Fundraising FoxNational Science Foundation — 2017 Investments
99 investments dated 2017 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Azitra is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing genetically engineered bacteria and proteins for treating skin diseases through precision dermatology.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechFarmington, US
Francisco D. Salva(President and Chief Executive Officer)inAzim Munivar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardStella Robertson(Director)inTravis Whitfill(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsBios PartnersConnecticut InnovationsKdT VenturesLeaps by Bayer
Activated Research Company (ARC), founded in 2014, develops chemical analysis detection technologies such as gas chromatography add-ons (Polyarc and Jetanizer) that improve data accuracy and sample throughput.
Deep TechHardwareNew Materials
Aerosol Devices manufactures aerosol particle sampling devices using condensation growth tube technology for bioaerosol and chemical particle collection across the 5 nanometer to 10 micron size range.
BiotechDeep TechHardwareHealthtechFort Collins, US
Dr. Susanne HeringPat KeadyDr. Ping Chen(President)
Aira offers remote, on-demand visual and American Sign Language interpreting through video, connecting blind, low-vision, Deaf, and hard-of-hearing users to professional interpreters via its Aira Explorer and Aira ASL apps.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsBose VenturesAltorKinnevikStatkraft VenturesTemasek
AlchLight is a technology firm specializing in ultrafast laser material fabrication, using lasers to create micro- and nano-structures on metals and glass at industrial scale for applications such as black/colored metals and superhydrophobic surfaces.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew MaterialsRochester, US
Ares Materials develops optical polymers for the display industry, using a proprietary chemistry and AI/machine learning platform to create advanced formulations.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew MaterialsDallas, US
Adrian Avendano(Chief Operations Officer)inDavid Arreaga(Chief Executive Officer)inHyun Joong Kim(Chief Marketing Officer)
Co-investorsEndurance28L'ATTITUDE VenturesMoneta VenturesSV Latam Fund
Aural Analytics develops a cloud-based, mobile-first speech analytics platform that extracts clinical neuro-biomarkers from the speech signal to monitor brain health non-invasively.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsTamarisc VenturesTPG
Azimuth1 is a data analytics and computer science consultancy that builds specialty data analysis applications, using computer vision, deep neural networks, geospatial/GIS modeling, and interactive data visualization.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDefense Tech
Jason Dalton(Founder)
Bakman Technologies manufactures terahertz (THz) transmission and measurement systems for industrial and research applications.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Berkeley Yeast develops genetically engineered yeast strains for the fermented beverages industry, offering improved flavor control, scalability, and consistency while reducing resource and energy consumption.
AgTechBiotechFoodTechBerkeley, US
Charles Denby(Founder)inPhilip Austin(Director)
Co-investorsCollaborative FundDYDX CapitalAnterra CapitalRefactor Capital
C3D Materials develops advanced elastomer materials and an additive manufacturing platform for 3D printing industrial-strength polyurethane rubber parts.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew MaterialsGolden Valley, US
Cora Leibig(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsDas & Co.Excelestar VenturesGolden SeedsSafar Partners
BJ Johnson(Founder)in
Co-investorsSand Hill Angels
Co-investorsSilicon Valley
Crosslife Tech develops diagnostic assay technologies for rapid detection of infectious diseases and genetic conditions.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
HyunDae Cho(President, CEO)
Culture Robotics provides a bioreactor platform and cloud-native software for bioprocess development, letting users design, monitor, and analyze experiments remotely.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCloud Computing
Dimensional Energy develops catalyst and service technology for producing sustainable fuels, licensed to project partners through a recurring, capital-light licensing model.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyNew MaterialsIthaca, US
Tobias Hanrath(Director)David Erickson(Founder)inJason Salfi(Founder)inClayton Poppe(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBeni Venture CapitalChloe CapitalDemos Strategic Investing PartnersLaunch NYNew Climate VenturesThird Derivative+6 more
Multimer is a location analytics platform that collects, visualizes, and analyzes geolocated indoor and outdoor biosensor data from common wearables such as smartwatches, heart rate straps, and brainwave bands.
Data & InfrastructureIoTPropTech
Engineered Salinity develops technology to increase oil recovery from existing reservoirs by modifying injection fluid salinity to alter rock wettability, enabling oil and gas companies to improve extraction efficiency without additional drilling.
CleantechDeep TechEnergy
Geoffrey Thyne(Ph.D.)
Ferrologix is a biotechnology startup developing bioprocessing tools that use arrays of cell-sized micromagnets, made with semiconductor manufacturing techniques, to sort and analyze biological cells.
BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices
Flora Surfaces (Flora Coatings) develops single-component, ready-to-use biobased sustainable coatings and surface treatments, including anticorrosion, antimicrobial, oleophobic, and high-temperature-resistant products.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechHealthtechNew MaterialsWellness & FitnessPhoenix, US
Co-investorsTechstars
Geopipe creates digital twin technology that generates immersive 3D models of real-world cities and environments for use in games, simulations, training, and architecture.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechGamingNew York City, US
Christopher Mitchell(CEO and Co-Founder)inThomas Dickerson(CSO and Co-Founder)inDickerson Dickerson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Thomas Dickerson, Ph.D(CSO and Co-Founder)Joshua Duyan(Director)
Co-investorsGENIUS NYGreat Oaks Venture CapitalTechstarsVermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)Alexa FundAME Cloud Ventures+2 more
Inkbit operates an additive manufacturing platform built on Vision-Controlled Jetting, which combines real-time 3D machine vision with closed-loop feedback and a custom material portfolio to produce dimensionally accurate, multi-material parts.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareNew MaterialsMedford, US
Davide Marini(Founder)inJavier Ramos(Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer)Wojciech Matusik(Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor)Steffi Kochbeck(VP Market Development)Guy Menchik(Director)Jason Weber(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesGC VenturesiGlobe PartnersMassVenturesPhoenix Venture PartnersZeon Ventures
InkSpace Imaging develops MRI coil technology and patient-centered diagnostic imaging solutions, drawing on expertise in MRI coil design, medical device manufacturing, and regulatory compliance.
HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesPleasanton, US
Peter Fischer(Executive Officer, Director)George Rehm(Director)Jacques Coumans(Director)Shimon Michael Lustig(Director)Scott Gorton(Executive Officer)
InsightFinder AI uses patented unsupervised machine learning for AI Observability and IT Observability, providing real-time anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and incident prediction across logs, metrics, and traces.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBrooklyn, US
Xiaohui Gu(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Helen Gu(Founder)in
Co-investorsEastlink Capital PartnersEight Roads VenturesFellowsIDEA Fund PartnersYu Galaxy
iSono Health develops an automated ultrasound system combined with artificial intelligence for breast imaging at the point of care, enabling standardized and accessible imaging across different healthcare settings.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Shadi Saberi(CTO)inNeda Razavi(CEO)inMaryam Ziaei(CEO)Babak Hamadani(SW lead)Mohammad Ali Ghaderi(Senior SW Architect)Ray Hu(Director of SW)
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesFoothill VenturesGaingelsJosephine CollectivePlexo CapitalTransform Capital Management+1 more
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iVeena Delivery Systems is a clinical-stage ophthalmology company developing pharmacologic eye-drop therapies for refractive eye diseases, including IVMED-80 for keratoconus and IVMED-85 for pediatric myopia.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSalt Lake City, US
Balamurali Ambati(Executive Officer, Director)Gerald Simmons(Executive Officer)Ned Weinshenker(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDavid Robinson(Director)James Jensen(Director)Greg Jones(Director)
Zulip is an open-source team chat platform that organizes conversations by channels and topics, offering message search, file sharing, voice and video calls, and extensive integrations.
Developer ToolsFuture of WorkSaaS
KelaHealth develops data-driven solutions that apply insights from millions of patient records to personalize and improve medical decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Bora Chang(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDennis McWilliams(Director)
Co-investorsBlue Hour VenturesIntuitive VenturesNC IDEANueterra CapitalTechstarsSante Ventures
Lotic Labs provides software solutions to help businesses discover, track, and manage weather-related financial risks across their supply chains, assets, and operations.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechChicago, US
Co-investorsEvergreen Climate InnovationsTechstars
Lunewave develops cutting-edge antenna and sensor technology for automotive advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous vehicles, wireless communications, robotics, and drones.
AI & Machine LearningHardware
John Xinin
Co-investorsblue 9 capitalBMW i VenturesFoothill VenturesFraser McCombs CapitalPlug and Play VenturesProeza Ventures+2 more
MAA Laboratories is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing nanoparticle-based drug products using its proprietary NanoCont™ continuous manufacturing platform to address unmet medical needs across multiple therapeutic areas.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesResearch Triangle Park, US
Dr. Anjani Jha(Founder and CEO)
Motion Scientific develops software and consulting services for neuro-rehabilitation, particularly for stroke recovery, using Microsoft technology stack to deliver personalized e-rehabilitation solutions.
Digital HealthHardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Daniel Proulx(Co-Founder & CEO)Nicolas Schweighofer(Co-Founder & CSO)Behrad Moeinzadeh(Ph.D.)Ted Dobson(J.D.)
MouSensor is an early-stage biotech company that engineers "super sniffer" mice to express functional human odorant receptors, using them to build a human-nose-on-a-chip for detecting and digitizing scents.
BiotechDeep TechHardwareNew York City, US
Paul Feinstein(Co-founder)Charlotte D'Hulst(Co-founder)
Multi3D LLC produces Electrifi, a conductive 3D printing filament designed for low-voltage electronics applications including LED circuits, sensors, and gaming controllers, as well as RF shielding and antenna components.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareNew Materials
Nanochon develops Chondrograft, a 3D-printed, off-the-shelf orthopedic implant that is press-fit into damaged knee cartilage to support the body's natural tissue healing.
BiotechHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesWashington, US
Nathan Castro(Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder)inBen Holmes(CEO & Co-founder)in
BoardNick Pachuda(Director)Kurt Jacobus(Director)Robert Creeden(Director)Sean Churchill(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAsimov VenturesGenesis Innovation GroupSand Hill AngelsWealthing VC ClubTEDCO
Navipoint Genomics provides a cloud-based design studio for next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflows, enabling researchers and clinical laboratories to build, customize, and automate genomics analysis pipelines.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureMedical DevicesChicago, US
Palo Alto, US
Eric Chehab(Founder)inRadu Cautis(Director)inJames Wall(Director)
Co-investorsStartXMedical Technology Venture Partners
NutraMaize develops and sells Non-GMO Orange Corn bred for higher carotenoid levels, offering milled corn products under the "Professor Torbert's Orange Corn" brand for home cooks and food manufacturers.
AgTechBiotechFoodTech
Professor Torbert(Founder / Developer of Orange Corn)
Datma provides a federated data collaboration platform connecting health systems and labs with pharmaceutical companies for secure access to real-world clinical and molecular data.
BiotechData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsTRANSFORMATION CAPITAL
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)in
Co-investorsGolden SeedsCatalytic Impact FoundationDellin InvestmentsFarvatn VentureKeiretsu ForumMindshift Capital+6 more
EnergyHub provides a distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) platform that enables utilities to build and operate virtual power plants (VPPs) at scale, managing flexible loads and renewable generation to optimize grid operations.
CleantechCloud ComputingEnergyIoTSaaS
PATH EX develops CycloPE, an extracorporeal blood purification device that removes bacteria from the bloodstream to treat sepsis in critically ill patients.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesHouston, US
Sindead Miller(Executive Officer, Director)Alex Wieseler(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardEhsan Jabbarzadeh(Director)Jeffrey Burbank(Director)
Co-investorsFitz Gate VenturesHouston Angel NetworkInnova Memphis, Inc.Star51 CapitalSymbiotic VenturesTexas HALO Fund+1 more
Physcient develops Differential Dissection, a powered blunt surgical dissector that separates soft tissues connecting other tissues without cutting or burning, leaving blood vessels, organ capsules, and nerve sheaths intact.
HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesDurham, US
CHARLES A. PELL(Executive Officer, Director)Hugh Crenshaw(Founder)inERIC T. ESPENHAHN(Executive Officer)
BoardCHRIS DUNN(Director)KEVIN SCHIMELFENIG(Director)R. FREDERICK MCCOY, JR.(Director)
Co-investorsElevate Innovation PartnersLaunchCapitalNC IDEA
Prenosis develops AI-powered precision medicine diagnostics for acute care, built on its Immunix platform and a biobank of clinical data for infection.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsGlobal Health Investment CorporationPACE Healthcare Capital
QATCH Technologies develops a pre-screening tool for biopharmaceutical drug discovery that identifies injectable formulations and predicts viscosity-related manufacturing problems in early-stage compound evaluation.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHardwareDurham, US
Zehra Parlak(Founder)Stefan Zauscher
QC Ware operates a quantum computing business organized into three units — Quantum Services, the Q2B conference, and Promethium — serving enterprise and research customers exploring quantum applications.
Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareQuantum ComputingPalo Alto, US
Matt(Head of Business (leads QC Ware's business))KJ(Operations Lead (oversees day-to-day operations))Kin-Joe Sham(Executive Officer, Director)William Hartnett(Director)Luka Tomljenovic(Director)Gordon Eubanks(Director)
Co-investorsKoch Disruptive TechnologiesAirbus VenturesGoldman Sachs
RHK Technology manufactures PanScan, a scanning tunneling and atomic force microscope system designed for atomic-resolution imaging in extreme environments and low temperatures.
Deep TechHardwareNew Materials
Adam Kollin(Founder)Kenneth Kollin(General Manager)Benjamin Kollin(Production Manager)Shuheng Pan(Original Developer)
Reduced Energy Microsystems designs silicon chips optimized for low power consumption that enable embedded computer vision and neural network inference on devices such as augmented reality systems, wearable cameras, and autonomous robots.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsSan Francisco, US
eleazar .(Head of Software)inDylan Hand(Lead Hardware Engineer)inWilliam Koven(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorDraper AssociatesGrowbig VenturesMicroVentures
Roboligent builds Robin, a two-armed mobile robot that works alongside human workers without safety fencing, using in-house compliant force-controlled actuators, real-time force control, and a purpose-built physical AI model for contact-rich industrial manipulation.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsRound Rock, US
Bongsu Kim(Executive Officer, Director)inSeonhwa Shin(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsInfodriver Capital
SafelyYou provides AI-based fall detection and prevention technology for senior living and memory care communities, using video and clinical review to reduce falls, ER visits, and care costs.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
George Netscher(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnorak VenturesATEL VenturesFoundation CapitalPathbreaker VenturesQualcomm VenturesSamsung Next+8 more
sciartsoft is a technical research and writing site covering topology optimization, generative design, and multi-objective optimization for engineers, researchers, and design teams.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechMedia & EntertainmentMadison, US
Yadav Praveen(Executive Officer, Director)Karen E Caswelch(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsTechstarsIdea of La Crosse
Secure Food Solutions develops the Mini Aflatoxin Sorter, a portable device that uses UV light and computer vision to detect and remove aflatoxin-contaminated maize kernels for small-scale farming households in Sub-Saharan Africa.
AgTechFoodTechHardwareImpact & Social GoodMartin, US
Chris Ramezanpour(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Jordan(Executive Officer, Director)John Cole(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDean Didato(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsAgLaunch AcceleratorInnova Memphis, Inc.
TangiTek develops electromagnetic interference and radiofrequency shielding solutions, including antennas, enclosures, gaskets, and absorbers for wireless equipment and tactical environments.
CleantechDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareNew MaterialsPortland, US
Teaching It Right offers "We are Friends," an NSF-backed program that teaches children social skills through short daily lessons of about 10 minutes, using research-based methods for families and children who need social skills support.
Digital HealthEdTech
Andrea Johnson(Founder)
TeraProbes develops automated, non-contact metrology systems for testing and characterizing high-frequency electronic devices, integrated circuits, and materials in the millimeter-wave and terahertz frequency bands.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsColumbus, US
Kubilay Sertel(President)Niru K. Nahar(Chief Executive Officer)Georgios C. Trichopoulos(Chief Technology Officer)
Unspun develops 3D weaving technology and software for apparel and textile manufacturing, enabling fast, automated, and low-waste garment production for brands and manufacturers.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechEmeryville, US
Walden Hoi Ming Lam(Executive Officer, Director)Beth Esponnette(Founder)inKevin Martin(Founder)inARNE ARENS(Executive Officer, Director)inWalden Lam(Founder)
BoardMilo Werner(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCity LightDCVC (Data Collective)E12 Venture Capital, LlcEvolution VenturesFifty Years+11 more
Voxel Healthcare develops AI technology for pediatric imaging and radiation oncology, with a focus on brain cancer.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical Devices
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