A Field Guide to Tourist Capital

Tucson, AZ - 08/20/2026 - Some capital shows up to fund a company. Some shows up to fund that company's audition for a move somewhere else. A funding announcement reads the same either way. It names the round and the investors, and says nothing about whether that...

Your Brilliant Solution is Just the Start in Fundraising.

08/14/2026 - Many medtech founders are fighting the wrong battles. They are perfecting their pitch deck while ignoring the structural realities that determine whether investors say yes. They are grinding through rejections, burning runway, and wondering why something...

Pyx Health Named to the Inc. 5000 List for the 5th Year in row

Tucson, AZ – August 11, 2026 - Pyx Health has been recognized for 218% Three-Year Revenue Growth, earning a place among the nation’s most successful independent businesses. This marks the 5th consecutive year that Pyx Health has been included in the Inc 5000. Pyx...

The K-Shaped Meat Grinder – What a Record Venture Market Means for Regions That Will Never See It

Tucson, AZ - 08/09/2026 - Executive Summary H1 2026 set an all-time record for venture funding, at roughly $510 billion globally. Seed and angel funding fell 27% year over year. Emerging-manager fundraising collapsed 35%.The record is an aggregation error. Strip out...

Linshom Medical Awarded Commercialization Innovation Grant

08/06/2026 - Linshom Medical – Based in Baltimore, Md., and a member of Harbor Designs & Manufacturing, aims to deliver an operating room (OR) quality respiratory profile to the patient bedside or home for continuous, predictive respiratory monitoring (CPRM) has...

Somewhere Right Now a Surgeon is Learning a Procedure for the Very First Time on a Real Person. ReSuture Changes This!

07/31/2026 - We don't accept that anywhere else. Pilots log hundreds of hours in simulators before they carry passengers. Athletes run the play a thousand times before game day. But in surgery, "see one, do one, teach one" has been the model for over a century, and...

Are Ecosystem Leaders Wasting Money on Accelerators?

Tucson, AZ - 07/21/2026 - A recent Startup Genome report confirms a frustrating reality: ecosystem leaders are wasting public funds on outdated, generic accelerators. When public agencies run these programs, they often measure success by sheer volume: how many...

Regional Ecosystems Operate Inside an Accountability Vacuum

Tucson, AZ - 07/21/2026 - Programs report startups formed. They cite filled calendars. They decline to name survival rates. The deflection is the data. This local evasion masks a brutal macroeconomic reality. The headlines claim an all-time global funding record. The...

NuvOx Therapeutics Receives FDA Fast Track Designation to NanO₂™ for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke

"NuvOx Therapeutics Receives FDA Fast Track Designation to NanO₂™ for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke. NuvOx Therapeutics, Inc. (“NuvOx Therapeutics”, “NuvOx”, or the “Company”) today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, NuvOx Pharma LLC, has been...

$200MM and Counting: What’s Next for the Movement to Invest in Women Entrepreneurs

07/15/2026 - Twenty-two years ago, Golden Seeds set out with a simple idea: women-led companies deserve the same opportunity to build, grow, and access capital as everyone else. I am so proud of what our members, founders, and partners have built over that time and...

Delta Ice 1L debut at New Castle Blood Symposium

Apr 1, 2025

04/01/2025 Delta Ice 2L debut at New Castle Blood Symposium The Delta Ice 2L Smart Blood Cooler is a prehospital blood cooler equipped with real-time temperature tracking software. Its design maintains optimal temperature storage of blood products, vaccines, and...

The next evolution in Prehostial Blood Management

Mar 24, 2025

03/24/2025 The APRU: Hands-Free, 24/7 Blood Storage for High-Call EMS Agencies For busy EMS agencies operating in high-volume cities or counties, the Autonomous Portable Refrigeration Unit (APRU) is the ideal solution. The APRU is designed for hands-free, constant...

iQure Pharma Receives Approval for iq007 Activity

Mar 21, 2025

031/21/2025 - iQure secures formal approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) in Australia for the iQ-007 Phase 1 study. Excellent news, proud to be first to introduce iQ-007 unique and broadly applicable glutamate uptake enhancer to clinical...

Tidewater EMS Council Adopts Delta Development Team

Mar 21, 2025

03/21/2025 Tidewater EMS Council Adopts Delta Development Team TEMS is excited to transition our Whole Blood Initiative program to PAX bags!! Also, a shout out to QinFlow helping us transition to the Warrior Lite warmer! Of course, we also must mention Lifeflow and...

Nuvox Therapeutics MHRA Approval Phase IIb Stroke Trial

Feb 13, 2025

Tucson, AZ – January 21,2025 - NuvOx Therapeutics, Inc. (“NuvOx”) announced that The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom in collaboration with the Research Ethics Committee has accepted the amended request for a clinical...

Interview James Goulka AZ Venture Capital President

Feb 7, 2025

A recent AZ Inno article has been published featuring an interview with James “Jim” Goulka, AZ Venture Capital Inc.’s new President and CEO. Jim was the prior President of Arizona Technology Investors ("ATI"), a long-time angel investment syndication partner with...

Delta Development Team Expands Footprint