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NJEDA Names Inaugural New Jersey Innovation Fellows Cohort

American Entrepreneurship

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program. First-in-nation program will provide $3.6M

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Neko, Daniel Ek’s next play, is another spin on preventative healthcare

TechCrunch

Make room for yet another preventative health play: Spotify founder Daniel Ek officially confirmed rumors of his new “health tech” startup, Neko, Friday by quietly kicking off a body scanning service in Sweden (via Tech EU ) after four years of stealthy development.

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Vira Health gets $12M to dial up personalized menopause support

TechCrunch

startup that offers personalized digital therapeutics for women going through menopause, has closed a second round of funding — taking $12 million from lead investor Octopus Ventures, along with participation from U.S.-based Vira Health , a U.K. based VC firm Optum Ventures, as it gears up to hop over the pond.

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FDA: Orientation for Early Stage Startups

Y Combinator

The FDA is the federal regulatory body in the United States that oversees the development of medical products (e.g. Developing and bringing a product to market will, with the exception of a limited class of products 1 , require explicit FDA marketing approval. We describe the major ones here: Therapeutic Submissions.

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