Bill Marshall with his three other founders and the rest of the team at miRagen Therapeutics announced that they joined the Entrepreneur's Foundation of Colorado (EFCO) with an equity grant.
"We are thrilled to have the team from miRagen join EFCO's corporate social responsibility efforts. During the past two years, most of our members have hailed from the software and internet space. With miRagen's mission of developing innovative microRNA based therapeutics for cardiovascular and muscle disease, we are proud to have add a company from the biotechnology space;" said Ryan Martens, CEO for EFCO.
"We are very pleased to support EFCO's mission through the donation of an equity grant," said William S. Marshall, Ph.D., President and CEO of miRagen Therapeutics, Inc. "It's no coincidence that miRagen is based in Colorado as this area is a preeminent center for research in both cardiovascular biology and RNA. So it's particularly fitting that as our company grows our ability to make a difference in our community will grow along with it."
About miRagen Therapeutics
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally. Astonishingly, in the United States, every 37 seconds a person dies from cardiovascular disease. For survivors, life changes dramatically after an adverse heart event. Because of the significant toll that cardiovascular and muscle disease takes on patients, miRagen Therapeutics, Inc., was founded in 2007 to develop innovative microRNA-based therapeutics for cardiovascular and muscle disease. Only recently discovered, microRNAs are short, single-stranded RNA molecules encoded in the genome that regulate gene expression and play a vital role in influencing cardiovascular and muscle disease. Principally funded through venture capital investments, miRagen combines world recognized leadership in cardiovascular medicine with unprecedented in-house expertise in microRNA biology and chemistry. For more information, please visit www.miRagenTherapeutics.com.
About EF Colorado
EFCO working with entrepreneurs to help them meet their philanthropic objectives through equity, volunteering and social enterprises. Contributing companies simply select a cause or theme and one of three Colorado Community Foundation, including The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, The Rose Foundation and The Denver Foundation, takes care of the granting process. EFCO is an affiliate member of the national Entrepreneurs Foundation, an organization formed in 1988 with affiliates in Silicon Valley, Austin, Southern California, New England, Dallas, Portland, Atlanta, Hawaii and Israel.
