NEWS RELEASE –September 2013
Contact:
Stacy Cotter
bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park
410.455.5959
scotter@umbc.edu
Baltimore, MD (September 19, 2013) – bwtech@UMBC is pleased to announce that Advancing Synergy, LLC has been awarded first place in the Life Science category in the StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition.
“We are excited to have achieved this milestone and are committed more than ever to our goal of developing innovations that empower individuals and impact communities,” says Arti Patel Varanasi, PhD, MPH, CPH, President and CEO of Advancing Synergy. Dr. Varanasi has over 25 years combined experience in cancer research, public health, advocacy, capacity building and project management. She maintains closes ties to the public health, medical, technology and research communities and is a graduate of the National Science Foundation-funded ACTiVATE® program for women technology entrepreneurs.
Winners were announced at The Power Conference on August 29, 2013 at the Montgomery County Conference Center in Bethesda, MD. As a first place winner, Advancing Synergy received a cash prize of $2,500 and a nine-month package of virtual office services from Intelligent Office.
The StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition, founded in 2003 by Rockville Economic Development, Inc. (REDI), awards over $23,000 in cash and in-kind prizes annually. There are three prize categories: Technology, General Business, and Life Science.
David Fink, bwtech’s Life Sciences Entrepreneur in Residence, notes “We are very pleased that Dr. Varanasi and Advancing Synergy were so successful in the StartRight! Competition this year. The company has been an Affiliate of our Life Sciences Incubator for several years and actively contributes to our community of early-stage companies.”
About Advancing Synergy, LLC: Advancing Synergy, LLC, www.advancingsynergy.com, is a Maryland-based women- and minority-owned health technology and services company whose mission is to develop innovations that empower individuals and impact communities to achieve better health. Advancing Synergy’s products help to address health disparities that continue to persist despite advances in care and treatment through evidence-based solutions developed in collaboration with communities and research teams.
About bwtech@UMBC: bwtech@UMBC, www.bwtechumbc.com, is a 71-acre research and technology community at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). With over 500,000 square feet of office and laboratory space, it is home to nearly 100 technology and life science companies at all stages of development. bwtech@UMBC offers collaboration with university faculty and students and enjoys a strategic and convenient location, close to downtown Baltimore, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, and Washington, D.C. Its annual economic impact on the state is estimated to be over $300 million.
About UMBC: UMBC, www.umbc.edu, is a medium-sized public research university of 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students who collaborate with faculty to address real-world challenges. Located just south of Baltimore near I-95 and the BWI airport, UMBC’s residential campus houses state-of-the-art facilities in the sciences, engineering, arts, social sciences and humanities. In addition, UMBC ranks fourth among U.S. research universities in the production of IT degrees and certificates, and it is the largest producer of such graduates among research universities in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.
Contact:
Stacy Cotter
bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park
410.455.5959
scotter@umbc.edu
Advancing Synergy, LLC Wins First Place
at the StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition
Receives First Place in Life Science Category
at the StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition
Receives First Place in Life Science Category
Baltimore, MD (September 19, 2013) – bwtech@UMBC is pleased to announce that Advancing Synergy, LLC has been awarded first place in the Life Science category in the StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition.
“We are excited to have achieved this milestone and are committed more than ever to our goal of developing innovations that empower individuals and impact communities,” says Arti Patel Varanasi, PhD, MPH, CPH, President and CEO of Advancing Synergy. Dr. Varanasi has over 25 years combined experience in cancer research, public health, advocacy, capacity building and project management. She maintains closes ties to the public health, medical, technology and research communities and is a graduate of the National Science Foundation-funded ACTiVATE® program for women technology entrepreneurs.
Winners were announced at The Power Conference on August 29, 2013 at the Montgomery County Conference Center in Bethesda, MD. As a first place winner, Advancing Synergy received a cash prize of $2,500 and a nine-month package of virtual office services from Intelligent Office.
The StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition, founded in 2003 by Rockville Economic Development, Inc. (REDI), awards over $23,000 in cash and in-kind prizes annually. There are three prize categories: Technology, General Business, and Life Science.
David Fink, bwtech’s Life Sciences Entrepreneur in Residence, notes “We are very pleased that Dr. Varanasi and Advancing Synergy were so successful in the StartRight! Competition this year. The company has been an Affiliate of our Life Sciences Incubator for several years and actively contributes to our community of early-stage companies.”
About Advancing Synergy, LLC: Advancing Synergy, LLC, www.advancingsynergy.com, is a Maryland-based women- and minority-owned health technology and services company whose mission is to develop innovations that empower individuals and impact communities to achieve better health. Advancing Synergy’s products help to address health disparities that continue to persist despite advances in care and treatment through evidence-based solutions developed in collaboration with communities and research teams.
About bwtech@UMBC: bwtech@UMBC, www.bwtechumbc.com, is a 71-acre research and technology community at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). With over 500,000 square feet of office and laboratory space, it is home to nearly 100 technology and life science companies at all stages of development. bwtech@UMBC offers collaboration with university faculty and students and enjoys a strategic and convenient location, close to downtown Baltimore, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, and Washington, D.C. Its annual economic impact on the state is estimated to be over $300 million.
About UMBC: UMBC, www.umbc.edu, is a medium-sized public research university of 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students who collaborate with faculty to address real-world challenges. Located just south of Baltimore near I-95 and the BWI airport, UMBC’s residential campus houses state-of-the-art facilities in the sciences, engineering, arts, social sciences and humanities. In addition, UMBC ranks fourth among U.S. research universities in the production of IT degrees and certificates, and it is the largest producer of such graduates among research universities in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.
