RightHill Ventures portfolio company MindImmune has received $5m in backing from the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), supporting the company’s advancement into their first-in-human trials. This most recent A3 close from ADDF builds on the November 2025 close of $10.2m which included RightHill Ventures along with Slater Technology Fund, Dolby Family Ventures, Gates Frontier, Pfizer […]
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Adept Materials Launches Lilypad™, Advancing Passive Moisture Control in Buildings
Providence, R.I. — 2.12.2026 — RightHill Ventures portfolio company Adept Materials has launched Lilypad™, a humidity-regulating paint system designed to help buildings passively manage indoor moisture. RightHill Ventures first invested in Adept Materials in 2023, supporting the company as it moved from technical development toward commercialization. Lilypad absorbs and releases water vapor in response to […]
MindImmune Appoints Industry Leaders to Board of Directors
Brad Margus and Robert Michael Poole, MD FACP, bring deep background and experience. Mr. Margus assumes role as Board Chair SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI – January 3, 2024 – MindImmune Therapeutics, a pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on neuroinflammation targeting Alzheimer’s disease as lead indication, today announced the appointments of Brad Margus and Robert Michael Poole, MD, FACP to […]
VoltServer secures $17.5M in Series B Funding
Innovative Energy Company VoltServer secures venture capital funding EAST GREENWICH, RI / ACCESSWIRE / April 19, 2023 / VoltServer™, the inventor of a new distribution format for electricity, announced today that it has raised $17.5 million Series B funding, led by Marker Hill Capital and Constellation Technology Ventures, followed by the Southwire Company, RightHill Ventures, and Clean Energy Venture Group. This brings the […]
RightHill Ventures Commits $1.5 Million to Slater-Backed Drug Discovery Company
New Fund Participates in Series A Financing for URI-Based MindImmune, Developer of a Novel Treatment for Neuroinflammatory Conditions Such as Alzheimer’s Disease PROVIDENCE, RI – June 21, 2022 –RightHill Ventures, dedicated to providing seed-stage capital and other startup support to university-based ventures, today announced that it has committed a total of $1.5 million in a financing round totaling […]
Noted Scientist Nancy Ryan Gray and Brown University Engineering Dean Lawrence Larson Join the Slater Board; Larson Named Chair
New Appointees Bring Critical Insight into the Commercialization of University-Based Research Providence, R.I. – March 8, 2022 – The Slater Technology Fund, Rhode Island’s oldest and most active seed-stage investment fund, today announced that Nancy Ryan Gray, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Gordon Research Conferences (GRC), and Lawrence Larson, Ph.D., who will be stepping […]
RightHill Ventures Launches to Accelerate the Journey from Research to Startup for University Innovations
PROVIDENCE, RI – February 22, 2022 – RightHill Ventures, a new fund dedicated to providing seed-stage capital and other startup support, has launched specifically to target university research-driven ventures and founders, building from a beachhead at Brown University.