IPIRA Startups

Harmonic Devices, Inc.

Brief Description

Developer of Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) contour mode resonator technology - small electromechanical structures that vibrate at high frequencies - for filtering and clock synthesis. MEMS resonators are used for timing references, signal filtering, mass sensing, biological sensing, motion sensing, and other diverse applications.

Timeline 2005. Company founded Inventors

Gianluca Piazza, Albert Pisano, Philip Stephanou

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Enable Biosciences, Inc.

Brief Description

Enable Biosciences is an early-stage biotech company creating the next generation of tools for predictive medicine, with diagnostics 10,000x more sensitive than previous methods, for earlier detection and treatment of diseases like HIV and type 1 diabetes.

The company was co-founded by UC Berkeley Professor of Chemistry Carolyn Bertozzi, with Drs. Peter Robinson and Jason Tsai, who were PhD students in her lab. In 2022, Dr. Bertozzi shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for taking click chemistry, which allows molecules to snap together in a quick and efficient way,...

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Redwood Bioscience Inc.

Brief Description

Redwood Bioscience, Inc. develops a protein-chemical engineering technology to produce antibody-drug conjugates and other semi-synthetic biotherapeutics. The company offers SMARTag site-specific protein modification and cytotoxin-linker technologies that enable the generation of homogenous bioconjugates engineered to enhance potency, safety, and stability. Its SMARTag platform provides precise payload positioning and defined stoichiometry of payload-protein ratios. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Emeryville, California. Redwood Bioscience, Inc....

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Q-Chem Inc.

Brief Description

Q-Chem, Inc. is a comprehensive ab initio quantum chemistry program to solve computational problems faster, more accurately and less expensively than ever before possible. Q-Chem's capabilities facilitate applications in pharmaceuticals, materials science, biochemistry, and other fields. Q-Chem also provides users with the highest level of technical support.

Timeline 1993. Company founded 1997. Product in market Inventors

Alex Sodt, Andreas Dreuw, Anna Krylov, Anthony Dutoi, Barry Dunietz, Brian Austin, Chao Ping Hsu; Charles...

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Protiveris, Inc.

Brief Description

Protiveris Inc. develops and commercializes micro- and nanocantilever systems for academic research, drug discovery and development, bio-defense, protein research, and discovery of new pharmaceuticals and diagnostic applications.

Timeline 1998. Company founded Inventors

Ohmyyoung Kwon, Arunava Majumdar, Minyao Mao, Thomas Perazzo, Guanghua Wu, Yang Zhao

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Propagate Sensing

Brief Description

Measuring changes in temperature and strain distributed along the length of an optical fiber with Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry for civil engineering projects.

Timeline 2021. Company founded Inventors

Bo Li, Linqing Luo, Kenichi Soga, Jize Yan, Yifei Yu

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Prolific Machines

Brief Description

Prolific Machines specializes in cell production with a unique manufacturing approach that combats climate change, enables space-food, and makes cell therapy accessible to everyone. The company's photomolecular biology platform leverages safe and effective tools — light, bioengineering, hardware, and AI — for dynamic control over virtually any cell function in any cell type. With the technology, partners can more efficiently biomanufacture nutritional proteins, antibodies to treat diseases, cultivated meat, and more.

Timeline 2020. Company founded...

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Personal Comfort Systems Inc.

Brief Description

Personal Comfort Systems, Inc. (PCS) was incorporated as a Delaware corporation in July 2014 by cofounders Peter Rumsey and Kurt Herzog. At the same time PCS signed an exclusive license for the patent of a heated and cooled office chair with smart controls and whole building interface capabilities. The chair now called the Hyperchair, is to be sold to companies who want to address employee comfort and energy savings.

Timeline 2014. Company founded Inventors

Michael Andersen, Edward Arens, Wilmer Pasut, Hui...