IPIRA Startups

IPIRA Startups

Artris Therapeutics, Inc.

Brief Description

Artris Therapeutics was founded to identify and develop cancer therapeutics. The company was co-founded by UC Berkeley Professor of Chemical Biology and Molecular Therapeutics Daniel Nomura.

Inventors

Leslie Bateman, Jessica Cestellos Spradlin, Tucker Huffman, David Miyamoto, Elizabeth Anne Moore, Truc Bang Nguyen, Daniel Nomura, James Arthur Olzmann, Allison Marie Roberts, Carl Ward

Timeline 2017. Company founded

ArKal Medical Inc.

Brief Description

ArKal Medical has developed the next generation continuous glucose monitoring system, using its minimally invasive, proprietary and patented MicroTipª technology. The Microtipsª provide painless access to ISF glucose. The ArKal CGM sensor is worn externally on the skin like a patch and measures glucose using classical electrochemical glucose oxidase enzyme-based chemistry. The GlucoPodª CGM system consists of three main components: a disposable sensor patch, a reusable transmitter, and a reusable wireless smart receiver.

Inventors

Dorian Liepmann, Albert Pisano,...

Addition Therapeutics

Brief Description

Addition Therapeutics is transforming genetic medicine by developing RNA-only therapeutics that PRINT™ any genetic element at specific safe harbor sites.

Inventors

Kathy Collins, Jeremy John McIntyre, Sarah Madeline Palm, Heather Upton, Briana Nicole Van Treeck. Xiaozhu Zhang

Company Founders

UC Berkeley Professor Kathleen Collins

Timeline 2021. Company founded

Magnetic Tides

Brief Description

Magnetic Tides has developed a new non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) system capable of modulating brain function more reliably and effectively than previously existing NIBS methods.

NIBS is used as a research tool to safely, transiently alter the excitability state of targeted neurons when testing causal hypotheses about brain-behavior relationships. In addition, clinicians have recognized the potential of NIBS as a new intervention in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Inventors

Richard Ivry, Ludovica Labruna, Benjamin Inglis,...

Apertor Pharmaceuticals

Brief Description

Apertor creates novel molecular glues for therapeutic applications in multiple disease areas. The company applies a world-class synthetic biology platform using non-model organisms, a deep knowledge of complex natural products relevant to human health, and a computational pipeline enabled by structure-guided design. The result is a first-in-class approach to solving important pharmacological problems and delivering new, high-value treatment options for patients. The company was co-founded by UC Berkeley Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and of...

Aptility, Inc.

Brief Description

A distributed thermostat architecture, system and software that provides energy efficiency, enhanced comfort, and load management functionality for residential HVAC operation. The underlying software is a platform for home intelligence using wireless sensor technology. The technology was developed by UC Berkeley Professor of Mechanical Engineering Paul Wright and Mechanical Engineering PhD student Nathan Ota.

Inventors

Nathan Ota, Paul Wright

Company Founders

Nathan Ota

Timeline 2008. Company founded

Ansa Biotechnologies

Brief Description

With synthetic DNA fueling innovation in biological research, therapeutics, diagnostics, and biomanufacturing, there is an urgent need for faster and more accurate DNA synthesis. Currently, DNA is manufactured via a chemical method that has remained essentially unchanged for 35 years and has approached a plateau. Ansa Biotechnologies is developing a faster, more accurate, and cleaner enzyme-based DNA synthesis technology. The technique promises to dramatically accelerate innovation in biological research and engineering.

The approach is based on polymerase-...

Amber Bio

Brief Description

A biotechnology company offering genetic medicine through biologically inspired design. The company offers gene editing modalities using multi-kilobase RNA writing to easily reach previously undruggable diseases, enabling medical researchers to easily develop independent therapies for each separate mutation in the patient population.

Inventors

Jennifer Doudna

Company Founders

Jacob Borrajo, Basem Al-Shayeb (UC Berkeley, Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy)

Timeline 2021. Company founded

Alien Technology

Brief Description

Founded in 1994, Alien Technology is a passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) industry pioneer and leading provider of high-quality RFID innovations, technologies, and products. The company has offices in the US, China, Korea, Europe, Brazil, Australia and other parts of Asia, supplying customers worldwid with UHF passive EPCglobal Gen2 and ISO/IEC 18000-6c compliant RFID transceiver chips transceiver chips, tags, inlays and labels, fixed and mobile readers, and related professional services for item tagging, retail/apparel, transportation, life sciences, and many...

Aguru Images, Inc.

Brief Description

Aguru Images, Inc. develops and markets image capture devices. It provides Dome, a spherical imaging device that is used for capturing the shape and reflectance properties of the human face to create computer generated digital doubles; Scope, a compact device that captures reflectance data for materials; and Scanner, which creates various photographs of an object moving lights across the image. The company's products are used in visual effects, animation, films, games, and multimedia and design industries. Aguru Images, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Rockville,...