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Seven therapeutics is developing radiopharmaceutical theranostics

Transforming gut microbiome science into life-changing diagnostic and therapeutic solutions

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.

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.

Ace NutraCare delivers patented nutritional therapies for chronic condition management, starting with type 2 diabetes and obesity. The company's products—including nutrient rice, noodles, functional drink mixes, and vitamin boosters—are 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.

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.

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.

Spray-on cell matrix for wound healing

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

AgroNET Zero builds SoilSync™, 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.

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.

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.

All Fair is the operating system for small businesses — a business intelligence tool that centralizes information to enable small business owners to assess and translate their data into informed decisions.

Precision oncology company designed to focus on new methods to treat difficult-to-treat cancers

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).

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.

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.

Alveothera is developing a drug delivery platform that could be utilized to treat cardiopulmonary diseases, such as pulmonary fibrosis.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Medellín, Colombia.

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.

Aunnie is a per-property subscription platform that replaces fragmented vendor coordination for residential property operators (1–100 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.

Autonoma engineers use generative AI to help development teams observe and understand any codebase, avoid legacy code generation, and escape vendor lock-in traps.

AXIM is the core decisioning infrastructure for private-market real estate — an AI-enabled system of intelligence that automates data extraction, underwriting, and reporting so investors can reach deal conviction faster.

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.

AI-native, Bayesian-first virtual drug development platform and statistical hub that deliver end-to-end decision support and optimized trial designs

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.

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.

Bettor Vision syncs consumers’ sports betting, season-long fantasy, and daily fantasy sports accounts on one platform.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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).

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.

Boltzmann builds AI systems that understand your world and help safely design decisions, workflows, and systems inside it.

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.

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.

BāKIT 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.

C+UP’s carbon capture and utilization technology converts carbon dioxide and renewable electricity to sustainable propane as a non-fossil renewable fuel and chemical feedstock.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

All parents deserve to feel confident in their family�s financial future. We believe that parents deserve quality financial planning, and it shouldn�t 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.

CavilinQ develops photonically coupled interconnect modules enabling real-time quantum entanglement between heterogeneous quantum processors.

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.

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.

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.

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 cuvées and oak-barrel-aged multi-vintage blends.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Complete Wellness Solutions delivers complete, configurable, and data-driven population health solutions with its technology and analytics platform.

Micellar nano-particle drug delivery platform to treat cardiac diseases

Self-Aware™ and AdaptiveAI™ Computing.” 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

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.

The company's proprietary MOF platform combines synergistic therapeutics to specifically target solid tumors.

Correlate AI is an AI agent that fully automates the job application process — 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 cafés and grocery stores including Milam's, 787 Coffee, and Red Bay Coffee.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Driving Forward is a non-profit that helps under-resourced undergraduates prepare for a rewarding career offering internships focused on professional development and mentorship.

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.

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.

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.

Echo Labs is building the first AI capable of human-level transcription

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Exactics is developing rapid, accurate, and affordable at-home diagnostic tests for infectious diseases that consumers can use themselves.

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.

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.

ExPost has developed an approach that allows for the efficient regeneration of vital cathode active materials from both manufacturing scraps and spent batteries.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Globridge is a compliance-first cross-border money account that abstracts stablecoin settlement behind a familiar financial experience, starting with U.S.–Philippines remittances and designed to expand into broader account utility including balances, local cash-out, and merchant payments.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Gusto’s proprietary GUST+ platform integrates advanced computational and microbiological tools to discover and develop novel Live Biotherapeutic Products (LBPs) with unprecedented speed and efficiency.

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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.

Healee‘s patient experience platform enables independent specialty practices to offer their patients a convenient, differentiated, frictionless digital experience.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We are Ibis Computing, a broker for GPU time. We’re 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.

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.

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.

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 you’d like to learn more, you can visit us at immersionED.org.

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.

Developer of biopharmaceutical technology in the field of immunotherapy designed to provide medical solutions to treat cancer and tumor. The company operates as a biotechnology platform focused on the development of oncolytic viruses and vector-type approaches for the treatment of cancer and its products include genetically engineered Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus that target metastatic tumors or tumors inaccessible by direct injection, thereby enabling patients to receive better tumor treatment and solutions.

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.

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.

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.

Rejuvenation of the ovary using human bone marrow Mesenchymal stem cells

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 proposition—significantly reducing material waste and enabling wafer reuse for high-cost materials—is validated by strong industry traction and alignment with current US government initiatives (CHIPS Act).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kit4kid is a mobile application providing digital ABA therapy tools through six exercise-based games for children aged 2–10 with autism spectrum disorder, designed for personal and therapeutic use on mobile devices without internet connectivity.

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.

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

KossMek is developing next-generation antibody therapeutics using their proprietary 'inside-out' cancer-specific target discovery platform

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lazarus Therapeutics // Lazarus Therapeutics is a significant advancement in targeted cancer therapies, potentially offering safer, more effective and precise treatment options for patients.

Team members: Jeff Blethen, student, Chicago Booth; Colleen Foley, student, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Elaine Lee, student, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Xiaoyuan Zhong, student, Biological Sciences Division.

Leaf Automation develops next-generation AI-enhanced CAD plugins that expedite and optimize the design of commercial electrical and mechanical systems.

The company builds AI agents that integrate into a company's existing ERP, CRM, email, and operational systems to automate routine but high-value commercial and procurement workflows. Rather than replacing human decision-making, the platform augments decisions companies already make—such as pricing, purchasing, invoicing, and collections—and executes them faster, with more context, and at lower cost. The emphasis is on practical AI for "real economy" businesses rather than consumer AI or standalone copilots.

Legman is an AI-powered data management solution that optimizes sales, general, and administrative (SG&A) activities for industrial, manufacturing, and construction firms.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Yamuna Krishnan is also an inventor