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A $1 million donation to the OSF HealthCare Foundation will support neuroscience innovation. The gift is from former Caterpillar Group President Ed Rapp and his wife Ann. Ed Rapp was diagnosed with ALS - or Lou Gehrig's disease - and has focused his retirement efforts on finding a cure. The gift comes after the Rapps created an OSF HealthCare endowment last year. It funds innovation efforts aimed at earlier disease diagnoses and improving assistive technologies. The newest donation will support collaborative research efforts between OSF HealthCare Illinois Neurological Institute, Jump Simulat...

CARY –Cofounders Capital, a venture firm focusing on early stage startups launched in 2015, recently made its biggest investment to date: $1.3 million. The funds went to digital marketing startup marGo, also based in Cary. And the deal is much larger than the typical 6-figure investment made by the firm, which has raised $43 million in two funds since its launch by serial VC David Gardner. “This is our largest initial investment we’ve ever made,” declared Cofounders partner Tim McLoughlin, who joins the marGo board as part of the deal. So why such a big investment? “The Direct Sales...

Answer ALS Launches 'The Data is Here' Campaign to Announce the Release of the World's Largest Open Sourced ALS Data Portal The Answer ALS Data Portal seeks to empower researchers around the globe with the data needed to finally answer ALS News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Answer ALS, in cooperation with the Stephen Hawking Foundation, launches "The Data is Here" campaign on January 8 and on what would have been the famed Theoretical Physicist's 79th birthday. The campaign features a video tribute to Stephen Hawking and his tirel...