IPIRA Startups

IPIRA Startups

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

Vicinitas Therapeutics

Brief Description

Vicinitas Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on targeted protein stabilizers known as Deubiquituinase Targeting Chimeras (DUBTACs). The company’s mission is to use this proprietary technology to solve critical problems in human health by developing next-generation disease therapies against an entire class of previously inaccessible disease-causing proteins. The company spun out of technology that was developed through an academic-industry collaboration between UC Berkeley researchers and Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.

Timeline 2022...

Xydex Corporation

Brief Description

Tweezers for dextrous manipulation of micro objects.

Timeline 2001. Company founded. Inventors

Ronald Fearing, Eiji Shimada

Videnda, Inc.

Brief Description

Cellular Neural Network universal machine and super computer, nonlinear networks.

Timeline 2000. Company founded. Inventors

Leon O. Chua, Tamas Roska, Frank Werblin, Lin Yang

RareTerra, Inc.

Brief Description

RareTerra is developing a one-step environmentally friendly bio-process for selective rare-earth element (REE) extraction, separation, and purification that doesn't rely on harsh acids or high temperatures and pressures. RareTerra’s technology eliminates the costliest and most hazardous steps of the manufacturing process, and is compatible with complex, dilute, and waste REE sources. The company's proprietary process leverages the power of genetic and metabolic engineering to unlock the remarkable capacity of microbes to separate REEs from other metals and bioaccumulate...

Quadrant Imaging

Brief Description

LAMDA-based (laser amplified motion detection and analysis) ultra-high resolution optical microscopes with high-density data storage system, using a method of laser feedback interferometry which permits the imaging of nanometer-scale structures.

Timeline 1995. Company founded Inventors

Alan J. Bearden, Michael P. O'Niell

Geneditor Biosciences, Inc.

Brief Description

Geneditor Biosciences is a pre-clinical stage gene editing company focused on the treatment of rare cancers with unmet medical needs.

Timeline 2021. Company founded. Inventor

Jennifer Doudna

GenoptX, LLC

Brief Description

A CRISPR-based gene editing company.

Formerly known as Syncodi.

Timeline 2019. Company founded. Inventors

Jennifer Doudna, Abraham Isser Flamholz, Dana Nadler, Benjamin Oakes, David Frank Savage

Evercrisp Biosciences

Brief Description

Evercrisp Biosciences is a biotechnology company engineering self-deliverable CRISPR genome editors intended to improve the area of oncology. The company focuses on the discovery and development of protein-based genome editors as therapeutics for multiple disease areas, enabling healthcare organizations to have novel enzymes with high cell permeability and editing efficiency.

Timeline 2021. Company founded. Inventor

Jennifer Doudna

Secured Streams, Inc.

Brief Description

Software for document content search and comparison from large sets or across the web.

Timeline 2005. Company founded Inventors

Alexander Aiken, Joel Auslander, Steve Fink, Saul Schleimer, Anthony Tomasic, Daniel Wilkerson