AIM-HI to Award $1 Million in Seed Funding to Female-Led Oncology Startup
The AIM-HI Accelerator Fund, a spin-off of the National Foundation for Cancer Research, aims to award $1 million to a female-led startup focused on meeting unmet needs across the oncology landscape. The organization is currently accepting applications for its 2021…
Applications Open for the 2021 AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition!
Today is International Women’s Day. In honor of the occassion, the AIM-HI Accelerator Fund (AIM-HI) would like to highlight for you our venture philanthropy effort to provide critically needed seed funding to an underserved population: women scientist-entrepreneurs devoted to address…
Winner of the AIM-HI Accelerator Fund’s Inaugural Women’s Venture Competition Announced
Privo Technologies to Receive $900,000 of Investment Funding Privo Technologies and its chief executive officer, Manijeh Goldberg, Ph.D., have been selected as the winner of the AIM-HI Accelerator Fund’s inaugural Women’s Venture Competition, a first of its kind program for…
Oncoheroes & SHEPHERD Therapeutics United Against Rare Cancers
On Childhood Cancer Day, SHEPHERD Therapeutics is joining forces with Oncoheroes Biosciences to bring new treatment options to children and adolescents with cancer. SHEPHERD is a Boston-based biotech company on a mission to change the way rare cancer is treated,…
Together, All of Our Actions Matter!
Every year, people around the world connect on a special day to support and remember the families and individuals affected by cancer. This day is called World Cancer Day, on February 4th. Over the past two decades, World Cancer Day…
Oncoheroes Biosciences Secures Additional Venture Philanthropy Investment
An additional venture philanthropy organization, the Catalytic Impact Foundation, which supports women’s health, brain health, children’s health, aging, and pediatric rare disease initiatives, is investing in AIM-HI Accelerator Fund portfolio company Oncoheroes Biosciences, further validating the start-up’s unique effort to…
SciTech Development Presenting at the 2021 China BioMed Forum during the 39th J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
The AIM-HI Accelerator Fund is proud to support our Portfolio Company, SciTech Development, to present at the Virtual 2021 China BioMed Forum during the 39th J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. This Virtual Event will take place on January 11-12, 2021, co-hosted…
AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition Sponsor: Microsoft
The AIM-HI Accelerator Fund sincerely thanks Microsoft for being a generous sponsor and supporting our inaugural Women’s Venture Competition program to provide various opportunities to women-led oncology start-ups! Only 2% of all venture money go to women-led early stage companies.…
Tvardi Therapeutics Awarded “Most Promising” Company at the 2020 Texas Life Science Forum
Tvardi Therapeutics, an AIM-HI Accelerator Fund portfolio company, has won recognition as one of the ten “Most Promising” companies at the 2020 Texas Life Science Forum. Hosted by BioHouston and the Rice Alliance, the 2020 Texas Life Science Forum is…
Oncoheroes Biosciences’ Pediatric Cancer Drug Candidate Receives Orphan Drug Designation
Oncoheroes Biosciences, a biotech focused on advancing new therapies for childhood cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Orphan Drug Designation to its lead candidate, volasertib, for use in treating pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma and other rare…
Congratulations to our Top Two Finalists and the People’s Choice Award Winner!
Congratulations to the inaugural AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition finalists selected by the Judging Committee, Stacy Blain of Concarlo Holdings and Manijeh Goldberg of Privo Technologies. Not only are they advancing science, but they are also paving the way for more…
Support Women Scientist-Entrepreneurs in Celebration of the Women’s Equality Day
It’s 2020, and still only 2.2% of all venture capital dollars go to companies led by women entrepreneurs in life sciences. Let’s change that! Join us on Thursday, September 24, at the AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition Award Ceremony as we celebrate…