Category: Business news
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Introducing the XLR8 PBC Fall 2025 (F25) Cohort Mentors
XLR8 PBC is designed for emerging health and life science companies that are preparing to scale. Ideal applicants have a validated product or solution, early traction in the market, and […]
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XLR8 PBC Fall 2025 Cohort
Phoenix, AZ – September 10, 2025 – XLR8 PBC has cemented its role as a unique and highly impactful program within the health tech ecosystem. A strategic launchpad for companies […]
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Arizona Commerce Authority Announces Awardees For Fall 2025 Arizona Innovation Challenge
PHOENIX, AZ (August 27, 2025) – The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) today announced 10 awardees have been selected for the Fall 2025 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC). The Fall 2025 cohort includes some of […]
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HonorHealth to acquire Evernorth Care Group, expanding access to convenient, quality care in the Valley
Scottsdale, Ariz. (September 2, 2025) – HonorHealth, a leading Valley-based healthcare system serving more than five million people across the greater Phoenix area, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire […]
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Picard Medical, Inc. Announces Pricing of $17 Million Initial Public Offering
TUCSON, ARIZONA, August 28, 2025 — Picard Medical, Inc. (“Picard” or the “Company”), a medical technology company that manufactures and sells the only total artificial heart (the “SynCardia Total Artificial […]
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GPEC Board of Directors names Christine Mackay as President & CEO
Over 11 years with the City of Phoenix, Mackay led the creation of more than $190 billion in capital investment and 100,000 new jobs PHOENIX (Aug. 28, 2025) — Today, the Greater […]
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State’s public universities are expanding access and research, presidents say
Leaders plead for business community to demand state support for workforce development Northern Arizona University President José Luis Cruz Rivera (left) and Arizona State University President Michael Crow (center) participate […]
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Thomas Maynard Appointed Interim CEO of GPEC
Search committee names organization’s Senior Vice President, Business Development as temporary leader The Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) announced today it has appointed Thomas Maynard as Interim Chief Executive Officer, […]
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President Cruz Rivera elected to American Council on Education Board of Directors amid national focus on the value of higher ed
President José Luis Cruz Rivera has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education (ACE)— the only major higher education association to represent all types of […]
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ASU moves up among top-ranked universities in the world for 2026
QS World University Rankings places ASU 36th among top US schools; up nearly 30 spots globally Professor Kelly Knudson points to locations where specimens have been collected for the Archaeological […]
