Foundation Venture Capital Group

FinalsClub is an education technology company that provides applications that seek to connect students to engage in collaborative learning. They also create a platform that provides personalized help for getting through classes.

Visikol is a CRO focused on advanced drug discovery that is leading the field of bio-imaging, bioinformatics and image analysis. We conduct end-to-end drug discovery services that include both 2D and 3D in vitro models and assays, 3D whole mount tissue imaging, digital pathology and custom drug discovery projects. Visikol offers a portfolio of drug discovery services ranging from 2D and 3D cell culture model and assay development to in vitro screening, animal tissue histology and automated image processing. The focus of these services is to transform tissues into images and ultimately into quantitative data sets that can be mined for actionable insights that help our Clients make more informed decisions during the drug discovery process. Additionally, Visikol manufactures and sells a suite of tissue clearing reagents and 3D immuno-labeling kits. These products allow researchers to easily and rapidly image whole tissues and 3D cell culture models in 3D instead of traditional 2D sectioning. For more information about Visikol or its services, please visit our website at visikol.com.

NovoPedics, Inc. develops implantable meniscus replacement and regeneration medical device. The company is based in the United States.

Actinobac Biomed focuses on the development of pharmaceutical technologies derived from agents that target Leukocyte Function Antigen-1 (LFA-1). The company's lead product, Leukotoxin, is a bacterial toxin that specifically targets white blood cells. In addition to its use as an effective targeted therapy agent for the treatment of hematologic malignancies, abundant evidence in literature suggests that Leukotoxin, or a derived product, can effectively be used to treat infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, as well as many autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, type 1 diabetes, Lupus and psoriasis. Therefore, the company will direct its efforts in three strategic areas. The first, and highest priority, is the development of Leukotoxin as a protein therapeutic for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. The second will focus on the use of Leukotoxin and derived therapeutic peptides or mimetics for the treatment of significant diseases other than hematologic malignancies, including infections and autoimmune diseases. The third area represents an early-stage drug discovery program with Magellan BioScience that will maintain a healthy pipeline of novel therapeutic agents.

MentiNova Inc., which is developing an oral medication to help treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

GeneAssess, Inc. is a New Jersey-based biotechnology company that is working to validate FRY, a cancer molecular signature gene discovered by GeneAssess scientists that could provide a more accurate diagnostic biomarker for cancer staging. The FRY gene appears to be found in the breast cancer model but also shows potential for other cancers. In research performed to date, mutations in the gene increase rat susceptibility to mammary cancer and FRY reduced the growth of highly aggressive human breast cancer cells in animal models. GeneAssess plans to validate FRY as a predictive biomarker for breast and other cancers, to detect genetic mutations in at-risk populations and to explore target validation for FRY. The company has an exclusive license to the intellectual property developed by Dr. Zarbl.

Affineti Biologics is a New Jersey-based company that develops plaque-reducing dental hygiene products.

Actinobac Biomed focuses on the development of pharmaceutical technologies derived from agents that target Leukocyte Function Antigen-1 (LFA-1). The company's lead product, Leukotoxin, is a bacterial toxin that specifically targets white blood cells. In addition to its use as an effective targeted therapy agent for the treatment of hematologic malignancies, abundant evidence in literature suggests that Leukotoxin, or a derived product, can effectively be used to treat infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, as well as many autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, type 1 diabetes, Lupus and psoriasis. Therefore, the company will direct its efforts in three strategic areas. The first, and highest priority, is the development of Leukotoxin as a protein therapeutic for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. The second will focus on the use of Leukotoxin and derived therapeutic peptides or mimetics for the treatment of significant diseases other than hematologic malignancies, including infections and autoimmune diseases. The third area represents an early-stage drug discovery program with Magellan BioScience that will maintain a healthy pipeline of novel therapeutic agents.

Snowdon Inc. is a pharmaceutical company that is focused on three major therapeutic areas with substantial market potential: acute and chronic pain, neurological disorders, and infectious diseases. These medical conditions cause immense suffering, economic hardship, and loss of life among millions of people every day. In each of these therapeutic areas, Snowdon has discovered prospective drug candidates that address the urgent need for safe and effective medicines. Snowdon’s pipeline extends from NCEs to repurposing off-patent drugs for new clinical indications. The company’s preclinical lead compound, SND-121, has shown exceptional safety and efficacy when administered orally in rodent models as a treatment for neuropathic pain. SND-121 appears to treat pain through a unique mechanism of action, distinct from traditional analgesics such as opioid narcotics, NSAIDs, or the antiepileptics gabapentin and pregabalin.