Accelerator

Press Releases
Mar 28 , 2012	Accelerator Corporation Names David McElligott, Ph.D. as Chief Scientific Officer
Jun 21 , 2011	Mirina Corporation Changes Name to Groove Biopharma
May 24 , 2011	Accelerator Corporation Finances Twelfth Startup with Oncofactor Corporation
Dec 01 , 2010	Accelerator Corporation Finances Eleventh Startup with Acylin Therapeutics, Inc.
Apr 26 , 2010	Mirina Corporation Closes Series A-1 Financing Led by Versant Ventures
May 14 , 2009	Accelerator Corporation Announces XORI Corporation: 10th Accelerator Company is 2nd to Emerge from University of Washington
Nov 21 , 2008	Accelerator Corporation Announces Series A Investment in GPC-Rx Corporation (New Name PharmSelex)
Nov 14 , 2008	Accelerator Corporation Adds Additional Investor
Aug 15 , 2008	Accelerator Corporation Creates Ninth New Biotech Company
Mar 14 , 2008	Recodagen Corporation is Seventh New Start-Up Launched By Accelerator
Oct 26 , 2007	Allozyne, Inc. Closes $30 Million Series B Financing and Appoints Meenu Chhabra as President and Chief Executive Officer
Aug 03 , 2007	Accelerator Corporation Raises Third Round of Committed Capital, Adds Additional Investor
Mar 16 , 2007	Spaltudaq Corporation Raises $29 Million
Jul 28 , 2006	Seredigm Corp is sixth start-up launched by Accelerator
Jun 16 , 2006	VLST Corporation Raises $55 Million
Jan 06 , 2006	VLST Corporation and Accelerator Corporation Name Martin A. Simonetti President and Chief Executive Officer of VLST
Nov 04 , 2005	Accelerator Corporation Launches Allozyne
Jul 13 , 2005	Accelerator Launches Fourth Biotechnology Company
Jan 24 , 2005	Spaltudaq Corporation becomes third biotech company started by Accelerator
Nov 18 , 2004	Accelerator Corporation Adds $11.8 Million and Two New Investors

In The News
Dec 01 , 2010	Accelerator Reaches Out to East Coast to Find Latest Startup, Acylin Therapeutics , Xconomy.com
Apr 26 , 2010	Accelerator’s MicroRNA Play, Mirina, Forges Ahead With One More Year of Cash , Xconomy.com
May 14 , 2009	Accelerator’s New Startup, Xori, Aims to Use Chicken Cells to Make Better Antibody Drugs , Xconomy
Nov 14 , 2008	Accelerator Scores New Investment From PPD, Adds Clinical Trial Expertise , Xconomy
Aug 15 , 2008	Accelerator Bankrolls New Company, Mirina, To Develop MicroRNA-Blocking Drugs , Xconomy
Aug 15 , 2008	A new venture for The Accelerator Corp. of Seattle , (Seattle Times)
Aug 15 , 2008	Accelerator Corp. creates microRNA company , Fierce Biotech
Sep 30 , 2007	Accelerator's fifth has California connection , Puget Sound Business journal
Nov 04 , 2005	Hot biotech startup makes its home here , Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Nov 04 , 2005	Seattle biotech incubator helps another young fledgling to fly , Seattle Times
Aug 24 , 2005	Visionary: We will live longer , Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Jul 14 , 2005	Accelerator announces blood diagnostic venture , Seattle Post Intelligencer
Jan 25 , 2005	New biotech Spaltudaq has different take on cancer fight
Jan 24 , 2005	Startup targets tumor weapons , Seattle Times
Nov 19 , 2004	Amgen and venture fund boost biotech group by $11.8 million , Seattle Times
Nov 19 , 2004	Venture Capital: $11 million boost for biotech incubator , Seattle Post-Intelligencer
May 20 , 2004	Accelerator Corp. also an innovator , Seattle Post-Intelligencer
May 19 , 2004	South Lake Union incubator kicks off first two ventures , Seattle Times
Jul 29 , 2003	Fewer Washington start-ups land venture capital , Seattle Post-Intelligencer
May 23 , 2003	Accelerator aims to lure, nurture best ideas in biotech , Seattle Post-Intelligencer