IPIRA Startups

IPIRA Startups

KaRNAteq, Inc.

Brief Description

KaRNATeq develops tools for RNA sequencing that are the next step forward in genomics. The enzymes developed by the company enable doctors and scientists to capture more information at reduced cost.

Timeline 2019. Company founded Inventors

Kathleen Collins, Heather Upton

Addition Therapeutics

Brief Description

Addition is transforming genetic medicine by developing RNA-only therapeutics that PRINT™ any genetic element at specific safe harbor sites.

Timeline 2021. Company founded Inventors

Kathy Collins, Jeremy John McIntyre, Sarah Madeline Palm, Heather Upton, Briana Nicole Van Treeck. Xiaozhu Zhang

Juvena Therapeutics

Brief Description

Juvena Therapeutics is a venture-backed biopharma startup discovering novel protein-based therapeutics that promote tissue regeneration in the elderly and treat various age-related diseases. We are building a protein-based discovery platform by implementing an efficient identification, screening and preclinical development pipeline.

Timeline 2017. Company founded Inventors

Michael Conboy, Irina Conboy, David Schaffer, and Hanadie Yousef

Renovis, Inc.

Brief Description

Renovis, Inc. was a biopharmaceutical company developing drugs to treat neurological diseases and disorders. The company used molecular biology, medicinal chemistry, in vitro and in vivo pharmacology, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, toxicology, and informatics to identify and select small molecule drug candidates that meet stringent standards for development.

Renovis was founded by UC Berkeley and UCSF faculty. Founder Corey Goodman was the UC Berkeley chair of neurobiology, head of the neurobiology division, and co-founder and director of the Wills...

Nanosys

Brief Description SiNANOdeª, a silicon-graphite anode material, improves the performance of lithium-ion batteries: Significant increase over existing solutions in full cell energy density and cycle life. Manufacturing process compatible with existing graphite-anode electrode production equipment. Scalable SiNANOdeª production processes available now for technology transfer and licensing. Timeline 2001. Company founded 2023. Acquired by Shoei Chemical, as an operating subsidiary Inventors

Ali Shakouri, Arunava Majumdar, Peidong Yang, Yiying Wu...

Amyris, Inc.

Brief Description

Amyris, Inc. is an industrial biotechnology company, which engages in the provision of bioscience solutions. It focuses on the research, development, manufacture, and sale of fuels and farnesene-derived products. Its products include cosmetics, flavors and fragrances, performance materials, diesel, jet fuel, and lubricants. The company was founded by Jack D. Newman, Kinkead Keith Reiling, and Neil Renninger on July 17, 2003 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Timeline 2003. Company founded 2010. Initial Public Offering Inventors...

4D Molecular Therapeutics LLC

Brief Description 4D Molecular Therapeutics is a global leader in gene therapy product research and development using scientific innovation to unlock the full potential of gene therapy for patients with genetic diseases. Their robust discovery platform, termed Directed Vector Evolution, empowers creation of customized gene delivery vehicles (novel AAV vectors) to deliver normal genes to tissues or organs with defective genes. as occurs in genetic diseases. This 4DMT discovery technology was originally developed over 15 years by co-Founder David Schaffer at UC Berkeley. Timeline 2012...

MuscleMatrix

Brief Description

MuscleMatrix is developing a hydrogel that could change how medics treat traumatic injuries on the battlefield, as well as revolutionize surgical repairs for civilians with soft tissue injuries. Traumatic and surgical injuries of soft tissue that involve underlying skeletal muscle remain one of the greatest challenges to tissue reconstruction. Severe injuries, such as those involving the loss of a substantial portion of muscle tissue, are not capable of healing on their own and are referred to as volumetric muscle loss (VML) injuries. By definition, VML results in...

Adapta Imaging, Inc.

Brief Description

Adapta Imaging, Inc. is developing a new type of radiofrequency (RF) coil, an essential component of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) hardware, which can operate at any frequency. The Any-nucleus Distributed Active Programmable Transmit (ADAPT) coil was invented at UC Berkeley in the lab of Dr. Chunlei Liu, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. The ADAPT coil converts direct current power into RF magnetic fields with frequencies chosen by digital control signals, eliminating the need for...

Vivere Oncotherapies

Brief Description

Gene and cell therapies for cancer.

Timeline 2024. Company founded. Inventors

Adam Schieferecke, John Dueber, David Schaffer, Juan Eduardo Hurtado, Hyun-Cheol Lee