The Queen City Angels Fund Eleven Companies

The Queen City Angels investment group had another busy year. Its members and QCA First Funds funded 17 rounds of investment in 11 different companies. These include six information technology and Internet businesses, three life sciences companies, one manufacturing/ IT company and one consumer product firm. The companies are:

AssureRx.  Using technology developed and proven at Cincinnati Children’s’ Hospital, AssureRx provides clinically significant bioinformatics enabling clinicians to better select the right drug and the right dosage level for individual patients, avoiding adverse drug reactions and improving response.

BidMyCrib.com.  Homeowners can submit their home-improvement and repair project requests on-line to the company’s network of skilled-trades contractors, who can respond with on-line bids on the company’s BidMyCrib.com website.  The company is placing computer terminal kiosks in numerous local hardware and home-improvement retailers through a strategic alliance.

Duffix Golf Products.  Duffix Golf produces and markets patented golf training and instructional products. The initial product is the Duffix Swing Trainer, which has received enthusiastic reception from golf training professionals.

Charles H. Mack & Associates.  This Cincinnati company develops and markets world-class patient case management software for the healthcare industry.

 HOPS Technology.  This local business has created a simplified, efficient on-line system for managing projects, collaborations and tasks in enterprises.

iStatus.  This local company is developing a web-based system that automates the demand chain for commodity distributors.  Specifically, the system allows distributors to implement any number of end-buyer storefronts for their corporate customers, each with their own unique products and pricing.

Minimally Invasive Devices.  This Ohio company is developing special-purpose medical instrumentation to enable surgeons to perform complex laparoscopic, or minimally invasive, surgical procedures. The Queen City Angels led this deal, which received co-investment by the OhioTechAngels investment group of Columbus.

Orthodata Technologies. This life sciences company has developed an innovative diagnostic system that will allow orthopaedic surgeons to accurately diagnose the progress of spine fusion surgeries and eliminate the need for unnecessary exploratory follow-up surgeries.

Tradicom. The QCA First Fund invested in this concept-stage company that is developing next-generation interactive vending machines.  The investment is being used to develop the Company's first prototype.

Vyante.  Vyante aggregates on-line information and sentiment about client companies and analyzes and trends such information to gauge customer sentiment.