A life sciences nonprofit has awarded Richmond lab equipment company Grenova with its Startup of the Year award.
The Sales and Marketing Professionals in Science (SAMPS) organization, which connects and empowers sales and marketing professionals in life science and applied research, recently presented the award at a ceremony in San Diego.
“We are proud to be named the SAMPS Startup of the Year, as it calls attention to the significant economic and environmental impact we’ve made since our inception,” Ali Safavi, founder and CEO of Grenova, said in a statement.
It has been quite the year for Grenova, which manufactures technology that washes and sterilizes devices like pipette tips used in diagnostic testing, allowing them to be reused rather than thrown away. Safavi said in his statement the company is responsible for more than 1.2 billion pipette tips being washed and reused, and that the award demonstrates the industry is embracing sustainability.
In March, the company sold…
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