Female-led Abilitech Medical raises $7.4 million
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Neal St. Anthony
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Founder Angie Conley, (middle row, left) and members of her Abilitech Medical team, as well as Minnesota Cup officials and judges, won the grand prize of $50,000 among nine finalists honored at the MN Cup awards in October at the University of Minnesota.
Abilitech Medical, which won the grand prize of this year’s Minnesota Cup entrepreneur competition, has closed on a $7.4 million round of investor capital; topping the $3.2 million in equity and debt it received in separate placements since January 2017.
Chief Executive Angie Conley said the money will be used to obtain U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance next year of its flagship product, support a clinical study of muscular dystrophy patients at the University of Minnesota and Gillette Children’s Hospital and to fund further commercialization and sales initiatives.