Bactana Animal Health

Bactana Animal Health is a global development stage animal health company. Its product development platform (FPS-4) is initially being developed for food animals and has demonstrated increases in yield efficiency, weight gain, and improved gut health through enhancement to an animal’s microbiome.

Adepa Biosciences

Adepa Biosciences (formerly Vernx Biotechnology) is developing a range of nutrition products using branched fatty acids (BCFA) for multiple uses: to improve gastrointestinal health in pre-mature and non-premature infants, as a nutritional supplement for adults, and for eventual therapeutic use.

Airy3D, Inc.

Airy3D is a consumer electronic company developing a suite of passive depth recovery technologies to bring 3D machine vision to any camera. The company raised $10 million of Series A venture funding in 2018. The funding was used to advance its licensing roadmap for the first commercial adoptions of its DepthIQTM 3D sensor platform with top-tier mobile OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). Airy3D has raised $14M in venture capital funding to date.

Esper BioSciences, Inc.

Esper Biosciences aims to develop a low-cost, high-speed DNA sequencer, for use in point-of-care medical diagnostics and scientific research.

VitaMe Technologies, Inc.

VitaMe Technologies (DBA VitaScan™) has developed a smartphone based diagnostic platform enabling accurate, fast, convenient, and low cost testing of vitamins and micronutrients in the home and at local pharmacies and clinics. The company received $1.15 million of grant funding from the United States Department of Defense in 2020.

Computational Textiles

Computational Textiles, Inc is a small employee-owned company founded to create textile visualization and manufacturing software. The company’s first product, Weft, is a web application and manufacturing process that enables anyone to transform design ideas into intricately patterned woven cloth.

XyloCor Therapeutics, Inc.

XyloCor is a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing first-in-class gene therapies for patients with cardiovascular disease. The company’s lead product comprises the use of vascular endothelial growth factor for the treatment of diffuse coronary artery disease.

Annapurna Therapeutics Limited

Annapurna Therapeutics is a gene therapy company focused on discovering and developing new therapeutic products for people living with severe diseases. Annapurna’s product pipeline includes programs for alpha-1 antitrypsin (A1AT) deficiency, hereditary angioedema (HAE), the cardiomyopathy associated with Friedreich’s ataxia and severe allergy. Annapurna Therapeutics was acquired by Avalanche Biotechnologies, Inc. in 2016.

Fesarius Therapeutics, Inc.

Fesarius Therapeutics is developing engineered tissue scaffold products for the skin and dermal layers. The products are based off the patent-pending microstructure-containing gel scaffold technology developed at Cornell. The acellular skin replacement will aim to benefit those with wounds resulting from burns, plastic surgery, tumor removal, and other forms of trauma. The company joined the National Institutes of Health as part of its I-Corps @ NIH Winter 2020 Program in February 2020.

Ecolectro, Inc.

Ecolectro develops structurally robust and highly conductive polymer membranes for a range of applications, including electrolysis and fuel cell systems that not only improve performance but also dramatically decrease costs.