Oklahoma-based startups find funding at gBETA & gener8tor showcase
Nine Oklahoma startups recently secured funding at the inaugural Oklahoma City cohort hosted by gener8tor, a nationally ranked venture capital firm.
Nine Oklahoma startups recently secured funding at the inaugural Oklahoma City cohort hosted by gener8tor, a nationally ranked venture capital firm.
Business accelerators gBETA Oklahoma City and Idea Accelerator, along with micro-loan program Kiva Oklahoma City, are helping several founders across the metro acquire some valuable insight, advice and resources designed to help them grow or develop their early-stage companies.
Another cohort of gBETA Oklahoma City recently wrapped up following seven weeks of lectures, coaching and mentoring, capped off with an opportunity to pitch their startup companies to various prospective investors.
Wheeler Bio, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in small-batch clinical production of biologics, announced the first closing of its Series A financing round.
The San Diego Convention Center was booming with wall-to-wall activity last month as thousands of bioscience professionals converged for the 2022 Biotechnology Innovation Organization International Convention (BIO). Among them was a large contingent from Oklahoma who joined forces as part of the Oklahoma Biosciences Association (OKBio) exhibitor booth.
A program designed to help stimulate individuals in the heartland of America to begin thinking more like entrepreneurs in order to help solve everyday problems within their communities recently celebrated its first cohort of “builders” in Oklahoma City and has now started its second, summer cohort to generate even more innovative ideas.
“We have the talent and spirit, and now we also have the critical mass of smart money, hungry entrepreneurs and intellectual infrastructure to support tech startups in adjacent sectors."
Hear pitches from gBETA Oklahoma City's startup accelerator participants along with food, drinks, live music, networking and more at Beer City Music Hall on June 7 at 5:30 to 8 p.m.