Comments on: Under the Radar Deals: 12 Northwest Financings You Haven’t Heard About

By: Luke Timmerman

Luke Timmerman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:08:17 +0000

Bruce–I had a recent story on how Kineta secured a little more half of a 5-year, $13 million NIH grant it is splitting with a couple researchers at UW. They haven’t said as much publicly about their sources of private financing, but this is definitely an example of the kind of “non-dilutive” financing that companies are being told they’ve got to find to stay afloat at a time when venture capital is harder to come by. Here’s the link to the story. http://bit.ly/1YRVr2

By: Bruce Jackson

Bruce Jackson — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:59:43 +0000

This is a great idea. You ought to talk to the guys at Kineta. They may or may not want to reveal fundraising numbers but I think it is important to communiate to the little guys that small financings are possible if the technology makes sense and they are willing to get funding for one milestone at a time.

Bruce

By: Chris Hopf

Chris Hopf — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:57:04 +0000

Thanks for the insight Gregory.

It will be interesting to see how each of them approach value messaging with respect to their competitive advantages, value propositions and pricing.

Also will be interesting to see how ChubbyBrain’s “Karma Model” works out for them.

Thanks again,

Chris Hopf
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