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Contest dangles trip to startup mecca

One of Richmond’s latest startup competitions is upping the ante this year with a trip to Silicon Valley. The local chapter of Aging2.0 is hosting a pitch event April 7 for the San Francisco-based organization’s Global Startup Search, a competition for companies developing goods and services catered to senior citizens. The local event will be… Read more »

Production studio shuffles ownership

After buying out partners and achieving majority control of the company he founded, the head of a local production studio has brought a longtime producer into the ownership mix. Dave Trownsell, CEO of video production studio Park Group, has made executive producer Stacy Murphy-Johnson a minority partner in the company and promoted her from the… Read more »

HDL buyer beats Ohio lawsuit

Richmond’s newest major healthcare player has shed some more legal baggage. An Ohio judge this week dismissed a three-month-old lawsuit against Texas-based True Health Diagnostics, which entered the Richmond market last year by acquiring Health Diagnostic Laboratory. Filed in November, the case centered on blood tests patented by plaintiff Cleveland HeartLab, which had previously allowed… Read more »

Newsbites: Noteworthy tidbits for Feb. 23, 2016

Nonprofits Smart Beginnings Greater Richmond, a regional school readiness initiative, recently received a $180,000 grant from the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation. The funds will benefit early learning opportunities for Richmond children. The YWCA has announced this year’s Outstanding Women Awards honorees, which include Hope Armstrong Erb of the Greater Richmond Children’s Choir; Lakshmi Challa of… Read more »

Pizza chain warming up for move into Richmond

Two sibling veterans of the pizza industry are looking to deliver a fresh batch of locations to the Richmond market. Brothers Garry and John Fitchett signed an agreement in December to open or develop 25 Firenza Pizza locations in Virginia and North Carolina over 10 years. While no locations have been finalized, Richmond could see… Read more »

HDL gets an edge in dustup with buyer

The bickering has subsided – at least temporarily – between Health Diagnostic Laboratory and True Health Diagnostics. A federal bankruptcy judge sided last week with HDL by approving an order to prevent True Health from interfering with the bankrupt local blood testing company’s efforts to collect bills from former patients. True Health, which bought the… Read more »