Grace Century’s Project with Provia Laboratories to Enter Further U.S. and International Expansion with Completion of Preferred “Class C” Private Placement Round
Ras Al Khaimah, UAE (PRWEB) March 18, 2014 -- Grace Century’s dental stem cell and biobanking project, Provia Laboratories, expects C-Class private placement activities to complete in the second quarter of 2014, thus insuring adequate funding for their next phase of expansion.
Grace Century has arranged a $3MM tranche with one investor within its group, which will come close to completing their C-round. Additionally, there are two institutional groups aggressively completing their due diligence which would satisfy the future capital needs for Provia for 2015 and beyond.
According to Scott Wolf, CEO of Grace Century, “We are thrilled that we were able to bring this to fruition for Provia and their branded Store-A-Tooth™ service. This will allow Provia to expand the number of U.S. territories beyond the East Coast, into the Midwest and then the West Coast.”
Scott Wolf believes that Provia has the perfect mix of products including their patent-pending Proviasette™, a state of the art tissue storage device. “With four revenue streams including biobanking consulting (specifically government contracts), Proviasette, Store-A-Tooth, and soon-to-be-launched additional bio banking processing and storage services, we are confident that Provia will position itself as the premier private biobank in the world.”
”Provia is ready to expand into Europe, as their Provia laboratories Europe, LTD. was recently formed in the UK in January, and marketing alliances abroad are being formed. Together, with its partnerships in Singapore and Latin America, as well as its plans to build a new cell manufacturing and storage facility in the Caribbean in early 2015; you have a true global player,” Wolf concluded.
Howard Greenman, CEO of Provia Laboratories commented, “Capitalization is always the key to any new venture. With the capital raised thus far, we have proven our business model, assembled a world-class team, made some important strategic partnerships, invested in valuable infrastructure, and prepared for growth. With this new tranche of capital, we can accelerate our expansion in the U.S. and abroad and begin investing in broader consumer education about the power of stem cells.”
About Grace Century, FZ LLC
Grace Century, FZ LLC is an International research and private equity consultancy located in Ras Al Khaimah, (north of Dubai) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Grace Century specializes in “game-changing” life science and health related private equity projects. For further information, visit: http://www.gracecentury.com.
About Provia Laboratories, LLC
Headquartered in Littleton, MA, Provia Laboratories, LLC is a healthcare services company specializing in high-quality bio-banking (the collection, transport, processing and cryogenic storage of biological specimens). Provia Labs offers the Proviasette™ product range for use in bio-banking environments to improve sample logistics, security and quality. The company manages and promotes its own bio-bank for a dental stem cell banking service, Store-A-Tooth™, which gives families the option to store stem cells to protect their children’s future health and take advantage of advances in stem cell therapies. Provia Labs advises industrial, academic and governmental clients on matters related to the preservation of biological specimens for research and clinical use. Provia Labs is a member of ISBER, the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories, as well as ESBB, the European, Middle Eastern & African Society for Bio-preservation & Biobanking. For further information about Proviasette™, contact Provia Labs +1 (781) 652-4815 or visit http://www.proviasette.com.
Laurie Pehar Borsh, Laurie Pehar Borsh PR, http://www.gracecentury.com, +1 818-249-4846, [email protected]
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