Health care is growing business in Richmond, especially on the laboratory side.
Four of the eight winners at last night’s Greater Richmond Companies to Watch event, an annual celebration of some of the regions startups, were in the health-care sector.
The panel’s judges typically receive around 50 nominations. This was the fifth year that the Venture Forum has organized the event. The Venture Forum, an association that promotes and supports entrepreneurial activity in Central Virginia.
The winners:
Diamedix: The company, which BizSense wrote about here, distributors a host of medical products including diabetic testing supplies and shoes, orthopedic devices, bladder control supplies, erectile dysfunction aids, power mobility products as well as back and arthritic products. The company was founded in 2003.
Dominion Benefits: consults on employee benefit plans.
Health Diagnostics Lab: runs a laboratory that performs tests for patients with heart and liver diseases.
Paraweave: a company that makes flooring for high-use areas (such as the interior of a drug store) and is made with a thick felt pad made of recycled carpet.
Partner JD: a legal staffing firm.
PowerPact: an online marketing firm that also produces web videos.
Venebio: a biotech research company.
LightTape: a manufacturer a bright electroluminescent lamp.
Aaron Kremer is the BizSense Editor. Full disclosure: Aaron is also on the board of the Venture Forum. He had no say in picking any of the winners.
We recently switched health care consultants, retaining Dominion Benefits to take over that task for us. The attention to detail, variety of choices they offered and commitment to customer service are very impressive.
Jim Gordon, and his team at Dominion, are very deserving of this recognition.
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