South Carolina Research Authority, a public, nonprofit corporation that works to fuel the state’s innovation economy, announced May 7 it awarded $50,000 in grants to Katalyst Corp. LLC of Greenville and Sojourn MedTech LLC of Clemson University.
Katalyst Corp. received a $25,000 project development fund grant. The information technology company created a software-as-a-service platform that works to provide comprehensive services to at-risk populations.
Sojourn MedTech received a $25,000 academic startup grant. The startup developed CanSim, a smart simulator equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software for assessing and training clinic personnel that works to improve dialysis procedures.
SCRA also awarded $185,000 in various grants to five other South Carolina companies:
- Apex Orthopaedic Technologies LLC of North Charleston – $50,000
- Construx Inc. of Mount Pleasant – $50,000
- Heirloom Cloud Corp. of Mount Pleasant – $25,000
- Tandem Concepts Inc. of Charleston – $35,000
- Zitles LLC of Mount Pleasant – $25,000
In addition to awarding $235,000 in grants, SCRA welcomed Rabbit Hole Digital LLC and ThreatCaptain LLC of Greenville, MyVoluntier Operations Inc. of Indian Land and Oncoblaze LLC of Charleston as member companies.
Rabbit Hole Digital is an information technology startup that created a platform which provides an aggregated source of social content data, a social content planning and management system, and a social listening tool with the ability to apply automated categorizations around custom parameters.
ThreatCaptain is an information technology startup that developed a financial cyber risk tool tailored specifically for managed service providers.
As SCRA member companies, Rabbit Hole Digital, ThreatCaptain, MyVoluntier Operations and Oncoblaze as member companies will receive:
- Coaching
- Access to experts in SCRA’s Resource Partner Network
- Eligibility to apply for grant funding
- Consideration for an investment from SCRA’s investment affiliate, SC Launch
For more information, visit scra.org.
