IPIRA Startups

IPIRA Startups

Adapta Imaging, Inc.

Brief Description

Adapta Imaging, Inc. is developing a new type of radiofrequency (RF) coil, an essential component of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) hardware, which can operate at any frequency. The Any-nucleus Distributed Active Programmable Transmit (ADAPT) coil was invented at UC Berkeley in the lab of Dr. Chunlei Liu, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. The ADAPT coil converts direct current power into RF magnetic fields with frequencies chosen by digital control signals, eliminating the need for...

Intellia

Brief Description

Intellia is a leading genome editing company focused on the development of proprietary, potentially curative therapeutics utilizing a recently developed biological tool known as the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Intellia leverages leading scientific expertise, clinical development experience, and intellectual property position to unlock broad therapeutic applications of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing and develop a potential new drug class.

Timeline 2014. Company founded. Inventors

Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier, James Doudna Cate, Krzysztof...

Isatis, LLC

Brief Description

SASSI software for analysis of soil-structure interaction.

Timeline 2005. Company founded Inventors

Chih Cheng Chin, John Lysmer, Farhang Ostadan

Mimesyn

Brief Description

Developing a novel class of molecules, aza-@-tides, that mimic the structural features of natural amino acids. These can be synthesized from amino acid precursors in either direction using standard peptide synthesis methods, facilitating the assembly of libraries incorporating all the amino acid building blocks.

Timeline 2004. Company founded Inventors

Paul Bartlett, Ming Chen Hammond, Stephen Olson, Scott Phillips, Miroslav Rezac

Viasense, Inc.

Brief Description

ViaSense, Inc. developed software for image and video processing based on the biology of human vision. ViaSense IPeG software compressed still and video images two to four times better than any other available technology while preserving the same quality. The company's image-processing principles were further developed for transmitting DVD-quality video through the internet, adapting automatically to the bandwidth available. The ViaSense perceptual processing tool kit is still being used today in professional pay TV encoders.

The startup was spun out of...

5Plus Therapeutics

Brief Description

5Plus Therapeutics combines patent-pending software with the motion-sensor technology of Microsoft's Kinect to accurately measure functional range of motion across multiple conditions and injuries as it relates to activities of daily living (ADL).

The diagnostic software delivers an intuitive 3D assessment and progress report of the client’s functional movements to improve clinical outcomes and engage client participation.

Timeline 2013. Company founded Inventors

Ruzena Bajcsy, Richard Abresch, Aaron Bestick, Jay Han, Gregorij Kurillo,...

Nadaeon

Brief Description

Life sciences company.

Timeline 2021. Company founded Inventors

Danica Chen, Hanzhi Luo

Synvivia, Inc.

Brief Description

Synvivia is a synthetic biology company that optimizes cell behavior for gene therapy manufacturing, providing a practical solution for genetically encoded biocontainment. The company is building genetically encoded biocontainment technologies that will enable the widespread use of synthetic biology outside of the laboratory.

The company's technology was developed at UC Berkeley with grants from the NSF and DARPA. The work was published in ACS Synthetic Biology and featured as an Editor’s Choice in Science Magazine. Synvivia has exclusive license to the...

Iris Micromedical, Inc.

Brief Description

Drug delivery based on microstructural devices that administer therapeutic agents to selected target sites for treatment.

Iris Micromedical was focused on the development of UC Berkeley Associate Professor of Engineering Mauro Ferrari's silicon particulate technology for the intravascular targeted treatment of cancer imedd.

Four years after founding Iris Micromedical, Dr. Ferrari moved to Ohio State University as a professor of bioengineering, internal medicine, and mechanical engineering, and reformed the company as IMedd, Inc.

Timeline 1995....

Biotock

Brief Description

Development of treatments for age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.

Timeline 2022. Company founded Inventors

Monika Maria Haoui, Polina Lishko