{"376241":{"#nid":"376241","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Atlanta investment firm aims at life sciences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBacked by investors with up to $500 million in capital, Atlanta-based\u0026nbsp;Medtown Ventures LLC\u0026nbsp;aims to grow the next generation of life sciences companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMedtown, which invests in medical devices, biotech and health IT entrepreneurs, delivers two critical startup ingredients \u2014 capital and brainpower. The financial company syndicates up to $5 million in individual deals. It also installs a \u201ctemporary S.W.A.T. team\u201d of operators who help the founder \u2014 typically a Ph.D. or scientist \u2014 take the promising technology to market. The result: startups are more likely to achieve development milestones, secure later-stage funding and become sustainable.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28008","created_gmt":"2015-02-10 10:18:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:23:57","author":"Bobby Macedonia","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"breakthrough cases","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/print-edition\/2014\/03\/21\/atlanta-investment-firm-aims-at-life-sciences.html?page=all","dateline":{"date":"2014-03-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-03-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}