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Entertainment Science Inc (AKA: Telepathy Entertainment Inc~Entertainment Science & Virtual Heroes Joint Venture)
Profile last edited on: 12/1/17      CAGE: 4EUL7      UEI:

Business Identifier: Video games designed to aid in cessation of smoking and treatment and prevention of drug addiction.
Year Founded
1997
First Award
1998
Latest Award
2016
Program Status
Inactive
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Location Information

5321 Ventura Drive
Durham, NC 27712
   (919) 479-0653
   N/A
   www.entertainmentscience.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 01
County: Durham

Public Profile

Entertainment Science Inc is a video game design company focused on developing video games that aim to prevent and treat drug addiction through depicting the effects of drugs on the brain and mental functioning. The company is developing a smartphone video game that will function as a contingency-management-based intervention for smoking cessation. The game will offer smokers virtual rewards and social reinforcement to incentivize users to quit smoking.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Phase I Awards
4
Phase II Awards
1
Conversion Rate
25.00%
Phase I Dollars
$669,642
Phase II Dollars
$1,158,120
Total Awarded
$1,827,762

Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
1-4
Revenue Range
Less than .5M
VC funded?
No
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
1-4

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects
Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2016 2 NIH $1,371,143
Project Title: Breathe Free: Smartphone Videogame-Based Incentives for Smoking Cessation
2009 1 NIH $123,359
Project Title: Drugs and the Brain: a Serious Game
2000 1 NIH $175,400
Project Title: A Single-Player Drug Abuse Prevention Video Game
1999 1 NIH $157,860
Project Title: Theory Based Drug Abuse Prevention for Video Games

Key People / Management

  Darion Rapoza -- President

  Bethany Raiff -- Principal/Collaborator

Company News

Oct 27 2014
Psychology professor makes quitting more than a game
Sep 03 2013
Rowan prof designs video game to help save lives