Coronis: Creating Virtual Companies
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Launched by four veterans of the medical device industry, Coronis Medical hopes to be able to nurture precisely the kind of opportunities that even the most early stage-minded of venture investors can't. Through its relationship with Stellartech, a design and development consulting firm, Coronis will be able to provide a wide array of services for the projects it takes on, creating virtual companies through what is, in effect, a kind of virtual incubator.
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