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Silicon Valley VC backs Raleigh startup with ties to Joe DeSimone that’s targeting pancreatic cancer

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Oct 30, 2020

A Raleigh life science startup targeting pancreatic cancer and other diseases with what it calls a “novel” drug delivery system developed at UNC-Chapel Hill, has $5.5 million in new capital to fund further research in a round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures.

IPO is latest step for ‘superstar scientist’ Joe DeSimone-founded Liquidia

Posted by WRAL News | Jul 2, 2018

Liquidia Technologies has enjoyed success in R&D, but now can it find success for the bottom line?

Nanotechnology is becoming ever-bigger business in North Carolina

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Feb 5, 2018

At last count North Carolina has well over 100 nanotechnology focused companies including Cree, Qorvo, Phononics, Liquidia, and hundreds of others that leverage nano in their products. So … you could say that nano is a big industry in our State that’s focused on really small things!