National Institutes of Health (NIH) — 2016 Investments
305 investments dated 2016 · page 2 of 2 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Two Pore Guys develops a handheld digital testing platform designed to provide accuracy comparable to medical lab equipment while remaining low-cost and simple to use, similar to a blood glucose monitor.
Digital HealthHardwareMedical DevicesSanta Cruz, US
A care coordination platform that connects patients' behavioral and physical health data across providers, health plans, and government agencies, delivering real-time alerts, controlled substance data, and analytics inside clinical workflows.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Opticent Health develops visible-light optical coherence tomography (vis-OCT) imaging systems and spectrometers for human clinical research, small animal ophthalmic research, and metrology.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Influents Innovations (Or-Bis) develops evidence-based programs and digital products that apply behavioral research and technology to challenges in health care, social services, and education, addressing areas such as perinatal depression, early literacy, oral health, and youth tobacco prevention.
Digital HealthEdTechHealthtech
Organix is a US-based contract research organization (CRO) specializing in organic and medicinal chemistry, offering custom synthesis, analytical services, and contract R&D with expertise in lipids, oligonucleotides, and polymer chemistry.
BiotechDeep TechNew Materials
Oricula Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company developing ORC-13661, a drug candidate to prevent hearing loss caused by aminoglycoside antibiotics used to treat serious bacterial infections.
BiotechMedical Devices
Origent builds predictive models and AI tools for clinical trials, including enrollment optimization, virtual control arms, and drug rescue analytics for late-stage failed trials.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health
OtoNexus Medical Technologies is developing an ultrasound-based otoscope (Novoscope) that uses a miniaturized sensor in a single-use ear speculum tip to give clinicians objective, point-of-care data on middle-ear fluid and infection type.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesSeattle, US
Caitlin Cameron(Chair & CEO)
PET/X develops a medical imaging instrument that combines positron emission tomography (PET) with X-ray mammography to determine which targeted breast cancer therapies will be effective for individual patients and to test treatment efficacy in clinical trials.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
BiotechChestnut Hill, US
Joseph Italiano(Director)Jonathan Thon(Director)Sven Erik Karlsson(Executive Officer)Peter Finn(Executive Officer)
BiotechWoburn, US
James Coull(Executive Officer, Director)Ian Magazine(Executive Officer)Joseph Walton(Director)Bruce Armitage(Executive Officer, Director)
Potomac Affinity Proteins engineers proteases as modular components that can be assembled into multi-component enzymatic machines such as switches, signal amplifiers, and transducers.
BiotechDeep Tech
Precision Vision manufactures standardized visual function testing systems — including ETDRS visual acuity charts, contrast sensitivity, reading performance, and pediatric vision tests — to produce reproducible vision data.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Progenitec develops wound diagnosis technologies that detect biomarkers on discarded wound dressings without directly contacting the patient.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
A contract research organization focused on antibiotic development, offering in-house discovery programs, efficacy and safety testing, in vitro DMPK evaluation, and natural product isolation for pharmaceutical drug developers.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtech
Proportional Technologies (PTI) develops boron-coated straw detector technology as a replacement for Helium-3 in neutron detection.
Deep TechHardware
BiotechSyracuse, US
Richard Uhlig(Executive Officer, Director)Erica Ash(Executive Officer)James Croke(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Bongo(Executive Officer, Director)Nicholas Gianadda(Executive Officer)Bryan Greene(Executive Officer)
QUASAR develops dry, through-hair EEG sensors and its Dry Sensor Interface (DSI) technology for high-fidelity psychophysiological data acquisition without gels or technicians.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Recomb Tech develops beta-amyloid capturing therapeutic molecules, with a flagship candidate called AmyTrap-3, to treat Alzheimer's and other beta-amyloidopathy diseases.
BiotechDeep TechLongevity
Resodyn Corporation is a research and development company that engineers and manufactures technology products and provides engineering and manufacturing services, developing solutions through public grants (such as SBIR) and private R&D contracts.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware
HealthtechSan Francisco, US
Reza Naima(Executive Officer, Director)
BiotechNew York, US
David Darst(Chief Operating Officer)Shahram Seyedin-Noor(Executive Chairman)Nancy Chang(Director)Isabel Kurth(Vice President - Research)Masoud Tavazoie(Chief Scientific Officer)
BiotechBoston, US
William Adams(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Serrano-Wu(Director)
Rubitection develops the Rubitect Assessment System for early detection and management of pressure injuries (bedsores) in healthcare settings.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesRochester, US
Sanna Gaspard(CEO)
BoardJosh Ghaims(Technology Advisor)in
Salus Discovery develops molecular diagnostics technologies, including passive sample pre-concentration (Flow) that boosts lateral-flow assay sensitivity and rapid analyte extraction, concentration, and purification methods (ESP) for sample preparation.
BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesMadison, US
Sano Chemicals develops novel therapeutic compounds for serious fungal and antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, with a lead asset (occidiofungin) targeting recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis and other fungal infections, and a second asset (mutacin) targeting systemic bacterial infections including MRSA.
BiotechLongevityMedical DevicesBryan, US
James Leif Smith(Executive Officer)
Sedia Biosciences develops in vitro diagnostic tests, epidemiological disease surveillance assays, and clinical specimen collection devices for infectious disease testing in both well-resourced and resource-limited settings.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesBeaverton, US
BiotechCharlestown, US
Eric Stern(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)James Parker Cassidy(Director)Scott Yaphe(Director)Steven E. Lufkin(Executive Officer, Director)Aleksandar Vacic(Executive Officer, Promoter)Michael Rubin(Director)
SGC Pharma, under the brand GummiMED, develops pharmaceutical medications delivered in a gummy format as an alternative to traditional pills, tablets, and syrups.
BiotechHealthtech
Simphotek develops computational medical devices and simulation software for light-based cancer therapies, including Dosie, a treatment planning and dosimetry tool for oncologists and medical physicists, and SimphoSOFT, software for modeling photonic interactions in photo-activated materials.
Deep TechHealthtechMedical Devices
SiMPore develops and manufactures freely suspended silicon nanomembrane products, including porous membrane chips, electron microscopy grids, x-ray windows, and filters.
BiotechDeep TechNew Materials
QuartzBio provides a platform that unifies clinical, sample, and biomarker data for clinical-stage biopharma teams, using domain-specific AI agents and a conversational virtual assistant to turn fragmented data into insights.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & Infrastructure
SonoMotion develops ultrasound-based medical devices for treating kidney stones, working with urologists and clinical partners.
Deep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Mateo, US
Paul Douglas Corl(Executive Officer)Oren Levy(Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder)Michael Bailey(Executive Officer, Director)Barbrina Dunmire(Director)Doug Corl(Chief Technology Officer)
Soterix Medical develops non-invasive neuromodulation and brain stimulation systems, including High-Definition tDCS, TMS, and tFUS platforms along with neurotargeting planning software and monitoring technologies.
Deep TechHealthtechMedical Devices
HealthtechLafayette, US
Brian Kopp(Executive Officer, Promoter)Steve Mogensen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Spheryx develops Total Holographic Characterization technology for analyzing suspensions at the sub-visible particle level, including detecting protein aggregates and particles in biopharmaceuticals.
BiotechDeep TechHardwareNew York, US
David Grier(Director)Laura Philips(Executive Officer, Director)
BiotechSan Clemente, US
Christopher Jennings(Director)Bill Colone(Executive Officer, Director)Kenneth Baker(Director)Derek Herrera(Executive Officer, Director)
STARGATES is an engineering and technology company providing systems engineering and integration services, supporting clients in the defense acquisition, research, and development community, including ACAT 1 programs.
Deep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareArlington, US
Starship Health Technologies performs research, engineering, and product development for public and private sector clients, building mobile health apps, information systems, and analysis tools to improve care coordination and integrate healthcare with social care.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
StemMed offers pre-clinical drug testing services using a panel of patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models of breast and pancreatic cancers.
BiotechHealthtech
Tempest Technologies is a professional services firm that provides quantitative research, mathematical and statistical modeling, and software engineering for government, non-governmental organizations, and private industry.
Data & InfrastructureDeep TechGovTech
Sunnylife Pharma is a drug research and development service company that provides chemistry in-sourcing and out-sourcing services for drug discovery and development.
BiotechHealthtechNorth Brunswick, US
Vaxcyte (Sutrovax) develops broad-spectrum vaccines using a cell-free protein synthesis platform to prevent bacterial infections, with a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine franchise including the 31-valent VAX-31 and 24-valent VAX-24, plus early-stage candidates targeting Group A Strep and Shigella.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtech
HealthtechMadison, US
JoAnne Robbins, Ph.D.(Director)Robert A. Carlson, M.D.(Executive Officer)Eric H. Horler(Executive Officer, Director)Raymond Heller(Executive Officer)
BoardThomas G. Schuster(Director)Terence F. Kelly(Director)
Sylvatica Bio develops organ and tissue preservation technologies, including supercooling methods that extend the viability of human organs such as livers outside the body.
BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices
Symbios Technologies develops an energy-efficient aqueous plasma technology platform for water and wastewater treatment and recycling.
CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
System Biosciences (SBI) develops and commercializes molecular and cell biology research products and services, including extracellular vesicle/exosome isolation, gene expression and genome editing tools, gene delivery and imaging vectors, RNAi libraries, stem cell tools, and liquid biopsy solutions.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtech
Shasqi is a biotech company developing pre-targeted cancer therapeutics using click chemistry to direct cancer drugs to tumors, aiming to improve efficacy while reducing dose-limiting toxicities.
BiotechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
José M. Mejía Oneto(CEO & Founder)
BiotechBranford, US
John Richard Nobile(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)John Davidson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Reading Plus is an adaptive literacy program that helps students improve reading fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and motivation through personalized instruction and intervention.
EdTechSaaS
Tempo Thera develops tissue engineering products using MAP technology that combine immunomodulation and material science for soft tissue reconstruction in surgical settings.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Diego, US
Westbrook Weaver(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Steven Richieri(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Hancock(Director)Dino Di Carlo(Director)Donald Griffin(Director)
DNA Medicine Institute (DMI) is a med-tech incubator, laboratory, and biomedical engineering services provider that develops platform diagnostics and technologies such as the rHEALTH system for use in health, space medicine, defense, and global health applications.
BiotechMedical DevicesSpace Tech
Third Pole Therapeutics develops a tankless, wearable inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) delivery platform, including the portable eNOfit device that generates nitric oxide on demand rather than storing it in tanks.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesWaltham, US
David Zapol(Director)Elizabeth Holmberg(CFO and Treasurer)Basil Athenson(Chief Executive Officer and President)Ashleigh Palmer(Director)
BoardJeffrey McCormick(Director)Werner Cautreels(Director)
FocalCool is a medical device research company developing therapeutic devices that use temperature control, including patented technology for rapid localized cooling of ischemic organs and delivery of temperature-sensitive polymers inside the body.
BiotechMedical Devices
Unique Mobility Devices develops patented "zero-lifting" mobility devices, the SitAssist One and SitAssist Two, that lift and transfer people from the floor in seated or supine positions without slings or hoists.
HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesTucson, US
Venebio operates a global life sciences consulting network offering services such as epidemiology, biostatistics, real-world evidence, precision medicine, drug/device safety, and HEOR, and develops clinical decision support software.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtech
Veralase makes portable lasers for research and development use, including handheld, tunable fiber-coupled, and clinical laser models with configurable wavelengths (808 nm to 1550 nm) and power outputs.
Deep TechHardwareMedical Devices
BiotechSan Diego, US
Kevin Herzberg(Director)John Fitzgibbon(Director)Eugene Tu(Director)Mirianas Chachisvilis(Executive Officer, Director)Carl Edman(Director)
ViewPlus manufactures braille embossers and tactile graphics technology, including color-enabled embossing on standard paper, for blind and low-vision students, educators, and professionals.
EdTechHardwareHealthtechCorvallis, US
VirTech Bio develops OxyBridge, a human-derived hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier (HBOC) intended as a blood substitute for time-critical trauma patients in hemorrhagic shock and for pre-transplant donor organ perfusion.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesBeverly, US
Joseph Tucker(Executive Officer)Matias Vidal(Co-Founder & Executive Chairman)Dallas Hack(CEO & Director, Medical Affairs)
BioAtla develops antibody-based cancer therapeutics using its Conditionally Active Biologics (CAB) platform, which produces antibodies and other biologics that can be activated or inactivated under specific physiological conditions to improve safety and efficacy.
BiotechHealthtech
Visterra is a biologics research company developing therapies for patients with immune-mediated and other hard-to-treat diseases.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech
Las Vegas, US
Stephen J. McCormack(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)John R. Kimberly(Director)John Wyatt(Director)
Vivonics develops medical technologies for unmet human health needs, including mobile physiological monitoring, advanced diagnostics, non-invasive interventions, and clinical decision support tools.
Deep TechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Waldron International designs, implements, and supports data systems, with a primary focus on the mental health and substance abuse industry while also serving a broader range of business types.
Data & InfrastructureHealthtechMental Health
Microbiome analysis company using lab science and machine learning to identify markers and interventions.
BiotechSan Francisco, US
James H. Bullard, Ph.D.(Executive Officer)John S. Eid, Ph.D.(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Barton Hutt(Director)Colleen Cutliffe(Executive Officer, Director)Orville Kolterman, M.D.(Executive Officer)Dietrich A. Stephan, Ph.D.(Director)
Xenex builds pulsed Xenon UV light disinfection robots that deactivate pathogens missed during manual cleaning, used by hospitals to reduce environmental contamination and healthcare-associated infections.
HealthtechMedical DevicesRobotics
Mark (Tuck) Stibich(Co-founder)Julie Stachowiak(Co-founder)Morris Miller(Co-founder & CEO)Mark "Tuck" Stibich(Founder & Chief Scientific Officer)
Xoran Technologies makes low-dose, point-of-care cone beam CT scanner systems—including the MiniCAT IQ, xCAT, VetCAT, and vTRON—for ENT specialists, veterinary clinics, and other medical providers.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Ziteo Medical is developing a handheld, miniaturized intraoperative molecular imaging device that combines molecular imaging, computer vision, and augmented reality to help surgeons locate and remove cancerous tissue.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesBerkeley, US
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