograft or allograft tendon,” said Joseph Reilly, president, CEO, and co-founder of STR. “The new members of the board of directors offer years of experience and the guidance and insight that will allow us to continue making clinical and regulatory advances.”

The new members to the STR board of directors include:

Dane Miller, Ph.D. – Miller is the founder, current member of the board of directors, and former president and CEO of Biomet, a pioneer and leading company in the orthopedic industry. Miller offers insights and knowledge from his more than 40 years of experience and is considered one of the most distinguished entrepreneurs and executives in the medical device industry.

Charles Hart, Ph.D. – Hart is the former chief scientific officer and vice president of two of the pioneers in the field of regenerative medical technology, Advanced BioHealing and BioMimetics. He has more than 30 years of experience in commercializing advances in biomaterials and biotechnology.

Richard Emmitt – Emmitt is a general partner with The Vertical Group, a leading venture capital firm focused on the medical device industry. During his 40-year career, he has invested in and served as a member of the board of directors at several of the most successful medical device companies.

About STR and the L-C Ligament: Soft Tissue Regeneration, Inc. is a medical device company focused on the application of resorbable polymer scaffold technology to address unmet needs of surgeons and their patients. The Company’s devices are based on proprietary fiber, braid and mesh designs comprised of poly (L) lactic acid (“PLLA”), a resorbable polymer with a long and proven history of use in implantable medical devices. The STR device designs are ideally suited for tendon, ligament, and other soft tissue injuries when an implantable scaffold is required for the reinforcement and/or regeneration of functional tissue. The first STR device to reach the clinical stage is the L-C Ligament. This device has the potential to advance the surgical repair of torn ACL’s by obviating the need to utilize either the patient’s own tissue (“autograft”) with the pain and morbidity of a second surgical site, or the use of cadaver tissue (“allograft”) with the risks of infection and sub-optimal healing. Following three years of animal testing that has demonstrated the ability of the L-C Ligament to remodel and regenerate functioning ligament, STR has initiated a 15 patient Phase I clinical study in Europe. The first patient was treated in June, 2013 in Zwolle, The Netherlands and, as of this date, the 10 patients that have received L-C Ligament implants are all doing well.







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The Guild of Palm Beach Announces Cooperative Workspace Packages for Creative Professionals

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Palm Beach, Florida (PRWEB) June 28, 2013

The Guild of Pam Beach, a creative coworking community, is pleased to announce new cooperative workspace packages for freelancers and entrepreneurs. The space is designed for individuals engaging in technology, communication, art, and other creative business ventures. The innovative ecosystem offers a collaborative community for entrepreneurs and those seeking to cross pollinate ideas to improve their own concepts.

Shared workspace has become an ever-popular solution for solo practitioners. Independents, who once utilized their home offices as workplace thrones, are branching out to business centers, coworking sites, and shared workspaces to achieve work-life balance and face-to-face communication.

“The Guild of Palm Beach was a vision I had, to help advance the ever growing creative community of independent and freelance workers in the Palm Beach area,” explained Founder Nicholas Cappiello. “It’s a great alternative to working in a home office or neighborhood coffee house.”

“Membership at The Guild is more than just having a place to work; it’s about having a place to associate with likeminded creative professionals, pool resources, and succeed,” Cappiello continued. “I’m thrilled to offer a space where fellow creative minds can swap idea, partner together on projects, and achieve more than they could on their own.”

The Guild is a membership-driven entity, via the provision of office services, as opposed to lease services and facilities management.The Guild of Palm Beach is currently offering monthly membership packages starting at $ 50.00.

The Guild of Palm Beach Provides Member with Access to the Following Amenities:


Desk, Tables, and Chairs
Conference Rooms
Wi-Fi Internet Connections
Storage Space
Phones
Facsimiles
3D Printer
Green Room
Legal Services
Computer Repair
Computer/Technology Rental
And More

In fostering Palm Beach County’s entrepreneurial community, The Guild of Palm Beach continually hosts educational workshops and networking events. These informal gatherings encourage relationships between solo proprietors and business professionals including bankers, development professionals, technologist, and angel investors.

To learn more about The Guild of Palm Beach, membership packages, or upcoming events, please visit http://www.theguildofpalmbeach.com.

About the Guild of Palm Beach

The Guild of Palm Beach is a premiere workspace designated towards energizing a critical mass of solo professionals. The space is designed for individuals engaging in technology, communication, art, and other creative business ventures. The space facilities cooperation among independents, who welcome the space as an alternative to their home office or neighborhood coffee house. For further information, visit http://www.theguildofpalmbeach.com.

Contact Information

The Guild of Palm Beach

Nicholas Cappiello

636 US Highway 1

North Palm Beach, Florida 33408

(561) 339-4432







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Skincare and Beauty Retailer Glisten Announces $1 Million Capital Raise

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Fargo, ND (PRWEB) July 09, 2013

Glisten, a brand that specializes in high-end skincare and beauty products, announced today a completed seed capital investment of $ 1 million. The funding was made by a small number of angel investors.

Funding will be used to build inventory and expand marketing efforts to help the startup company grow, according to the company’s founder, Tommy Leikas.

While the number of products available will soon grow to over 10,000, customers will initially have access to over 1,500 products from brands such as Obagi, Colorescience, and GlamGlow.

“Our primary focus is on the experience and not just the transaction,” said Sara Litton, Director of Brand Development. “We spend a lot of time thinking about beauty products, but we think even more about our customer’s experience. We want our customers to have an inspiring and fun interaction with us.”

A brick and mortar store is also in the final stage of development.

“The capital raised is providing us with the initial funds to start serving customers with products they already know, love and buy,” said Leikas. “This is the first step as we work to become one of the leading brands in the global beauty and cosmetics business.”







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T.E.N. Announces Nominees for the 2013 ISE

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Atlanta, Ga (PRWEB) September 18, 2013

T.E.N., a technology and information security executive networking and relationship-marketing firm, announced today the nominees vying for 2013 Information Security Executive® and Project of the Year Awards for North America. Executives include top-ranking decision makers representing national to global organizations in financial services, media/entertainment, telecommunications, health care, government and education. Projects include large scale technology endeavors that address issues of identity and access management, vulnerability management, data loss prevention, application and network security, customer protection, and cloud technology.

Executives Nominees:

Commercial Category

Darin Adcock, Chief Information Officer, Dowling Aaron Incorporated

Ray Archer, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Scotiabank

David Cass, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Elsevier

Ashley Ferguson, Manager – IT Risk Management, Energen Corporation

Eric Fisch, Senior Vice President, Information Security, Texas Capital Bank

Jeff Haskill, Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Flextronics

Peter Hill, Chief Technology Risk & Security Officer, ING U.S.

Steven Jensen, Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Ameriprise Financial

Arthur Lessard, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Universal Music Group

Donna Nemecek, VP, Manager Technology Risk Assurance & Senior Informaiton Risk Officer, BNY Mellon

Della Shea, Chief Privacy & Information Risk Officer, Symcor

Bobby Singh, Associate Vice President, Security Program Executive, TD Bank Group

Myrna Soto, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Comcast

Glen Taylor, Vice President, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts

Academic/Public Sector Category

Connie Barrera, Director of Information Security & Compliance, University of Miami

Gary Coverdale, Chief Information Security Officer, County of Napa

Kevin McKenzie, Chief Information Security Officer, Clemson University

Thomas Schankweiler, Information Security Officer, Center for Medicare & Medicaid, Office of Information Systems

Mike Wood, Executive Director, Recovery Accountability & Transparency Board

Larry Wilson, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Massachusetts

Health Care Category

John Sapp, Senior Director, Information Security Product Management & Innovation, McKesson Corporation

Jeff Trudeau, Information Security Officer, Sutter Health

Project Nominees:

Commercial Category

AES, AES Global Cybersecurity Program

Alliance Data,    Embracing Shadow IT

Allstate, Application Security Assurance Program (ASAP)

ARC, ISO 27001 Design, Implementation and Certification

BD, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Program

BNY Mellon, Unstructured Data Governance Project

Celanese, IT Security Transformation

Citi, Workspace Virtualization and Containment for Sourcing Providers

CNA, CNA’s Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Program

Comcast, Remote Workforce Refresh

Comcast, Integrated Security Framework

Comcast, Identity and Access Management

Comcast, Compliance Automation

Comcast, Self-Service Governance, Risk & Compliance Portal

eBay, Predictive Security Intelligence via Centralized Vulnerability Management

Fidelity Investments, Customer Protection Program (CPP)

Johnson & Johnson, Enterprise Vulnerability Management and Web Application Vulnerability Scanning

Khosla Ventures, Khosla Ventures Hacking Exposure

Miami Marlins, Securing Marlins Park with Network Access Control

Scotiabank, QRadar SIEM Implementation for Threat Intelligence and Security Monitoring

Standard Register, Security Program Evolution

Symcor, PCI DSS Implementation Program

Travelclick, Network Segmentation and InfoSec Vault Project

Twitter, Twitter Domain Authentication Service

UBS, Software Security Program

Union Bank, Enterprise Log Management

USAA, Secure Logon for usaa.com

YP, Web Application Security Automation

Academic/Public Sector Category

IRS, Vulnerability Remediation Implementation Process

Kennesaw State University, KSU Central Identity and Access Management Initiative

Pearson eCollege, Securing Application Layer

University of Massachusetts, University Cyber Security Initiative

Health Care Category

BCBS Michigan, Information Security Operations Center

Merck, EngageZone

PharMerica, EPCS for Electronic Prescription Pharmacy Compliance

Sutter Health, Sutter Health Endpoint Encryption Project

Executive nominees are also eligible for the ISE® North America People’s Choice Award, which given to the top candidate selected by peers in the security industry. Cast your vote by Oct. 11 for this year’s winner, visit: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PCvoting_northamerica2013.

“We are floored by the innovation, ingenuity and leadership exhibited by this year’s ISE® North America nominees,” said T.E.N. CEO and President Marci McCarthy. “This is one of our largest, most impressive groups yet and we look forward to celebrating their success.”

The ISE® North America Awards recognize executives and projects, which have made a positive impact on their organizations through risk management, data-asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and information security. Nominations are sent to T.E.N.’s distinguished panel of ISE® judges for review and scoring.

2013 ISE® North America Judges:

Phil Agcaoili, Chief Information Security Officer, Cox Communications

Tim Callahan, Sr. Vice President, Enterprise Business Continuity & Info Assurance, SunTrust

Roland Cloutier, Vice President, Chief Security Officer, ADP

Stacey Halota, Vice President, Information Security & Privacy, The Washington Post Company

Paul Huesken, Chief Information Assurance Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

Charles McGann, Corporate Information Security Officer, United States Postal Service

Tammy Moskites, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Time Warner Cable

Brad Sanford, Chief Information Security Officer, Emory University

All nominees will be recognized at the ISE® North America Executive Forum and Awards on Nov. 6-7, 2013 at the Sheraton Premiere at Tyson’s Corner in Vienna, Va. Finalists and winners are announced at the awards gala and recognized through press coverage and inclusion on the T.E.N. and ISE® websites. The event is made possible by megabyte sponsors Agari and Voltage; kilobyte sponsors Stonesoft and Tenable; and display sponsors A10 Networks, AirWatch, BeyondTrust, Good Technology, Invincea and WhiteHat Security. Read more online: http://www.iseprograms.com/north_america.asp.

About T.E.N.

T.E.N., a national technology and security executive networking organization, facilitates peer-to-peer relationships between top executives, industry visionaries and solutions providers. Nominated for numerous industry awards, T.E.N.’s executive leadership programs enable information exchange, collaboration and decision-making. Its flagship program, the nationally-acclaimed Information Security Executive® (ISE®) of the Year Program Series and Awards, is North America’s largest leadership recognition and networking program for security professionals. Other offerings include the T.E.N. Custom Programs and the ISE® Industry Expert Advisory Services, empowering IT solutions providers to gain access to highly credentialed IT business veterans’ expertise. For information, visit http://www.ten-inc.com and http://www.iseprograms.com.

About ISE® Award Program Series

For more than a decade, the Information Security Executive® (ISE®) of the Year Award Program Series has empowered security executives and their project teams to Connect, Collaborate and Celebrate. Recognized as the industry’s most prestigious IT Security award program, it has become the most anticipated award program for security executives and their project teams. Winners have included executives and project teams from leading organizations such as Nike, The Walt Disney Company, the United States Postal Service, Schlumberger, Texas Instruments, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Equifax, Comcast, PayPal, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and Nationwide.

Our distinguished ISE® Judges are past nominees representing a cross section of industries, including commercial, government, health care and academic sectors. For this reason, the ISE® Awards represent the best achievements of the year as evaluated by those regarded as the industry’s most influential and successful thought leaders. Coupled with a one or two-day executive summit, the ISE® Awards are held across the country and Canada in major cities including Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Toronto, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The ISE® Awards Program Series has reached more than 10,000 executives across a broad range of industries and has been a major influence in executives’ careers, knowledge sharing, and the development of peer-to-peer relationships.







Pretio Interactive Announces Seed Funding from Top Venture Firms

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Victoria, BC (PRWEB) July 12, 2013

Pretio Interactive is pleased to announce that it has received funding from two top venture capital firms to support the growth of its business. The investment by Ottawa-based Wesley Clover International and Vancouver’s Yaletown Venture Partners marks the latest in a series of significant milestones for the Victoria-based company.

Founded as RewardsDen in early 2012, Pretio was accepted into two of Canada’s leading entrepreneurship accelerators – Accelerate Tectoria and the Alacrity Foundation – where it honed its unique offering and brought new members into the team.

Its proprietary platform connects valuable user actions – such as social sharing, commenting and revisiting – with targeted, real world rewards from top brands – such as 1-800-Flowers, TOMS and SkyMall – giving publishers a robust engagement tool without the liability of a rewards catalogue. In its first year, Pretio’s 4 million users experienced 100 million reward moments across its network of North American partner websites.

“We are particularly pleased to make this investment in Pretio as it represents the essence of my philosophy of entrepreneurship: Customer-led innovation, multi-disciplinary teams and lean deployment,” said Sir Terence Matthews, Wesley Clover Chairman. “I have personally watched the team for some time and look forward to helping them leverage the Wesley Clover group’s network of companies and customers for even greater success.”

Brad Johns, Partner with Yaletown Venture Partners, said, “The Pretio team has done a great job building a compelling platform in a sector that is seeing significant growth. Most importantly, they have already attracted solid publishing and brand customers and demonstrated real value to their users. Yaletown is excited by this space and this team.”

Victoria-based entrepreneur, Tyrone Sinclair, along with UVic students, Alim Jiwa and Rob O’Dwyer, founded Pretio. Pretio board member, Jim Hayhurst, has been named President of the company as it enters its growth phase.

“We are grateful for the confidence that both Wesley Clover and Yaletown have shown in our team,” said Hayhurst. “This investment will allow Pretio to expand our sales activities, refine our most profitable services and attract more great people to build our company with the velocity that comes from the deep experience of such shareholders.”

About Pretio Interactive – pretiointeractive.com

Pretio Interactive is changing the way online publishers, brands and users interact with each other. Pretio was created in response to the frustrations that publishers, blog networks and other online content producers experienced with traditional loyalty and rewards programs. Its simple-to-use widget connects valuable user actions with targeted rewards from top brands, giving publishers a robust engagement and monetization tool without the liability of a rewards catalogue. Pretio has millions of users who consume content and interact with digital newspapers, blog networks, apps, and games across North America.

About Wesley Clover – wesleyclover.com

Wesley Clover is a private equity and investment management firm with active interests in Information and Communication Technologies, Digital Media, Real Estate and Leisure Properties. As an angel investor in new technology start-ups, Wesley Clover has developed a unique model that leverages the many decades of experience and knowledge of a veteran management team while creating career and business opportunities for selected college and university graduates as well as experienced professionals.

About Yaletown Venture Partners – yaletown.com

Yaletown is backed by leading institutional investors and a network of successful technology entrepreneurs, executives, and angel investors. Yaletown leverages an extensive on-the-ground network to seek out the most promising early stage Cleantech and IT companies. Founded in 2002, Yaletown is led by a team that brings together industry relationships and more than 120 years collective experience building and financing technology companies. Yaletown Venture Partners is headquartered in Vancouver with offices in Calgary and Seattle.

For further information, please contact jim.hayhurst(at)pretiointeractive(dot)com







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Fleksy Announces First Third-Party App Integrations of Award-Winning iOS Keyboard Solution

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San Francisco (PRWEB) December 12, 2013

Fleksy, the future text input keyboard app, is excited to announce the first group of iOS applications to roll out updates that allow users to select (or download) the Flesky keyboard as their primary option. Using the new Flesky SDK, Wordbox, GV Connect, Launch Center Pro and Blindsquare now offers users a choice of which keyboard to use when engaging with their apps.

With the Fleksy SDK, any developer can now implement an alternative keyboard option in their app, and customers can benefit from a choice in text input technologies. The first four apps with Fleksy released updates today in the App Store and are immediately available to download.

“With Fleksy, we can now provide a unique user experience and powerful artificial intelligence for one of the most important aspects of Launch Center Pro: typing,” said David Barnard, founder of Contrast. “Fleksy makes text input easier for our customers, and we are excited to be working with Fleksy on such an innovative solution.”

Kosta Eleftheriou, CEO of Fleksy said: “We are excited to be able to innovate in the text input space with our technology, and, for the first time in the keyboard space, provide a product for both major mobile platforms. We are excited to announce our first partnerships today, and for further announcements in the weeks and months to come.”

Fleksy’s award winning keyboard has had over half a million users on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and continues to be the most innovative and complete solution on the market.

The Fleksy App can be downloaded on the App Store here. Developers interested in learning more about Fleksy’s SDK should contact the company here.

About Fleksy

Fleksy revolutionizes typing on smart devices through patent-pending predictive text technology that works on all device sizes. Fleksy is the first keyboard app to be demonstrated on a 3D gesture system (Leap Motion); the first to be demonstrated on a smartwatch (Omate) and the first to arrive to iOS. Fleksy’s award-winning design and technology is backed by venture capital firms including Highland Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers.

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