After a lifetime of taking science from the lab to the market, repeat founder Keith Elliston has found the capstone to his brilliant career. His startup Axiomedix is supporting the creation of a massive bank of patient data tied to the genetics of each patient to enable medical research on an unprecedented scale. Imagine what …
Amanda Drobnis has a technology that facilitates the use of tissue from animal placentas to regenerate tissue in other animals. The procedure, known as a placental allograft, is gaining acceptance in human medicine. Amanda plans to translate that trend to the veterinary space. I met Amanda at a mentoring session at The Capital Network (TCN), …
Some of our most interesting founders are immigrants. That is certainly the case with Federico Cismondi, a bioengineer from MIT. His path began at the foothills of the Andes and has led Federico and his co-founders to build a company, doDoc that is radically changing how the world’s technology leaders handle complex documents. This was …
Science is broken. Vast increases in people and money applied to scientific inquiry have failed to raise the rate of discovery. Among the reasons for this is that the workflow of labs is firmly stuck in the 1990s. Repeat founder Gabor Bethlendy is tackling this huge problem by creating Meenta.io, a platform to allow researchers …
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How his grandfather succeeded despite being blind inspired Shivang Dave, Ph.D. to change the world. As an accomplished bioengineer and a founder, he aims to bring high-quality eye exams to the masses in India with a new device. The M+ Vision Fellowship in Madrid was crucial to building a capable and cohesive founding team for …
Two young founders on a mission to get valuable data about complex illnesses which are not now easily captured. Nell Meosky Luo and Dan Toffling of Folia Health tell the story of how their startup came together and where it’s headed. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE Nell Meosky Luo bio. Dan Toffling bio. What Folia Health does. Patients …
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Seasoned entrepreneur Nancy Briefs on her startup’s daring swing at Type 2 diabetes. AltrixBio is creating a pill that simulates the benefit of the best gastric bypass surgery: remission of diabetes in 80 percent of cases. With co-founders Jeff Karp and Ali Tavakoli, she is re-purposing an existing treatment with a great safety profile to …
How to fund scrappy biotech startups is foremost on Jeff Behrens’ mind. He was CEO of a startup that raised $20 million in funding but not one cent from VCs. An invaluable interview for anyone thinking of starting or investing in a life science company. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE Jeff Behrens Studied Philosophy at Harvard but Stumbled …
The brilliant son of immigrants discovers a way of identifying and counting bacteria that could upend the world of diagnostics. Listen to this engrossing interview with professor and founder Ed Goluch of QSM Diagnostics. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE QSM Diagnostics Is What Jeff Behrens Calls a “Scrappy Biotech” Ed Goluch Bio QSM’s Mission: Identify & Quantify Bacteria …
“Their internal users will see that their access time to an instrument goes down. They can get on it sooner, which is counterintuitive, but it is reality.” What if scientists could plan and run experiments much faster? Meenta’s software platform is making the use of high-end research equipment far more efficient. Co-Founder & CTO Stephan …
