March 15, 2018 11:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time
SUMMERVILLE, S.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SC Launch, Inc., SCRA’s entrepreneurial program, recently finalized a $250,000 investment for Accessible Diagnostics, a life science company based in Greenville, SC. The company was accepted as an SC Launch Client Company in December 2014 and received a $50,000 Acceleration Grant in June 2017.
Accessible Diagnostics is developing a smartphone-based, at-home health test platform in collaboration with healthcare professionals. Their first proprietary product, Vet-Tab, is a painless glucose test for a beloved family member, a diabetic dog. The investment will be used to finalize product development, manufacture the initial inventory and launch sales. The company has also begun the regulatory process to sell painless human glucose test.
“Concepts to Companies and accredited individuals provided the seed capital for Accessible Diagnostics to startup and reach this point,” said John Warner, Accessible Diagnostics CEO and Co-Founder. “We are grateful for Acceleration Grant last summer to help with prototype development and their investment this spring to help launch Vet-Tab sales.”
“Accessible Diagnostics can create enormous value by aggregating data to integrate into other digital heath platforms being created in the market,” said Director of Entrepreneurial Programs and SC Launch Inc. Executive Director, Jill Sorenson. “We are excited to see the growth of the company and the impact to South Carolina.”
SCRA is a state-chartered organization that fosters job creation and grows South Carolina’s Innovation Economy. The SC Launch program is SCRA’s entrepreneurial platform that provides mentoring, grants and investments to qualified, South Carolina companies in the Advanced Materials/Manufacturing, Information Technology and Life Sciences industries.
About SCRA
Chartered in 1983 by the State of South Carolina as a public, non-profit corporation, SCRA fosters South Carolina’s Innovation Economy by supporting entrepreneurs, enabling academic research and its commercialization, and connecting industry to innovators.
Contacts
SCRA
Jessica Cokins, 843-760-3273
jessica.cokins@scra.org