SCRA announces investment in Kiyatec
November 10, 2015“This strategic investment will enable KIYATEC to accelerate the growth of the company’s pre-clinical services business and further develop its future clinical services offering,” said Martin Ettlemyer, SCRA Vice President, Strategic Investments and Stage 2 Portfolio Manager.
“Our Stage 2 program uses retained earnings from SCRA’s core R&D operations to fulfill our mission to grow South Carolina’s high-tech landscape,” said SCRA CEO Bill Mahoney. “We have a long history with KIYATEC, first making an investment through our SC Launch program in 2008 and making several subsequent investments since. We are pleased to provide this additional capital, which will enable the company to continue its growth in South Carolina.”
SCRA’s Stage 2 sponsors larger investments, from $1-5 million, in more mature South Carolina-based technology companies. Capital is invested together with outside, private co-investments on a deal-by-deal basis.
SCRA is a self-sustaining non-profit R&D company that grows the technology-based economy in South Carolina by commercializing intellectual property and supporting and making investments in early-stage companies. Multiple economic impact studies show our cumulative output into South Carolina’s economy to be over $18.1 billion since 1983, creating 15,000 technology-related jobs with annual wages averaging between $55,000 and $77,000.