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ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 2, 2009 - SOMARK Innovations, Inc. raised a round of venture capital financing, led by Finistere Ventures and T2 Venture Capital. Other investors include Med-Pharmex Animal Health and the St. Louis Arch Angels. SOMARK is developing a patented chipless RFID tattoo for animal identification system. Applications include lab animals to improve drug development processes and cattle for food supply safety. SOMARK will open an R&D facility in San Diego in addition to its St. Louis location at the Center for Emerging Technologies.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 9, 2008 - SOMARK Innovations, Inc. has released a technology ‘white paper’ on its RFID ink tattoo platform technology. The paper outlines the technology’s capabilities regarding features such as data density, detection range and available substrates. Additionally, the company is proud to name Greg Horowitt, Managing Director of T2 Venture Capital and Executive Director of Global CONNECT at University of California San Diego, to the SOMARK advisory board.
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by Julia Paulus, Small Business Monthly
Just a few years ago, Mark Pydynowski and his current business partner , Ramos Mays, were playing baseball for Washington University. They found success during their college years when they won $50,000 in the Olin Cup,Washington University’s business plan competition, but they are reaching new heights today.
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SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winner
Mark Pydynowski, President
SOMARK Innovations
Mark C. Pydynowski (President) and Ramos M. Mays (Chief Science Officer) are the founders of SOMARK Innovations, Inc., a Saint Louis based technology company that is working to help ensure a safer food supply. The company is targeting the livestock industry to identify and track cattle and thus diminish export trade loss from food animal disease scares such as Mad Cow Disease. SOMARK has developed a patented ID system based on an ink tattoo with chipless radio-frequency identification functionality.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 29, 2008 - SOMARK Innovations, Inc. recently completed a field demo of its patented Chipless RFID Ink Tattoo animal ID system. The demo proved the SOMARK system’s ability to apply a tattoo in less than three seconds and read the tattoo (translate the tattoo into a unique ID, with a handheld reader in real time). The demo was conducted at a private facility in the U.S.
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