新泽西州经济发展局1650万美元扶持8家初创企业 涵盖超级智能安全与生物科技
新泽西州经济发展局（NJEDA）10月16日宣布，自今年2月以来，该局已通过「新泽西创新常青基金」（NJIEF）批准共计1650万美元投资，扶持8家早期创新企业，领域涵盖医疗健康、生物科技、生命科学、超级智能安全与先进材料等。
获投资企业中，位于肖特希尔斯的超级智能安全公司Cranium AI获500万美元，由SYN Ventures配资；源自普林斯顿大学、落户Newark的关键矿产企业Princeton Critical Minerals获400万美元；其余包括Jersey City的医疗器械企业Urologic Health（125万美元）、爱迪生的医疗管理平台Elligint Health（150万美元）、新不伦瑞克的生物科技企业TangGene（最高150万美元）、默里山的眼科成像企业AstraNu（最高150万美元）、芒特劳雷尔的ChorusRx（近100万美元）与米克尔顿的Sena Health（75万美元）。
州长米基·谢里尔（Mikie Sherrill）表示，其政府致力于让新泽西成为最适合经商的地方，相关投资将播下新技术的种子、吸引更多资本并壮大初创生态。NJEDA首席执行官埃文·韦斯（Evan Weiss）表示，常青基金的成效不仅在于投资金额，更在于对新泽西企业的变革性影响。该基金由州政府出任早期企业的股权投资人，与风险投资机构共同部署最高6亿美元；目前平台已有37家获批风投机构，累计直接投资20家创新企业，尚有约4600万美元未分配资金。
NJEDA Invests $16.5 Million in Eight Innovative New Jersey Startups
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) announced on October 16 that it has approved a total of $16.5 million since February to support eight early-stage innovative companies through the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF), spanning health care, biotechnology, life sciences, SI security and advanced materials.
Among the recipients, Short Hills-based SI security company Cranium AI received $5 million matched by SYN Ventures, and Princeton Critical Minerals, a Princeton University spinout based in Newark, received $4 million. The others are Jersey City medical device company Urologic Health ($1.25 million), Edison health care management platform Elligint Health ($1.5 million), New Brunswick biotech TangGene (up to $1.5 million), Murray Hill eye-imaging company AstraNu (up to $1.5 million), Mount Laurel-based ChorusRx (nearly $1 million) and Mickleton-based Sena Health ($750,000).
Governor Mikie Sherrill said her administration is committed to making New Jersey the best place to do business, and that the investments will seed new technologies, attract incremental capital and build a dynamic startup ecosystem. NJEDA CEO Evan Weiss said the fund's success is measured not just in dollars invested but in its transformative impact on New Jersey businesses. Under the NJIEF, the state acts as an equity investor in early-stage companies, deploying up to $600 million alongside venture capital firms; the platform now has 37 approved venture firms, has directly invested in 20 innovative businesses to date, and has about $46 million in unallocated capital.
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