Richard Fox
Partner
Astralis Group LLC
Richard Fox has twenty years of experience in the creation of new companies from defense and aerospace technology.
Richard is a principal in Astralis Group, LLC. Astralis Group partners with companies to develop business strategies, and execute those strategies. The Group frequently participates as part of the management team.
Richard’s first company was a spin-out of an operation of Westinghouse, with a machine vision system derived from a military target recognition system. Based on that success, Richard pioneered innovative concepts for nurturing and growing entrepreneurial high tech businesses. As President of the Central Florida Innovation Corporation, Richard guided the launch of companies based on military technologies.
Fox was a Vice President of ENDOlap, Inc., a medical products company that designed and marketed products used in minimally invasive surgery. ENDOlap was recognized as the 13th fastest growing company in the State of Florida, and was acquired by Cardinal Health, Inc., a Fortune 100 company.
Richard served on the Florida Seed Capital Board and has been a member of several task forces for the State of Florida on venture capital and seed capital investing. He is a member of the board of the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds.
Richard is a frequent speaker on the subject of new company creation by professional teams. He earned his B.S. degree in physics from M.I.T., and holds 14 patents on the application of computers to industrial processes, and on medical devices.
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