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Advanced Amputees' moves into the 2nd round of the MassChallenge
Advanced Amputees' will be presenting at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium!
Advanced Amputees' is 1st Runner-Up at BOOST! Competition
Advanced Amputees' Applies for Utility Patent
Advanced Amputee Solutions Produces First IEP Prototypes
Advanced Amputee Solutions Applies for Provisional Patent
MGCS Official Press Release : Advanced Amputee Solutions has been Selected to Present at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium
Featured as a “Best of the Midwest” Growth Company at the Midwest’s Premier Venture Capital Conference
Ann Arbor, Mich. – May 22, 2013 – Advanced Amputee Solutions today announced that it has been selected to present at the 2013 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium. The company, developing breakthrough lower limb prosthetic technology, is among a roster of 36 promising, high-growth companies from the Midwest and beyond seeking funding in the next 12 months. Advanced Amputee Solutions will deliver its 10-minute presentation to attending investors, which include nearly 100 regional and top national venture capital firms, on Wednesday, May 22 at 10:30.
The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium is the oldest university-based venture capital fair and the premier Midwest networking event for leaders in venture capital investment to connect with emerging growth companies actively searching for partners and funding. Since 2001, the Symposium has provided nearly 400 companies with the opportunity to present to investors. Roughly 70 percent of these have raised capital totaling $1.7 billion in investments and nearly 20 percent have realized successful exits. Hundreds of companies applied to present at the 2013 event and Advanced Amputee Solutions was selected following a rigorous review process.
Advanced Amputee Solutions is developing a breakthrough implantable technology for amputees that will allow for a much more comfortable prosthetic. At our current pre-seed stage, we are seeking passionate investors who see the promise of our technology and want to change the future for amputees everywhere.
"Our mission is to get the IEP out to the amputees that deserve it, by whatever means necessary." Gordon Maniere, CEO & IEP inventor "No longer will lower limb amputees have hundred-thousand dollar prosthetics sitting in a closet because it just doesn't fit right"
More than 400 entrepreneurs, researchers, investment professionals and business executivesare expected to the Symposium, taking place May 21-22, 2013 at the Marriott Resort in Ypsilanti, Mich. In addition to company presentations to investors, the two-day event program will feature a keynote address from Credit Suisse’s Kelly Williams and five panel discussions on topics including venture capital fund investment strategies, investing in healthcare IT, and transforming Michigan's entrepreneurial landscape.
“One of the secrets to Michigan’s success is the cadre of good, smart entrepreneurs and the promising companies they are establishing and growing, including Advanced Amputee Solutions ,” said David J. Brophy, MGCS founder and director and professor of finance at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. “We've got a heck of a lot going on in Michigan, and it's catching the attention of people around the country and around the world.”
To learn more, see the full list of presenting companies or register, visit www.MichiganGCS.comand follow conversations about the Symposium by tracking #MGCS on Twitter.
About Advanced Amputee Solutions
Created by a prosthetist, son of a below-the-knee amputee and Iraqi Freedom veteran; the IEP is the first ever implant designed to absorb the forces experienced while walking in a prosthetic and allow for end weight bearing. The hard socket vs. soft, dynamic tissue and amputated bone problem has been solved, finally. This product is the first in a line of weigh-displacing products that will have great benefit to amputees forever.
About the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS)
MGCS is presented by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan with support from the Michigan Venture Capital Association and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
The Symposium offers the opportunity to build relationships with an unparalleled business network of distinguished private equity industry leaders, leading university research faculty, and entrepreneurial business professionals.
For further information please contact us at: gordon@advancedamputees.com p) 586.921.4330 f) 586.991.1902
www.advancedamputees.com www.MichiganGCS.com
Advanced Amputees' moves into the 2nd round of the MassChallenge
Boston, MA, May 2013. After reveiwing hundreds of business plans from across the country and completing their evalutations, the MassChallenge judges decided to move Advanced Amputee Solutions into Round 2 of their lengthy evaluation process.
Advanced Amputees' will be presenting at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium!
Ypsilanti, MI, April 2013. Advanced Amputee Solutions was chosen to present our business to one of the biggest venture capital events in Michigan, it is an exciting opportunnity.
Advanced Amputees' is 1st Runner-Up at BOOST! Competition
Oakland University, MI, October 2012. Pitching your entire business to potential investors in 3 minutes can be stressful, but a win at BOOST! gaves us the opportunity to pitch to even more angel investors in Michigan. Addtionally, we have become a client of the OU INCubator.
Advanced Amputees' Applies for Utility Patent
Detroit, MI, June 2012. Completing the patent application process was a huge step for Advanced Amputee Solutions, although the USPTO can take several years to finalize the process, are proprietary rights are protected the whole time.
Advanced Amputee Solutions Produces First IEP Prototypes
Detroit, MI, December 2011. The Advanced Amputees team produced multiple prototypes revealing interesting design characteristics, requirements, and providing a hands-on vision of the final product.
Advanced Amputee Solutions Applies for Provisional Patent
Detroit, MI, June 2011. Leading in to the medical device industry Advanced Amputee Solutions LLC applies for a provisional patent for their I.E.P., a silicone product designed to significantly reduce amputee pain throughout their lifetimes!
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