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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- A recent Startup Genome report confirms a frustrating reality: ecosystem leaders are wasting public funds on outdated, generic accelerators.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 Development Team – Helping Save Lives Ukraine

September 14, 2023 - Delta Development Team, Inc. together with Desert Angels and UA VENTURES LIMITED join together to deliver multiple units of the Delta Development APRU to Ukraine to create the "Ragged Edge Solutions Prolonged Field Care Collective" effort.  Click...

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Arizona Startups Attract Big Investments

February 1, 2023 - Arizona has an abundance of advantages for entrepreneurs looking to start their companies: a young, talented workforce; one of the nation’s fastest-growing tech hubs; a business-friendly environment that embraces innovation; an excellent quality of...

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Arizona rising: Startups add to state’s impressive growth

In December, the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) announced the 10 awardees of the 2022 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC), one of the country’s largest pitch competitions designed to advance technology commercialization. The awardees were selected from a pool of more...

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Reglagene Featured in Tucson Metro Podcast

As published in Tucson Metro Podcast December 2022 Reglagene President & CEO Dr. Richard Austin joined the Tucson Metro Chamber podcast titled "The Business of" to explain how the company is developing revolutionary therapy for brain cancer based on research from...

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HTG Molecular Diagnostics Blasts Up after Public Offering

From Beanie Babies to rare coins, scarcity has often meant greater value. Desert Angels Portfolio Company HTG Molecular Diagnostics (NASDAQ:HTGM) provided one more example of just that by surging upward in Tuesday’s trading after closing its public offering last week....

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