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Radiopharmaceuticals
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
- Diagnostics

Transforming gut microbiome science into life-changing diagnostic and therapeutic solutions
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
- Biologics
- 2021 I-Corps Fall
- 2022 Compass
- Home Goods
- Construction and Engineering
- 2019 ANVC
- Accelerator/Incubator
- AI & Machine Learning
- Diagnostics
- 2020 ANVC
Developer of a commercial rooftop wind installation system designed to capture wind speed. The company's system offers a patent-pending powertrain concept that drastically reduces the cost of wind turbine power electronics through intermediate energy storage in a small flywheel, and captures increased wind flows at the edges of commercial building rooftops, enabling industries to revolutionize rooftop wind energy in the commercial and industrial spaces by drastically lowering the cost of small wind turbine technologies.
- Grant
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- Energy Storage
- 2018 I-Corps Summer
Ace NutraCare delivers patented nutritional therapies for chronic condition management, starting with type 2 diabetes and obesity. The company's productsāincluding nutrient rice, noodles, functional drink mixes, and vitamin boostersāare formulated from 23 medicinal food ingredients using a proprietary microbial fermentation and extraction method, with clinical results published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Small Molecules
- Therapeutics
- Digital Health
- 2024 PF3
- 2025 NVC
Act2 Financial monitors financial data for seniors, analyzing bank and brokerage accounts to detect fraud, send payment reminders, and provide personalized guidance to improve retirement outcomes and independence.
- Financial Services
- Software
- Digital Health
- AI Software
- Consumer
- 2022 ANVC
Developer of a security software designed to recognize firearms and other public safety threats in security camera feeds. The company's software utilizes computer vision and artificial intelligence that connect with the existing security camera system to detect guns, intruders, people flow, crowds, loitering and social distancing issues, enabling security teams to get real-time alerts to improve safety outcomes.
- Series B
- Information Technology
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Cybersecurity
- Security & Defense
- Software
- 2018 Accelerator Program
- 2019 NVC

Spray-on cell matrix for wound healing
- Life Sciences
- Advanced Therapies
- 2020 Compass
- 2020 I-Corps Spring
- Grant
- HealthTech
- 2020 ANVC
Operator of an advertising company intended to offer nationwide truck-side advertising services. The company utilizes geofencing technology to create impactful advertisements that are displayed on trucks by reaching target markets through their virtual fleet system and serving additional ads to users who have seen the trucks, enabling businesses to improve their brand's public perception and increase traffic in both the physical and digital space.
- Seed Round
- Media / Entertainment
- Advertising
- Marketing
- Software
- Platform
- 2019 NVC
Adiona develops analytics that can passively monitor symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's via wearable devices to reduce caregiver burden and improve patient care.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Consumer
- Healthcare IT
- 2022 Build Accelerator
Developer of a flow control technology designed to dynamically modify the aerodynamic behavior of heavy vehicles. The company's technology modifies the aerodynamic behavior of heavy vehicles by sensing their surroundings and actively changes their perceived shape to reduce fuel consumption and improve maneuverability and safety, enabling heavy vehicle manufacturers to assist with significant drag reduction and stability enhancements in the trucking fleet.
- Grant
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- Hardware
- Sustainable Mobility
- Manufacturing
- 2018 I-Corps Summer
Provider of upcycling plastic waste services intended to reduce fossil fuel dependence, increase sustainability, and improve the circular carbon economy. The company's technology converts plastic trash into higher-value chemical products like waxes, surfactants, and lubricants that can be used in lubricants, consumer products, and cosmetic industries, enabling industries to utilize plastic-derived alternatives for sustainable, low-emissions drop-in replacements and clean environment for better future.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Sustainability / Climate
- Circular Economy
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- Waste Management
- Manufacturing
- 2022 I-Corps Summer
AGC Carbon Inc. is an early-stage, deep tech startup focused on carbon capture and utilization. The company employs a proprietary technology and used captured CO2 along with renewable electricity to provide the industry with high value products, such as soda ash, chlorine, carbon black etc., all while reducing the carbon foot-print of the existing assets.
- Circular Economy
- Decarbonization
- Fuels & Chemicals

Developer of electronic health record integrated platform designed to deliver clinical manuals, protocols and policies for point-of-care use The company gives clinicians direct access to guidelines, protocols, and scoring tools as well as helps them to upload private clinical pathways, enabling healthcare organizations to improve the quality of care, reduce unnecessary utilization and lower the risk of medical error.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Healthcare IT
- Digital Health
- Software
- Platform
- 2011 NVC
Agreefy simplifies the deployment of Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) using technologies such as UWB, NBIoT, LoRaWAN, RFID, Bluetooth, and WiFi. The platform enables businesses to track assets and people, optimize operations, and enhance safety across industries including healthcare, education, hospitality, and enterprise.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Information Technology
- Software
- Platform
- Automation
- Healthcare IT
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- 2018 GNVC
AgroNET Zero builds SoilSyncā¢, an AI-driven decision engine that provides site-specific soil and regenerative input recommendations for farmers, then connects those insights to suppliers via a curated marketplace. The platform focuses on biochar and biochar-based fertilizers, leveraging Purdue University research and field data.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Agriculture
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- Automation
- 2024 ANVC

Developer of the PixelShine software to revolutionize CT scan processing by enhancing the quality of noisy scans and is vendor agnostic. The company leverages AI algorithms to quickly evaluate high volumes of scans from asymptomatic individuals and identify postive and negative cases. The company's software offerings can improve the quality of scans obtained from any CT equipment that meet minimum functional requirements.
- Spin-Off
- Healthcare
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Healthcare IT
- Diagnostics
- Software
Alina Eneji deploys household-level solar panels and battery storage linked by DC mesh-grids to deliver affordable, reliable, pay-as-you-go electricity to underserved rural communities in Haiti.
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage
- Climate Technology
- Hardware
- 2022 ANVC
All Fair is the operating system for small businesses ā a business intelligence tool that centralizes information to enable small business owners to assess and translate their data into informed decisions.
- Information Technology
- AI Software
- Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- 2026 NVC
- Life Sciences

Precision oncology company designed to focus on new methods to treat difficult-to-treat cancers
- SAFE (Cap/Discount)
- Life Sciences
- Advanced Therapies
- Small Molecules
- Biologics
- 2021 Compass
- 2023 NVC

Alpha Nur is pioneering nuclear fuel recycling technologies for clean energy and national security by converting highly enriched uranium (HEU) into high assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU).
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Energy
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Security & Defense
- Manufacturing
- Research Tools
- 2022 I-Corps Spring
- 2022 Build Accelerator
- 2022 CNVC
- 2024 Resurgence
Developer of an AI-powered SaaS ophthalmology software platform designed to improve the diagnostic process in ophthalmology. The company's software applies computer vision and deep learning trained algorithms to build an innovative ophthalmology diagnosis real-time support platform for the automatic, structural and quantitative analysis as well as detection of glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and other retinal diseases for the healthcare industry, enabling ophthalmologists to prescribe appropriate treatment and prevent significant vision loss.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Diagnostics
- Digital Health
- Healthcare IT
- Software
- Platform
- 2018 GNVC
- 2018 GNVC
AlumSum is a free student loan management tool that consolidates borrowers' federal and private student loan information into one dashboard, providing savings calculators and educational resources to help users pay off debt faster.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Financial Services
- Software
- Consumer
- Platform
- 2024 ANVC
Alveothera is developing a drug delivery platform that could be utilized to treat cardiopulmonary diseases, such as pulmonary fibrosis.
- Life Sciences
- Advanced Therapies
- Small Molecules
- Biologics
- 2025 I-Corps Fall
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
Ampable installs, funds, and manages EV charging infrastructure at apartment buildings and condos at no cost to the property. Residents get reliable at-home charging while property managers gain a high-demand amenity with zero operational burden.
- Automotive
- Sustainable Mobility
- PropTech
- Renewable Energy
- Platform
- Software
- 2025 NVC
Developer of a nanoparticle purification platform designed to revolutionize lipid nanoparticle filtration through acoustic wave technology. The company's platform streamlines the separation of lipid nanoparticles from contaminants and simplifies their purification for gene therapy by utilizing microfluidic flows and electronic control of ultrasonic waves, enabling clients to optimize energy consumption and wastewater generation to bolster the discovery of therapeutics and efficient production.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Materials
Operator of a rental property management and advisory firm intended to help users buy and manage properties. The company's firm provides investment support, property marketing, reporting, maintenance, and furniture selection services through advisory and consulting in the short-term rental market, enabling customers to invest in properties and maximize revenues via advisory services.
- Series A
- Real Estate
- PropTech
- Marketplace
- AI Software
- Software
- Platform
- 2021 NVC
Developer of a risk management platform intended to manage data for annuities and life insurance policies. The company's platform helps annuity firms to significantly reduce their hedging expense, accurately estimate option budgets, and bring transparent and up-to-the-minute reporting of profit and loss and key performance metrics to the business, enabling businesses to unlock value within customer data and leverage the insights to optimize product design and gain assets.
- Seed Round
- Insurance
- Software
- Automation
- AI Software
- Platform
- 2021 NVC
Anzu Dynamics automates invoice processing and VAT recovery for mid-market construction and manufacturing firms in Colombia and Mexico, replacing manual AP workflows with AI-driven extraction, classification, compliance screening, and PO matching that integrates with existing ERPs.
- Financial Services
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Software
- 2026 NVC
Developer of an online real estate search platform intended to optimize apartment search process. The company's platform offers apartment seekers transparency throughout the search process and provides help to both renters and leasing offices, enabling users to get detailed information about rented apartments in and around Chicago.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Real Estate
- PropTech
- Marketplace
- Software
- Consumer
- 2016 Accelerator Program
AQUAGENIX builds IoT-based real-time pond monitoring and decision-intelligence systems for aquaculture farmers, primarily shrimp farming. Its flagship platform, COUNT 366, provides continuous water quality monitoring, dissolved oxygen prediction, disease outbreak alerts, and biological growth estimation to improve crop survivability and yield.
- SAFE
- Agriculture
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Hardware
- Platform
- Software
- Water Management
- 2021 PF3
- 2021 GNVC
- 2021 GNVC
Arch4Cashmere is a sustainable luxury cashmere label specializing in organic and baby goat cashmere knitwear, selling direct-to-consumer via e-commerce and through wholesale partners including Net-a-Porter, with a flagship presence on Kings Road, London.
- Retail / Commerce
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Circular Economy
- Marketplace
- 2019 GNVC
Archer Career is a career readiness EdTech platform that uses behavioral science and micro-learning modules to help graduate students, postdocs, and early-career professionals improve job search outcomes and reduce underemployment. It serves university career offices and research institutions with B2B solutions, with clients including Johns Hopkins, Harvard Medical School, Virginia Tech, and DePaul University.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Education / Academia
- Software
- AI Software
- Future of Work
- Human Resources
- Platform
- 2023 ANVC
Producer of dog-friendly treats intended to offer alternative protein-based treats that inspire dog owners. The company offers products that help with skin health, coat health, digestive health, hip health, and joint health, enabling pet owners to purchase various flavors of dog treats at affordable prices.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Circular Economy
- Manufacturing
- Marketplace
- 2022 NVC
- 2022 Launch Accelerator
Ark Health is building the world's most inclusive clinical research platform so therapies can work for all patients. Our platform Noa allows providers and sponsors to execute end-to-end trials and is powered by diverse clinical research navigators that guide patients through the complexity of clinical trial processes.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Digital Health
- Healthcare IT
- Platform
- Marketplace
- 2024 NVC
Developer of an online booking platform designed to make parking simple for today's drivers. The company's booking platform provides parking reservations and drive-up access in garages across sports teams, venues, events, travel providers, airlines, hotels, automotive original equipment manufacturer and navigation systems operated via text, voice command or embedded right into the vehicle, enabling businesses to offer transactional parking as a value-added service.
- PE Growth/Expansion
- Transportation
- Marketplace
- Software
- Consumer
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- 2007 NVC

Pre-clinical immuno-oncology drugs developer using protein engineering to retain immunotherapeutic molecules within tumors. The company has developed modified cytokines and masked these compounds such that they are inactive in the periphery yet are activated within the tumor, to limit immune-related adverse events and widen the therapeutic window.
- Life Sciences

The company specializes in developing quantum optimization software to provide solutions that are often out of reach for classical computing in complex industries such as space, energy, and defense.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Software
- Security & Defense
- Commercial Space
- AI & Machine Learning
ARTvest is an investment fund that enables investors to benefit from the unique characteristics of fine art investing.
- Financial Services
- 2019 GNVC
- FinTech
- SaaS
- Cybersecurity
- 2019 ANVC
Aster partners with brands to deliver free period products to people in need, using an advertising-funded model ("padvertising") to address period poverty and keep people in school and at work. The company operates in Indiana, Washington D.C., and MedellĆn, Colombia.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Advertising
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2024 ANVC
Aula Digital is an adaptive learning platform focused on mathematics that helps Latin American high school students prepare for standardized college admissions tests. The platform is sold as a B2B SaaS tool to schools, providing real-time teacher monitoring dashboards and personalized content.
- Education / Academia
- Software
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Platform
- 2019 NVC
Aunnie is a per-property subscription platform that replaces fragmented vendor coordination for residential property operators (1ā100 units) with a verified LLC-only vendor network, AI-powered dispatch, mandatory photo verification, and embedded payments across cleaning, landscaping, snow, handyman, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and pest control.
- Real Estate
- PropTech
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Software
- Automation
- 2026 NVC
- Healthcare
- Healthcare IT

Autonoma engineers use generative AI to help development teams observe and understand any codebase, avoid legacy code generation, and escape vendor lock-in traps.
- Seed Round
- Information Technology
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Software
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Robotics
- Software
- AI Software
- Manufacturing
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Automation
- 2025 CNVC
AXIM is the core decisioning infrastructure for private-market real estate ā an AI-enabled system of intelligence that automates data extraction, underwriting, and reporting so investors can reach deal conviction faster.
- Real Estate
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- PropTech
- Software
- Platform
- 2026 NVC

BaseProof is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) providing advanced safety profiling solutions for gene editing therapies. Our core technology, Inrich-seq, delivers best-in-class performance for adenine base editor (ABE) off-target profiling, addressing one of the most critical regulatory hurdles in gene editing development. We recently successfully completed our pilot collaboration with clinicians from UCLA and our results provided critical safety insights for their IND filing. We are looking for a business partner to help with fundraising, market research, customer discovery, and potentially operation management.
- Life Sciences
- BioTools
- 2026 I-Corps Spring

AI-native, Bayesian-first virtual drug development platform and statistical hub that deliver end-to-end decision support and optimized trial designs
- Life Sciences
- Software
- AI Software
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Productivity
- AI & Machine Learning
- FinTech
- SaaS
- Real Estate
- 2020 ANVC
- Early Stage VC
- Food & Beverage
- 2019 ANVC
Operator of an eyewear brand intended to change the traditional eyewear buying experience through a customer-centric approach. The company's platform offers a wide range of eyewear products including anti-reflective, polycarbonate, anti-scratch, polarized and UV-resistant glasses, enabling customers to have a vast variety of eyewear products at affordable prices.
- Later Stage VC
- Retail / Commerce
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Marketplace
- Hardware
- 2016 NVC
Developer of an online learning platform designed to simplify and optimize learning experiences and outcomes. The company's platform offers a comprehensive preparatory course bundle with multiple practice questions, instructional videos on key topics, interactive flashcards, fun games, and full-length practice exams, enabling corporations, schools, and training companies to improve learner engagement and retention and reduce dropout rates.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Education / Academia
- Software
- Platform
- Future of Work
- 2010 NVC

Bettor Vision syncs consumersā sports betting, season-long fantasy, and daily fantasy sports accounts on one platform.
- Early Stage VC
- Media / Entertainment
- Software
- Platform
- Consumer
- Marketplace
Developer of an intranasally delivered therapeutic intended to treat inflammation and cell death following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The company's intranasal device can be administered immediately after impact to the head to directly slow or prevent the harmful process from further damaging neural tissue, enabling doctors to improve active therapy.
- Life Sciences
- Small Molecules
- Therapeutics
- Medical Devices
- 2017 I-Corps Spring

Developer of an integrated biosensor and bioinformatics platform designed to enable the continuous collection and analysis of gut microbiome data during clinical research. The company's proprietary technology is installed in the home/clinical site, where it automatically collects and processes stool samples without user intervention that allows dense time-series data generation, providing doctors with an end-to-end solution that generates more data for a fraction of the cost and improved ability to discover and validate novel microbiome-based biomarkers, therapeutics, and interventions.
- Grant
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
- BioTools
- Research Tools
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Hardware
- Software
- Platform
- 2018 I-Corps Winter
- Decision/Risk Analysis
- HealthTech
- 2019 ANVC
To use the concept of drug repurposing to find new inhibitors / agents to treat diseases that result from acute / chronic inflammation. Additionally if needed, the drugs will be redesigned for delivery in a cell selective manner.
- Life Sciences
- 2026 I-Corps Spring
Cytosial Biomedic (now Bioxis Pharmaceuticals) discovers, develops, produces, and commercializes regenerative medical devices for dermatology and medical aesthetics. Its two lead products are MTI-12 (chitosan-based tissular inductor) and Cytosial (monophasic hyaluronic acid dermal filler).
- Later Stage VC
- Healthcare
- Advanced Therapies
- Medical Devices
- Biologics
- Manufacturing
- 2013 GNVC
BizApps is a product-focused IT company that develops software for management accounting, budgeting, treasury, and business process automation. Its flagship products include "Galochka" (management reporting), "Central Profit" (CPM system), and "RPABot" (robotic process automation).
- Financial Services
- Software
- Automation
- Platform
- 2020 GNVC
Developer of a hydrogen trading platform designed to remove complexity from the equation, making it easy to trade and procure hydrogen. The company's platform provides various tools and features to help users navigate the hydrogen market, buy and sell hydrogen and obtain market and other data for hydrogen products, enabling businesses of all sizes to participate in the emerging hydrogen economy and work accordingly.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Energy
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage
- Software
- 2022 NVC

Boltzmann builds AI systems that understand your world and help safely design decisions, workflows, and systems inside it.
- AI & Data Science
BRAIV is a precision psychiatry AI platform that replaces trial-and-error psychiatric prescribing with workflow-native, evidence-based clinical decision support for outpatient psychiatrists and managed behavioral health organizations.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Digital Health
- Healthcare IT
- Mental Health
- Platform
- Software
- 2026 NVC
Brightriver.ai is an AI-native operating system for private markets, providing institutional investors with tools for deal analysis, fund manager diligence, and performance monitoring.
- Financial Services
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Platform
- Automation
- Future of Work
- 2024 ANVC
- Grant
- 2019 Accelerator Program
BÄKIT Box is a STEM-based baking activity kit company that delivers culturally diverse recipes with pre-measured ingredients and educational activities to families. Kits explore global baking traditions while teaching science, technology, engineering, and math concepts.
- Seed Round
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Marketplace
- 2023 ANVC

C+UPās carbon capture and utilization technology converts carbon dioxide and renewable electricity to sustainable propane as a non-fossil renewable fuel and chemical feedstock.
- SAFE (Fixed Percentage)
- Sustainability / Climate
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Hardware
- Renewable Energy
- 2024 Resurgence
- 2024 I-Corps Spring
C-Thru-AI is a developer-centric solution that ensures developers build Artificial Intelligence (AI) models in compliance with AI regulations. Our experts built their AI regulatory compliance and machine learning expertise into a state-of-the-art AI model compliance solution.
- SAFE
- Legal
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Software
- 2022 GNVC
- 2022 GNVC
Developer of a precision health technology designed for doctors to identify and manage patients at high risk for cancer. The company's platform offers predictive analytics and screening tools to identify at-risk patients, clinical guidance with proven outcomes, a digital genetic test ordering platform, and patient management and education tools, enabling clinicians to save time, reduce the cost of care, and improve outcomes by detecting cancer at an early stage.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- AI Software
- Diagnostics
- Digital Health
- Healthcare IT
- Platform
- Software
- 2013 NVC

canZero is positioning itself as a next-gen cancer immunotherapy company combining nanoparticle vaccines with checkpoint inhibitors to create fast, personalized, and potentially more effective cancer treatments, building on already validated vaccine technology.
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
- Advanced Therapies
Developer of novel thin-film dielectrics intended to commercialize the technology for use in high-energy-density capacitors. The company's dielectrics offer reliable capacitive energy storage and filtering at the higher voltages and temperatures required by the next generation of high-density power conversion systems, enabling clients to meet the increasingly demanding requirements for power conversion systems that are key to supporting the electrification of transportation and integration of distributed energy resources on the grid.
- Grant
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- Energy Storage
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- Sustainable Mobility
- Renewable Energy
- 2019 I-Corps Summer
Developer of an online healthcare technology platform designed to offer social care automation for community health and help hospitals and clinical social workers to connect with patients. The company's platform helps hospitals to generate revenue from preventive health programs and increase the capacity of care coordinators and social workers, enabling healthcare providers to focus on the delivery of care and reaching more patients.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- Healthcare IT
- Digital Health
- Automation
- Software
- Platform
- 2019 ANVC
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Healthcare IT
- Automation
- Software
- Platform
- 2025 Accelerator Program
- 2026 NVC
Developer of a cloud-based care coordination network platform intended to serve the senior living industry. The company's platform delivers actionable insights that improve the quality of life and the quality of time spent, enabling senior citizens with simple and user-friendly systems that eliminate communication silos and inspire collaboration.
- Series D
- Healthcare
- Healthcare IT
- Software
- Platform
- Digital Health
- 2011 NVC
Carpe Diem is a snack company making high-protein, sustainable chips from Copi (invasive Asian Carp) sourced from U.S. freshwater habitats. Its flagship product, Anchor Protein Chips, is rich in Omega-3 and protein while helping combat invasive species threatening native fish populations.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Circular Economy
- Manufacturing
- 2025 NVC
Casgains Enterprises is an investment research platform providing retail investors with financial modeling tools, an investment pillar checklist, and a crowdsourced investor community for stock analysis and due diligence. The venture pivoted from its original "Casgains Terminal" investment social network concept to a YouTube-based financial media operation (Casgains Academy) with a Patreon-based research subscription.
- Financial Services
- Software
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Consumer
- 2022 CNVC
All parents deserve to feel confident in their familyļæ½s financial future. We believe that parents deserve quality financial planning, and it shouldnļæ½t take months of work to get it. Cashew is a trustworthy, intelligent financial planner for modern parents, taking the hassle out of being smart with their money.
- Financial Services
- Software
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2021 NVC

CavilinQ develops photonically coupled interconnect modules enabling real-time quantum entanglement between heterogeneous quantum processors.
- Quantum Technology
- Photonics
- Quantum Hardware
- 2024 I-Corps Spring
- Education & Academia
- 2020 ANVC
Developer of nanocomposite membranes designed to be used in high-performance electrolyzes and fuel cells with simple heat and water management. The company's membrane uses various technologies to offer many benefits of a ceramic separator such as lower hydrogen crossover and also works at low humidity and elevated temperature conditions, enabling users to get hydrogen economy for better catalyst durability at a low cost.
- Seed Round
- Energy
- Energy Storage
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Manufacturing
- Hardware
- 2019 I-Corps Summer

Developer of cell-based test models designed for accelerating drug development and promoting precision medicine. The company offers ethical and efficient models, single-cell analysis, population-scale data and machine learning expertise, enabling clients to improve drug safety and efficacy.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- BioTools
- 2022 I-Corps Spring

Chama Capital is a financial technology company on a mission to increase access to capital for women-owned businesses by providing capital, community, and coaching through our online platform.
- Financial Services
- Software
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2021 Build Accelerator
Champagne PENET-CHARDONNET is a five-generation family estate producing exclusively 100% Grand Cru Champagne from six hectares of vineyards in Verzy and Verzenay (Montagne de Reims). The house produces gastronomical, low-dosage wines including single-vineyard vintage cuvƩes and oak-barrel-aged multi-vintage blends.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- Marketplace
- 2008 GNVC
- Life Sciences
- Research Tools
- BioTools
Provider of financial services intended to offer loans to students. The company's services offer flexible repayment options services, cover college costs for students without sacrificing their financial future, enabling students to cover their educational expenses so as to overcome any financial barrier in their course of study.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Financial Services
- Consumer
- 2017 I-Corps Winter
- Life Sciences
- Software
- 2022 I-Corps Spring

The company targets graph analytics, which are critical for applications like social networks, scientific discovery, and fraud detection. Current computer architectures are optimized for linear algebra (dense operations) and struggle with the complex data movement required by large, sparse graphs.
The core innovation is the UpDown accelerator, a programmable processor that sits between the main CPU and memory. It uses "intelligent data movement" and fine-grained parallel threads to process data efficiently where it is stored (near-memory computation), rather than moving it all to the CPU. Early evaluations suggest the UpDown architecture can achieve significant speedups, in some cases as high as 631x over a single x86 core for graph processing applications.
- Quantum Technology
Wearable to detect food allergy-induced anaphylaxis in children
- Life Sciences
- Lifestyle & Wellness/Fitness
- 2019 ANVC

Developer of medical imaging devices intended to provide advanced outcomes in surgical oncology. The company offers disease diagnosis through specimen orientation, and image manipulation, and brings unprecedented clarity to intraoperative breast cancer lumpectomy margin visualization, providing clinicians with clear tumor visualization and intelligent analysis.
- Grant
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
- 2016 I-Corps Autumn
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
Developer of a civic engagement platform designed to receive updates when something happens in government. The company's platform uses gamified learning to incentivize users to engage with policy questions, enabling people to restore trust in the democratic system, and lowering barriers to taking informed civic action.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Government / Public Sector
- Software
- Platform
- AI Software
- Future of Work
- Marketing
- 2023 NVC
Developer of an engine technology designed to replace petroleum-based diesel fuel with decarbonized liquid fuels. The company's technology integrates into existing compression ignition manufacturing to deliver engine performance at a low cost, enabling engine manufacturers to eliminate the need for petroleum and diesel products.
- Grant
- Energy
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Decarbonization
- Climate Technology
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- 2017 I-Corps Spring
- Life Sciences

Developer of biopharmaceuticals intended to offer therapeutics for food allergies. The company's technology specializes in developing microbiome-modulating therapeutics and commercializing small-molecule formulations as well as dietary fibers that modulate the gut microbiome to confer protection against food antigens, enabling doctors to treat patients suffering from life-threatening food allergies effectively.
- Later Stage VC
- Life Sciences
- 2016 I-Corps Autumn
- 2017 NVC
- Education / Academia
- Software
- Platform
- Future of Work
- Automation
- 2025 CNVC
- Education / Academia
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Mental Health
- 2025 CNVC
Coclo is a peer-to-peer secondhand fashion marketplace exclusively for college students, featuring AI-assisted listing creation, in-app meetup scheduling, and sustainability tracking. Launched at UChicago in spring 2025, it has reached 1,400 users and 400+ transactions on campus.
- Retail / Commerce
- Marketplace
- Consumer
- AI Software
- Circular Economy
- 2025 Accelerator Program
- 2024 PF3

Complete Wellness Solutions delivers complete, configurable, and data-driven population health solutions with its technology and analytics platform.
- Healthcare
- Healthcare IT
- Digital Health
- Software
- Platform
Micellar nano-particle drug delivery platform to treat cardiac diseases
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
- 2021 I-Corps Spring
- 2021 Compass
- 2021 George Shultz Innovation Fund

Self-Aware⢠and AdaptiveAI⢠Computing.ā Developer of hardware + software technologies aimed at enabling systems that can manage dynamic operating conditions (e.g., power, configuration, environment) and adapt in real time
- AI & Data Science
- AI Hardware
- AI Infrastructure
Operator of an eHealth company intended to reduce the cost of care while improving patient outcomes. The company's platform addresses the needs of medical device manufacturers and health systems through comprehensive inventory management, UDI compliance, just-in-time training and knowledge delivery and overall device use statistics that can be tied to the patient record, helping clients with reducing waste and increasing efficiencies in the surgical value chain.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- Healthcare IT
- Software
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Medical Devices
- 2016 I-Corps Winter

Operator of an immuno-oncology company intended to develop anticancer drugs. The company's proprietary nanoscale coordination polymer platform combines synergistic therapeutics to specifically target solid tumors, helping doctors to address unmet medical needs and improve patient care while reducing toxicity.
- University Spin-Out
- Life Sciences
Correlate AI is an AI agent that fully automates the job application process ā sourcing relevant openings, customizing resumes per role, and auto-filling and submitting applications across major ATS platforms like Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, and LinkedIn. It targets individual job seekers (especially international students needing H-1B sponsorship filtering) and educational institutions.
- Education / Academia
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Human Resources
- Software
- Future of Work
- Consumer
- Platform
- 2025 NVC
Developer of an online aesthetics provider research and booking platform designed to help consumers research and shop for cosmetic procedures. The company's website offers information about cosmetic clinics, cosmetic providers, cosmetic procedures, and more, thereby serving its clients.
- Healthcare
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Marketing
- Software
- Platform
- 2023 NVC
Craft-A-Lotta allows crafters to buy and sell craft supply lots from one another at a reduced pricepoint. As a first mover in the $46.17 billion annual craft supply industry, Craft-A-Lotta serves as anonline exchange between crafters and unused secondary craft supplies.
- Retail / Commerce
- Marketplace
- Consumer
- Circular Economy
- 2024 CNVC

- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
Developer of a financial technology designed to access investment analysis and build wealth by investing in the African private and public capital markets. The company's technology offers an application for investing and trading the best African startups, stocks, and digital assets at once, enabling users to get all the latest news and curated updates in one place to maximize their investments.
- SAFE
- Financial Services
- Software
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2021 Launch Accelerator
DanceFloor is an AI-driven platform that teaches short-form dances to beginners using real-time pose recognition and personalized feedback, with social features for sharing dance videos.
- Education / Academia
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Consumer
- Platform
- Software
- 2024 Accelerator Program
Dan The Baking Man produces plant-based, gluten-free, vegan cookies made with five simple ingredients (almond flour, safflower oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and mix-ins). Products are sold direct-to-consumer, through wholesale via Faire, and at cafƩs and grocery stores including Milam's, 787 Coffee, and Red Bay Coffee.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- 2022 CNVC
- 2023 PF3
- Accounting & Finance
- Data Analytics
- 2019 ANVC
Datomate automates selling insurance to businesses by providing curated data to eliminate manual data collection, using AI and aggregated datasets to increase leads, create marketing insights, and improve risk determination in real time.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Insurance
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Marketing
- Software
- 2024 ANVC
Producer of skincare products intended to facilitate women's beauty creating clean and vegan functional makeup. The company provides a custom makeup foundation and serum that has active skincare ingredients, enabling women to get effective skincare ingredients blended right into their makeup.
- Equity Crowdfunding
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Marketplace
- 2021 NVC
- 2021 PF3
Developer of a healthcare productivity software designed to provide procedural CPT coding services. The company's software leverages advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to help reduce errors, decrease time spent, and increase revenue for medical coding, enabling hospital systems to capture underbilled revenue while eliminating operational waste.
- Merger/Acquisition
- Healthcare
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Healthcare IT
- Software
- 2024 NVC
filling a key gap in the precision medicine drug discovery process by developing tumor-specific cell culture media that replicate the nutrient environments of tumors. This media portfolio is designed to improve drug target validation while integrating into existing drug discovery workflows.
- Life Sciences
- BioTools
- Biologics
- 2025 I-Corps Fall
Developer of an automatic ADA inspection platform designed to assess sidewalk curb ramps. The company's platform focus on solving the logistical, planning, and engineering challenges that prevent accessible design, and supplementing construction surveys with precision 3D models, enabling clients to effortlessly access and present inspection results and easily meet ADA self-evaluation and transition planning requirements.
- Later Stage VC
- Government / Public Sector
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Software
- Hardware
- 2021 Launch Accelerator
- 2021 CNVC
- 2021 CNVC
Provider of environmental services aimed at reducing food waste and recycling through composting the waste material. The company offers various kinds of services like composting as a differentiated & streamlined amenity, reduction in traditional waste management costs, and eligibility for sustainability and wellness certifications, providing society and big communities with a reduction of emissions and the ability to stand out as a building that goes the extra mile for its people and the planet.
- Grant
- Sustainability / Climate
- Circular Economy
- Waste Management
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- PropTech
- Hardware
- Software
- Platform
- 2023 Accelerator Program
Digital Keeper provides cybersecurity-as-a-service for startups and SMBs in Latin America, combining endpoint protection, email security, mobile security, virtual SOC with 24/7 monitoring/detection/response, security awareness training, regulatory compliance, and cyber insurance in a flexible monthly subscription.
- Information Technology
- Cybersecurity
- Software
- Platform
- 2022 ANVC
Developer of video conferencing platform designed to conduct market research and gather consumer insights. The company's platform offers an end-to-end conversation that combines industry-leading video with qualitative research tools, as well as reaches customers and streamlines, work worldwide from home or office, enabling market researchers, sales professionals, brand managers, HR, CX departments, and others to stay on track during interviews and streamline the work that follows without leaving home
- Buyout/LBO
- Professional Services
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Marketing
- Research Tools
- Future of Work
- Platform
- 2013 NVC
Doulala connects expectant mothers with certified, vetted doulas for private virtual sessions via Google Meet, offering evidence-based guidance on prenatal care, postpartum recovery, lactation, high-risk pregnancy, and fertility.
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2025 NVC
Developer of a sweat monitoring device intended to provide customized hydration plan to endurance athletes. The company's device incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning that combines sodium concentration data from sweat with biometric information from wearable devices for automated, early detection of dehydration, enabling athletes to prevent hydration-related illness and injury.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Digital Health
- Hardware
- Consumer
Driving Forward is a non-profit that helps under-resourced undergraduates prepare for a rewarding career offering internships focused on professional development and mentorship.
- Grant
- Education / Academia
- Human Resources
- Future of Work
- Marketplace
- 2021 GNVC
- 2021 GNVC
Operator of a virtual platform intended to treat insomnia. The company's platform offers telehealth diagnosis and treatment and also provides parents with evidence-based sleep strategies for their children and families, enabling patients to have insomnia treatment through telehealth.
- Grant
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Mental Health
- Software
- Platform
- 2019 I-Corps Winter
- 2019 NVC
Operator of an education platform intended to provide online language learning services. The company's portal gives language education for a child with the dunno method, which is proven to develop language skills, and allows individuals to claim their identities, enabling children to articulate their needs, activate their potential to make a change and accentuate their leadership.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Education / Academia
- Software
- Consumer
- Platform
- 2019 ANVC
Developer of an oral device product designed to manage oral mucosal diseases. The company's device is a soft, lightweight, implantable instrument that is gentle to wear and made for single use from silicone rubber and comes in two sizes for a comfortable fit in the mouth of smaller and larger patients and increases the time that topical oral therapies stay in the mouth.
- Healthcare
- Medical Devices
- Hardware
- 2007 NVC
Echo Labs is building the first AI capable of human-level transcription
- SAFE (Fixed Percentage)
- AI / Data Science
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
eep provides a real-time mental readiness score for knowledge workers by combining biometric data from wearables with calendar workload data to forecast cognitive capacity throughout the day.
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Mental Health
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Future of Work
- Software
- 2026 NVC
(North America ā East Coast) efficientSC is a web-based mission control and workflow tool to track supply disruptions and replace the manual tasks associated with resolving an unfilled order.
- Logistics / Supply Chain
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Healthcare IT
- Software
- Automation
- 2017 I-Corps Spring
- 2023 ANVC
Eggmond Chips makes high-protein, high-fiber chips from egg whites and almonds. Each 1 oz bag contains 10g of protein, 6g of prebiotic fiber, and only 3g of net carbs, and the chips are keto-friendly, vegetarian-friendly, and gluten-free.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- 2025 NVC
Provider of predictive analytics solutions intended to offer time-series data analysis. The company's technology uses a probability intelligence tool to identify data series from data sets, search for multiple disparate patterns simultaneously, find similar conditions and provide relevant results, enabling firms to get data-based intelligence to uncover opportunities and better estimation of risks.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Financial Services
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- 2007 NVC

Electrochaea makes a low-carbon intensity synthetic methane from hydrogen and carbon dioxide using a patented biocatalyst-enabled process. The company's proprietary technology converts renewable electricity and carbon dioxide into BioCat Methane, a renewable synthetic methane that is reliable, practical, and safe for storage and distribution in the existing gas infrastructure.
- Later Stage VC
- Decarbonization
- Circular Economy
- Fuels & Chemicals
Ella aims to provide an AI-powered assistant to elevate the end to end traveler experience. Imagine WhatsApp, Google Maps, Booking.com, and Trip Advisor unify in a single app that not only plans and books for you, but also connects you with the right services in real-time throughout your stay.
- Hospitality / Travel
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Platform
- Marketplace
- 2024 GNVC
Developer of bisulfite conversion kit designed to streamline DNA methylation analysis. The company offers a ready-to-use reagent that simplifies the process, enabling researchers and clinicians to achieve faster results with enhanced efficiency in epigenomic studies.
- Early Stage VC
- Life Sciences
Developer of financial technology designed to streamline the mortgage life cycle from origination to securitization. The company's platform leverages technology to automate repeating processes, and reduce the time taken in the mortgage origination process, enabling lenders to close loans faster, reduce closing costs and keep up with fluctuating borrower demand.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Financial Services
- Software
- Automation
- Platform
- 2020 PF3
- 2019 NVC
entropia AI is an enterprise AI company building applied intelligence solutions including conversational commerce agents, tactical intelligence platforms for security/defense, autonomous agents, and modular business intelligence platforms for industries such as agribusiness, finance, real estate, and manufacturing.
- AI / Data Science
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Security & Defense
- Software
- Platform
- 2022 ANVC
Developer of cancer therapies intended as a safer alternative to traditional chemotherapy. The company develops oncology biologics leveraging its expertise in protein engineering to create protein molecules that target the most common pediatric cancer as well as difficult-to-treat cancers like acute myeloid leukemia and the solid tumors pancreatic, liver, and ovarian cancers, with a clear focus on patient safety and reducing side effects, enabling healthcare providers to treat the disease and improve patient quality of life and outcomes.
- Grant
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
- Therapeutics
- Rare Disease
- 2019 I-Corps Winter
EOS is a fintech platform that operates a lending marketplace connecting homeowners and contractors with capital providers for solar energy, home battery, and energy efficiency project financing. The platform uses AI and data science to simplify credit approval and accelerate clean energy adoption.
- Early Stage VC
- Financial Services
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Software
- Renewable Energy
- Climate Technology
- 2023 ANVC

Developer of a nanotechnology device designed to diagnose dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. The company's device conducts a simple blood test or skin biopsy to measure and monitor disease progression for neurocognitive impairments as well as assist pharmaceutical companies with drug development by quantifying patients' responses to treatment, enabling scientists to create personalized medicine by pre-assessing treatment for individual patients.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
- BioTools
- 2021 George Shultz Innovation Fund
Developer of a cloud-based monitoring software intended to optimize and analyze traffic operations. The company's platform leverages machine learning to combine data from multiple sources such as road sensors, GPS, cameras, and even weather and social media to build an accurate map of traffic patterns while eliminating congestion and emission issues, enabling traffic operators to monitor traffic infrastructure efficiently.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Transportation
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Climate Intelligence
- Software
- Platform
- 2020 NVC
Operator of a leather restoration company intended to restore leather. The company offers to redefine sustainable luxury with leather, enabling customers to restore their leather goods.
- Grant
- Consumer Services
- Consumer
- Circular Economy
- 2023 NVC
- 2022 PF3
Developer of a point-of-care testing platform designed to automate urine diagnostics. The company's platform utilizes add-on devices to toilets for automating point-of-care urine testing from specimen collection to delivery of results, enabling hospitals to remove clinical staff inputs, improve the efficiency and accuracy of data and create a more hygienic and comfortable patient experience.
- Seed Round
- Healthcare
- Diagnostics
- Medical Devices
- Hardware
- Automation
- 2019 I-Corps Summer
- 2019 ANVC

Operator of a data-driven evolution-based molecular engineering platform intended to create novel proteins with advanced functionality. The company's platform offers consistent models and understands the physics of protein folding, function, and evolvability of synthetic drugs, enabling the healthcare industry to get customized molecules to address challenges in the human body and health.
- University Spin-Out
- Life Sciences

Exactics is developing rapid, accurate, and affordable at-home diagnostic tests for infectious diseases that consumers can use themselves.
- Grant
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
- 2024 I-Corps Spring
- 2024 Accelerator Program
- 2025 CNVC
Provider of athlete development programs and showcases for youth athletes. The sports organization offers camps, behavioral assessments, and sport psychology tools to improve physical conditioning, behavioral characteristics, mental aptitude, and technical skills for all team sports, genders, and age levels.
- Consumer Services
- Consumer
- Mental Health
- 2003 NVC
Exalt Data is an AI-powered, subscription-based data platform that provides real-time, geo-specific polling, community insights, fundraising intelligence, and custom briefs to help political candidates, government agencies, and businesses authentically engage the Indian diaspora in the United States.
- Government / Public Sector
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Platform
- Marketing
- 2025 Accelerator Program
- 2024 PF3

ExPost has developed an approach that allows for the efficient regeneration of vital cathode active materials from both manufacturing scraps and spent batteries.
- SAFE (Cap/Discount)
- Energy
- Climate Technology
- 2024 Resurgence
Developer of an AI-driven testing and personalization platform for websites and apps. The platform enables users to test multiple variations of their digital content, including visual changes, pricing, and messaging, to identify the most effective elements for their audience. The no-code Visual Editor allows for easy creation of variations, and the platform offers plans for businesses of all sizes, with insights into performance over time. The company emphasizes the importance of testing for digital optimization and personalization.
- Information Technology
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Marketing
- Software
- Automation
- Platform
- 2024 NVC
F&A Specialty Foods produces and sells premium hand-sliced smoked salmon, smoked tuna, and other seafood products under the Sealoch brand, sourced through a manufacturing partnership with Mexico's Ahumados Noruegos. Products are preservative-free and kosher-certified.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Manufacturing
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2017 NVC

Feynman Energy USA is championing the power of lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) and iron-based cathodes and advancing sustainability with next-gen battery materials.
- SAFE (Cap/Discount)
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- Energy Storage
- Manufacturing
- Sustainable Mobility
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- Hardware
- 2024 Resurgence
Provider of feminine hygiene products intended to encourage women to choose the suitable period care product from a wide range of products offered. The company provides reusable products made from medical-grade materials, enabling menstruators to get long-lasting, leak-free and easy-to-use products that benefit the environment without sacrificing personal comfort and hygiene.
- Product Crowdfunding
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Circular Economy
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- 2021 PF3
- 2021 CNVC
- 2021 Launch Accelerator
- 2021 CNVC
Operator of a commercial bank intended to grow the small business economy and advance the role of women within it. The company strategically focuses on the women's economy, competes across traditional banking verticals for all banking clients, and serves a diverse national deposit and lending market, enabling businesses to procure necessary funding.
- Seed Round
- Financial Services
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2019 I-Corps Winter
Developer of a resident engagement application designed to assist residents in booking hotel-style concierge service amenities. The company's application assists the residents in paying rent, booking house cleaning services or massage therapists, and staying updated on upcoming events, weather, and transit information, enabling residents to get an amenity experience.
- Seed Round
- Real Estate
- PropTech
- Software
- Platform
- Marketplace
- Automation
- 2017 NVC

Developer of a thrombolysis catheter designed to treat pulmonary embolism. The company's catheter helps to improve clot visualization, deliver clot-dissolving medication directly to the blockage and monitor treatment progress in real-time, enabling clinicians to personalize therapy for each patient.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
- 2021 Compass
- 2022 George Shultz Innovation Fund
- 2021 I-Corps Spring
FortifyEdge provides zero-trust identity and access solutions using on-device AI and TinyML on smart wearables. Its flagship product, MoveID, continuously authenticates user identity via behavioral biometrics without passwords or hands-free interruption, targeting defence, public safety, and industrial IoT operators.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Defense
- Cybersecurity
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- AI Hardware
- Security & Defense
- Hardware
- Software
- 2023 ANVC
Foxlove Strategy is an end-to-end technology partnership advisory firm that helps scale-ups and niche professional services companies build strategic B2B partnerships with hyperscaler cloud providers to increase demand generation and accelerate go-to-market.
- Professional Services
- Software
- Marketing
- Platform
- 2023 GNVC
Developer of a digital marketplace designed to offer temperature-controlled logistics services. The company's software allows instant booking and tracking of refrigerated freight through process automation and route optimization, enabling clients to get connected transportation for frozen and fresh products.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Logistics / Supply Chain
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Marketplace
- Software
- Automation
- 2024 NVC
Producer of frozen desserts intended to offer a healthy alternative to ice creams. The company's frozen dessert is comprised of overripe bananas, honey, and a hint of lemon juice whose product base is low-calorie and naturally allergen-free, enabling consumers to consume a naturally derived indulging dessert.
- Seed Round
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- 2017 Accelerator Program
- 2017 CNVC
- 2017 CNVC
Developer of automated online accounting software designed for corporate accountants to help them perform the accounting for complex transactions and events. The company software features specialize in drafting a technical accounting position paper, update-to-date standard memos, gathering data, and prints out the technical accounting memo, tracking accounting standard updates, and referencing FASB accounting standards codification, helping businesses with accounting memos that are prepared in accordance with the latest accounting standards and updates.
- Traunched SAFE – 2
- Financial Services
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Software
- Platform
- 2020 Accelerator Program
- Automotive
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- 2025 CNVC
Clinical trial matching tool for pediatric oncology
- Healthcare
- Healthcare IT
- Healthcare
- Diagnostics
- Digital Health
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Consumer
- Medical Devices
- Marketplace
- 2025 Accelerator Program
Globridge is a compliance-first cross-border money account that abstracts stablecoin settlement behind a familiar financial experience, starting with U.S.āPhilippines remittances and designed to expand into broader account utility including balances, local cash-out, and merchant payments.
- Financial Services
- Software
- Consumer
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2026 NVC
BuildWise is a community development centered construction marketplace and project management platform with a mission to make redevelopment projects accessible to everyday entrepreneurs and support investments in revitalization, recovery, and growth. BuildWise solves inefficiencies and provides entrepreneurs, contractors, and capital-providers a solution to execute a project from conception to completion.
- Construction / Engineering
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Marketplace
- Platform
- PropTech
- Automation
- 2024 GNVC
Producer of graphene and graphene oxide derivatives using organic input materials intended to develop graphene-based product applications. The company manufactures graphene oxide, reduced graphene as well as various doped derivatives to develop green alternatives to energy and filtration technologies, enabling industries to use eco-friendly, low-cost graphene oxide.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- Manufacturing
- Energy Storage
- Water Management
- Circular Economy
- Climate Technology
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Hardware
- 2021 I-Corps Summer
GovChime Inc. is an AI-powered platform that helps small businesses discover, bid on, and win U.S. federal and state government contracts. The company also operates as a prime contractor, managing the entire contract lifecycle while enabling small businesses to focus on their core competencies.
- Government / Public Sector
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Platform
- Marketplace
- Automation
- 2025 NVC
- Grant
- Lifestyle & Wellness/Fitness
- Therapeutics & Pharmaceuticals
- 2021 ANVC
Developer and supplier of single crystal diamond materials designed for high-technology applications. The company offers a proprietary diamond crystal growth technology for applications in the semiconductor, electronics and energy sectors, enabling customers to produce diamond materials at a lower cost than traditional methods.
- Grant
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- Semiconductors
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- Security & Defense
- 2022 Duality
Grid CoOperator provides energy infrastructure services that strengthen grid resilience and accelerate clean energy adoption through intelligent planning and strategic technology investments. It delivers consulting and software solutions, including the RECOVER outage prediction platform, within the broader GridCo Group alongside GridCo Partners and RHST.
- Energy
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Climate Technology
- Renewable Energy
- Software
- Platform
- 2025 Accelerator Program
- 2024 PF3

Gusto is revolutionizing human health by building the leading discovery and development platform that applies ecological principles to restore key functionalities of a healthy microbiome. Gustoās proprietary GUST+ platform integrates advanced computational and microbiological tools to discover and develop novel Live Biotherapeutic Products (LBPs) with unprecedented speed and efficiency.
- Later Stage VC
- Life Sciences
- Therapeutics
- Biologics
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Platform
- Research Tools
- BioTools
Pomellow
- Consumer Services
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Consumer
- Hardware
- Automation
- Platform
- 2026 NVC
Provider of a proprietary battery management products intended to improve battery life and cyclic stability. The company's facilitates chargable technology for practically any rechargeable battery product, enabling the manufacturers to be able to go toe-to-toe with conventional lithium-ion cells.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Energy
- Energy Storage
- Hardware
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Security & Defense
- Sustainable Mobility
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- Software
- 2022 CNVC

Healeeās patient experience platform enables independent specialty practices to offer their patients a convenient, differentiated, frictionless digital experience.
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Healthcare IT
- Software
- Platform
health-e is an intelligent health management service that uses connected devices and AI-driven predictive analytics to detect, predict, and prevent heart failure readmissions, reducing costs for third-party payers.
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Healthcare IT
- 2020 GNVC
Developer of a telemedicine technology platform designed to let doctors listen to heart sounds during telemedicine. The company's platform turns the microphone of a patient's smartphone into a stethoscope so that a doctor can listen to that patient's heart from anywhere in the world, helping the doctor make a diagnosis.
- Grant
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Healthcare IT
- Diagnostics
- Software
- Platform
- 2021 GNVC
- 2021 GNVC
- 2021 GNVC
Operator of an online platform intended to facilitate convenient and affordable tractor services. The company's platform offers tractor sharing services to African farmers along with remote tracking of assets, preventing fraud and machine misuse, through virtual smart tractor monitoring, enabling farmers with an additional income source.
- Grant
- Agriculture
- Software
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2014 SNVC
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Retail
- E-Commerce
- Food & Beverage
- Tech
- 2021 ANVC
- Commercial Services
- 2019 ANVC
Himalaya Project is a nonprofit organization founded in 2011, dedicated to providing academic scholarships for students of Tibetan medicine (Sowa Rigpa) in Nepal and India. It funds tuition, room, board, books, and even post-graduation salaries for practitioners who return to serve their home villages. Founders were Mark Sobralske and Chime Lama.
- Education / Academia
- 2015 CNVC
HireRx is a complete hiring solution that transforms the way companies hire and retain talent. It automates fundamental but overlooked hiring processes enabling companies to build flexible hiring architecture and effective screening methodology. With HireRx, hiring becomes a strategic tool to drive business growth and solve problems.
- Professional Services
- Human Resources
- Software
- Platform
- Automation
- 2024 GNVC
Home Genius helps homeowners maximize the value of their homes by combining a software dashboard with human support to help them understand, prioritize, and schedule maintenance and improvement projects using data-driven recommendations, gamification, and behavioral nudges.
- Real Estate
- PropTech
- Software
- Consumer
- Marketplace
- 2024 NVC
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Media / Entertainment
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Platform
- Automation
- 2025 Accelerator Program
- 2026 NVC
We are Ibis Computing, a broker for GPU time. Weāre building software which will analyze the entire market to get customers the best price and easiest scaling, whether buying or selling compute. The future of GPU compute is commoditized, and the AI revolution will only accelerate market growth, currently projected at over 30% year-on-year. As the first GPUaaS broker in the space, we will develop and deploy proven strategies from mature commodity markets to bring our customers new efficiencies in price and UX.
- SAFE (Cap/Discount)
- Information Technology
- AI Infrastructure
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Software

Developer of large-scale quantum network designed to transmit data over optical fiber and satellite communications. The company offers high-rate and long-distance entanglement distribution, quantum teleportation for applications such as unhackable encryption, data transmission with eavesdropping detection, quantum-enhanced sensing, and more, enabling companies to boost quantum repeater protocols for long-range quantum networking.
- Early Stage VC
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Hardware
- Quantum Software
- Photonics
- Semiconductors
- Hardware
- Commercial Space
- Security & Defense
- Research Tools
- AI Infrastructure
- 2023 Duality
- 2024 Duality
- 2024 NVC
Developer of a software designed to optimize quantum computing process. The company's software is deployable on quantum and physics enhanced hardware to solve large combinatorial optimization problems, and unsolvable with conventional methods, enabling clients to increase the execution capability of decision-makers in finance.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- 2022 Duality
- 2023 Duality
immersionED builds immersive historical learning video game modules that not only increase engagement with historical content, but also provide students with active learning experiences ideal for the development of key transferable skills such as creative problem solving and critical thinking! If youād like to learn more, you can visit us at immersionED.org.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Education / Academia
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Future of Work
- Platform
- Software
- 2022 Launch Accelerator

Developer of vaccines and therapeutics designed to block colonization and prevent diseases caused by staphylococcus aureus and its antibiotic-resistant strains. The company's vaccine is designed to address the bacteria's immune evasion mechanism and demonstrate protection against infection and colonization in mouse models, thereby providing patients with vaccination against staph infection.
- Grant
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
- Therapeutics
- 2018 NVC
Developer of an enterprise technology designed to offer simulation software for retail. The company's software assists retailers in simulating real in-store shopping situations to ideate, evaluate, and activate merchandising, display, layout, and other in-store shopping experiences within a virtual reality store environment, enabling businesses to understand shopper behavior and bring their ideas to life.
- Series A
- Retail / Commerce
- Software
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- 2009 NVC
IndustryNest is an Industrial B2B marketplace supplying internationally manufactured parts not commonly sourced in the North American market. IndustryNest will offer a wide range of products drop-shipped from suppliers and manufacturers directly to the customer and will also build a community to connect customers and engineers to provide technical support.
- Retail / Commerce
- Marketplace
- Manufacturing
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Platform
- 2023 NVC
- 2022 Build Accelerator

Ingenii is on a mission to accelerate the adoption of quantum computing within high-impact life and environmental science use cases. It is doing this by bringing together quantum algorithm content with consumers in a ready-to-use format with benchmarking and error mitigation, enhanced with automation and AI.
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Research Tools
- Climate Technology
- Therapeutics
- Software
- Platform
- 2023 Duality
- 2024 Duality
- 2023 I-Corps Spring
Rejuvenation of the ovary using human bone marrow Mesenchymal stem cells
- Life Sciences
- Advanced Therapies
- Therapeutics
- Research Tools
- 2021 I-Corps Fall
- 2021 Compass

Inomagen has initiated IND-enabling studies to gain FDA approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical study. We are currently raising a $5M Series Seed round and will be initiating a larger Series A round later this year to support the program through a Phase I/IIa study. We believe that our gene therapy can potentially surpass cardiac ablation as the therapy of choice for atrial fibrillation.
- Later Stage VC
- Life Sciences
- Advanced Therapies
InsightEd builds tools for high schools to measure and support student mental health. Its app, Kowala, provides a fun, evidence-backed platform for teens to feel seen and heard, while giving schools real-time data on student wellbeing.
- Education / Academia
- Mental Health
- Digital Health
- Software
- 2024 Accelerator Program
- AI & Data Science
Inzollo is the full-stack operating system for wholesale distributors, replacing fragmented pen-and-paper or patchwork software with a single AI-powered platform covering e-commerce, ERP, payments, and CRM.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Logistics / Supply Chain
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Platform
- Software
- 2026 NVC
Developer of a laser technology intended to help the rapidly growing silicon photonics market. The company's technology helps to increase the bandwidth and energy efficiency of light chips through a proprietary, scalable method of depositing multiple lasers on a chip, all inside the chipmaker, enabling users to use it for applications in optical communications, optical sensors and emerging areas such as Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors.
- Grant
- Telecommunications
- Photonics
- Semiconductors
- Hardware
- 2018 I-Corps Winter
- 2019 NVC

iTrials is an AI platform transforming clinical trial patient enrollment. By automating participant matching and reducing reliance on IT support and recruitment firms, iTrials accelerates drug development using advanced LLMs and knowledge graphs for scalable decision-making.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Healthcare IT
- Platform
- Software
- 2021 GNVC
- 2021 GNVC
- 2021 I-Corps Winter
Manufacturer of organic electrochemical additive compounds intended to build efficient flow batteries with lithium-ion capabilities but at a lower cost. The company's compounds help develop energy storage devices that increase battery capacity, prevent dangerous overcharging, and greatly simplify electronic control, enabling battery manufacturers to improve lithium-ion batteries' safety, function, and cost.
- Grant
- Energy
- Energy Storage
- Manufacturing
- Fuels & Chemicals
- 2018 I-Corps Summer

K1 Semiconductor is a highly promising deep-tech materials company with a breakthrough technology addressing a critical, expensive bottleneck in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. The core value propositionāsignificantly reducing material waste and enabling wafer reuse for high-cost materialsāis validated by strong industry traction and alignment with current US government initiatives (CHIPS Act).
- Early Stage VC
- Advanced Manufacturing & Materials
- Semiconductors
- 2024 I-Corps Spring
- 2025 NVC
A digital mental health app that provides specialized group therapy and community support to the family members of people with substance use disorder (SUD). SUD is a disease that affects entire family systems, but today it is treated primarily on an individual basis. Family members of people with SUD face intense situational strain that leads to significantly higher rates of mental and physical health conditions. Kadia is leveraging highly specialized and heavily researched techniques designed specifically to treat family members of SUD patients. We are tackling one of the most devastating epidemics of our time by backing families. We hope you will join us.
- Seed Round
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Mental Health
- Consumer
- Software
- 2021 I-Corps Spring
- 2023 NVC
- 2022 PF3
Operator of a digital currency exchange platform intended to offer currency exchange services. The company's platform compares exchange rates from multiple banks and financial institutions to ensure that its customers get low rates, enabling customers to exchange their in-hand currency for the desired currency whenever and wherever they want.
- SAFE
- Financial Services
- Software
- Marketplace
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2019 NVC

Biotech developing next generation therapeutics for oncology and autoimmune diseases. The company's oncology pipeline includes bi-specific antibodies and small molecules that have a greatly enhanced immuno-stimulatory activity in the tumor micro-environment (TME) for efficient tumor eradication. The company's technology aims at developing first-in-class bispecific antibodies, best-in-class small molecules differentiated from existing therapies, and ADCs (antibody-drug conjugates) through a strategically differentiated approach.
- Early Stage VC
- Life Sciences
- Therapeutics
- Biologics
- Small Molecules
Six cutting-edge technologiesĀ have been licensed to Kan Therapeutics. UChicago has invested overĀ $500,000Ā in developing and protecting the foundational intellectual property over the past 9.5 years, underscoring our strong commitment to fostering early-stage innovations.
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The lead inventor,Ā Jeff Hubbell – now at NYU – remains actively engaged and committed to partnering with Kan and UChicago to fully realize the impact of these innovations.
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KanĀ is backed byĀ AN Venture Partners, a multi-stage, global biotech venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo and San Francisco. AN Venture Partners specializes in bridging breakthrough science from Japan with the US start-up ecosystem. Through this collaboration, we look forward to leveraging global resources to accelerate commercialization and maximize impact.
- Life Sciences
Provider of cross-border financial services intended to cater to immigrants with their required financial needs. The company's platform offers international money transfers such as remittance, investment, bill payment, merchandise financing, cash advances, and mortgages while upholding data security and transparency, enabling users to access financial services easily.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Financial Services
- Software
- Marketplace
- Consumer
- 2018 I-Corps Spring
- 2018 Accelerator Program
- 2019 NVC
Developer of renewable energy systems designed to enable the acquisition and use of environmental thermal energy. The company's technology is designed to acquire and use energy through two independent stages that involve differing amounts of dissolved solute and environmental heat to generate movement and thermal gradients and evaporation to reconcentrate diluted mixture, providing consumers with a low-cost energy system.
- Early Stage VC
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Climate Technology
- Hardware
- Decarbonization
- Energy Storage
- Manufacturing
- 2021 I-Corps Summer
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
- Advanced Therapies

Ki3 Photonics is developing photonics hardware for the generation and processing of broadband quantum signals. Its offering solves the problem of scalability, energy consumption, and distribution efficiency of quantum photonics signals over optical fiber networks.
- Quantum Technology
- Photonics
- Quantum Hardware
- Hardware
- Security & Defense
- 2023 Duality
- 2024 Duality
KindEd provides a non-digital social media and AI literacy curriculum for schools, designed to develop student agency and healthy digital habits. The program includes professional development for educators, well-being analytics, and family resources.
- Education / Academia
- Mental Health
- Future of Work
- Software
- 2024 Accelerator Program
KinderMate is a mobile app that engages children in AI-powered conversations with "Milo Frog," a GPT-based child-friendly companion that fosters cognitive, linguistic, and social-emotional development. The app includes curated video content, parental controls, and activity logging, and is COPPA-compliant and ad-free.
- Education / Academia
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Consumer
- Digital Health
- Software
- Mental Health
- 2017 GNVC
Developer of an enterprise platform intended to enhance mental well-being by unleashing kindness through technology. The company's platform suggests short and easy daily acts of kindness so that individuals and companies can nurture kindness towards others, enabling clients to cherish happiness, life satisfaction, job satisfaction and connectedness to others.
- Consumer Services
- Mental Health
- AI Software
- Future of Work
- Software
- Platform
- 2021 ANVC
Kit4kid is a mobile application providing digital ABA therapy tools through six exercise-based games for children aged 2ā10 with autism spectrum disorder, designed for personal and therapeutic use on mobile devices without internet connectivity.
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Mental Health
- Consumer
- Software
- 2019 GNVC
KNOWN is a science-backed mobile app that helps women proactively sync daily habits with the four phases of their hormonal cycle. It provides personalized pattern insights, connects to wearable devices (Apple Watch, Whoop, Garmin, Oura), and enables social sharing with friends and partners.
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Consumer
- Software
- 2025 NVC

Kompass is building Eltra, the first multi-modal diagnostic platform that delivers chemistry, immuno-, and molecular testing in a single palm-sized device.
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
- BioTools

KossMek is developing next-generation antibody therapeutics using their proprietary 'inside-out' cancer-specific target discovery platform
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
- Small Molecules
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Energy
- Software
- Platform
- Energy Storage
- Renewable Energy
- Climate Technology
- Automation
- 2025 CNVC
bellie is a gut-strengthening beverage that helps soothe acute intestinal pain and rebuilds the microbiome over time. Backed by science, it is on a mission to support people on their journey to better health.
- Early Stage VC
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Biologics
- Manufacturing
- 2024 CNVC
- 2024 Accelerator Program
- 2023 PF3
LadderUp Housing is closing the wealth gap by removing barriers to home ownership for working people living in low income communities. LadderUp Housing purchases and renovates homes, allows the worker to rent while they build their credit score working with a non-profit financial coaching partner, and then guides them through the home buying process when they are ready.
- SAFE
- Real Estate
- PropTech
- Marketplace
- Consumer
- 2021 Launch Accelerator
Lambda Function develops AI-assisted software that automates CNC programming and enables autonomous precision machining. The platform integrates with leading CAM software and CNC machine tools to deliver generative programming, real-time load monitoring, tool life management, and closed-loop learning for aerospace, defense, energy, and automotive manufacturers.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Manufacturing
- Software
- Security & Defense
- 2023 ANVC
LastingMind uses AI to transform a person's stories, experiences, and wisdom into an interactive conversational legacy that family members can engage with across generations.
- Consumer Services
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Platform
- Software
- 2026 NVC
Laxis is an AI-powered productivity platform for revenue teams that provides meeting transcription, real-time insights and coaching, automated follow-ups, and CRM updates. The company has expanded into hardware with OSO AI Earbuds and the Panocore 360 camera for capturing in-person meetings.
- Seed Round
- Information Technology
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- AI Hardware
- Automation
- Future of Work
- Hardware
- Marketing
- Platform
- Software
- 2023 ANVC

Leaf Automation develops next-generation AI-enhanced CAD plugins that expedite and optimize the design of commercial electrical and mechanical systems.
- Construction / Engineering
- AI Software
- Automation
- Software
- Renewable Energy
- SAFE
- 2019 Accelerator Program
- 2020 PF3

Legman is an AI-powered data management solution that optimizes sales, general, and administrative (SG&A) activities for industrial, manufacturing, and construction firms.
- Information Technology
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Automation
- Manufacturing
Operator of an online platform intended to offer customized nutrition recommendations via big data analytics to the Chinese population. The company's platform offers personalized health products like vitamins and dietary supplements at affordable prices, enabling customers to cater to their needs of exercise recovery, immune system health and hair care.
- Early Stage VC
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Digital Health
- AI Software
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2017 NVC
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
Ovarian cancer –> mass-spec based metabalomics / proteomics approach to diagnostics and a potential therapeutic
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
- Small Molecules
Leopard IoT System develops IoT-based smart security systems for bicycles and e-bikes, offering GPS tracking, real-time movement detection, 109 dB anti-theft alarms, and a connected mobile app. The company sells directly to consumers and provides B2B solutions for bicycle manufacturers.
- Transportation
- Hardware
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Cybersecurity
- Sustainable Mobility
- Marketplace
- 2020 GNVC
Manufacturer of pet supplies intended to provide natural pet health supplements for everyday health issues in pets. The company offers products like gummies, multivitamins, dog-calming packs, and more.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- Marketplace
- 2011 NVC
Operator of an event management company intended to offer virtual or hybrid funeral services to its clients. The company's services includes in-person funeral services, online memorial, cremation and testimonials, enabling clients to customize their loved one's end of life celebration.
- Seed Round
- Consumer Services
- Consumer
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Software
- 2020 Accelerator Program
- 2020 NVC
Lismikro is creating control and readout electronics to enable million-qubit computing systems. This technology is a scalable modular system addressing the hybrid integration challenge. The module matches the footprint of the qubit plane and readout and control plane, which includes a vertically hybrid module with four layers at scaling temperatures
- SBIR Phase I
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Hardware
- Quantum Adjacent
- Semiconductors
- Hardware
- 2022 George Shultz Innovation Fund
- 2021 Compass
- Entertainment
- HealthTech
- SaaS
- 2019 ANVC
LiveTime is a college-specific social app that combines event planning, ticketing, group management, and brand partnerships into one platform, helping university students organize and discover campus events while connecting brands with Gen Z audiences.
- Media / Entertainment
- Consumer
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Marketing
- Advertising
- 2023 Accelerator Program
- 2024 CNVC
LivingWaters Systems designs and manufactures portable, low-cost rainwater catchment units that attach to relief shelter and tent rooftops, enabling displaced families and off-grid communities to collect clean water at a fraction of the cost of traditional supply methods.
- SAFE
- Sustainability / Climate
- Hardware
- Water Management
- Manufacturing
- Climate Technology
- 2020 Accelerator Program
Developer of enterprise rental automation software designed to automate the mundane and time-consuming aspects of rental management. The company's software automatically syncs all the reservation information through marketplace integration with property management systems and booking platforms to provide an access automation module that delivers time-sensitive codes for guests and housekeepers, enabling clients to collect real emails of all the guests and increasing their conversion on re-marketing campaigns.
- Seed
- Hospitality / Travel
- PropTech
- Software
- Automation
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2015 I-Corps Autumn
- 2015 Accelerator Program
- 2015 NVC
Yamuna Krishnan is also an inventor
- Life Sciences
- Food & Beverage
- 2019 ANVC
Developer of a digital platform intended to make transfers efficient and seamless. The company's platform engages participants through employers and retirement providers so they can keep their accounts consolidated as they switch jobs, enabling pensioners to get optimized retirement outcomes easily.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Financial Services
- Software
- Platform
- Future of Work
- Human Resources
- 2018 NVC
MANN ORIGINAL is a responsible womenswear brand offering handmade, made-to-order garments crafted from deadstock and sustainable fabrics. The brand emphasizes ethical production, supply-chain transparency, and minimalist design.
- Retail / Commerce
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Circular Economy
- Marketplace
- 2023 CNVC

Operator of a cellular therapy company intended to address the unmet medical need by creating innovative treatments with next-generation cell therapeutics. The company focuses on the development of revolutionary therapeutics for different human diseases, including tissue fibrosis and cancers, and engages in the discovery of multiple types of cells for innovative and curative treatments.
- University Spin-Out
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
Markison Patent Portal, Inc. (MPP)ās mission is to revolutionize the U.S. and International patent industry through a paradigm shift in patent protection philosophy and by re-engineering and automating the entire patent process.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Legal
- Software
- Automation
- Platform
Producer of plant-based food products intended to act as a sustainable alternative to meat. The company specializes in the production of fungi-based steaks that are minimally processed and made from natural ingredients using a fermentation process and are free from any kind of common allergens, providing consumers with vegan food choices.
- Series C
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Manufacturing
- Circular Economy
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- Fuels & Chemicals
- 2018 I-Corps Summer
- 2018 Accelerator Program
MedoPlus Services Private Limited is a health-tech platform that connects patients to nearby healthcare facilities, enabling doctor appointment booking (in-clinic, video, or tele-consultation), diagnostic lab bookings, digital payments, and medical record storage, with a focus on underserved rural populations in India.
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Healthcare IT
- Consumer
- Diagnostics
- 2024 ANVC
Provider of logistics and transportation solutions intended for health specimens, pharmaceuticals and medical supplies and equipment sectors. The company offers same-day delivery of essentials and strategic business analysis, thereby helping its customers to provide better healthcare.
- PE Growth/Expansion
- Logistics / Supply Chain
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Healthcare IT
- 1998 NVC

Developer of quantum repeaters designed to distribute photonic qubits across the existing C-band telecom infrastructure. The company's memory and interconnect technology enables the distribution of quantum information across the network facilitating the connection of quantum computers and sensors, enabling companies with scalable on-chip devices for quantum information storage, distribution, and processing.
- Grant
- Telecommunications
- 2022 I-Corps Summer
- 2021 George Shultz Innovation Fund
- 2021 Compass
- 2022 Duality
- 2023 Duality

We've leveraged Einstein's photoelectric effect to map brains orders of magnitude faster than anyone else. We'll map intelligence itself and its diseases.
- Life Sciences
- BioTools
- Software
Developer of ultra-high energy-density compact power generators designed to increase the endurance of small autonomous systems over batteries. The company's power generators provide efficient, quiet, reliable, long-endurance power from any fuel and bridge the gap in power sources between batteries and internal combustion engines enabling companies to reduce the load of dismounted warfighters and emergency responders and extend the range of unmanned vehicles, wearables, and other equipment.
- Grant
- Defense
- Hardware
- Energy Storage
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Security & Defense
- Manufacturing
- 2018 I-Corps Summer
Operator of a bioinformatics platform based in Chicago, United States. The company provides sequencing, characterization, and bioinformatics for RNAs nucleotides, enabling researchers to unlock the secrets of these vital molecules and their impact on human health.
- Life Sciences
- 2024 I-Corps Fall
MethaFarm aims to localize and improve the sustainability of small-scale farm waste management systems. Utilizing small anaerobic digesters, the waste is processed into fertilizer and biogas, of which can be converted into electricity. The carbon byproduct is then captured and sold.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Waste Management
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Decarbonization
- Climate Technology
- Manufacturing
- 2024 CNVC
Developer of a breast cancer diagnosis device designed to remove the current limitations of breast ultrasound. The company's hand-held ultrasound device helps in the diagnosis of breast cancer by using proprietary automated techniques for precise and efficient hand-held ultrasound exams, enabling doctors to diagnose breast cancer with the help of visual images seen on ultrasound medical imaging machines.
- Grant
- Healthcare
- Medical Devices
- Diagnostics
- Hardware
- 2010 NVC
Developer of a biotechnology therapeutics intended to provide a targeted delivery platform for chemotherapy. The company offers a cancer therapy that selectively guides payloads to cancer cells by binding to their cell surface, destroys the ER, lyses intracellular organelles and promotes cell death signals only in cells and data that shows therapeutic research does not induce toxicity or impairment of function in healthy cells or tissues, enabling medical researchers to provide and carry existing chemotherapeutic drugs to cancer cells including breast, lung, prostate, ovarian and melanoma as opposed to the widespread dissemination in the body allowing them to negatively impact healthy cells as well.
- Later Stage VC
- Life Sciences
- Therapeutics
- Small Molecules
- Biologics
- 2019 PF3
Developer of a sensor system designed to ensure hygiene in hospitals and labs. The company's platform offers personalized medicine, minimal residual disease monitoring, hand hygiene monitoring, and environmental monitoring, enabling patients to improve their daily life with sensor technology.
- Grant
- Healthcare
- Hardware
- Healthcare IT
- Digital Health
- Diagnostics
- 2017 I-Corps Spring
Provider of non-emergent mental health and substance abuse psychiatric services intended to address a national mental health crisis on the front lines. The company's services offer to treat of various mental and behavioral health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and addiction to insured and cash-paying patients on the same day by conducting a proper pre-screening, assessment, and evaluation process, enabling patients to get efficient mental health facilities.
- Series B
- Healthcare
- Mental Health
- Digital Health
- Healthcare IT
- 2016 GNVC
- 2018 NVC
- 2018 GNVC
Developer of advanced investment solutions designed to empower investors with a noncustodial platform. The company's platform provides curated systematic crypto trading strategies at investor's fingertips, complemented by robust risk management and reporting tools that bridge the gap between institutional investors and exclusive alpha opportunities in digital asset markets, thereby enabling crypto investors to access frequency-based trading capabilities to generate steady and consistent returns.
- Series 1
- Financial Services
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Platform
- Marketplace
- 2021 NVC
- SBIR Phase I
- 2018 I-Corps Spring
Provider of financial education and peer mentorship services intended to increase college graduation rates and reduce student loan debt. The company's services focus on customized curricular and college volunteers to mentor teens and provide financial coaching regarding education loans, enabling students to take financial decisions and also plan their careers.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Education / Academia
- Consumer
- Digital Health
- Mental Health
- Future of Work
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Software
- 2012 SNVC
Mooj Foods is a South Asian health foods company reimagining traditional staples, with a flagship protein-infused paneer delivering 30g of protein per 100g serving with only 135 calories and 0g of fat.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- 2025 NVC
- 2024 PF3
- Commercial Products
- 2019 ANVC
MPath is a cloud-based AI software that analyzes facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language to quantify human emotions into actionable insights for market research companies.
- AI / Data Science
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Marketing
- 2020 GNVC
Mudita Earth is a clean skincare brand offering botanical-based, dermatologist-backed products formulated for all skin tones with a focus on melanin-rich skin. Products use farm-grown ingredients combined with modern cosmetic science and are sold through national retail partners and direct-to-consumer.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Marketplace
- 2025 NVC
Operator of a dealer-to-dealer art marketplace platform intended to put art on walls by matching art sellers with prospective buyers. The company's platform uses proprietary technology to connect gallerists, art advisers and private art dealers with their customers to facilitate the process of buying and selling artworks privately online, enabling art professionals to conduct sales more securely and efficiently.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Retail / Commerce
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Software
- 2019 NVC
We aim to provide speech therapy for children with autism by harnessing generative AI. We're developing a digital speech therapist that offers personalized, engaging, and cost-effective speech therapy. Our approach combines AI with the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) model, ensuring a sustainable revenue model and unlimited accessibility to speech therapy.
- Healthcare
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Digital Health
- Mental Health
- 2024 GNVC
Provider of waste management services intended to remediate toxic constituents. The company develops and commercializes technologies utilizing the science of mycology and diverts materials from landfills through bioremediation, enabling businesses to reuse feedstock in manufacturing or recycle it in other applications.
- Seed Round
- Sustainability / Climate
- Waste Management
- Circular Economy
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- Manufacturing
- Research Tools
- 2022 I-Corps Summer

Developer of a real-time electronic sensor designed to detect various contaminants present in water.
- Diagnostics

Developer of nanoparticle inks designed for patterning high-resolution quantum dot downconverter layers. The company's direct nanoparticle lithography process is compatible with conventional photolithography and offers parallel patterning, enabling businesses to get display systems for television, smartphones, wearables, augmented reality, and virtual reality.
- Seed Round
- Advanced Manufacturing & Materials
- 2019 I-Corps Summer
NASADYA develops metal hydride-based solid-state hydrogen storage systems that store hydrogen at ambient pressure, offering safer and more affordable alternatives to compressed or cryogenic storage for industrial energy applications, data centers, and microgrids.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Energy
- Energy Storage
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- 2020 CNVC
Ai platform for function based protein design
- Life Sciences
Natural Science uses natural and environmentally benign materials to tackle oil spills, chemical spills, and water reclamation at the molecular level.
- SAFE (Fixed Percentage)
- Sustainability / Climate
- Climate Technology
- Water Management
- Waste Management
- Circular Economy
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- 2024 Resurgence
Developer of a bioinformatics analysis software designed to analyze full human genomes. The company's software allows to transfer and analyze full human genomes faster which reduces the time of large-scale analysis and develops a pipeline for analyzing gene expression changes and detecting fusion transcripts at the whole-transcriptome level, enabling the clients to improve reporting quality with high confidence values and fewer false negatives.
- Grant
- Life Sciences
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- BioTools
- Research Tools
- Software
- 2015 I-Corps Autumn
Nayaa Nutrition develops culturally authentic, clean-label protein powders for the U.S. South Asian diaspora, combining real South Asian ingredients (saffron, cardamom) with strict metabolic health standards (0g added sugar, 24g protein per serving).
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- 2026 NVC

Nestera Health builds end-to-end software (AI patient triage + coordination agents) that enables hospitals to scale Hospital at Home programs by automating patient selection and multi-stakeholder home transfer logistics.
- Healthcare
- Healthcare IT
- Digital Health
- 2026 NVC
Developer of thermal energy storage technology designed to reduce energy consumption in buildings. The company's technology uses a thermal battery to store cold energy during off-peak hours that can cool buildings during peak hours when energy prices are higher, enabling building owners to save money on their energy bills and reduce their carbon emissions.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Energy
- Energy Storage
- Decarbonization
- Climate Technology
- Hardware
- 2015 I-Corps Spring
- 2017 PF3
- 2015 NVC

Developer of network monitoring and analytics software for businesses.
- Information Technology
- AI & Machine Learning
- 2019 I-Corps Autumn

Neurosentis is building an automated, continuous GCS-based āBrain Vital Signā using visual/audio capture, computer-vision tracking, standardized TENS stimulation, automated scoring, and EHR auto-trending to deliver reliable, objective monitoring.
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices

Accelerating screening of human neurodevelopment for research, toxicology, and precision medicine applications
- Life Sciences
- Research Tools
- BioTools
Nexad builds an AI-native advertising system that places contextual, real-time generated ads inside AI assistant conversations (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot) and manages cross-platform paid media campaigns. The platform matches ads to user intent within AI apps and generates ad creatives using LLMs.
- Seed Round
- Media / Entertainment
- Advertising
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Marketing
- Platform
- 2024 ANVC
Most cancer therapies fail not because tumors grow faster, but because they adapt better. Under hypoxia, metabolic stress, and treatment pressure, cancer cells activate intrinsic survival programs that allow them to persist rather than die, leading to relapse, metastasis, and poor long-term outcomes. Our work has identified a previously unrecognized survival dependency in aggressive tumors: the oxygen-sensing enzyme EGLN2 (PHD1). While traditionally viewed as a hypoxia sensor, we have found that PHD1 is frequently overexpressed in aggressive cancers, including clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), and that high PHD1 levels correlate with advanced disease and poor survival. Functionally, PHD1 maintains a stress-adaptive survival state; when disrupted, this circuitry collapses, sensitizing cancer cells to death.
NextAge Therapeutics is developing a first-in-class, isoform-selective PHD1 targeting platform designed to disable these tumor-specific survival programs while preserving normal physiological hypoxia responses mediated by related enzymes. Unlike existing prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors that broadly suppress hypoxia signaling and often lead to systemic side effects, our approach is built around precise PHD1 selectivity as a core design principle. We use a structure-guided, AI-assisted discovery strategy that explicitly prioritizes discrimination between PHD1 and its closely related isoforms (PHD2 and PHD3), rather than simply maximizing binding to the conserved active site. As early proof of execution, we have already identified a lead candidate, Next101, which represents the first example from this platform. Next101 features a novel scaffold with strong predicted potency and was designed to engage PHD1 while maintaining isoform selectivity. While our platform has broad relevance across oncology, we are using ccRCC as our initial wedge indication due to its strong reliance on hypoxia biology and high rates of therapy resistance. Through I-Corps, we aim to validate the most compelling clinical use cases, customer needs, and development pathways, including optimal positioning (monotherapy vs. combination), biomarker strategies, and patient stratificationābefore committing substantial resources.
- Life Sciences
- 2026 I-Corps Spring
Nexus Q-Link is a compact and modular microwave-optical quantum transduction platform that enables coherent, low noise conversion between superconducting quantum processors and optical communication networks. The technology addresses a fundamental bottleneck in scalable quantum systems by bridging the frequency gap between cryogenic microwave devices and room temperature photonic infrastructure.
The system integrates superconducting radio frequency cavities with high finesse optical resonators in a cryogenic environment, enabling bidirectional quantum state transfer with high efficiency and near quantum limited noise. Nexus Q-Link supports modular quantum computing, long distance quantum networking, and distributed quantum sensing. The project aims to transition the technology from laboratory prototype to a validated, scalable platform for commercial quantum hardware and network applications.
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Hardware
- Quantum Software
- Photonics
- Commercial Space
- Quantum Adjacent
- 2026 I-Corps Spring
Nimi advises, structures, and authenticates the transformation of physical artworks into digital media. We partner with museums to issue and market accredited digital replicas of their art collections in the form of non-fungible tokens, providing them with a new fundraising channel and an online community of socially and culturally-minded investors.
- SAFE
- Media / Entertainment
- Consumer
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2022 GNVC
- SAFE
- 2018 I-Corps Winter
- 2018 NVC
- Media
- Communications and Networking
- Human Capital
- Productivity
- 2021 ANVC
Nurture Diagnostics is a physician-led diagnostics company in India combining ISO-certified labs, home sample collection, and a free longitudinal health intelligence app (Nurture AID) to serve Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities underserved by large organized chains.
- Healthcare
- Diagnostics
- Digital Health
- Healthcare IT
- Platform
- 2026 NVC
Intelligent supply chain software links brands, distributors, retailersāreplacing manual tasks with AI for seamless operations.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Logistics / Supply Chain
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Automation
- Platform
OBLSK is a state-of-the-art shipping container for advanced operations including combat resupply and disaster relief. Brutal yet elegant, OBLSK is a compelling marriage between advanced engineering and high school psychics. Our patented packaging container can strike the ground at terminal velocity without its contents shattering.
- Defense
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Security & Defense
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- 2023 NVC
Omega Intelligence is an AI platform that ingests data rooms and unstructured deal documentsāLPAs, capital accounts, credit agreements, CIMsāand produces structured diligence reports, valuation ranges, risk analysis, compliance screening, and financial model inputs for private equity and private credit teams.
- Financial Services
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Software
- Platform
- 2025 NVC

Operator of a drug discovery and development company intended to build first-in-class myeloid-focused cancer therapeutics. The company leverages novel neutrophil and macrophage biology to develop the next generation of immunotherapies, enabling medical professionals to treat cancer patients efficiently.
- University Spin-Out
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
- Small Molecules
OneChecks is a fintech company that digitizes paper check payments through a mobile app enabling businesses to issue and process digital checks, reducing costs and fraud.
- Financial Services
- Software
- Automation
- 2019 GNVC
Operator of bottled water company intended to use aluminum packaging as a sustainable alternative to single-use plastic bottles. The company produces and sells still and sparkling water with electrolytes in aluminum bottles and cans.
- Seed Round
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Circular Economy
- Manufacturing
- 2015 NVC
Operator of a biotechnology company intended to help scientists to source recombinant proteins, growth factors, or reagents quickly and economically. The company offers a fermentation process that delivers all of the benefits of microbial protein products but also makes proteins at a high purity level and supplies, enabling scientists to access proteins they need for their bioprocesses quickly and inexpensively.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
- BioTools
- Research Tools
- Manufacturing
- 2022 I-Corps Spring
Opto Financial is an AI-powered financial coaching platform for couples that guides partners through structured money conversations, helping them build shared financial frameworks through AI-guided sessions with optional live expert coaching.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Financial Services
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Platform
- Future of Work
- Digital Health
- Mental Health
- 2023 Accelerator Program
We propose a platform providing end-to-end human organoid experimentation as a service for research labs seeking to validate mouse-derived hypotheses in human systems. Researchers would access a web interface to specify their experimental question, select organoid parameters (tissue type, activation states, perturbations), and receive not just raw data but a complete computational analysis framework tailored to their specific hypothesis. We combine human lymphoid organoid expertise with custom statistical modeling and spatial transcriptomics to deliver actionable biological insights.
Critically, our platform would relieve clients from establishing their own organoid and computational pipelines, and eliminate the friction of coordinating separate wet-lab and computational providers ā each with different expertise, timelines, and analytical directionalities ā into a single integrated service built around their specific biological question.
Unlike existing sequencing service providers that run standardized pipelines and return generic pairwise comparisons, we treat each project as a modeling problem. We design an automated infrastructure that provides reusable analytical building blocks that we configure into custom contrasts and statistical frameworks tailored to each client's specific question. We integrate specialized AI agents to contextualize results against relevant literature and synthesize findings across experimental conditions, while a human expert validates every deliverable ā delivering rigorous, hypothesis-specific interpretation, not just processed data.
Our initial focus is spleen and tonsil-derived immune organoids for T cell and dendritic cell biology questions relevant to cancer immunotherapy and inflammatory disease research.
- Life Sciences
- BioTools
- Research Tools
- Platform
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Software
- 2026 I-Corps Spring

Developer of a novel non-invasive salivary diagnostic test designed to check oral cavity pre-malignancies and cancers. The company's product utilizes biomarker-based molecular genomic techniques to diagnose oral cavity cancers, enabling healthcare professionals to perform early diagnosis through non-invasive genetic testing of their saliva.
- Seed Round
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
- 2021 Compass
- 2021 I-Corps Spring
- 2022 George Shultz Innovation Fund
- 2022 NVC
Owler AI is a web platform that uses machine learning to compare student writing submissions against an educator's grading rubric, providing targeted feedback that helps teachers review work faster and helps students improve.
- Early Stage VC
- Education / Academia
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Automation
- 2024 NVC
- 2023 PF3
Developer of a novel drug therapy designed to treat and prevent recurrent kidney stones. The company's therapy is derived from a gut bacterium to prevent and treat kidney stone diseases such as hyperoxaluria and oxalate-based kidney stones as well as renal diseases caused by high levels of oxalate in the body, thereby enabling patients to receive quality drug therapy in order to remove oxalate safely from the body and consequently prevent recurrence of stones.
- University Spin-Out
- Life Sciences
- Therapeutics
- Small Molecules
- Rare Disease
- 2018 I-Corps Winter
- 2018 NVC
p!ng operates autonomous robotic coffee drive-thru pods that prepare customized beverages ordered via mobile app, delivering sub-one-minute pickup experiences using high-throughput robotics and AI. The company uses a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) licensing model for scaling.
- Angel (individual)
- Robotics
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Hardware
- Consumer
- Platform
- 2024 ANVC

An AI-powered virtual patient simulator that extracts cardiac energetics from standard catheterization
- Life Sciences
- Software
- Medical Devices
- 2023 I-Corps Spring
- Life Sciences
- Software
Developer of a cloud-based parallel computing technology platform designed to transform technical studies into cloud computing. The company's technology runs large-scale workflow jobs in parallel, enabling users to run the compute-intensive simulation, modeling, and data analytics workflows all in one single platform.
- Grant
- Information Technology
- AI Infrastructure
- Software
- Platform
- Automation
- 2014 I-Corps Autumn

Parasol is developing an injectable, hydrogel delivered via catheter at the ostium with a protective umbrella to fill and seal the left atrial appendage.
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
- 2024 I-Corps Fall
Operator of a comprehensive postpartum care platform intended to provide women with personalized support and resources throughout their postpartum journey.
The company's platform offers a variety of services, including birth doula care, postpartum doula care, lactation consultant services, physical therapy, nutrition counseling, acupuncture, and childbirth education, enabling mothers to provide the support they need to adjust to life with the new baby.
- Angel (individual)
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Platform
- Consumer
- 2021 I-Corps Spring
Operator of a digital party planning platform intended to connect people with event professionals and venues across the United States. The company's platform helps to browse the portfolios of event planners, decoration companies, caterers, photographers, venues, and bands, enabling users to seamlessly plan and organize events.
- Later Stage VC
- Consumer Services
- Marketplace
- Software
- Marketing
- AI Software
- Consumer
- 2015 NVC
- FinTech
- Productivity
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- 2021 ANVC
Peak Fuel is a personalized fueling system for endurance athletes ā a line of energy gels, hydration, and recovery products paired with an app that turns wearable and workout data into session-specific dosing instructions.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Digital Health
- Software
- 2026 NVC
PEEL Lab manufactures plant-based leather from pineapple leaves and other fruit waste, providing B2B custom design and production services for corporates seeking sustainable alternatives to animal and synthetic leather. Clients include automotive, marine, furniture, and hospitality companies.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- Circular Economy
- Manufacturing
- Waste Management
- 2022 ANVC
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
Natuur has cut the guesswork out of edible cannabis, making it more approachable and enjoyable for the entry level consumer. Our low-dose, fast-acting, THC-infused vegan and gluten free granola bites make it easier than ever to relax, restore, and elevate the ordinary.
- Early Stage VC
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Manufacturing
- Consumer
- Hardware
- 2022 CNVC
- 2022 Launch Accelerator

PersonaDx is redefining metastatic cancer care with patented AI-powered biomarker assays, delivering over 90% accuracy and 48-hour reports for clinicians from CLIA-certified labs. Independently validated with Phase 3 trial data, their platform provides clear risk stratification to guide personalized therapy, avoid unnecessary interventions, and improve survivalāwhile also generating highly curated clinical and molecular datasets that fuel research, trial targeting, and drug development. PersonaDx brings precision and confidence to every treatment decision.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- Software
- AI Software


Perspectives Health is developing agents that prevent insurance denials in behavioral health.
We were in the summer '25 batch of YC. Since then, we've been working with a small group of clinics to pursue PMF. With our new product, we went from $0 to $216K ARR in 4 weeks.
Eshan (CEO, UChicago) worked at the White House on drug policy and has spent years working on the problem of addiction. Kyle (CTO, Northwestern) previously bootstrapped a successful business automating admin for trucking companies.
Together we're working closely with 10+ facilities with the goal of automating all non-clinical operations. We're currently raising, and our vision is to replace the $30B army of administrators keeping these clinics afloat and give that capacity back to care.
- Healthcare
- AI Software
- Software
- Healthcare IT
- Digital Health
Pharos Aerospace repurposes cameras (star trackers) already aboard satellites to detect small space debris, using proprietary computer vision to detect and characterize non-trackable debris in low Earth orbit. The company sells space situational awareness data to commercial satellite operators and government agencies.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Space / Aerospace
- Commercial Space
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Security & Defense
- Climate Intelligence
- 2024 NVC
- 2024 I-Corps Spring
Provider of in-process data intended to decrease schedule delays and reduce energy waste. The company's monitoring system reduces the per-part cost of metal additive manufacturing the system can instantly detect several major part-compromising defects, and health monitoring, and provide statistical data in a little time to make current-layer alterations and decision-making, enabling engineers to find out advanced part geometry defects and parameterize sensor for optimum detection.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Research Tools
- Automation
- 2021 I-Corps Summer

Developer of efficient quantum memories designed to expedite the advancement and adoption of quantum communication, computing and metrology technologies. The company offers an all-optical approach to storing photonic qubits and facilitates commercial deployment by providing high performance with practically useful storage times, enabling users to deploy quantum technologies by introducing efficient all-optical quantum memories into the market.
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Hardware
- Photonics
- Hardware
- Research Tools
Adoption of autonomous robots and physical systems (e.g., robotaxis, humanoids, warehouse AMRs, delivery robots) is becoming increasingly common, with the total addressable market for humanoid robots forecasted to reach $38 billion USD by 2035 [1]. Correspondingly, incidents involving these entities are becoming increasingly frequent. As an example, the number of reported, annual self-driving car accidents per year has increased by nearly 250% since 2021, as per the NHTSA [2]. In these incidents, third party auditors and investigators trust that the vendor-internal logs and/or data provided to them are unaltered and accurately reflect the chain of events leading up to and following the incident. This substantially differs from other human-safety-critical domains (e.g., aviation, manufacturing) where black boxes, or independent records ensure transparency of safety in operation. Thus, the current environment may both allow vendors to violate trust to ensure their best interests, but also potentially prevent vendors from proving correct behavior of their deployed entities.
The goal of PhyWare is to change this paradigm by introducing a trusted data layer for any autonomous robot or physical system. PhyWareās operational stack captures telemetry via lightweight agents (PhyTrace), stores it immutably with cryptographic provenance (PhyCloud), and automates compliance monitoring (PhyComp). Our working MVP includes Python and Rust SDKs, a multi-tenant cloud backend, and an industry standard compliance engine. We have verified PhyWare functionality in simulated environments that mimic real autonomous system deployments and are now working towards testing its capabilities in real-world settings.
We are also interested in using PhyWare deployment(s) to explore meaningful research directions in the areas of human-robot interaction (HRI), artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), systems, and networking. We envision that the data collected using the platform can be easily analyzed to enable a plethora of research opportunities, such as: understanding the impact of human perception of autonomous systems on productivity and safety (HRI), developing improved autonomous system operational pipeline components (e.g., object and anomaly detection) that are more efficient and robust to error (AI/ML), and finding efficient data transmission and storage patterns that are unique to the autonomous system workload (systems/networking).
[1] Du, J., Sachs, G., Costa, D., & Xu, L. (n.d.). Humanoid Robot: The AI accelerant. https://www.goldmansachs.com/pdfs/insights/pages/gs-research/global-automation-humanoid-robot-the-ai-accelerant/report.pdf
[2] NHTSA. (2024). Standing General Order on Crash Reporting | NHTSA. www.nhtsa.gov. https://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulations/standing-general-order-crash-reporting
- Robotics
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Cybersecurity
- Software
- Automation
- 2026 I-Corps Spring
Developer of solid-state lithium batteries intended to facilitate safe electric propulsion for terrestrial or aerial vehicles and energy storage for utilities. The company uses its proprietary technology to develop lithium-ion batteries with high-rate li-metal anodes, thin, solid separators, and high-voltage cathodes, enabling businesses to procure batteries that are better for the environment.
- Grant
- Energy
- Energy Storage
- Sustainable Mobility
- Manufacturing
- Hardware
- 2021 I-Corps Summer
Developer of artificial inelegancy powered wearables designed to capture wellness information of older adults. The company's health monitor watch continuously measure key vitals like- pulse, blood oxygen, body temperature, sleep quality, steps etc. of seniors through machine learning algorithms and makes the data available to their families and caregivers, enabling families of aging population to reduce worry, stay informed and take necessary step at the earliest.
- Angel (individual)
- Healthcare
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Consumer
- Digital Health
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Hardware
- Healthcare IT
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2021 PF3
- 2021 NVC
Developer of an AI (Artificial intelligence)-)-enabled comprehensive title search platform designed to produce property reports on residential and commercial properties. The company's cloud-based software provides data to the green energy sector, including for solar and wind farms, and EV charging stations, and utilizes proprietary search technology, a reliable searcher network, and quality control, thereby enabling insurance firms, developers, governments, financial institutions to quickly diligence transactions and make development decisions.
- Later Stage VC
- Real Estate
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- PropTech
- Software
- Platform
- Marketplace
- Renewable Energy
- 2020 NVC
Plait is a marketplace and delivery platform that brings Black beauty supply products to customers' doors, partnering with independent Black hair care retailers to offer online ordering with next-day delivery.
- Retail / Commerce
- Marketplace
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2023 Accelerator Program
Calica is a tokenized asset management platform that enables mid-sized renewable energy projectsāsolar, batteries, and data centersāto raise capital on-chain. The platform combines regulatory compliance with smart contract automation to make energy infrastructure investable at scale.
- Seed Round
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage
- Software
- Platform
- Automation
- 2023 ANVC
Provider of an online digital service intended to give customers access to a range of podcasts and audio content. The company's platform offers on-demand and on-the-go entertainment to its listeners from all over the Arab world and fosters a welcoming environment for those interested in hosting a podcast on its open platform, enabling users to get access to a range of podcasts and podcasters to make money without a hassle.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Media / Entertainment
- Consumer
- Platform
- Marketplace
- Software
- 2020 PF3
- 2019 CNVC
- 2019 CNVC


Praanatech is building FlexPET, a portable, lower-cost, automated PET imaging system with targeted ROI scanning that delivers accessible, precise brain imaging.
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
- Diagnostics
Developer of software tools designed to provide accurate and timely projections of crop yields. The company's software tools provide quantitative agricultural forecasts for algorithmic trading in commodity markets, enabling clients to quantify their markets by synthesizing global and regional forecast products from meteorological offices.
- Equity Agreement
- Agriculture
Operator of an educational platform intended to prepare students for the scholastic aptitude test and American college testing exams. The company's platform is based on content, strategies, and practice questions, enabling students to get digital handbooks and lesson-planning suggestions to crack exams.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Education / Academia
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Software
- Platform
- Marketplace
- 2019 Accelerator Program
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Circular Economy
- Marketplace
- 2025 Accelerator Program
- 2025 CNVC
Manufacturer of pet care products intended to create a fun, engaging experience for dogs. The company helps to save bees by planting wildflowers and restoring vital pollinator habitats to nourish and sustain the bees and have one happy dog and countless bees at a time, enabling dogs with a flexible material that is gentle on teeth and gums and pet parents to think about the importance of saving the bees.
- Angel (individual)
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Manufacturing
- Circular Economy
- 2021 ANVC
Developer of a non-invasive cancer diagnostic test kit designed to provide early detection of ovarian cancer. The company's machine-learning-based clinical diagnostic test uses data on calcium, albumin, age, menopause, and other related objective parameters in a proprietary algorithm to provide a concise score that indicates the presence of ovarian cancer by distinguishing cancerous masses in the ovary, enabling clinicians to diagnose the disease in women at early stages using a low-cost point-of-care diagnostic tool.
- Later Stage VC
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Research Tools
- 2018 NVC
Provider of credit facility services intended to provide in-house Know Your Business built specifically for underserved businesses. The company provides payment infrastructure to offer trade credit to buyers at checkout, enabling businesses to improve sales with buy now pay later facilities.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Financial Services
- Software
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2022 NVC
- Education & Academia
- Tech
- 2019 ANVC
proxiML provides a federated infrastructure platform that enables customers to deploy AI workloadsāfrom traditional ML to computer vision to agentic AIāwhile maintaining full custody of their data. Its proprietary CloudBenderĀ® and EverywhereFSĀ® technologies allow cryptographically provable AI clean rooms to be activated on any infrastructure, including on-premises servers.
- AI / Data Science
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Infrastructure
- Cybersecurity
- Platform
- Software
- 2022 ANVC
Puzzicle uses agentic voice and video AI to deliver immersive roleplay-based training for high-stakes conversations (layoffs, performance reviews, etc.) and converts educational videos into interactive, gamified learning experiences.
- Education / Academia
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Future of Work
- Human Resources
- Platform
- Software
- 2023 ANVC
Pyaari Weddings is the largest South Asian wedding directory in the US and Canada, enabling couples to browse vendors by pricing, reviews, and portfolios, add them to a cart, and generate a customized wedding plan in under five minutes. The platform also serves vendors seeking to reach the South Asian wedding market.
- Grant
- Hospitality / Travel
- Marketplace
- Consumer
- Software
- Platform
- 2022 Launch Accelerator
- 2023 ANVC
Provider of a quantum computing platform designed to access quantum computers that will accelerate the pace of progress in the field of quantum computing and in competitive pricing. The company's one-stop platform offers access to the ecosystem of quantum software and hardware and also provides users access to an entire suite of application-specific quantum algorithms that are available in Jupyter notebooks that work out-of-the-box, enabling software engineers to run programs on quantum computers available from AWS, IBM, Rigetti, IonQ, and QuEra in less time.
- Early Stage VC
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Software
- Quantum Hardware
- Platform
- Software
- AI Infrastructure
- Research Tools
- 2021 Duality
- 2022 Duality

Hardware startup developing shortwave and mid-wave infrared detectors and imaging arrays for camera OEMs and systems integrators that provide equipment to commercial, medical, industrial, and military customers. The company uses a proprietary nanomaterial technology to achieve high sensitivity and low noise, enabling users to provide superior imaging performance over traditional infrared detectors.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Space & Aerospace
- 2019 I-Corps Autumn
Qixent is an Insurance-as-a-Service company that provides full-stack infrastructure for embedded insurance, handling licensing, underwriting, compliance, quoting, claims, and policy administration. The platform allows SMBs and digital platforms to launch insurance offerings in under a week, generating incremental revenue and increasing customer loyalty.
- Insurance
- Software
- Platform
- AI Software
- Automation
- Marketplace
- 2024 PF3
Developer of innovative MRI-based quantitative and automated tools designed for improved diagnosis of prostate cancer, and better patient outcomes. The company develops MR virtual pathology of the prostate which provides data similar to pathology based on compartmental analysis of hybrid-multidimensional MRI that provides volume fractions of three tissue components including lumen, storm, and epithelium along with risk map showing the location of clinically significant PCa, helping the medical sector with scientific innovative solutions for early cancer detection, improved diagnosis, and precision treatment.
- University Spin-Out
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
- Medical Devices
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Research Tools
- 2018 I-Corps Autumn
- 2019 NVC
Developer of simulation software designed for modeling noise and current in quantum devices such as high-resolution quantum sensors. The company design and sells software and services that solve the problem of noise in quantum devices, enabling companies to make both optoelectronic devices and quantum sensors.
- Grant
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Hardware
- Quantum Software
- Research Tools
- Security & Defense
- Software
- 2021 Duality
- 2022 Duality
Operator of a research firm intended to specialize in creating quantum computer algorithms for the financial services industry. The company offers an evaluation of the standard and exotic securities, portfolio optimization, trend detection, research expertise and other related services, coordinating with various public bodies and have a long term strategy to utilize quantum computer technology to perform financial portfolio management.
- Grant
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- 2022 Duality
- 2023 Duality
Developer of automated software platform intended for the design and optimization of quantum-photonic components, devices, and integrated circuits. The company specializes in modeling quantum systems of the solid-state type, which are commonly embedded in cavity structures to control and enhance specific optical transitions, enabling clients to eliminate the need to carry out repeated experiments to test and optimize physical prototypes.
- Seed Round
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Software
- Photonics
- Research Tools
- Software
- Quantum Adjacent
- 2021 Duality
- 2022 Duality

The startup hopes to ensure the benefits of quantum advancements are accessible to all, paving the way for a future where quantum technology transforms industries, education, and the world.
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Hardware
- Security & Defense
- Commercial Space
- Hardware
- Research Tools
- 2024 I-Corps Fall

Quantum Rings makes quantum computing practical and accessible to a broad audience. Its flagship product, the Quantum Rings SDK, offers a powerful quantum simulator which sets a new standard for developers. This simulation technology can accurately execute quantum circuits of unparalleled scale and complexity on existing classical hardware as the first step in developing a quantum algorithm.
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Software
- AI Infrastructure
- Research Tools
- Healthcare
The first A.I. enabled training tutor designed for radiologists
- SAFE (Fixed Percentage)
- Education / Academia
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
Rare Earth Rescue is a marketplace that sources, assesses, and brokers recycled rare earth element scrap between fragmented suppliers and recyclers, solving the feedstock sourcing bottleneck that constrains domestic rare earth recycling.
- Sustainability / Climate
- Marketplace
- Circular Economy
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Waste Management
- Security & Defense
- Sustainable Mobility
- Climate Technology
- 2026 NVC
Rayni is an agentic AI platform that provides real-time, citation-backed guidance for operating and troubleshooting scientific instruments (mass spectrometers, microscopes, etc.), reducing downtime and enabling researchers to focus on discovery rather than diagnostics.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Research Tools
- Software
- BioTools
- Platform
- 2024 Accelerator Program
- 2025 NVC
- Healthcare
- Healthcare IT
- Software
- Platform
- 2025 CNVC
Developer of a digital library intended to empower families from all economic and cultural backgrounds to engage very young children in joyful reading and conversations that build on their natural curiosity and validate their perceptions. The company's platform comprises a beautifully illustrated digital libraries for children, 6 months to 4 years, to foster school readiness and close achievement and opportunity gaps by putting a critical mass of content-rich literature into the hands of families in their homes, coaching caregivers in how to develop young children's capacity for learning through the tried-and-true method of reading with them and responding to their ideas, all built in a mobile application, enabling parents to avail proper guidance for their wards to lay a strong foundation for reading & love of learning.
- Grant
- Education / Academia
- Software
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Digital Health
- Platform
- 2016 I-Corps Spring
- 2016 SNVC

Developer of chemical proteomic platform technologies designed to discover small molecule therapeutics targeting intractable protein families. The company's platform quantifies the activity state of proteins using protein family-wide small molecule probes and a barcoded, amplifiable detection strategy, enabling doctors and patients to identify and treat oncology and immunological diseases.
- University Spin-Out
- Life Sciences
- 2020 I-Corps Spring
Recourse is an AI-powered legal execution platform that guides users from dispute to court-ready filing in under 20 minutes, eliminating procedural errors and the need for legal expertise across small claims, housing, and consumer disputes.
- Legal
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Automation
- 2026 NVC
Our mission is to make active recreation as accessible as possible. recreaish matches you with peers of similar interests and skill levels at a mutually convenient time and location; facilitates low-cost, instructor-led activities; and aids in finding you the best-suited venues to play at while ensuring you have the proper gear to go play.
- SAFE
- Consumer Services
- Consumer
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Software
- 2021 PF3
- 2020 Accelerator Program
- 2021 NVC
- Real Estate
- PropTech
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Software
- Platform
- 2025 NVC
Developer of clean electrochemical processes designed to revolutionize monomer production from carbon dioxide emissions. The company specializes in developing clean electrochemistry processes that convert CO2 into monomers and other organic chemicals and also allow reactions to happen at particular voltages and ensures that the products made from carbon dioxide are highly selective, enabling chemical industry organizations to get innovative technologies for sustainable monomer production from carbon dioxide and develop highly scalable production modules.
- Grant
- Sustainability / Climate
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Decarbonization
- Climate Technology
- Manufacturing
- 2020 I-Corps CRI
- FinTech
- SaaS
- Accounting & Finance
- 2020 ANVC
- STTR Phase I
- 2014 I-Corps Autumn
A sterilizable, reusable surgical retractor with an integrated high-definition camera, light and smoke evacuator that provides improved visualization inside deep operative cavities during minimal-incision open surgery, bringing ālaparoscopic-styleā visualization benefits to open procedures without changing the operative approach.
- Healthcare
- Medical Devices
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- 2026 I-Corps Spring

We are developing a modular electrophysiology (EP) mapping platform designed to help physicians more accurately identify the real drivers of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), where current mapping systems often fall short.
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
- Software
- AI Software
We will develop a new, first-in-class, targeted covalent inhibitor (TCI) of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT).
- Life Sciences
- Small Molecules
- Therapeutics
- 2021 I-Corps Fall
- 2022 Compass
- Grant
- Sustainability / Climate
- Circular Economy
- Climate Technology
- Decarbonization
- Fuels & Chemicals
- Manufacturing
- Waste Management
- 2025 CNVC
Developer of an image recognition tool intended to help brands with visual AI in online shopping. The company's image recognition tool offers a visual search algorithm that allows retailers to eliminate lost sales from stockouts and irrelevant product suggestions, enabling clients to increase revenue by suggesting products that deliver according to customers' needs.
- Grant
- Retail / Commerce
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Marketing
- Software
- 2016 I-Corps Winter
- 2017 PF3
- 2016 NVC
- Education / Academia
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Platform
- Future of Work
- Automation
- 2025 Accelerator Program
Developer of a digital coaching application designed to assist seniors in increasing healthy lifespan longevity and avoiding the risk of dependency. The company's application based on longevity science works as a personal assistant to intersperse mental strength activities with adapted physical exercises like mobility dance, burpee-free cross-fit, and osteoarthritis-safe karate, enabling senior citizens to minimize aging-associated damages and maintain autonomy and independence.
- Grant
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Consumer
- AI Software
- 2021 ANVC
Sakura MedTech develops a patient-centric, tampon-shaped imaging device that replaces the traditional speculum for cervical cancer screening, combining live imaging with on-the-spot diagnostics to reduce patient discomfort and improve gynecological efficiency.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- Medical Devices
- Diagnostics
- Hardware
- 2023 CNVC
Provider of hardware solutions intended for quantum computers. The company offers state-of-the-art high-density cryogenic hardware for quantum computers to help advance technological breakthroughs in the field, enabling clients to scale up to reach long-term goals.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Hardware
- Quantum Adjacent
- Hardware
- 2022 Duality
- 2023 Duality
Flowgreens, a UK based tech company was conceived to support people's well-being by helping them alleviate stress by combining technology & sustainable, natural solutions. Our goal is to make it easier for people to relax and destress without additional time investment.
- Consumer Services
- Consumer
- Hardware
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- 2024 GNVC
Selene Betting is a quant trading firm in the sports betting markets that uses mathematical frameworks and projection modeling to identify market inefficiencies across 25+ sportsbooks and exchanges, covering 6 sports, 18 leagues, and 87 market types.
- Financial Services
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2025 NVC
Developer of a fully automated diagnostic platform designed to facilitate the diagnosis of infectious diseases. The company's technology is based on a patented exclusive nanomaterial whose unique characteristics allow effective internal heating and cooling of a sample essential for rapid and accurate PCR testing, enabling patients with molecular analysis to allow better access to public health services and help control the spread of contagious diseases locally and during pandemics.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- Diagnostics
- BioTools
- 2016 I-Corps Autumn
SetPro is an end-to-end production management and payroll platform for the entertainment industry, enabling producers to onboard crew, manage contracts, handle payments, and streamline production workflows through AI-powered software.
- Media / Entertainment
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Automation
- Future of Work
- Platform
- 2022 ANVC
Operator of a therapeutics company intended to treat migraines with a nasal spray of an insulin-like hormone. The company's medication stimulates the brain and improves its health through environmental enrichment which can reduce brain disease by replicating the naturally occurring phenomenon in a therapeutic approach, enabling patients to recover from migraine attacks fast with more effective medication.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- Therapeutics
- Small Molecules
- Specialty Pharma
- 2016 I-Corps Autumn
- 2018 NVC

Tuning the immune system with small molecule immunomodulators
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- Advanced Therapies
- Biologics
- Small Molecules
- 2024 NVC
- 2023 I-Corps Spring
- Decision/Risk Analysis
- 2019 ANVC
Operator of a social platform intended to provide teens who have lost a parent with support and guidance. The company connects children who have lost one or both of their parents with peers going through similar experiences, lets them share articles, visual art, poetry, music, and videos among others, and offers resources throughout the grieving process, providing teenagers with mental and emotional support and guidance through shared experiences.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Consumer Services
- Consumer
- Digital Health
- Mental Health
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2015 SNVC
Slosh Dynamics is creating better tasting non-alcoholic beer and wine.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- 2024 NVC
Producer of organic alcohol intended to provide a healthy alternative to conventional wine. The company's low-calorie, organic, and gluten-free alcoholic beverages are blended with food extracts and flower essences, enabling consumers to pursue a healthy lifestyle.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Marketplace
- 2013 NVC
Softmed Technologies is a B2B healthtech startup operating in India radiology diagnostic testing market with a stable product and paying customers. We enable our target customers (diagnostic centers/small to medium-sized care facilities) to easily manage radiology workflows so that these can be accessed, viewed and reported remotely by qualified radiologists.
- Healthcare
- Healthcare IT
- Digital Health
- Software
- Diagnostics
- Platform
- 2022 NVC
Solay is a telemedicine service delivering expert-guided, at-home Goeckerman therapy (UVB phototherapy combined with coal tar) for patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis and eczema. The company ships phototherapy units and treatment materials to patients and provides ongoing virtual dermatologist-guided care.
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Hardware
- Marketplace
- 2022 ANVC
- Grant
- Energy
- Cybersecurity
- Software
- Security & Defense
- 2025 NVC
Our effort focuses on a light-triggered neurostimulation device that leverages proprietary mechanisms to modulate neural activity. The initial clinical application targets obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), with potential for future expansion to other neurological and organ-specific disorders. The technology aims to provide a minimally invasive, scalable, and globally accessible therapeutic solution.
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
- Therapeutics
- 2026 I-Corps Spring
Soolie is a ready-to-drink canned flavored soju ā non-carbonated, fruit-forward, 11% ABV in an 8.4 oz slim can ā designed to bring authentic soju to the U.S. RTD market in a convenient, modern format.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2025 Accelerator Program
- 2026 NVC
By combining next-generation sequencing, multiplexed culturomics, and statistical learning, we have developed a generalizable and protectable platform for ecosystem-scale synthetic biology with extensive applications to pharma, biotech, and environmental remediation.
- Life Sciences
- BioTools
- Research Tools
- Biologics
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- 2022 I-Corps Spring
- 2022 Compass
Developer of web3 wallet designed to offer a non-custodial wallet to users. The company's open-source platform is powered by multi-party computation and with open-source frameworks that help in quickly building tailored functionality, enabling users and businesses to get rid of the single point of failure and decrease the hacking risk of their digital assets.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Financial Services
- Software
- Cybersecurity
- Platform
- 2021 ANVC
- 2018 GNVC
SpeakFluent is āThe Grammarly for spoken Englishā, a SaaS company led by non-native English speakers. Our mission is to increase non-native English speaking college studentsā confidence in their verbal communication skills. Our app allows users to record themselves and receive real-time AI-generated feedback on their speech cadence, pronunciation and more.
- Education / Academia
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2024 GNVC
Developer of a public speaking application designed to create a personalized training program in speech-making. The company's application improves speaking skills, with the help of speech analytics and personalized feedback driven by artificial intelligence, enabling users to do business communication and grow corporate confidence.
- Grant
- Education / Academia
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2020 ANVC
Exploration of methods to achieve high efficiency in microwave-optical quantum transduction and high-fidelity in quantum states transfers.
- Quantum Technology
- Quantum Hardware
- Quantum Software
- Research Tools
- 2022 Compass

staC12 seeks to provide quantum and semiconductor device-makers an easy solution to leverage the potential of diamond for next-generation technologies.
- Advanced Manufacturing & Materials
- Semiconductors
- 2024 I-Corps Spring
- 2024 I-Corps Fall

Stack is building the AI-native clinical trial partner so biopharma can improve patient outcomes and shorten the timeline for new therapies to reach patients. Clinical trials are where promising therapies either reach patients or stall. Today, they are slow, opaque, and outsourced to third party vendors whose incentives reward billable hours, not speed.
Stack optimizes clinical trials with real-time visibility into safety, efficacy, and operational signals. In practice that means adverse events get caught and triaged sooner, patients experience greater treatment response, and new therapies reach the market faster. Fully GCP and GDPR compliant.
The company is raising funds to complete product development, deploy the product to enterprise customers, and prove patient & trial impact.
- Healthcare
- Healthcare IT
StandOut Search is a free database of internships, research opportunities, and summer programs for high school students. Its StandOut Connect program matches approximately 1,000 students annually with internships at startups and innovative companies, providing 1:1 mentorship on resume-building and early-career readiness.
- SAFE
- Education / Academia
- Marketplace
- Human Resources
- Future of Work
- Platform
- 2022 CNVC
This project explores whether longitudinal physiological monitoring can help detect early loss of functional resilience in aging adults, before acute events such as falls, decompensation or hospitalization occur. Current geriatric care relies largely on episodic data, while early decline often presents as subtle changes in gait, activity tolerance, sleep, recovery and cognition over time.
The core hypothesis is that tracking intra-individual changes relative to a personal baseline may provide clinically meaningful signals of emerging frailty that are missed in routine encounters. The project is currently focused on customer and clinical discovery with geriatric specialists at UChicago Medicine to understand which signals are most useful, how reliable existing wearables are, and whether additional sensing or new technology may be required. The work is exploratory and aimed at validating the problem, use cases and technical feasibility rather than a finalized product.
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Healthcare IT
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Research Tools
- 2026 I-Corps Spring
Stoodio is a direct-to-consumer digital marketplace for physical works of art that offers lower commission rates than traditional galleries and uses a personalized recommendation engine to match emerging artists with collectors and institutions.
- SAFE (Cap/Discount)
- Retail / Commerce
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Marketplace
- AI Software
- Platform
- 2023 Accelerator Program
Storely is an AI-native ecommerce platform that lets small merchants describe what they want in plain English and generates custom storefronts, automated workflows, and operating logic ā replacing app sprawl, agencies, and templates with a single commerce-specific AI system.
- Retail / Commerce
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Platform
- Software
- 2026 NVC

Stranergy is leveraging the power of additive manufacturing and smart fabrication to transform Vanadium Flow Batteries.
- SAFE (Cap/Discount)
- Energy
- Energy Storage
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- Climate Technology
- Circular Economy
- Renewable Energy
- 2024 Resurgence
Student Life Skills offers bite-sized, no-prep SEL lessons for parents and teachers, delivered via an online platform covering emotional regulation, resilience, school success, and happiness. The program bridges learning between school and home using a low-duration, high-frequency approach for children in grades Kā6.
- Education / Academia
- Software
- Mental Health
- Consumer
- Platform
- 2023 ANVC
Developer of LLMs (large language models) and causal AI (artificial intelligence) platform designed to accelerate market research by augmenting human market survey responses with synthetic respondents. The company offers services that predicts buyer behavior with automated market research, performs segmentation, policy design, messaging without surveys, focus groups, consultants or big data, conducts causal experiments for any human behavior faster, broader, and more ethically than traditional methods, enabling users to measure demand, market share, price elasticity for products and services.
- Early Stage VC
- AI / Data Science
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Marketing
- Software
- Platform
Developer of a power flow control technology designed to update and fortify electric distribution systems and match rapid advancements in energy generation. The company's technologies allow distribution utilities to network their radial infrastructures by facilitating a transition to a smart, reliable, and efficient power grid, enabling businesses to find an alternative to coal-based electric power sources that reduce the frequency and duration of power outages.
- University Spin-Out
- Energy
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- Climate Technology
- Renewable Energy
- Decarbonization
- Energy Storage
- 2017 NVC
Swyvel is a ballroom dance studio management platform that empowers owners to lead their community and grow their business. Swyvel also incorporates a learning management framework that makes students' and instructors' lives easier by improving teaching and skill acquisition.
- Consumer Services
- Software
- Platform
- Marketing
- 2022 NVC
T'kor Couture is an online Black-Owned Crochet Clothing Boutique who's designs are inspired by the stories and lives of underrepresented cultures and communities. We feature themed collections as well as custom pieces, making us inclusive of all shapes and sizes, and as a slow-fashion and sustainable brand, our designs are ethically made.
- Retail / Commerce
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Circular Economy
- 2021 Build Accelerator
- E-Commerce
- Fashion
- AI & Machine Learning
- 2021 ANVC
Developer of an automated FATCA and CRS validation platform intended to transform the burden of compliance into a competitive advantage for banks, online trading platforms, fund administrators, investment managers, and transfer agents. The company's platform allows customers to complete and submit tax forms from any device, through simple and intuitive journeys with IRS guidance and instant validation checks, enabling tax operations teams to efficiently perform the multi-level review and other complex tasks with a built-in workflow.
- SAFE
- Financial Services
- Software
- Automation
- AI Software
- 2017 GNVC
- 2018 PF3
- 2017 NVC
- 2017 GNVC
Tanda Biotech develops automated tangential flow filtration (TFF) systems and custom integrated bioprocessing solutions designed for scalable, cost-efficient biomanufacturing. Its flagship TxFlow⢠Go system enables hands-off concentration and diafiltration at volumes as low as 0.5 mL, with entry pricing at $5K.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- BioTools
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- Research Tools
- Automation
- 2024 ANVC
TaskWatch is a zero-code Computer Vision Workflow platform company that allows cross vertical enterprise customers to design, build and deploy custom CV applications and response workflows within weeks.
- AI / Data Science
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Software
- Platform
- 2022 NVC
JPlus Speciality Foods LLC. has developed Tastelli, a 10 calorie zero sugar jelly with abundant nutrition and health benefits. The drink is made of plant-based Konjac, a fiber-rich plant found in Asia. Aspiring to lead the trend for healthy snacking, Tastelli provides a pleasant snacking experience with healthy ingredients.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Marketplace
- 2022 NVC
- Construction and Engineering
- SaaS
- 2020 ANVC

Tensormesh cuts inference costs and latency by up to 10x with enterprise-grade, AI-native caching
- AI & Data Science
- AI & Machine Learning
TexChange Unbrokered is a B2B platform enabling firms in hard industries (mining, construction, energy) to buy and sell raw materials, components, and services directly without brokers, leveraging AI, blockchain, and supply chain mapping technology.
- Logistics / Supply Chain
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Software
- 2023 Accelerator Program
- 2023 PF3

Developer of a graphical word processor designed to visually edit a hand-coded website. The company's word processor offers a folder that can be installed on any website permitting editing content to live on any device, designers can customize the editing experiences by synchronizing content across pages or making pages multilingual, thereby enabling designers to customize their editing experience.
- University Spin-Out
- Information Technology
- Software
- 2019 I-Corps Spring
- 2019 Accelerator Program
- 2020 NVC
- Food & Beverage
- E-Commerce
- Tech
- 2021 ANVC
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Professional Services
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Human Resources
- Software
- Platform
- Marketplace
- 2025 NVC
Theo AI builds a predictive AI platform for litigation that forecasts case outcomes and estimated awards, helping law firms, general counsel, and litigation finance companies make data-driven decisions about which cases to pursue.
- Seed Round
- Legal
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Platform
- 2024 ANVC

Wearable technology for epilepsy detection
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Life Sciences
- Medical Devices
- Diagnostics
- 2023 CNVC
- 2024 Accelerator Program
- Grant
- 2019 I-Corps Spring
Three-Pillars gives finance professionals a full valuation model from as little as one document, converting unstructured PDFs, pitch books, and data room materials into structured financial outputs. What previously took an hour now takes less than two minutes.
- Financial Services
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Automation
- 2024 PF3
- Life Sciences
- Biologics
- 2025 I-Corps Spring
- 2025 CNVC
Developer of a chronic care management and monitoring software designed to manage, provide, and coordinate care management services. The company's software leverages existing data to help providers track the non-face-to-face care they provide to patients between office visits, enabling healthcare organizations to close care gaps, improve patient retention, and increase revenue, ultimately supporting better health outcomes.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Healthcare IT
- Software
- Mental Health
- Platform
- 2015 NVC

Operator of a cloud-based services platform intended to provide a decentralized interface for artificial intelligence. The company's platform is involved in building open models that are easy to use and are open source, enabling researchers, developers, and companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence (AI) with intuitive data, models, API, and computation platforms.
- Series B
- AI & Data Science
- AI Infrastructure
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
Top Tier Lessons is a three-sided marketplace that connects college student-athletes with parents looking for sports lessons for their children. Athletes list their availability and earn money through NIL by coaching youth in swimming, soccer, basketball, tennis, and other sports.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Consumer Services
- Marketplace
- Consumer
- Software
- Platform
- 2023 CNVC
Provider of meal services intended to provide fresh, chef-crafted meals along with a smart oven work together. The company's service consists of an internet-connected countertop steam oven capable of multi-step cooking with meals prepared by gourmet chefs, making dinner preparation as simple as scanning a barcode, enabling consumers to eat delicious, healthy, home-cooked meals while saving time.
- Series C
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Hardware
- Marketplace
- 2015 I-Corps Winter
- 2016 PF3
- 2015 NVC
measures groundwater ļæ½agesļæ½, i.e. residence times, by measuring the radio-krypton present in a water sample that can reveal the dynamics within the aquifer and of intruding waters.
- Energy
- Water Management
- Climate Intelligence
- Research Tools
- 2021 Compass
We are transforming financial due diligence from an expensive, consultant-led exercise to an automated white-label product for cloud accounting platforms and banks. Itās like building an analystās financial view of a business, in seconds. It democratises access to hugely valuable financial insight to help small to medium sized businesses grow.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Financial Services
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Software
- Platform
- 2024 GNVC
Trestle is an AI-native billing platform that automates the full Medicaid revenue cycle for K-12 school districts, unlocking billions in uncaptured reimbursements for school-based healthcare services already being delivered.
- Healthcare
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Healthcare IT
- Automation
- Software
- Platform
- 2026 NVC
Developer of body scanning and data management software designed to attain scalable, made-to-measure apparel production. The company's platform generates highly accurate avatars for apparel design and fitting, using proprietary algorithms and computer vision to capture body shape and size in 3D, along with full-body measurement extraction, enabling clients to gain access to accurate body data from anywhere and anytime.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Retail / Commerce
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Software
- Consumer
- Marketing
- Marketplace
- 2021 I-Corps Spring
- 2022 NVC
- 2021 Build Accelerator
- FinTech
- Crypto & Web3
- 2021 ANVC
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- Healthcare IT
- Digital Health
- 2025 CNVC
Tsay Tea is a Taiwanese-American tea company specializing in single-origin loose leaf teas sourced directly from family-owned farms in Taiwan. The company shares the heritage and stories behind Taiwanese tea culture.
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Marketplace
- 2024 Accelerator Program
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Marketplace
- 2025 Accelerator Program
UniSignal is a platform that enables Internet policymakers, regulators, and researchers to detect and analyze network disruptions granularly across both space and time. The platform integrates different Internet measurement data sources, such as active network probe deployments and crowdsourced speed test datasets into a unified analytical framework. The overarching goal is to address measurement blind spots that arise because of irregular or sparse data sampling schemes if these datasets are analyzed in isolation.
- Telecommunications
- Platform
- Software
- Climate Intelligence
- Research Tools
- 2026 I-Corps Spring
Unlisted is a software platform that creates searchable property profiles for every home in the U.S., allowing homeowners to control how their property appears online and indicate willingness to sell, while enabling buyers and agents to discover and connect with off-market homeowners through secure messaging.
- Early Stage VC
- Real Estate
- PropTech
- Marketplace
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software
- Consumer
- 2022 ANVC
Unloket is an AI concierge platform for independent hotels and short-term rental operators that centralizes guest communication through WhatsApp, automating repetitive requests to reduce labor costs, improve response speed, and increase ancillary revenue.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Hospitality / Travel
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Software
- Platform
- 2026 NVC
UpTrials provides AI-powered software for clinical trial operations, combining an AI Trial Assistant that automates protocol workflows, startup documentation, and compliance tasks with a talent marketplace that algorithmically matches clinical research employers with pre-screened research professionals.
- Early Stage VC
- Life Sciences
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Healthcare IT
- Automation
- Marketplace
- Software
- Human Resources
- Platform
- 2024 ANVC
Vaizian develops AI-powered software that uses Bayesian statistical methods to help emergency physicians rapidly diagnose chest pain, providing differential diagnosis recommendations that integrate with clinical workflows and allow physicians to review the reasoning behind each conclusion.
- SAFE
- Healthcare
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Healthcare IT
- Digital Health
- Software
- 2020 Accelerator Program
- 2021 PF3
- 2020 NVC
Vegan America is a U.S. e-commerce marketplace aggregating thousands of verified vegan products ā spanning food, fashion, cosmetics, supplements, and home goods ā from both established and emerging plant-based brands, with a "Plant Preferred" membership offering free shipping and loyalty rewards. 1% of every purchase is donated to non-profit animal shelters.
- Retail / Commerce
- Consumer
- Marketplace
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Circular Economy
- 2025 NVC
VerityVR is a digital therapeutic platform that delivers immersive XR-based physical rehabilitation through its EngaugeXR⢠system, enabling movement-based therapy in both clinical settings and at home. The platform uses gamification, real-time kinematic data, and graded exposure to help clinicians manage chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions without drugs or invasive procedures.
- Seed Round
- Healthcare
- Digital Health
- Software
- Healthcare IT
- Platform
- 2018 GNVC
- 2018 GNVC

Vidnova Therapeutics is developing VID-101, a defined seven-strain oral bacterial consortium designed to restore microbiome-derived metabolites that reduce inflammation and fibrosis, halting liver disease progression in patients with cirrhosis; currently in a Phase 1b clinical trial.
- Life Sciences
- 2026 NVC
Vitaminis LLC makes shelf-stable functional mini drinks designed to replace traditional supplements with food-based nutrition, including Immune Support, Gut Health, and Daily Greens shots made with real fruit and no added sugar.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2023 ANVC
Void Vision deploys a network of certified drone operators to collect, label, and synthetically expand real-world aerial imagery into mission-ready training datasets, licensed to defense and commercial customers building autonomous perception systems.
- Defense
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Security & Defense
- Robotics
- Research Tools
- 2026 NVC
Developer of graphene coating technology designed to be used for lithium battery cathode materials. The company's technology offers a comprehensive and generalizable mixture that affords stability and electrochemical performance to conventional lithium-ion batteries, enabling clients to have improved battery life, power performance, and voltage range.
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- Grant
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- Energy Storage
- Manufacturing
- Hardware
- 2018 I-Corps Summer
Developer of a logistics platform designed to support the needs of convenience stores and small markets. The company's platform creates online stores and backend management tools for a quick and affordable roll-out of an e-commerce program, enabling businesses to operate and manage their own eCommerce and delivery operations.
- Seed Round
- Logistics / Supply Chain
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Software
- Marketplace
- Platform
- 2019 ANVC
AI-powered vulnerability management platform that unifies security scanning tools, resolves conflicting asset data, scores risk using real-world threat intelligence, and automates remediation workflows for managed security service providers.
- Information Technology
- Cybersecurity
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Automation
- Software
- Platform
- 2026 NVC
Developer of a security risk management tool designed for cyber-physical systems. The company's offers a comprehensive risk management tool on the market promoting secure-by-design, that helps cyber-physical system manufacturers plan secure designs from the concept phase and follow a risk-based approach throughout the product development lifecycle, enabling clients to secure the connected world by promoting the secure-by-design principle for cybersecurity in cross-functional product engineering teams.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Automotive
- Cybersecurity
- Software
- Platform
- Automation
- 2020 NVC
Developer of an on-demand inventory service platform designed to re-imagine ordering and delivery for small retail stores using mobile communications and payments. The company's platform provides multinational companies with a data-driven distribution network focused on the informal sector of emerging markets, enabling multinational companies to increase their sales and market coverage.
- Angel (individual)
- Retail / Commerce
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Marketplace
- Platform
- Software
- 2013 CNVC
Developer of an energy management platform intended to shift energy demand away from peak hours. The company's platform uses historical energy data and weather forecasts to determine the peak times to shift energy use, enabling users to minimize the use of fossil fuels at no expense and save on utility bills.
- Grant
- Energy
- AI Software
- Automation
- Climate Technology
- Climate Intelligence
- Decarbonization
- Platform
- Renewable Energy
- Software
- 2023 NVC
- 2023 Accelerator Program
Developer of an integrated photonics design platform intended to streamline integration between the supply chain. The company's platform incorporates a software tool for predicting the performance and variation of a component for a given fabrication process, and an optimizer to generate a foundry-specific component library, enabling businesses making integrated photonics products to increase efficiency and avoid redundancy.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Information Technology
- Photonics
- Software
- Platform
- Research Tools
- 2022 Duality
- 2023 Duality
Ascent Integrated Tech is a hardware-enabled SaaS company building WearTAK, a Samsung Galaxy Watch-based next-gen end-user device for the Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) ecosystem. The platform provides real-time physiological alerting, location tracking, tactical communications, and acoustic sensing for military operators and first responders.
- SBIR Phase II
- Defense
- Security & Defense
- Hardware
- Software
- Platform
- Automation
- 2021 CNVC
- 2021 CNVC
Westport Welding Innovation is a specialty engineering firm that focuses on welding QA and specifications for major projects.
- Advanced Manufacturing / Materials
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Software
- Automation
- Manufacturing
- Research Tools
- Software
- 2021 GNVC
- 2021 GNVC
Developer of a gene and cell therapy platform designed to perform exhaustive analyses and processing of scientific, technical, biological, genomic, and experimental datasets. The company's platform and proprietary database help scientists in the field of gene and cell therapies to obtain precise and exhaustive answers to key scientific and technological questions such as optimizing plasmid and vector design, designing genotoxicity assessment strategies, and enabling scientists to identify and benchmark experimental protocols and analytical workflows for in vivo and in vitro strategies.
- Early Stage VC
- Life Sciences
- Advanced Therapies
- AI Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- BioTools
- Research Tools
- Platform
- Software
- 2020 ANVC
JUJU Spirits is an Asian-inspired alcoholic beverage company producing hard seltzers (branded as Drunk Fruit) and canned cocktails (YOJU) featuring Asian fruit flavors including lychee, yuzu, and melon.
- Series A
- Food / Beverage / CPG
- Consumer
- Direct-to-Consumer
- Manufacturing
- 2022 ANVC
Operator of a marketplace for new and secondhand south asian clothing intended to reduce environmental impact by increasing resale. The company provides a one-stop shop with filters, community-specific features, listings, and educational resources, enabling vendors to sell on the e-commerce platform without any hassle.
- Accelerator/Incubator
- Retail / Commerce
- Marketplace
- Consumer
- Circular Economy
- Direct-to-Consumer
- 2023 NVC
- 2023 PF3
Developer of smoothie bar kiosks designed to offer natural products for health and wellness. The company offer freshly blended smoothies via a tech-enabled smoothie bar, offers robotic smoothie kiosk dispenses and blends ingredients, and strives to make healthy food available to busy people, enabling consumers to have nutritionally designed recipes to boost their day.
- Series A
- Robotics
- Consumer
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- 2019 NVC
ZenHedge, Inc. is an insurtech company delivering parametric insurance products that mitigate financial risks in the trucking and freight transportation industry. Its proprietary platform integrates with shippers' Transport Management Systems (TMS) to model trucking lane risks and tender rejection events, enabling data-driven risk transfer for shippers, carriers, and freight brokers.
- Insurance
- Software
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Platform
- Marketplace
- 2024 ANVC