IPIRA Startups

Kynikos Technologies, Inc.

Brief Description

Producing pre-lithiated graphite from recycled lithium-ion batteries. The company was born out of technology invented by researchers at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories.

Timeline 2016. Company founded Inventors

Abraham Anapolsky, Gao Liu, Andrew Minor, Julian Sabisch

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FuelFX, Inc.

Brief Description

FuelFX is a multimedia studio which produces an array of bespoke solutions from websites, mobile applications, and 3D animations to interactive training, augmented reality, and virtual reality.

Timeline

2007. Company founded

Inventors

Jennifer Edwards, Daniel Kammen, Timothy Lipman

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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

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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

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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...

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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...