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		<title>NIH Awards Immuven $1.68 Million for MRSA Therapeutics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ImmuVen, a Serra Capital portfolio company, was awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant totaling $1.68 million from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIH) for continuing development of its therapeutic pipeline (IMV0123) against superantigens produced by methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus. This award continues the work previously supported by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oso Simple Technologies Featured on Innovate Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oso Simple Technologies, a Serra Capital portfolio company, was recently featured in an online article on Iowa State University&#8217;s Innovation and Engineering website. To view the complete article, click here.]]></description>
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		<title>Serra Ventures Companies Win Awards at Cozad New Venture Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cozad New Venture Competition held the award ceremony for its finalists on March 31, 2012, on the University of Illinois Campus. Serionix, a Serra Ventures client, was the overall winner, being awarded &#8220;Most Fundable Venture.&#8221;  Serionix was also the recipient of the &#8220;Student Start-Up Award&#8221; at Innovation Celebration in February of this year. Also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Beard Presents EIR Workshop on Working With Angel Investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dennis Beard, Principal with Serra Ventures,  presented &#8220;Working With Angel Investors&#8221; at the EIR Workshop on April 24. The workshop was held at EnterpriseWorks, located in the Research Park at the University of Illinois. This workshop provided background considerations about working with angel investors as a funding source for a startup company. The workshop discussed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serra Client Phi Optics Selected to Participate in NSF Lean Launchpad Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phi Optics, a Serra Ventures client, was selected to participate in the NSF Lean Launchpad Course the week of March 20, 2012 in Stanford, California.  The selection process was extremely competitive and selected winners were funded in part by a $50,000 grant to the company.  Tim Hoerr, CEO of Serra Ventures, was selected as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Hoerr Presents &#8220;How to Build A High Performance Team&#8221; to Ag Science Engineering Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Hoerr, CEO of Serra Ventures, presented &#8220;How to Build A High Performance Team&#8221; at the University of Illinois on March 7, 2012.  The presentation was given to the students of the senior design class in agriculture sciences engineering. The same presentation was given at the EIR workshop in January of 2012, held at EnterpriseWorks. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serra Capital Portfolio Companies Win Several Awards at Innovation Celebration 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 8th annual Innovation Celebration was held at the Beckman Institute located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The event was hosted by Champaign County Economic Development Corporation and the University of Illinois, and was sponsored by several local companies, including Serra Ventures. Laura Frerichs, Director of the UIUC Research Park, was emcee.  Chancellor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Hoerr Presents &#8220;How to Build a High Performance Team&#8221; at EIR Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Hoerr, CEO of Serra Ventures, presented “How to Build a High Performance Team” as part of the Entrepreneur-in-Residence workshop series at the University of Illinois Research Park on January 24, 2012.  The presentation covered five essential factors to consider when building a high performance team within your organization. Over the course of the year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Hoerr Speaks at Kauffman FASTTRAC Program</title>
		<link>http://www.serraventures.com/2012/01/tim-hoerr-set-to-speak-at-kauffman-fasttrac-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Hoerr, CEO of Serra Ventures, was invited to speak at the Kauffman FASTTRAC program at the University of Illinois on January 21, 2012.  The program was called “Exploring Entrepreneurship” and was attended by science and engineering students from the University.  Tim Hoerr shared his entrepreneurial story with a presentation that included tips for entrepreneurs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serra Ventures Publishes New White Paper on Start-Ups</title>
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		<comments>http://www.serraventures.com/2011/12/serra-ventures-publishes-new-white-paper-on-start-ups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Serra Ventures has added another white paper to their series titled &#8220;Before You Launch: 10 Essential Points To Ponder As You Start a Tech Company.&#8221; The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and thriving as new companies are launched every day.  But do these nascent companies have the ingredients for success? Serra Ventures believes there are 10 [...]]]></description>
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