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  <title><![CDATA[Atlanta investment firm aims at life sciences]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Backed by investors with up to $500 million in capital, Atlanta-based&nbsp;Medtown Ventures LLC&nbsp;aims to grow the next generation of life sciences companies.</p><p>Medtown, which invests in medical devices, biotech and health IT entrepreneurs, delivers two critical startup ingredients — capital and brainpower. The financial company syndicates up to $5 million in individual deals. It also installs a “temporary S.W.A.T. team” of operators who help the founder — typically a Ph.D. or scientist — take the promising technology to market. The result: startups are more likely to achieve development milestones, secure later-stage funding and become sustainable.</p>]]></body>
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