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A running perspective on Florida's growing tech and venture community, with an occasional detour to the Southeast/national scene, venture capital FAQs and maybe a gadget or two....
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Mako Surgical Files for $68M IPO
Ft Lauderdale-based Mako Surgical filed for a 5.1 million share public offering, with a price target of $14-16/share. Mako is led by Maurice Ferre and has a revolutionary approach to knee restoration -- utilizing robot guidance for more precise oper...
Florida BioDatabase
A friend of mine, Mike Schmitt, has been collaborating with the University of Florida for some time on a database for Florida's biotech sector. Some early results from that work are now available via the Florida BioDatabase, hosted by the Sid Martin...
Presenting Companies at the 2008 Florida Venture Capital Conference
The following companies were selected to present at the 2008 Florida Venture Capital Conference. I was on this year's selection committee and have to say the competition was fierce. Congrats to all those who made it through -- you deserve it!2008 C...
Ocala's Intellon Goes Public
Homeplug semiconductor company, Intellon, reached a difficult milestone last week, pricing their Initial Public Offering around $6/share and joining NASDAQ as ticker ITLN. That is a significant accomplishment for any company, but even more impressiv...
Florida Statewide Business Plan Competition
Last week I had the pleasure of judging the Sunshine State Venture Challenge -- Florida's only statewide business plan competition. There were two tracks of presenters: Limited Investment and Investment Intensive (my track). Like last year, the eve...
