IPIRA Startups

IPIRA Startups

Fortiphyte

Brief Description

Working with nature to create a greener future.

Provider of agricultural protection products that protect crops from disease and reduce fungicide use. The company helps identify natural disease resistance traits to accelerate the development of disease-resistant crop varieties.

Protecting plants from disease improves the yield, quality, and reliability of harvests to benefit growers and consumers.

Reducing agricultural chemicals in agriculture results in: less residue in food, reduced exposure for farm workers and nearby communities, less runoff into...

Iota Biosciences

Brief Description

Established in 2017, iota Biosciences was formed with a vision to change how the world monitors and treats disease. Building on award-winning 'neural dust' technology invented at the University of California, Berkeley, Iota Biosciences is building a platform for the future of bioelectronic medicine.

Inventors

Michel Maharbiz, Jose Carmena

Company Founders

Aaron Hall (UC Berkeley, Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Materials Science & Engineering), Ilan Gur (UC Berkeley, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Materials Science & Engineering...

Zenith Therapeutics

Brief Description

Zenith Therapeutics is redefining drug discovery through a new approach to protein degradation, making hard-to-drug targets of high therapeutic value accessible to drug discovery.

Inventors

Julia Sabine Schaletzky, Michael Rape, Edward Eric Wehri, Andrew G. Manford, Srivdya Chandrasekhar, Daniel K. Nomura, Nathaniel J. Henning

Timeline 2022. Company founded

CryoVox Technologies

Brief Description

Crovox Technologies is developing new tools for the mass manufacturing of 3D cell cultures.

Inventors

Boris Rubinsky, Michal Adamkievicz, Ze'ev Shaked

Timeline 2024. Company founded

Cerebrotech Medical Systems Inc.

Brief Description

Cerebrotech Medical Systems is an innovative medical device company focused on the development of portable neurotechnology solutions. The Cerebrotech Visor, is a non-invasive wireless neurological device intended for use as an aid in the assessment of fluid volume differences (asymmetry) between the cerebral hemispheres in patients undergoing neurologic assessment.

Inventors

Cesar Gonzalez, Yair Granot, Antonii Ivorra, Arie Meir, Boris Rubinsky

Company Founders

Boris Rubinsky, Mitchell Levinson

Timeline 2010. Company founded

QSX Bio

Brief Description

Developing medical therapeutics and vaccines through biosynthesis of natural compounds in plants.

Inventors

Jay Keasling, Yuzhong Liu, Henrik Scheller, Xiaoyue Chen, Samantha Aiko Crowe, James Reed, Laetitia Martin, Graham Arthur Hudson, Fei Gan

Company Founders

Yuzhong Liu

Timeline 2025. Company founded

Singulex, Inc.

Brief Description

Singulex is an immunodiagnostics company at the forefront of Single Molecule Counting technology, a novel immunoassay technology recognized for unprecedented ultra sensitivity in the precision measurement of biomarkers. Singulex is the developer of the Singulex Clarity system, a fully automated, in vitro diagnostics platform powered by Single Molecule Counting technology. With up to 1,000 times more sensitivity than existing technologies, Single Molecule Counting reveals the presence or absence of disease more clearly and definitively than was possible before. The...

Knit Health Technologies

Brief Description

Applying artificial intelligence to clinical decision making in healthcare.

Inventors

Jonas Raphael Knecht, Maya Petersen, Jonathan Kolstad

Company Founders

UC Berkeley Professor of Business Jon Kolstad, UC Berkeley Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Computational Precision Health Maya Petersen (UC Berkeley PhD 2007, Biostatistics; MS, Health and Medical Sciences 2002) and Jonas Knecht (UC Berkeley PhD 2025, Computational Precision Health, Econometrics)

Timeline 2025. Company founded

Kuro Labs Inc.

Brief Description

Kuro Labs measures more of the world than ever before, with instrumentation in mobile devices, laptops, desktops, datacenters, vehicles, and even our own bodies. Kuro Labs developed Normal, a battery diagnosis service that suggests personalized actions that can be taken to extend the battery life.

Inventors Eemil Lagerspetz, Adam Oliner, Anand Padmanabha Iyer, Sasu Tarkoma Company Founders Adam Oliner (UC Berkeley postdoc), Jacob Leverich Timeline 2013. Company founded 2014. Acquired by Splunk!

ReRx Therapeutics

Brief Description

ReRx is developing novel oral small molecule therapeutics to treat patients with severe metabolic diseases including obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and liver diseases. The company's therapeutics target metabolic pathways involved in regulating energy homeostasis and improve treatment outcomes compared to similar pharmacological agents.

Obesity and its associated metabolic diseases remain leading causes of preventable illness and mortality worldwide. Current front-line treatments, notably injectable incretin analogs that suppress appetite and reduce food...