IPIRA Startups

IPIRA Startups

Excellin Life Sciences, Inc.

Brief Description

Bionic chip technology that merges a living biological cell with electronic circuitry. This chip-based instrument allows for verification of transfection, enabling downstream assays and in situ detection of results, for use in basic research on cell death and drug toxicity.

Formerly known as Bioelectronic Micro Systems, Inc.

Timeline 2000. Company founded. Inventors

Yong Huang, Boris Rubinsky

EscharaX Medical, Inc.

Brief Description

Tissue engineering to develop biometric materials for replacement arteries, nerve grafts, and healing wounds.

Timeline 2007. Company founded Inventors

Craig Hashi, Ngan Fong Huang, Kyle Kurpinski, Song Li, Shyam Patel

Acacia Biosciences, Inc.

Brief Description

Acacia Biosciences, Inc. was a drug discovery technology company committed to the creation of proprietary assay systems and databases that facilitate the rapid development of biopharmaceutical s and agricultural chemicals. The Genome Reporter Matrix is the first in a series of novel tools that provide practical analysis of early stage chemicals by interpreting their effects across entire genomes. In addition to the GRM, Acacia's technology is used to discover novel targets and gene regulatory mechanisms.

Acacia Biosciences merged with Rosetta Inpharmatics in 1999...

A/F Protein Inc.

Brief Description

A/F Protein Inc. is the world's only commercial producer of antifreeze proteins purified from natural sources for sale to the research and development community. The company was spun out of discoveries in the lab of UC Berkeley Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering Boris Rubinsky, an expert in the field of ice physics. Dr. Rubinsky reported on the ability of antifreeze proteins and glycoproteins to interact with mammalian cell membranes at hypothermic temperatures and protect such cells from depolarization and death. This important finding has led to...

Elon Therapeutics, Inc

Brief Description

Developing a gel pill to painlessly spray a vaccine into the cheek and reach cells in the underlying tissue to trigger a mucosal immune response.

Timeline 2015. Company founded Inventors

Kiana Aran, Kunwoo Lee, Dorian Liepmann, Niren Murthy, Jacobo Paredes

Moment Bio

Brief Description

Developing curative therapies through versatile RNA targeting

Timeline 2022. Company founded Inventor

Patrick David Hsu

CardioRegenx, Inc.

Brief Description

Developer of scanning electrochemical microscopy technology intended for clinical use.

Timeline 2015. Company founded Inventors

Julius Guccione, Kevin Healy, Mark Ratcliffe, Samuel Wall

Davis Allergy Research

Brief Description

Research tool to test genetically-engineered foods for allergens.

Timeline 1998. Company founded Inventors

Bob Buchanan, Gregorio Del Val, Oscar Frick, Hye Rim Jung, Boihon Yee

UrbanScan

Brief Description

UrbanScan developed technologies for producing 3D virtual models with LiDar and video camera data. The technology was originally developed in the lab of Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Professor Avideh Zakhor, who co-founded UrbanScan in 2005.

Google acquired the UrbanScan technology in 2007, and used the software for web-based 3D reconstruction of urban landscapes as the basis for Google Earth.

Timeline 2005. Company founded 2007. Google acquires the UrbanScan technology,...

KineMed Inc.

Brief Descriptiom

This field-leading biotech company worked with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to produce data on target engagement, toxicity and disease progression to accelerate drug development and reduce the overall costs and risks. The pathway-based drug discovery and development company was founded to identify active drug candidates preclinically and confirm their therapeutic activity. The company helped in expediting the drug development process and provided real-time insight into conditions including metabolic disorders, cancer, and diseases of inflammation and...