INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Battlefield), is holding its twice-annual demo day today at 3PM Pacific Time
An even dozen young companies will be pitching their work, from AI-informed research to artificial meat, and you can watch them present live
right here.The IndieBio program is a four-month one that takes companies at the seed stage, often researchers straight out of graduate
programs or university research groups, and gets them into shape for a proper Silicon Valley debut
Right now the companies get $250K in funding to take part, as well as plenty of resources, which parent VC firm SOSV can surely afford these
days, what with raising $150 million last year.Off the top of my head I remember two companies that competed at Disrupt SF 2016, Amaryllis
Nucleics and mFluiDx, both very technical and highly talented teams
3PM below, and consult the list below the video for a summary of the companies presenting
alternative that goes just as well with pancakes.NovoNutrients: Another non-traditional protein source, NovoNutrients uses industrial CO2
emissions to produce high-protein bacteria, which are harvested and sold as sustainable feed stock for aquaculture animals like
fish.BioRosa: An early detection method for autism spectrum disorders using blood tests that could shift diagnosis time to well before the
current four years of age to potentially before the child is born.Chronus Health: Hospitals need to do blood tests constantly, but often
have to send samples to a central lab, which can take hours or days
Chronus has made a portable device they claim can provide complete blood count and metabolic panel tests essentially in real time.Clinicai:
These guys made a (prototype) device that attaches to ordinary toilets and non-invasively does what it needs to do, which could help people
treatment method involving injecting stem cells directly into areas affected by neurodegeneration.Oralta: You can floss, brush, and rinse,
but bad news bacteria are still going to take up residence in your mouth
Oralta hopes to combat them with good bacteria, reinforced by probiotic supplements
patients with health professionals nearby.Filtricine: The cancer treatment method being pursued by this company, instead of adding something
lethal to cancer cells into the bloodstream, subtracts what they need to live while leaving normal cells unharmed
therapy is another important therapeutic tool for a variety of problems, but some viral delivery methods can be fought by the body as if
Serenity is working on a system that suppresses that immune response and allows the friendly virus to deliver its payload.Quartolio: So much
Quartolio aims to apply national language processing to journal articles to find connections and research opportunities that might otherwise
