Slater Technology Fund Secures Award to Work with Brown on Health-Care Startups

The RI Congressional delegation announced an award of $300,000 to Slater Technology Fund (Providence) from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s 2020 Build to Scale Capital Challenge. The grant enables Slater to work with Brown to support health-care technology startups. Senator Whitehouse’s announcement is here (Whitehouse link), and our news recap is here.

The initiative, called Translational Ventures, will help identify seed-stage technology companies focused on health care technologies. Brown Technology Innovations will work with Slater partners Thorne Sparkman and Bob Chatham to find new technologies, founders and funders to support the growth of emerging companies in the region.

The award was made possible thanks to RI’s congressional delegation, US Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, and US Congressmen David Cicilline and Jim Langevin. Senator Whitehouse's press release.