SCRA Newsroom: November 20, 2020

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SC Launch, Inc. Portfolio Company Makes TIMES’s Best Invention List

ABii the Smart Robot Tutor has been included on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2020 list. Van Robotics is an SC Launch Inc. Portfolio Company. Read more.

NEWS

SCRA Announces Investment in Hank AI

SCRA announces its affiliate, SC Launch, Inc.’s, investment of $200,000 to Hank AI. The Columbia-based company is a leader in medical coding and compliance automation.

Hank AI became an SC Launch Member Company in 2019 and successfully progressed through the program, receiving an Acceleration Grant and eventually becoming an SC Launch, Inc. Portfolio Company by receiving this investment. Read more.

SCRA Companies win InnoVision Awards

The final InnoVision Awards Celebration was held on November 17. After a record-breaking number of entries, a rigorous judging process, and four weeks of Meet the Finalists virtual receptions, InnoVision revealed the winners, which included two SCRA companies. tForm, Inc., an SC Launch Portfolio Company won the Sustainability Award. Blue Eye Soft Corp., an SC Launch Member Company won the Covid-19 Response – Technology Deployment award. Watch the celebration.

SCRA Supported Companies Named in MUSC’s NAI Induction Ceremony

The MUSC Foundation for Research Development recently held its Annual NAI Induction Ceremony and Annual Innovator of the Year Reception. During the event, MUSC recognized the individuals who were inducted into the MUSC Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors or who have previously been inducted into MUSC's Chapter of NAI. Many of these individuals own SCRA Member Companies or have received grants, and are listed below.

NAI Inductees who received patent plaques: Ann-Marie Broome, Sherine Chan, James Chou, Donald Menick, Satish Nadig, D.Phil., Barton Sachs

Previous NAI Inductees who received patent plaques: Carl Atkinson, Craig Beeson, Yuri Peterson, Baerbel Rohrer, Michael Yost

NAI Inductees: Nathan Dolloff, Cephus Simmons

Maturation & Prototyping Matching Grant Now Accepting Applications

Who: SC Higher Education Institutions

When: November 1st to April 30th, 2021

Amount: Up to $15,000, with a maximum of $30,000 per institution

Why: To expand the impact of institutional funds directly invested in the maturation of a technology or the development of prototypes based on intellectual property owned by the institution. Learn more and apply.