There’s a place in business for concepts that can’t find funding to reach production. It’s called the “Valley of Death” and it’s where the carcasses of good ideas go to die.
Consider, then, the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials
Commercialization Center an oasis in the nanotechnology desert,
or--perhaps more aptly--a bridge over the harsh landscape of
commercialization.
The center, based in Pittsburgh, is designed
to fund nanotechnology startups that need money to develop promising
research into marketable products. “We’re very early stage capital
investors where venture capitalists won’t go,” says Alan Brown, the
center’s executive director.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Bridging Nano Commercialization's Valley of Death
Author: Rory Sweeney
