EQx Fund

EQx operates a Venture Fund focused on diversified early stage investments in extraordinary Founders

Emotional Quotient (EQ): the ability to understand, cooperate with and motivate others

• Leadership and Passion is key
• EQx mantra is to ‘Invest in People for a Better World’: We focus on a portfolio of “EQX  founders”
• Industry Disruptors/High growth opportunities
• Deals sourced from extensive network of partners and entrepreneurs

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EQx Fund- Investing in the Leaders of Tomorrow EQx operates a Venture Fund focused on diversified early stage investments in extraordinary Founders Emotional Quotient (EQ): the ability to understand, cooperate with and motivate others Leadership and Passion is key EQx mantra is to ‘Invest in People for a Better World’: We focus on a portfolio… Continue reading Home Immusoft Corporation, a Seattle, Wash -based cell therapy company, announced today that it has received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant (SBIR) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) The grant, in the amount of just over $3 5 million, will enable Immusoft to further advance its modified B cell approach to treating disease

“We appreciate the NIH’s support of our approach,” says Sean Ainsworth, Immusoft’s CEO and Chairman of the Board “This SBIR grant will help us expand upon our cutting-edge work in MPS I and further explore modalities for delivering proteins across the blood-brain barrier ” MPS I (Mucopolysaccharidosis type I) is a rare childhood genetic disease that affects the body’s ability to produce IDUA (alpha-L-iduronidase), which is an essential enzyme that helps to break down long-chain sugars inside cells When the sugar chains cannot be broken down and disposed of, they accumulate in the cells and cause progressive damage This accumulation can happen in the tissues, including the brain

PORTFOLIO COMPANY IMMUSOFT RECIEVES $3.5M GRANT

Boston-based cloud storage startup Wasabi Technologies, Inc secured $68 million in Series B financing last month, according to company database Crunchbase, leading the city’s funding headlines in September The Sept 12 Forestay Capital investment was just one of several successful funding rounds for Beantown-based companies last month

PORTFOLIO COMPANY WASABI PRESS RELEASE