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$72.2m
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Arzeda is a biotechnology and software company designing custom microorganisms for industrial applications through computational enzyme design, protein optimization, and metabolic engineering.
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- Alexandre Zanghellini *********.***********@arzeda.com
- Walter G. Rakitsky ******.********@arzeda.com
- Eric Althoff ****.*******@seattlechildrens.org
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$406.4m
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Bolt Threads is a biotechnology company that makes high performance fabrics and materials using biology.
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- Dan Widmaier linkedin
- David Breslauer linkedin
- Ethan Mirsky ********@alum.mit.edu
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$711.5m
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Perfect Day Foods (formerly Muufri) engineered yeast capable of producing the proteins found in cows milk. They use these proteins to make their own line of animal-free dairy products.
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- Ryan Pandya ****@perfectday.com
- Perumal Gandhi *******.******@perfectday.com
- Isha Datar ****@new-harvest.org
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$930.0m
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Tempus, a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
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$551.0m
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Eat Just is a San Francisco based food technology company founded in 2011. The company is known for its bean-based egg substitute called Just Egg. Eat Just also produces egg-free mayonnaise.
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$1.8b
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Grail is a biotechnology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California that was founded as a spinoff of Illumina Inc and initially headed by Jeffrey Huber in 2016, focused on making a medical device that can detect early stage cancer.
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$1.9b
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Apeel Sciences is a company that develops treatments to prevent spoilage of fruits and vegetables using molecules naturally found in peels, which maintain moisture and keep out oxygen.
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- James Rogers *****@apeel.com
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$71.3m
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Notable Labs is a company providing personalized drug combination testing service for cancer patients.
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- Peter Quinzio linkedin
- Matt De Silva *****@cornell.edu
- Pete Quinzio (entrepreneur) linkedin
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$276.0m
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A diagnostic DNA testing company using quantified biological data.
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$14.6m
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A biotechnology company that has built a robotic cloud lab which allows on-demand services for biology laboratories.
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$14.3m
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Aria Pharmaceuticals is a first-in-class pharmaceutical discovery and development founded in 2014 by Andrew M. Radin.
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$158.0m
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Senti Biosciences is a synthetic biology company.
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- Timothy Lu ***.**@sentibio.com
- Philip Lee ******.***@sentibio.com
- Wilson Wong
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$399.8m
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Human Longevity is a genomic-based, health intelligence company empowering proactive healthcare and enabling a life better lived.
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- Peter Diamandis **********@gmail.com
- Robert Hariri *******@humanlongevity.com
- J. Venter
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$104.5m
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A cellular agriculture company making fresh and frozen cultured seafood products.
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- Christopher Somogyi
- Chris Dammann ********@bluenalu.com
- Lou Cooperhouse ************@bluenalu.com
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$313.0m
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Flatiron Health is a startup that organizes real-time oncology data to help cancer patients and doctors.
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- Nat Turner linkedin
- Zach Weinberg ****@flatiron.com
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$386.6m
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A biotechnology company that develops medicines based on live bacterial consortia that can colonize the human intestine.
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3
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$21.5m
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RoosterBio is a biotechnology company located in Frederick, Maryland, founded by Jon Rowley in 2013 providing standardized stem cell products for R&D, clinical, and commercial use in the regenerative medicine industry.
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$111.8m
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Orig3n is a biotechnology company developing personalized regenerative medicine treatments based on patient genetic profiles.
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$24.1m
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Neos Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company developing ADHD medications founded in 2008.
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5
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$68.7m
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AOBiome Therapeutics is a therapeutics company, based in Newton, Massachusetts and founded in 2013, that developed strains of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria (AOB) to administer live in treatments that address inflammatory conditions.
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- Spiros Jamas ******@aobiome.com
- James Heywood ********@aobiome.com
- David Whitlock *********@aobiome.com
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$117.5m
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Locus Biosciences is a biotechnology company developing CRISPR-Cas3-engineered precision antibacterial products.
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- Nick Taylor ******@locus-bio.com
- Paul Garofolo ****.********@locus-bio.com
- Charles Gersbach linkedin
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$328.8m
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ViaCyte is a biotechnology company using stem cells to create pancreatic beta cell precursors for treating diabetes.
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- Paul Laikind **@vrtx.com
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$21.2m
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Wild Earth is a biotechnology company using cellular agriculture to produce high-protein pet food.
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- Ryan Bethencourt ****@wildearth.com
- Ron Shigeta linkedin
- Abril Estrada linkedin
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$32.0m
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Air Protein is a Berkeley-based biotechnology company producing protein with microorganisms that are fed carbon dioxide in a mission to replace animal agriculture.
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- Lisa Dyson ****.*****@airprotein.com
- John Reed
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$15.8m
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Massive Bio is a New York-based company founded by Selin Kurnaz, Dr. Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla and Cagatay M. Culcuoglu, offering precision oncology services to cancer patients, providers, and pharmaceutical companies.
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- Cagatay M Culcuoglu **********@massivebio.com
- Arturo Loaiza Bonilla linkedin
- Selin Kurnaz *******@massivebio.com
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$13.8m
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A biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to attack cancer stem cells.
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$32.0m
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miRagen is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative microRNA-targeting therapies to improve human health.
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$1.1b
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Pivot Bio is a company that creates technology that is focused on nitrogen fixation in cereal crops through microbes.It was founded in 2010 and is located in Berkeley, California.
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- Karsten Temme *******@pivotbio.com
- Alvin Tamsir
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$192.0m
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Scipher Medicine is a precision immunology company that aims to match patients with their most effective therapy. Their proprietary platform, Spectra, combines AI and a network map of protein interactions in the human body to make predictions.
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EpiBone is a biotechnology startup company developing bone reconstruction solutions using stem cells. Nina Tandon, Sarindr Bhumiratana, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, and Sidney Eisig founded EpiBone in 2013 and the company is headquartered in New York City, New York.
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2
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$98.0m
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OrphAI Therapeutics is a biotechnology research company based in Guilford, Connecticut that develops precision therapeutics technology designed to treat cancer and rare diseases.
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$54.1k
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ApexQubit is a biotechnology company that is harnessing a proprietary technology for discovery of new medicines to treat patients with undruggable diseases.
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$22.8m
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Emerald Therapeutics is a biotechnology company located in San Fransisco, California, founded by Brian Frezza and DJ Klienbaum in 2010. Emerald Therapeutics offers cloud a based software and hardware platform that allows researchers to remotely perform automated scientific laboratory experiments.
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$36.3m
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Chronicled is a blockchain company founded by Ryan Orr, Samantha Radocchia, Maurizio Greco and David Aho.
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- Maurizio Greco ********@chronicled.com
- David Aho
- Samantha Radocchia linkedin
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$153.5m
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Sherlock Biosciences is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2019 by David R. Walt, Rahul Dhanda, Feng Zhang, Jim Collins, Deborah Hung, Jonathan Gootenberg, Omar Abudayyeh, Pardis Sabeti and Todd Golub.
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$8.6m
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Nebula Genomics is a genetics company developing a platform for individuals to get their personal genome sequenced, and then enable them to store and control that information through cryptographic encryption on the blockchain.
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- Dennis Grishin ******@nebula.org
- George Church ******.******@dyno-tx.com
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$164.5m
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Develops novel cell and gene therapies with pharmacologic operating systems.
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- Steve Shamah *******@obsidiantx.com
- Tariq Kassum *****@curie.bio
- Michael Gilman linkedin
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$2.8m
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HelixNano is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology and artificial intelligence company founded in 2013 by Hannu Rajaniemi and Nikolai Eroshenko.
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- Hannu Rajaniemi *****@helixnano.com
- Nikolai Eroshenko *******@helixnano.com
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$119.5m
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Wild Type is a San Francisco based company producing meat products like salmon using cellular agriculture lab techniques.
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- Justin Kolbeck ******@thewildtype.com
- Arye Elfenbein ****@wildtypefoods.com
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$967.6m
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Freenome is a San Francisco-based company which uses genetic analysis for early cancer detection and risk assessment.
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- Gabriel Otte ****@cornell.edu
- Riley Ennis linkedin
- Charles Roberts *******@freenome.com
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$18.1m
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A biotechnology company that develops treatments for cancer and hematologic conditions
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$743.2m
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A bioinformatics company in San Francisco building data collection methods and databases that will enable machine learning algorithms in healthcare. It was founded in 2018.
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- Daphne Koller ******@insitro.com
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$2.5m
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Ichor Therapeutics is a pre-clinical contract research on aging mechanisms company founded in 2013 by Kelsey Moody.
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- Kelsey Moody ******@ichorlifesciences.com
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$26.8m
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A biotechnology company developing live attenuated vaccines. It was founded in 2012 and is located in New York.
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3
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$15.0m
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Biotechnology company developing proteins from algae for animal and human health and address world's food shortages
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$52.0m
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3T Biosciences is a biotechnology company developing immunotherapies.
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- Marvin Gee ******.***@3tbiosciences.com
- Luke Lee ****.***@ihcfunds.com
- Leah Sibener twitter
4
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$87.8m
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DNA synthesis company using enzymatic DNA synthesis based in San Francisco.
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Because Animals is a pet food and cellular agriculture technology company founded in 2016 by Shannon Falconer and Joshua Erret, and is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because Animals makes 100% animal-free pet foods, treats, and supplements.
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$102.9m
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Xenex Disinfection Services is a company that provides pulsed xenon ultraviolet-C, room disinfection systems to healthcare facilities
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$10.5m
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SmartPharm Therapeutics is a Cambridge, MA-based gene therapy company applying the next generation of non-viral DNA and RNA technologies to treat serious human diseases.
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$2.0m
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Antera Therapeutics is an allergy prevention development company.
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$425.0m
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Tmunity Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing t-cell immunotherapies for the treatment of human diseases.
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- Dr. Yangbing Zhao linkedin
- Dr. Bruce Levine ******@capstantx.com
- Dr. Carl H. June linkedin
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$851.0m
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Nature's Fynd is a biotechnology company growing edible proteins founded in 2012.
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$14.5m
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Aegle Therapeutics Corporation, a regenerative medicine company isolating extracellular vesicles ("EVs") from allogeneic bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to treat severe dermatological conditions, including burns and epidermolysis bullosa (“EB”).
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- Shelley Hartman ********@aegletherapeutics.com
- Evangelos Badiavas *********@aegletherapeutics.com
- Robert Williamson ***********@aegletherapeutics.com
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$2.0m
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Allevi, formerly known as BioBots, is a technology company making 3 dimensional bioprinters and bioinks for their printers. The company was founded in 2014 and located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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$274.2m
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Calysta is a biotechnology company seeking to improve worldwide food security through making animal feed. The company is based out of Menlo Park, California and was founded in 2012 by Josh Silverman.
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- David McElroy *****@mcelroyconsultingllc.com
- Alan Shaw linkedin
- Josh Silverman twitter
1
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$1.0m
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Sanguine is a company that has the mission to accelerate medical research by eliminating the barriers to patient participation.
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- Sascha Hasan linkedin
- Brian Neman ******@sanguinebio.com
- Gerald Lee ****@sanguinebio.com
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$44.0m
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C16 Biosciences is a biotechnology company making alternatives to palm oil founded in 2018 by Shara Ticku, David Heller and Harry McNamara.
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- Harry McNamara *****@c16bio.com
- David Heller (entrepreneur) *****@c16bio.com
- Shara Ticku *****@c16bio.com
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$117.5m
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A biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for urea cycle disorders and other rare diseases
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$59.5m
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64x Bio is a biotechnology company developing a platform for improving speed and scalability of mammalian cell line discovery for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
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- Jeffrey Way
- Pamela Silversa
- George Church ******.******@dyno-tx.com
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$8.0m
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Improved Nature is a plant-based food technology company operating out of Garner, North Carolina that was founded in 2015 by Richard Hawkins, Steve Klawiter, Larry Chandler, Moshe Meidan and Sarid Shefet.
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$185.0k
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Forcyte Biotechnologies is a Los Angeles-based biotechnology company, founded in 2017.
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- Robert Damoiseaux linkedin
- Dino Di Carlo linkedin
- Ivan Pushkarsky ****@forcytebio.com
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$16.6m
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Protein tests company based in Berkeley founded by Akwasi Apori
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- Akwasi Apori ******.*****@correliabio.com
- Kursad Araz (entrepreneur) linkedin
- Akwasi Apori (entrepreneur) ******.*****@correliabio.com
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$6.4m
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Nanome is a company developing software for life sciences, materials sciences and nano-engineering with the use of virtual reality and blockchain technology.
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$64.0m
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Oraya Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing non-invasive therapies for eye diseases that is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2007 by Michael Gertner.
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Leucadia Therapeutics is a company working on Alzheimer's Disease.
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$4.0m
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A pharmaceutical company that uses a zebrafish drug-screening platform to find drug candidate molecules that have the capacity to promote regeneration of tissues. Their drug candidate MSI-1436 is being developed and tested for the treatment of heart disease, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and diabetic nephropathy.
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$134.1m
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Verge Genomics is a company focused on the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases with the use of machine learning and computational genomics.
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- Jason Chen *****@vergegenomics.com
- Alice Zhang *****@vergegenomics.com
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$21.0m
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A company that cultures human mammary cells and produces custom and commercial lab-grown breastmilk. It was founded in 2020 and is located in Durham, North Carolina.
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- Leila Strickland *****.**********@biomilq.com
- Michelle Egger ********.*****@biomilq.com