Let me emphasize SBIRs at NIH most especially if you're serving a medical market. The money is good and they'll take you from prototype to market starting usual

Let me emphasize SBIRs at NIH most especially if you're serving a medical market. The money is good and they'll take you from prototype to market starting usually with less than $100k and over three stages to over $1M. The application process is a bit troublesome but no more troublesome than meeting with each and every VC. Check out: http://www.sbir.gov/index.html http://www.sbir.gov/index.html When you see an opportunity that could fit, contact the program officer. Talk to them about about what you're working on and how it fits. Most importantly, keep checking back.