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Intermediaries: Triple Helix Regional Innovation Clusters (RIC)s
RICS (Regional Innovation Clusters) - Medical, Life Sciences & Emerging Technology Hotspots
*Industry: Research Triangle, North Carolina
*Bioscience Regional Clusters & HotSpots
*Industry: Northern California & Silicon Valley
Xoft
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Parents
*Architects: Cancer & Oncology Companies_ Devices, Technology, Imaging & Health IT
*Architects: Medical Imaging (Mammography, Breast Cancer) Companies
*Architects: Obstetrics, Gynecology (OB/GYN) _ Women's Health, Maternal, Pregnancy, Menopause
*Industry: Minnesota
*Portfolio Companies: Frazier
*Portfolio Companies: MPM Capital
*Portfolio Companies: Rivervest
*Portfolio Companies: Sutter Hill
Cutlass Capital
Easton Capital
Frantz Medical Ventures
Hambrecht & Quist
Maverick Capital
Mosaix Ventures
New Science Ventures
Xoft
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FDA, January 2006, cleared Xoft's radiation system for the treatment of early-stage breast cancer
Founded 1989
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Radiation-based cancer treatment designed to reduce recurrence of breast cancer.
Series D $33 million, 2007
The system hopes to give radiation oncologists the flexibility to deliver therapy in a broader range of clinical settings.
Using a miniaturized X-ray source, the system is designed to deliver localized and targeted radiation therapy to cancer sites wi