Cintrifuse hires managing director
Cintrifuse has announced that Oleg Kaganovich is the new managing director of its fund. Kaganovich, a former venture capital investor in the US, Asia, and Saudi Arabia, will lead the launch of Cintrifuse’s third fund and manage Funds I and II.
Improving breast cancer outcomes
Human cells clean out waste, allowing for newer cell regeneration. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are targeting this process, called autophagy, to determine whether halting it in an aggressive form of breast cancer may improve patient outcomes.
Resquared gets funding from Silicon Valley
In 2020, Cincy startup Resquared launched the first marketing platform specifically designed to reach local businesses. Now the company has received funding from Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley-based firm that funds category-defining ventures and provides them world-class mentorship.
Motion capture and VR in surgery
Local tech company Kinetic Vision is using motion capture and virtual reality to create an environment that researchers, doctors, and medical device developers can use when a real operating room is not readily available.