SpineForm has raised more than half of a hoped for $1 million to further development of a scoliosis-treating medical device.The company has raised $539,000 in equity from 14 investors, according to a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The latest SEC document is an amendment to a filing from last year in [...]

Ohio Third Frontier commissioners made a slew of biomedical grants under two programs today.Recommended for more than $4.9 million under the Ohio Third Frontier Biomedical Program:– CardioX Corp., Dublin, in collaboration with Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates in Cleveland and QTest Labs in Columbus, was awarded $986,373 to finalize designs and clinical protocols for a new method [...]

Expect three Ohio healthcare companies recently approved for state technology investment tax credits to start knocking on investors’ doors.LifeHealth Science LLC (agent located in Solon), Physician Technology LLC in Toledo and SpineForm LLC in Cincinnati were approved for state tax credits for their investors at the Ohio Technology Investment Tax Credit committee meeting last week [...]

Queen City Angels invested in seven life sciences companies and one health information technology company last year, according to its 2009 annual operating report (pdf).The group of accredited investors finished the year with 12 investments, which included three IT companies and one company specializing in advanced materials.In addition, the angel group created a $4 million [...]

The Cincinnati medical device company SpineForm received $300,000 from the non-profit CincyTech in addition to a $950,000 round of fund-raising. It’s the company’s second equity round.