Samuel Tia
FounderFounder at Correlia Biosystems
Berkeley, California, United States
FoundedCorrelia Biosystems · YC
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About
Samuel Tia is Senior Director of Engineering at Slingshot Biosciences. His work spans new product development, scale-up, and manufacturing, including collaboration with customers to develop and publish biotechnology applications. He has experience building and managing product R&D and manufacturing teams, in addition to serving as an individual technical contributor.
Founder at Correlia BiosystemsYC W18
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YC
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Correlia Biosystems's investors · 8
Beresford VenturesOrlandoBlue Bear VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $400K checksCota CapitalSan Francisco · since 2020Neotribe VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $2M checks · since 2020Pallasite VenturesVancouver · $100K – $1.5M checksPangaea Ventures Us Inc.Vancouver · $500K – $1.5M checksThe Regents of the University of Californiasince 2020Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018
Co-founders at Correlia Biosystems
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Akwasi AporiFounder
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Kursad ArazFounder/CTO
Experience
- Slingshot BiosciencesSenior Director of Engineeringcurrent2026 — presentEmeryville, California, United States
- Slingshot BiosciencesStaff Engineer2025 — 2026
- Correlia Biosystems, Inc.Co-founder2013 — 2024626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA
- Mount Tamalpais CollegeInstructional Faculty2011 — 2017San Quentin, CA
- UC BerkeleyGraduate Student Researcher2006 — 2012
- Evergen (Formerly RTI Surgical)Biotechnology Development Group2006
- MedtronicIntegrated Product and Process Development2004 — 2005
Skills & more
Analytical SkillsProduct DesignProduct R&DManufacturing Process ImprovementMicrofluidics24Biomechanics5Biomedical Engineering7BioMEMS3Biotechnology20Mechanical Product Design1Fluorescence Microscopy9Drug Delivery1
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COMSOLMicrofabricationR&DMicroscopyScienceLife SciencesMatlabLanguages Chinese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Samuel Tia?
- Samuel Tia is Senior Director of Engineering at Slingshot Biosciences. His work spans new product development, scale-up, and manufacturing, including collaboration with customers to develop and publish biotechnology applications. He has experience building and managing product R&D and manufacturing teams, in addition to serving as an individual technical contributor.
- Where does Samuel Tia work?
- Samuel Tia is Founder of Correlia Biosystems.
- What companies did Samuel Tia found?
- Samuel Tia founded Correlia Biosystems.
- Where did Samuel Tia go to school?
- Samuel Tia studied at University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2012); University of Florida (Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering).
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