Terrain Bio
Seed Round in 2025
Terrain BioSciences is in the field of RNA-based therapeutics and vaccine development. Leveraging advanced AI and proprietary manufacturing platforms, Terrain BioSciences addresses the challenges of designing, selecting, manufacturing, and delivering optimal RNA sequences. Terrain BioSciences collaborates with over a dozen biotech firms to enhance the expression, durability, and manufacturability of RNA sequences, significantly accelerating their path to clinical application. With a focus on personalized cancer vaccines and other RNA-based modalities, Terrain BioSciences is at the forefront of the next generation of programmable medicines.
ExpressionEdits
Seed Round in 2024
ExpressionEdits is a biotechnology company specializing in optimizing synthetic DNA instructions using AI-driven technology. It focuses on enhancing protein expression, a critical aspect of healthcare and biotech advancements.
Cache is a biotechnology company focused on developing a groundbreaking wet operating system designed for the storage, access, and computation of biomolecules at scale. By ensuring the integrity and fidelity of nucleic acids from various sources, Cache enables researchers and partners to accelerate molecular pathology research and gain insights into life sciences. This innovative approach facilitates the analysis of biomolecules, thereby unlocking new precision medicine applications and enhancing the capacity for understanding biological data. Ultimately, Cache aims to make both digital and biological data universally accessible and sustainable, eliminating the need for data deletion or disposal.
OverT Bio
Seed Round in 2024
OverT Bio is a biotechnology company focused on developing cell therapies for cancer treatment. The company specializes in identifying and creating novel genetic modifications that empower immune cells to navigate and overcome the obstacles posed by tumors. Through its innovative approach, OverT Bio aims to enhance the effectiveness and durability of immunotherapies, contributing to advancements in cancer identification and treatment within the healthcare sector.
SKYE
Pre Seed Round in 2024
A market leader in providing network and security solutions to enterprises.
Founded in 2021, Zafrens is a San Diego-based drug discovery company specializing in life sciences products. Its platform generates insights at the intersection of biology, chemistry, and engineering by directly mapping molecular states of single cells.
Bliss
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Bring all of your company data together and use it with the best AI tools.
Reask is a technology-focused company specializing in natural hazard modeling, particularly for weather-related catastrophes. It offers real-time and post-event analysis, along with long-term predictive solutions powered by artificial intelligence. Reask's core services include global risk mapping and probabilistic trend forecasting to help businesses assess and manage their catastrophe risk exposure effectively.
Standard Fleet
Seed Round in 2023
Standard Fleet develops electric fleet management software, specializing in Tesla and internet-connected EVs, designed for delivery, rental, carsharing, lease, and taxi fleets. The platform provides online and mobile tools to monitor battery charge and health, manage charging, track trips and expenses, and generate activity, mileage, and maintenance alerts. It enables operators including rental, dealership, government, and service fleets to manage, monitor, and scale electric vehicle operations efficiently without hardware installation. The company's solutions integrate dashboard applications and APIs to automate workflows, secure vehicles, and provide insights and controls that save time and money. The team comprises engineers and professionals with experience from major tech and mobility firms, focused on delivering scalable software that supports EV fleet operations.
Gridware
Seed Round in 2023
Gridware is focused on enhancing and safeguarding the electrical grid, a critical infrastructure that, when compromised, can lead to severe consequences such as wildfires, property damage, and loss of life. The company has developed an advanced monitoring system that employs high-precision sensor arrays, including microphones and other sensing technologies, to continuously analyze the electrical and mechanical behavior of grid assets. This system incorporates an artificial intelligence processing unit that detects anomalies in the environment around power poles, enabling utilities to proactively address potential faults. By facilitating timely repairs and rapid responses to climatic anomalies, Gridware's technology improves safety, reliability, and reduces outage durations for utility companies. Headquartered in the Bay Area of Northern California, Gridware is privately held and supported by notable climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors, positioning itself to meet the growing demand for power while contributing to the future resilience of the electrical grid.
Range Biotechnologies
Seed Round in 2023
Range Biotechnologies develops translational proteomics tools to enable personalized health by precisely measuring multiple proteins across numerous samples, delivering insights into the mechanisms of disease and their evolution over time to support healthcare professionals.
Modulo Bio
Seed Round in 2023
Modulo Bio simulates the neuroimmune system to identify medication candidates that target microglia, and the company combines stem cell biology, neuroscience, software, automation, and artificial intelligence to create neuroimmune microenvironments from stem cells and to manipulate and measure the neuroimmune system in cell models and patient samples, enabling researchers to discover new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.
DREM
Pre Seed Round in 2023
DREM is an operator of an energy-saving platform focused on simplifying the deployment of heat pumps for residential properties. The company facilitates a seamless buying process by connecting homeowners with qualified local installers, streamlining lead generation and hardware procurement. Through direct marketplace integrations with manufacturers, DREM enhances the renovation experience for homeowners, making it easier to undertake projects such as heating system upgrades, roof replacements, and painting. By centralizing these services, DREM aims to improve energy efficiency and simplify the overall renovation process for its clients.
BurnBot
Seed Round in 2022
BurnBot specializes in wildfire mitigation and vegetation management services. It combines expertise in forestry with advanced fire technology to systematically treat fuel sources, preventing destructive wildfires.
Eigen Therapeutics
Seed Round in 2022
Eigen Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to advancing cancer treatment through the development of innovative therapies. It specializes in "priming" therapies that enhance the effectiveness of targeted treatments by addressing cancer heterogeneity, which makes cancer cells more susceptible to therapeutic interventions while simultaneously protecting healthy cells. Eigen is creating a high-throughput discovery platform that integrates proprietary machine learning algorithms to identify novel drug classes and therapeutic approaches capable of altering a cell’s state to increase vulnerability to treatments. This platform combines biology and engineering, utilizing in-house developed robotic systems, laboratory operations software, and machine learning analysis pipelines. The company's mission focuses on improving patient outcomes by providing novel combination therapeutics that enhance efficacy and reduce toxicity in cancer care, ultimately aiming to meet significant medical needs in oncology.
Rezo Therapeutics
Series A in 2022
Rezo Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focuses on pioneering the integrated mapping of disease networks to develop precision therapeutics. Utilizing its proprietary Sequence to Systems to Drugs (SSD) platform, Rezo combines proteomics, genetics, structural biology, chemistry, and bioinformatics to create comprehensive maps of molecular disease networks. This innovative approach enables oncologists and researchers to identify novel targets and therapies with greater clarity and precision than traditional drug discovery methods. Initially concentrating on oncology, Rezo Therapeutics plans to expand its therapeutic focus through collaborations and partnerships, aiming to address a wide range of diseases.
Kaleidoscope
Seed Round in 2022
Kaleidoscope is a collaborative, cloud-based research platform for organizing and tracking scientific activities.
Seabound
Seed Round in 2022
Seabound is a developer of innovative carbon capture systems aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from cargo ships. The company's technology integrates seamlessly with existing vessels, equipping them with an onboard device that captures emissions from exhaust and converts carbon dioxide into a solid form. This solidified carbon can be stored for future utilization or sequestration, significantly mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and pollution associated with maritime transport. Additionally, Seabound's carbon capture method enables the processing of carbon dioxide on land, producing limestone that can be sold directly or transformed into calcium oxide for secondary recycling. Through its advancements, Seabound contributes to the sustainability of shipping operations and supports efforts to combat climate change.
Adaptyv Bio
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Adaptyv Bio is a biotechnology company focused on developing a protein engineering platform that leverages cell-free synthetic biology and high-throughput nanofluidics. The company's innovative technology aims to identify new antibodies for the treatment of various diseases by bridging the gap between computational predictions and experimental validation. Through its advanced methodologies, Adaptyv Bio seeks to enhance the efficacy of therapeutic interventions, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Reask is a technology-focused company specializing in natural hazard modeling, particularly for weather-related catastrophes. It offers real-time and post-event analysis, along with long-term predictive solutions powered by artificial intelligence. Reask's core services include global risk mapping and probabilistic trend forecasting to help businesses assess and manage their catastrophe risk exposure effectively.