Five companies join SC Launch

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Two Midlands businesses are among five new companies accepted into SCRA’s entrepreneurial program, SC Launch, which provides mentoring and support services as well as funding to eligible recipients.

Columbia-based Carolina Diagnostic Solutions creates products for pulmonary testing and disease management. The company, which is partnered with the USC/Columbia Technology Incubator, recently developed a telehealth platform that connects patients and providers.

WedTexts, also based in Columbia, is an online communication service that connects wedding guests to engaged couples through text messages and scheduled reminders. A patent-pending innovation, WedTexts Blueprint, allows couples to schedule communication, manage guests lists and collect photos.

Two Upstate companies and one Lowcountry business also joined SC Launch. CannuLucent, located in Greenville, is developing a line of dialysis training simulators and was also approved for a $25,000 demonstration grant from SCRA.

Greenville-based Zylo Therapeutics has developed a sustained-release delivery system that uses patented technology to topically administer nitric oxide and other hard-to-deliver drugs.

Vizbii Technologies, based in Charleston, has created a patented method to capture human reactions to stimuli called Morphil. Users can self-report emotions and physical sensations using digital images, which will allow companies to measure customer, employee and patient experiences.

SCRA is a state-chartered organization that fosters job creation and innovation in the advanced materials/manufacturing, information technology and life sciences industries.