Wavesat Announces Immediate Availability of Tri-band LTE Ref Design for Handsets and Related Devices

Posted on 02. Aug, 2010 in Portfolio News

Wavesat is a portfolio company of Lothian Partners. Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is the manager of Lothian Partners. San Mateo, California 2 August 2010 – Wavesat Inc., a leading supplier of Broadband Wireless semiconductor solutions, today announced immediate availability of a tri-band LTE reference design that manufacturers can use in the development of handset devices, USB dongles

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Nutrition Business Journal profiles Ascenta’s Pure Check program

Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 in Portfolio News

Ascenta is a portfolio company of Avrio Ventures. Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Avrio Ventures. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 21 July 2010 – Nutrition Business Journal profiles Ascenta’s Pure Check program

Aegera Therapeutics Reports Survival Data from the Phase 1 Portion of its Phase 1-2 Study of AEG35156 in Combination with Sorafenib in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 in Portfolio News

Aegera Therapeutics is a portfolio company of Lothian Partners. Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is the manager of Lothian Partners. Montreal, Quebec and Hong Kong, China,  19 July 2010 – Aegera Therapeutics Inc. released today encouraging survival data from the Phase 1 portion of its Phase 1-2 Study of the novel targeted therapeutic, AEG35156, given in combination with sorafenib

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Advitech Announces a Proposed Private Placement of CAN $1.5 million

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 in Portfolio News

Advitech Inc. is a portfolio company of Avrio Ventures. Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Avrio Ventures. Quebec City, Quebec 15 July 2010 – Advitech Inc. (“Advitech”) (TSX Venture Exchange: AVI) announces its intention to complete a non-brokered private placement with AgeChem Venture Fund, LP (“AgeChem”) and Avrio Ventures Limited Partnership (“Avrio”), each

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Botaneco validates oleosome based sunscreen formulation

Posted on 28. Jun, 2010 in Portfolio News

Botaneco Specialty Ingredients Inc. is a portfolio company of Avrio Ventures. Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Avrio Ventures. Calgary, Alberta 28 June 2o10 – Botaneco Specialty Ingredients Inc. is pleased to announce today that its oleosome based sunscreen formulation, in a recent sunscreen panel test, exhibited far higher in-vivo SPF values(30+) than

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ENB-0040, A Bone Targeted Enzyme Replacement Therapy, Shows Promise in Children with Hypophosphatasia

Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 in Portfolio News

Enobia Pharma is a portfolio company of Lothian Partners. Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is the manager of Lothian Partners San Diego, California 21 June 2010 -Enobia Pharma today announced positive interim data from a clinical study of ENB-0040, a bone targeted enzyme replacement therapy, under investigation for the treatment of hypophosphatasia (HPP). After 12 weeks of

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Ascenta Launches Vegetarian Omega-3 Supplement

Posted on 20. May, 2010 in Portfolio News

Ascenta is a portfolio company of Avrio Ventures. Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Avrio Ventures. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 13 May 2010 – Ascenta, an industry leader in omega-3 essential fatty acids, introduces NutraVege, nature’s highest potency and most complete vegetarian omega-3 supplement providing benefits similar to fish oil. “Until recently, the

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Manitoba Harvest Earns Two Prestigious Awards

Posted on 17. May, 2010 in Portfolio News

Manitoba Harvest is a portfolio company of Avrio Ventures. Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Avrio Ventures. Manitoba 17 May 2010 – Manitoba Harvest™ Hemp Foods & Oils is pleased to announce that it has earned the 2010 Best New Product Award and the 2010 Company of the Year Award from the

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Movie seats that rock and roll

Posted on 30. Apr, 2010 in Portfolio News

D-BOX Technologies Inc. is a portfolio company of Lothian Partners. Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is the manager of Lothian Partners. Longueuil, Quebec 30 April 2010 - For moviegoers who are just getting used to the idea of 3-D experiences, there is another technology that is trying – quite literally – to shake up the theatre industry

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Chromatin, Inc. Acquires Sorghum Partners, Inc. (SPI) and Milo Genetics, LP

Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 in Portfolio News

Chromatin Inc. is a portfolio company of Foragen Technologies Management Inc. Kirchner Investment Management Corporation is a general partner of Foragen Technologies Management Inc. Chicago, Illinois 28 April 2010 – Today, Chromatin, Inc. announces that the company has acquired the assets of Sorghum Partners, Inc. (SPI) and Milo Genetics, LP. The transaction provides Chromatin with

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