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According to the Theresa McNeely, senior director of investor and public relations at Pyrosequencing AB’s Massachusetts office, terms of the agreement will be released once the agreement is fully underway...
Posen's hidden weapon is his CEO, major investor and probably the only person who cares more about his success than he does: his mother Susan, a former mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer. His father is a middlingly successful painter, and his elder sister is the creative director of his label. It's a good old-fashioned family business...
Even enthusiasts like Modzelewski caution that no one should expect an overnight nanotech revolution. The technology will evolve--"radically," he says--as its benefits seep into virtually every crevice of human industry, from toys to tanks. And even professional investors are cautious. "True venture capitalists are not investing. They are watching," says Glenn Fishbine, author of The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology and Micromachines. Only a handful of "pure play" nanotech stocks exist, including Nanophase Technologies, in Romeoville, Ill., which makes nanoscale powders, among them zinc oxide particles for sunscreen that won't turn lifeguards' noses white. Still, investors...
...butyl rubber, the current sealant, they can produce tires that run cooler and safer, are lighter and increase a car's fuel efficiency. The U.S. Army has asked InMat to develop gloves that will protect soldiers from chemical agents. Goldberg's funding has come mostly from an angel investor and grants, which means he is still on the prowl for cash. "It's been a battle," he says. "It's still a battle. But we're looking at enormous growth prospects...
...NanoMuscle, which costs less than $1 to make, qualifies as nanotech, the company says, because of the size of its nitinol crystals, not the wire or motion. MacGregor compares his product to $40-to-$100 small motors made by potential competitor RMB, of Biel-Bienne, Switzerland. Hasbro, a major investor in MacGregor's start-up, expects to deliver its first nano-powered toys by Christmas 2003. NanoMuscle's challenge, like InMat's, will be to stay afloat long enough to sign companies on as clients...