The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency established in 1950 and based in Alexandria, Virginia. It is dedicated to supporting research and education in science and engineering across a wide range of disciplines. The NSF provides significant non-dilutive funding, up to $1.5 million, to startups and small businesses through its America's Seed Fund initiative, which is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program mandated by Congress. With an operating budget of approximately $7.8 billion, the NSF is committed to advancing fundamental research and education, thus fostering innovation and technological development in the United States.
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) enables international science and engineering discoveries through advances in computational science and data-intensive, high-performance computing. It provides access to a vast array of data and computational resources and services for all UC researchers who need cyberinfrastructure beyond their own laboratories, classrooms, departments, and academic units. SDSC’s research cyberinfrastructure includes: data-intensive computing resources to the academic and industrial communities through the RCI program's Triton Shared Computing Cluster (TSCC), a high-impact data analysis and preservation system featuring a large-scale disk storage facility, a data analysis facility for petascale research, and a shared research cluster; Gordon, the first high-performance supercomputer to use massive amounts of flash-based memory to speed solutions for data-intensive problems; Trestles, which also features flash-based memory, with a design tailored to the majority of user jobs rather than a handful of researchers who run jobs at thousands of core counts; a green data center equipped to house co-location servers; and an environment for all things related to data, including management, mining, curation, analysis, visualization, access and preservation as well as data storage technologies. Along with its broad spectrum of software, hardware, networking, and information resources, SDSC also offers users full-time support including 24-hour helpdesk services, code optimization, training, portal development, and a variety of other services. San Diego Supercomputer Center was founded in 1985.
Fireline Science
Grant in 2023
Fireline Science, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, specializes in developing educational technology products that promote innovation. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and data science to enhance the creation of digital products and services. Its offerings aim to provide immediate support for digital learning, particularly in rural areas where high-speed internet access may be limited or for students facing various barriers to connectivity. Through its innovative approach, Fireline Science seeks to address the challenges of digital education and improve learning experiences for underserved communities.
Pyte
Seed Round in 2022
Pyte is a provider of secure data collaboration solutions that enables enterprises to share and utilize data while preserving confidentiality throughout the data lifecycle. The company’s innovative technology allows for computations on encrypted data without the need for decryption, facilitating seamless data access across various cloud environments and jurisdictions. This capability ensures compliance with privacy regulations and reduces the risk of data breaches. Pyte's platform supports diverse applications, from co-marketing to drug discovery and fraud detection, empowering businesses to collaborate effectively while safeguarding sensitive information. Founded by experts in secure computation, Pyte's team includes individuals with extensive academic backgrounds and accolades in the field.
Revelen.AI
Grant in 2022
Revelen.ai develops investigation technology aimed at addressing gun-related crimes. Its solution integrates with existing law enforcement tools and databases, offering a comprehensive method for crime prevention and resolution. By utilizing these databases, Revelen.ai's technology transforms data matches into immediate leads on suspects and weapons, allowing investigators to generate trails for potential criminals. This innovative approach enables law enforcement to solve crime cases more efficiently and effectively.
ViQi
Grant in 2022
ViQi offers software-as-a-service solutions for scientific image analysis, catering to various sectors including life sciences, construction, and agriculture. The platform enables users to customize services for data storage and analysis through a straightforward subscription model. ViQi specializes in custom image processing and informatics, providing tools such as bio-image semantic queries, module development, and assistance with intranet deployment. This allows clients to efficiently view, investigate, share, and store complex data and images, facilitating swift results and discoveries in their respective fields.
OmicsCraft
Grant in 2022
OmicsCraft offers customers access to a customised data analytics pipeline and a sample-to-solution service. They offer cloud-based platforms that allow them to build analytics pipelines for omic data preprocessing, mass spectrometric-based metabolite identification, differential analysis of metabolite profiles, and multi-omics integration.
Quantworks
Grant in 2022
Quantworks is a provider of data analytics tools aimed at helping companies effectively monetize their data. The company specializes in developing analytic software that enhances decision-making processes for various sectors, including financial institutions, consumer product companies, retailers, and healthcare providers. By creating analytic prototypes and value-producing applications, Quantworks enables businesses to operationalize their data, leading to improved outcomes and more efficient operations.
Airmettle
Grant in 2022
Airmettle operates a software-defined storage platform that fundamentally alters the relationship between data storage and analytics. The platform allows for integrated distributed parallel processing, enabling direct queries of semi-structured content stored within it. Airmettle's technology is capable of transforming various data formats into those specifically required by analysis tools, which significantly reduces network traffic. Additionally, it decreases the amount of costly memory required by advanced analytics applications, thereby facilitating more efficient data insights for users.
Pyte
Grant in 2022
Pyte is a provider of secure data collaboration solutions that enables enterprises to share and utilize data while preserving confidentiality throughout the data lifecycle. The company’s innovative technology allows for computations on encrypted data without the need for decryption, facilitating seamless data access across various cloud environments and jurisdictions. This capability ensures compliance with privacy regulations and reduces the risk of data breaches. Pyte's platform supports diverse applications, from co-marketing to drug discovery and fraud detection, empowering businesses to collaborate effectively while safeguarding sensitive information. Founded by experts in secure computation, Pyte's team includes individuals with extensive academic backgrounds and accolades in the field.
ARIX Technologies
Grant in 2021
ARIX Technologies, Inc. is a robotics and data analytics company that specializes in the design and development of crawling robots for pipeline inspection, specifically within the oil and gas sector. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Jackson, Louisiana, with an engineering office in Houston, Texas, the company focuses on enhancing the monitoring, testing, and analysis of pipeline assets in petrochemical facilities. By integrating advanced robotics with sophisticated data analytics, ARIX Technologies aims to transform the detection and management of corrosion, thereby improving safety and sustainability in manufacturing environments. Their technology not only helps companies reduce operational costs but also enhances overall data quality, potentially leading to significant savings in manufacturing expenses.
Blocky
Grant in 2021
Blocky is a company focused on enhancing data integrity through its innovative blockchain solution, Zipperchain. This technology is capable of processing millions of transactions per second while maintaining low and predictable costs, making it the most environmentally sustainable option in the blockchain space. Blocky specializes in data lineage software that enables users to sign data files on a blockchain, generating verifiable signatures and certificates. This functionality allows clients and their partners to confirm the integrity of data files and the authenticity of timestamped signatures. By offering a straightforward approach to data trustworthiness, Blocky aims to attract early adopters interested in advancing the conversation around reliable data, distinguishing itself from the more sensational aspects of the blockchain industry, such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
InsightFinder
Grant in 2021
InsightFinder Inc. specializes in machine learning technology solutions tailored for information technology operational data. Founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers various tools, including a metric intelligence engine for automatic anomaly detection, a log intelligence engine for real-time keyword extraction, and an alert intelligence engine designed to minimize alert fatigue by suppressing duplicate notifications. Additionally, InsightFinder provides an APM intelligence engine that identifies issues in both proprietary and third-party applications. Utilizing patented unsupervised machine learning algorithms, InsightFinder addresses complex challenges in enterprise AI and IT management, enabling organizations to automatically identify, diagnose, and remediate issues such as model drift and application failures. By focusing on predictive analytics and automated root cause analysis, InsightFinder supports large-scale AI platforms and IT infrastructures in preventing outages and enhancing overall performance.
Contextualize
Grant in 2021
Contextualize specializes in developing tools and technology that facilitate the capture and sharing of expertise within organizations. By utilizing mathematical descriptions of complex phenomena and advanced machine learning models, the company enables clients to extract meaningful insights from vast amounts of data. This approach transforms organizational knowledge into actionable information, making it accessible and usable for various stakeholders. Through its platform, Contextualize empowers businesses to harness the full potential of their internal expertise, enhancing decision-making and operational efficiency.
Revelata
Grant in 2021
Revelata develops an artificial intelligence platform for extracting data from complex financial documents. It's first product, deepKPI, automatically surfaces hard-to-get KPI time series that are buried within billions of pages of SEC filings. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
DrivenData
Seed Round in 2021
DrivenData focuses on leveraging data science and crowdsourcing to address significant social challenges. The company organizes online challenges, typically lasting 2-3 months, where a global community of data scientists competes to develop effective statistical models for complex predictive problems. In addition to these competitions, DrivenData offers services that include comprehensive data assessment, predictive modeling, statistical analysis, and rapid development and prototyping. By connecting mission-driven organizations with skilled data scientists, DrivenData aims to empower these organizations to make impactful decisions based on their data.
Summary Analytics
Grant in 2021
Summary Analytics, Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2017, specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. The company develops a data analytics platform designed to address inefficiencies in data management by minimizing redundancies. By employing advanced algorithms and submodular optimization techniques, Summary Analytics enables organizations to extract valuable insights from large datasets more efficiently and cost-effectively. This innovative approach allows businesses to achieve better data insights and knowledge extraction in reduced time frames, enhancing overall decision-making processes.
Minnowtech
Grant in 2021
Minnowtech is an aquaculture technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, that specializes in providing a software imaging platform designed for shrimp farmers. This platform allows for the non-invasive estimation of shrimp abundance using artificial intelligence and image analysis, enabling farmers to optimize feeding regimes and harvests while minimizing risks to juvenile shrimp. By addressing significant challenges in the aquaculture industry, particularly in assessing shrimp growth and optimal harvest times, Minnowtech enhances the health and productivity of shrimp hatcheries. The company's low-cost technology, supported by a team of marine scientists, aims to improve the livelihoods of aquaculture farmers and contribute to global food security and the sustainability of marine environments.
Innogized Technologies
Grant in 2021
Innogized Technologies is a company that develops hardware and software solutions, focusing on discovering and pioneering innovative technologies to drive growth and success. Their platform delivers transformative discoveries and technologies directly to consumers, aiming to propel the economy and improve lives. The company empowers users to make a significant and lasting impact.
Semiotic AI
Grant in 2021
Semiotic AI is a company that specializes in encrypted computing services utilizing Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to enhance data security and privacy in cloud environments. By allowing organizations to perform data analytics on sensitive information without compromising its integrity, Semiotic AI addresses critical concerns related to data protection. The company's technology also safeguards proprietary models by encrypting them prior to deployment. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, Semiotic AI aims to play a significant role in the evolving landscape of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. In addition, the company develops automated decision-making tools that leverage AI and cryptography to facilitate decentralized markets on the blockchain, enhancing price efficiency and usability for businesses and consumers alike. The founders bring extensive experience in cryptography and AI, positioning Semiotic AI as a key player in the future of secure data management.
Verantos
Grant in 2021
Verantos is the market leader in high-validity real-world evidence for life sciences. By incorporating robust clinical narrative data, artificial intelligence technology, and measured validity, Verantos is the first company to generate research-grade evidence at scale across all therapeutic areas. The Verantos Evidence Platform integrates heterogeneous real-world data sources and generates evidence with the accuracy necessary for market access, HEOR, medical affairs, and regulatory use.
Comon
Grant in 2021
Comon provides species identification, ecological monitoring, and geological assessment services. They offer unpiloted aerial systems' images for mapping, monitoring, and identifying rare and invasive species and provide reports on water loggers, soil samples, temperature, historic weather, and tidal data, enabling natural resource managers and conservation organizations to determine practices for sites.
DeepCast
Grant in 2021
DeepCast is a Houston-based startup established in 2017 that specializes in providing advanced modeling tools for the industrial sector through its software-as-a-service platform. The company develops a digital transformation toolkit designed to automate forecasting and optimization workflows, facilitating the integration of human intelligence with physics-based models and sophisticated machine learning algorithms. By effectively combining industrial domain knowledge with cutting-edge AI technology, DeepCast empowers organizations to enhance productivity and uncover new business opportunities, positioning itself as a key player in the digital transformation landscape for industries.
Fireline Science
Grant in 2021
Fireline Science, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, specializes in developing educational technology products that promote innovation. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and data science to enhance the creation of digital products and services. Its offerings aim to provide immediate support for digital learning, particularly in rural areas where high-speed internet access may be limited or for students facing various barriers to connectivity. Through its innovative approach, Fireline Science seeks to address the challenges of digital education and improve learning experiences for underserved communities.
Talus Bio
Grant in 2021
Talus Bio is a biotech startup focused on drug discovery, particularly in the development of therapies targeting gene regulators for cancer treatment. The company utilizes a data-enabled platform that combines functional proteomics, automated biology, and machine learning to address the challenges associated with cancer transcription factors. Its proprietary MARMOT platform employs advanced techniques such as AI, quantitative proteomics, synthetic chemistry, and computational biology to design and analyze small-molecule drugs and proteins. This innovative approach aims to enhance drug development processes in the oncology sector, facilitating advancements in gene regulation and contributing to more effective cancer therapies.
Nabla Bio
Grant in 2021
Nabla Bio operates an autoreverse platform that facilitates the rapid discovery of novel protein variants with unique properties. By leveraging insights gained from billions of natural proteins, the company engineers these enhanced proteins for both medical and industrial applications. Through extensive experimentation, Nabla Bio develops new medicines and improves nutritional products, allowing clients to conduct complex measurements of protein function and implement innovative solutions in various fields.
Quantigic Solutions
Grant in 2021
Quantigic Solutions provides equity risk models customized for the quant trading needs as well as quantitative solutions for analyses of business, financial, and scientific data and information, enabling clients to make an educated investment decision.
Atlas AI
Grant in 2020
Atlas AI develops business analytics software aimed at monitoring economic development drivers in emerging markets. The company's technology generates reliable socioeconomic estimates, covering aspects such as land under cultivation, staple crop productivity, household asset wealth and consumption, as well as access to essential infrastructure like power and transportation. By leveraging advanced machine learning techniques and deep expertise in emerging markets, Atlas AI enables organizations to effectively allocate resources and monitor high-stakes investments and development programs, including infrastructure initiatives and market expansion efforts. The company is currently focusing on constructing these models for Sub-Saharan Africa, with the intention of scaling its solutions globally.
Hawaii Integrated Analytics
Grant in 2020
Hawaii Integrated Analytics, founded in 2018 and based in Honolulu, Hawaii, specializes in data research services focused on evaluating socioeconomic projects. The company provides a comprehensive suite of services, including protocol design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and data storage. By measuring the social, economic, and health impacts of various programs, Hawaii Integrated Analytics enables non-profit organizations and businesses to assess the effectiveness of their initiatives, even those not explicitly aimed at these outcomes.
Prime Labs
Grant in 2020
Prime Labs is a company focused on enhancing drug discovery through its cloud-based software platform, which specializes in mass spectrometry data processing, analysis, reporting, and visualization. The software is designed to support a variety of instruments and workflows, enabling scientists to conduct experiments with greater accuracy and efficiency. By streamlining the data processing experience, Prime Labs offers a user-friendly solution that minimizes the complexity typically associated with such tasks, allowing researchers to focus on their work with minimal training or installation requirements. This innovative approach facilitates a broader range of experiments in a shorter time frame, ultimately contributing to advancements in medical research and drug development.
ViQi
Grant in 2020
ViQi offers software-as-a-service solutions for scientific image analysis, catering to various sectors including life sciences, construction, and agriculture. The platform enables users to customize services for data storage and analysis through a straightforward subscription model. ViQi specializes in custom image processing and informatics, providing tools such as bio-image semantic queries, module development, and assistance with intranet deployment. This allows clients to efficiently view, investigate, share, and store complex data and images, facilitating swift results and discoveries in their respective fields.
EigenPatterns
Grant in 2020
EigenPatterns is a machine learning-based solution provider. They create collaborative anomaly detection and pattern recognition systems that combine machine learning and human expertise to provide powerful real-time monitoring capabilities. They offer real-time monitoring of the entire network using the latest machine-learning algorithms and novel data sources.
RENCI
Grant in 2020
RENCI develops and deploys advanced technologies to enable research discoveries and practical innovations. RENCI collaborates with researchers, government, and industry to engage and solve problems affecting North Carolina, the United States, and the world. RENCI is a critical catalyst for data-driven discoveries that lead to improved health, a safer environment, and increased economic and business success.
Geometric Data Analytics
Grant in 2020
Geometric Data Analytics focuses on solving complex data analysis problems. GDA merges expertise from academia with solutions that matter to industry and government.
Advaita
Grant in 2020
Advaita Corporation is a bioinformatics company founded in 2005 and based in Plymouth, Michigan. It specializes in developing software tools designed for the research and pharmaceutical industries, focusing on the analysis of gene expression data. One of its key products, Pathway-Guide, assists biologists and drug researchers in interpreting the extensive data generated from gene-expression experiments. The company also offers consulting services, which include pathway analysis, biological model construction, biomarker identification and prioritization, expression data interpretation, and data interpretation training. Advaita's software integrates multi-omic data from a systems biology perspective, catering to the needs of investigators, core facilities, and enterprise bioinformatics teams.
Biocogniv
Grant in 2020
Biocogniv Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tools designed for hospitals, with a focus on enhancing clinical operations. Founded in 2019 and based in Burlington, Vermont, the company provides plugins for electronic health record (EHR) systems that enable real-time screening of patients for conditions such as COVID-19 by analyzing standard blood test results. Biocogniv's platform is particularly beneficial for emergency departments, as it can predict sepsis-related mortality and the need for intensive care unit admission. By leveraging the vast amounts of clinical and administrative data generated by hospitals, Biocogniv aims to improve the quality, cost, and accessibility of healthcare while facilitating accurate and non-invasive diagnostic methods.
RediMinds
Grant in 2020
RediMinds is a data and analytics consulting firm that specializes in providing digital engineering services tailored to enhance business operations. The company assists clients in managing large databases and implementing modern data systems, focusing on areas such as data strategy, data engineering, and data innovation. By leveraging advanced analytics and emerging data-driven insights, RediMinds enables businesses to optimize their operations, improve decision-making, and drive profitability. Their custom solutions are designed to create improved customer experiences while allowing clients to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving market. Through rigorous market testing and validation of digital, cloud, and AI investments, RediMinds supports clients in achieving growth and realizing their full potential.
Koliber Biosciences
Grant in 2020
Koliber Biosciences focuses on advancing biomedical discoveries through a synthetic biology research platform that leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence. The company offers data science services, including the development of predictive models and practical statistics coaching for clients. By specializing in statistically-guided experimental design, modeling, and data analytics, Koliber Biosciences enables pharmaceutical companies to expedite the drug development process, making it more efficient and effective.
IDEM Systems
Grant in 2020
IDEM Systems provides drug testing kits and drug intelligence technology based on academic research. The testing system uses a novel chemical method to identify drugs, including heroin, other opiates, fentanyl and its derivatives, cocaine, and others. Among the devices are a handheld spectrometer, a sample pen, and a mobile application that allows users to access a proprietary database to identify suspect substances on-site accurately.
S4 Mobile Laboratories
Grant in 2020
S4 Mobile Laboratories specializes in the development of mobile soil laboratories that enable real-time mapping and analysis of underground soil conditions. These laboratories utilize automated, robotic technology to detect and analyze chemical signatures, providing three-dimensional maps of organic matter. This innovative approach allows for instantaneous on-site analysis, significantly reducing the costs and delays associated with traditional laboratory work. By aggregating data from various locations worldwide, S4 Mobile Laboratories equips the agricultural community with precise tools to measure soil organic carbon, ultimately promoting healthier soils and enhancing carbon sequestration efforts to mitigate atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
Polarctic
Grant in 2020
PolArctic, headquartered in Lorton, Virginia, is a specialized data science and oceanographic company focused on the Arctic region. It develops custom products and solutions, leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to address business and policy questions related to the Arctic. By providing accurate and timely data-driven insights, PolArctic empowers its clients to plan and execute maritime activities with confidence.
Hawaii Data Science Institute
Grant in 2019
The Hawaii Data Science Institute (HI-DSI) is a University of Hawaiʻi System-wide effort to support data science education, collaborative research and partnerships with industry.
USEncryption
Grant in 2019
USEncryption specializes in unlocking value from confidential data while prioritizing privacy and security. The company addresses the common challenges associated with protecting sensitive information, which is often isolated in silos, thus hindering access to potentially transformative insights. By utilizing its patented Privacy-Enhancing Technology, USEncryption enables the sharing of encrypted data, allowing untrusted parties to derive insights without accessing the original content. This innovative approach supports applications such as training machine learning models on encrypted datasets, facilitating the development of advanced AI models without jeopardizing the confidentiality of the data. Ultimately, USEncryption's solutions promote regulatory compliance and enhance the ability to extract meaningful insights from protected information.
Lotic Labs
Grant in 2019
Lotic Labs develops innovative software focused on enhancing water markets and advancing environmental finance. By integrating fragmented data sets with advanced environmental science models and financial simulations, Lotic Labs facilitates comprehensive analysis of the interplay between financial, operational, and environmental decisions, particularly within the water utility and heavy industrial sectors. The company’s technology is designed to address environmental financial risks, offering tools for climate risk assessment that help minimize revenue and budget variance for water utilities. Additionally, Lotic Labs provides solutions for environmental modeling and analytics, including contract simulation, impact tracking, and opportunity identification, enabling businesses that rely heavily on natural resources to effectively manage the risks associated with volatile environmental conditions.
Prime Labs
Grant in 2019
Prime Labs is a company focused on enhancing drug discovery through its cloud-based software platform, which specializes in mass spectrometry data processing, analysis, reporting, and visualization. The software is designed to support a variety of instruments and workflows, enabling scientists to conduct experiments with greater accuracy and efficiency. By streamlining the data processing experience, Prime Labs offers a user-friendly solution that minimizes the complexity typically associated with such tasks, allowing researchers to focus on their work with minimal training or installation requirements. This innovative approach facilitates a broader range of experiments in a shorter time frame, ultimately contributing to advancements in medical research and drug development.
Red Oak Strategic
Grant in 2019
Red Oak Strategic is a data science and analytics firm that empowers clients with tailored, data-driven solutions. They specialize in cloud-based data science applications using R, Python, Spark, and h2o, along with infrastructure design, database solutions, and data visualizations. Their expertise spans various sectors, including political campaigns, corporate institutions, non-profits, and startups, helping these organizations enhance decision-making, optimize processes, and achieve strategic goals.
Atlas AI
Grant in 2019
Atlas AI develops business analytics software aimed at monitoring economic development drivers in emerging markets. The company's technology generates reliable socioeconomic estimates, covering aspects such as land under cultivation, staple crop productivity, household asset wealth and consumption, as well as access to essential infrastructure like power and transportation. By leveraging advanced machine learning techniques and deep expertise in emerging markets, Atlas AI enables organizations to effectively allocate resources and monitor high-stakes investments and development programs, including infrastructure initiatives and market expansion efforts. The company is currently focusing on constructing these models for Sub-Saharan Africa, with the intention of scaling its solutions globally.
Minnowtech
Grant in 2019
Minnowtech is an aquaculture technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, that specializes in providing a software imaging platform designed for shrimp farmers. This platform allows for the non-invasive estimation of shrimp abundance using artificial intelligence and image analysis, enabling farmers to optimize feeding regimes and harvests while minimizing risks to juvenile shrimp. By addressing significant challenges in the aquaculture industry, particularly in assessing shrimp growth and optimal harvest times, Minnowtech enhances the health and productivity of shrimp hatcheries. The company's low-cost technology, supported by a team of marine scientists, aims to improve the livelihoods of aquaculture farmers and contribute to global food security and the sustainability of marine environments.
Accordion Health
Grant in 2019
Accordion Health, Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Austin, Texas, specializes in healthcare predictive analytics software solutions. As a subsidiary of Evolent Health, Accordion Health focuses on transforming large datasets into actionable insights through advanced machine learning and innovative design. Its platform processes data to identify undocumented conditions and track member behaviors in real-time, providing healthcare organizations with targeted guidance. By offering custom analytics and precise predictions, Accordion Health aims to help these organizations lower costs and enhance quality outcomes.
Innogized Technologies
Grant in 2019
Innogized Technologies is a company that develops hardware and software solutions, focusing on discovering and pioneering innovative technologies to drive growth and success. Their platform delivers transformative discoveries and technologies directly to consumers, aiming to propel the economy and improve lives. The company empowers users to make a significant and lasting impact.
DataChat
Grant in 2019
DataChat, Inc. specializes in developing a data analytics platform that leverages Conversational Intelligence technology, allowing users to interact with their data through natural language conversations. Founded in 2017 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, the platform enables a wide array of data analytics functions, including exploratory and predictive analytics, structured and free search querying, and data visualization. Users can also create and share analytical recipes, collaborate on data science projects, and uncover patterns within their data, translating complex findings into easily understandable insights. By integrating real-time analytics capabilities, DataChat empowers clients to make informed business decisions quickly and effectively.
Litterati
Grant in 2019
Litterati is an application designed to promote environmental cleanliness by encouraging users to pick up and track litter. The app allows users to capture images of litter, which are automatically geo-tagged and categorized, providing valuable data on litter types. Litterati aims to foster community involvement by enabling groups such as schools and clubs to track their collective litter collection efforts. Additionally, the app plans to incorporate mapping features, allowing users to see litter-clearing activities within their neighborhoods. Through these initiatives, Litterati seeks to unite individuals, organizations, and governments in creating cleaner streets and communities.
Steppingblocks
Grant in 2019
Steppingblocks is a data and analytics engine that offers insights into workforce and education outcomes for over 100 million individuals in North America. Its platform simplifies career counseling by analyzing various professional options based on specific degrees or job titles. The platform provides valuable information regarding student loans, payback periods, and data-driven resources to support career development. By leveraging real-world data, Steppingblocks aims to assist students in planning successful careers and achieving their goals.
Visikol
Grant in 2019
Visikol Inc. is a company based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, specializing in advanced drug discovery services and bio-imaging technology. It develops and provides a range of products, including Visikol, an optical sectioning tool for plant tissues, and Visikol HISTO, a series of tissue clearing kits and reagents designed to enhance 3D imaging in tissue processing workflows. Visikol's technologies enable researchers to visualize specimens effectively, allowing for the identification of adulterants and assessment of sample quality. The company also offers comprehensive drug discovery services, including the development of 2D and 3D in vitro models, assays, and digital pathology solutions. By transforming tissues into high-resolution images and quantitative datasets, Visikol supports clients in making informed decisions during the drug discovery process. Additionally, the firm manufactures 3D immuno-labeling kits, facilitating rapid imaging of whole tissues and 3D cell culture models, thereby moving beyond traditional 2D sectioning methods.
Advaita
Grant in 2019
Advaita Corporation is a bioinformatics company founded in 2005 and based in Plymouth, Michigan. It specializes in developing software tools designed for the research and pharmaceutical industries, focusing on the analysis of gene expression data. One of its key products, Pathway-Guide, assists biologists and drug researchers in interpreting the extensive data generated from gene-expression experiments. The company also offers consulting services, which include pathway analysis, biological model construction, biomarker identification and prioritization, expression data interpretation, and data interpretation training. Advaita's software integrates multi-omic data from a systems biology perspective, catering to the needs of investigators, core facilities, and enterprise bioinformatics teams.
Agita Labs
Grant in 2019
Agita Labs, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a startup focused on developing advanced privacy-enhanced computing architectures. The company aims to create new data markets by safeguarding data intellectual property rights and respecting personal information. Its technology employs sequestered encryption to deliver robust cryptographic defenses against various threats, including data disclosures, integrity attacks, and side-channel attacks. Agita Labs' solutions enable secure data sharing and allow for complex computations on encrypted data, facilitating discovery while maintaining privacy.
Blocky
Grant in 2019
Blocky is a company focused on enhancing data integrity through its innovative blockchain solution, Zipperchain. This technology is capable of processing millions of transactions per second while maintaining low and predictable costs, making it the most environmentally sustainable option in the blockchain space. Blocky specializes in data lineage software that enables users to sign data files on a blockchain, generating verifiable signatures and certificates. This functionality allows clients and their partners to confirm the integrity of data files and the authenticity of timestamped signatures. By offering a straightforward approach to data trustworthiness, Blocky aims to attract early adopters interested in advancing the conversation around reliable data, distinguishing itself from the more sensational aspects of the blockchain industry, such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
IDEM Systems
Grant in 2019
IDEM Systems provides drug testing kits and drug intelligence technology based on academic research. The testing system uses a novel chemical method to identify drugs, including heroin, other opiates, fentanyl and its derivatives, cocaine, and others. Among the devices are a handheld spectrometer, a sample pen, and a mobile application that allows users to access a proprietary database to identify suspect substances on-site accurately.
BioInfoExperts
Grant in 2018
BioInfoExperts specializes in comprehensive molecular surveillance services aimed at understanding infectious disease dynamics and monitoring pathogens. The company offers a range of services, including genomic sequencing, RNA and DNA extraction, data analytics, and cloud-based data visualization. These services are designed to support clients in researching and developing various diagnostic tests while providing essential laboratory capabilities. Through its expertise, BioInfoExperts contributes to advancements in the field of infectious disease management and pathogen tracking.
Harvest CROO Robotics
Grant in 2018
Harvest CROO, LLC is a technology company specializing in the development of robotic harvesters for the agricultural industry. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Plant City, Florida, the company aims to address the labor shortage in agriculture through automation. Its innovative solutions include a live harvester pick monitoring system, real-time performance tracking, and data analytics tools, which provide growers with valuable insights for informed decision-making. By fully automating the harvesting process, Harvest CROO Robotics supports farmers in enhancing efficiency and productivity throughout their operations.
Verantos
Grant in 2018
Verantos is the market leader in high-validity real-world evidence for life sciences. By incorporating robust clinical narrative data, artificial intelligence technology, and measured validity, Verantos is the first company to generate research-grade evidence at scale across all therapeutic areas. The Verantos Evidence Platform integrates heterogeneous real-world data sources and generates evidence with the accuracy necessary for market access, HEOR, medical affairs, and regulatory use.
EigenPatterns
Grant in 2018
EigenPatterns is a machine learning-based solution provider. They create collaborative anomaly detection and pattern recognition systems that combine machine learning and human expertise to provide powerful real-time monitoring capabilities. They offer real-time monitoring of the entire network using the latest machine-learning algorithms and novel data sources.
Prime Labs
Grant in 2018
Prime Labs is a company focused on enhancing drug discovery through its cloud-based software platform, which specializes in mass spectrometry data processing, analysis, reporting, and visualization. The software is designed to support a variety of instruments and workflows, enabling scientists to conduct experiments with greater accuracy and efficiency. By streamlining the data processing experience, Prime Labs offers a user-friendly solution that minimizes the complexity typically associated with such tasks, allowing researchers to focus on their work with minimal training or installation requirements. This innovative approach facilitates a broader range of experiments in a shorter time frame, ultimately contributing to advancements in medical research and drug development.
DataSecTech
Grant in 2018
DataSecTech provides offers big data technology for data privacy and security. They provide SecureCompute and SecureDL products that allow businesses to establish and maintain access control guidelines, proactively scan code for security flaws, and impose data governance across the industry.
Steppingblocks
Grant in 2018
Steppingblocks is a data and analytics engine that offers insights into workforce and education outcomes for over 100 million individuals in North America. Its platform simplifies career counseling by analyzing various professional options based on specific degrees or job titles. The platform provides valuable information regarding student loans, payback periods, and data-driven resources to support career development. By leveraging real-world data, Steppingblocks aims to assist students in planning successful careers and achieving their goals.
Litterati
Grant in 2018
Litterati is an application designed to promote environmental cleanliness by encouraging users to pick up and track litter. The app allows users to capture images of litter, which are automatically geo-tagged and categorized, providing valuable data on litter types. Litterati aims to foster community involvement by enabling groups such as schools and clubs to track their collective litter collection efforts. Additionally, the app plans to incorporate mapping features, allowing users to see litter-clearing activities within their neighborhoods. Through these initiatives, Litterati seeks to unite individuals, organizations, and governments in creating cleaner streets and communities.
Bayesian Health
Grant in 2017
Bayesian Health Inc. is a digital health company based in New York, established in 2016. It specializes in an AI-driven platform that enhances patient monitoring by assessing illness severity and detecting changes in acuity. This technology integrates with hospital electronic medical records (EMR), allowing clinical staff and hospital leadership to access real-time data and insights. The platform provides actionable early detection alerts and supports decision-making in complex clinical environments, ultimately optimizing patient care throughout their hospital stay. By leveraging existing investments in EMR systems, Bayesian Health enables healthcare providers to make informed, data-driven decisions that improve safety and efficiency in patient management.
DataChat
Grant in 2017
DataChat, Inc. specializes in developing a data analytics platform that leverages Conversational Intelligence technology, allowing users to interact with their data through natural language conversations. Founded in 2017 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, the platform enables a wide array of data analytics functions, including exploratory and predictive analytics, structured and free search querying, and data visualization. Users can also create and share analytical recipes, collaborate on data science projects, and uncover patterns within their data, translating complex findings into easily understandable insights. By integrating real-time analytics capabilities, DataChat empowers clients to make informed business decisions quickly and effectively.
National Center for Super computing Applications
Grant in 2017
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) offers high-performance computing resources and expert assistance to scientists and engineers. It facilitates advanced research by providing access to cutting-edge computational tools and technologies, enabling users to tackle complex scientific and engineering challenges. NCSA’s mission is to empower researchers across various disciplines by enhancing their ability to process and analyze large datasets, thereby fostering innovation and discovery in fields such as climate science, biology, and materials science. Through its services, NCSA plays a crucial role in advancing scientific knowledge and supporting the development of new methodologies in computational research.
Advaita
Grant in 2017
Advaita Corporation is a bioinformatics company founded in 2005 and based in Plymouth, Michigan. It specializes in developing software tools designed for the research and pharmaceutical industries, focusing on the analysis of gene expression data. One of its key products, Pathway-Guide, assists biologists and drug researchers in interpreting the extensive data generated from gene-expression experiments. The company also offers consulting services, which include pathway analysis, biological model construction, biomarker identification and prioritization, expression data interpretation, and data interpretation training. Advaita's software integrates multi-omic data from a systems biology perspective, catering to the needs of investigators, core facilities, and enterprise bioinformatics teams.
Lotic Labs
Grant in 2017
Lotic Labs develops innovative software focused on enhancing water markets and advancing environmental finance. By integrating fragmented data sets with advanced environmental science models and financial simulations, Lotic Labs facilitates comprehensive analysis of the interplay between financial, operational, and environmental decisions, particularly within the water utility and heavy industrial sectors. The company’s technology is designed to address environmental financial risks, offering tools for climate risk assessment that help minimize revenue and budget variance for water utilities. Additionally, Lotic Labs provides solutions for environmental modeling and analytics, including contract simulation, impact tracking, and opportunity identification, enabling businesses that rely heavily on natural resources to effectively manage the risks associated with volatile environmental conditions.
Marinus Analytics
Grant in 2017
Marinus Analytics is an organization focused on leveraging open-source intelligence and advanced technology to combat serious crimes such as human trafficking, child sex abuse, and cyber fraud. The company has developed a software-as-a-service (SaaS) tool that utilizes artificial intelligence and graph analytics to analyze large datasets, providing actionable insights that empower professionals on the front lines of public safety. By implementing purpose-driven algorithms, Marinus Analytics helps identify vulnerability indicators, enabling frontline workers to better protect at-risk individuals and address systemic exploitation. The organization places a strong emphasis on a victim-centered approach, aiming to improve the effectiveness of those dedicated to safeguarding vulnerable populations.
GDA Corp
Grant in 2017
GDA specializes in sophisticated processing and deep analysis of airborne and satellite imagery for agricultural intelligence. They are a recognized leader in the rapid processing and analysis of massive amounts of imagery for frequent, objective in-season assessments of crop conditions, progress, acreage, and yield from sub-field to country levels. GDA continually aggregates imagery from a multitude of sources enabling global cropland coverage and analysis. They work with customers to integrate quality imagery and advanced analysis from GDA into their agricultural management systems. GDA is, at its core, a satellite image analysis company and has been focused on tough problems in image processing from its inception in 2002. GDA grew out of a long history of science-backed image processing research particularly as it relates to agricultural analysis. They have a seasoned track record of winning highly competitive Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants to develop state-of-art technology and have been a prime contractor to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service since 2005.
Data2Discovery
Grant in 2017
Data2Discovery is an IT consulting platform specializing in healthcare data analytics, particularly within drug discovery, disaster medicine, and food science. The company focuses on extracting valuable insights from complex and diverse datasets using advanced technologies, including scalable graph technologies and machine learning. With a patent-pending approach, Data2Discovery combines public and proprietary data sources along with graph mining capabilities to effectively link and map data. Their services encompass data science and healthcare solutions, ensuring that client inquiries are promptly addressed through various communication channels such as phone, email, and online applications. The platform is designed to help users efficiently obtain the results they need in their respective fields.
NGD Systems
Grant in 2017
NGD Systems, Inc. specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced computational storage drives (CSDs) designed for enterprise and data center applications. Founded in 2013 and based in Irvine, California, with an additional office in Hsinchu, Taiwan, the company offers innovative solutions such as The Newport Platform, which provides next-generation computational storage capabilities, and the In-Situ Development Platform, enabling developers to create applications for in-situ processing. NGD Systems' products feature high-capacity NVMe CSDs that are power-efficient and compact, making them suitable for a variety of demanding environments, including edge computing networks, artificial intelligence, machine learning applications, and content delivery networks. By integrating computational capabilities directly into storage devices, the company aims to enhance data management and processing efficiency in data-intensive scenarios.
InsightFinder
Grant in 2017
InsightFinder Inc. specializes in machine learning technology solutions tailored for information technology operational data. Founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers various tools, including a metric intelligence engine for automatic anomaly detection, a log intelligence engine for real-time keyword extraction, and an alert intelligence engine designed to minimize alert fatigue by suppressing duplicate notifications. Additionally, InsightFinder provides an APM intelligence engine that identifies issues in both proprietary and third-party applications. Utilizing patented unsupervised machine learning algorithms, InsightFinder addresses complex challenges in enterprise AI and IT management, enabling organizations to automatically identify, diagnose, and remediate issues such as model drift and application failures. By focusing on predictive analytics and automated root cause analysis, InsightFinder supports large-scale AI platforms and IT infrastructures in preventing outages and enhancing overall performance.
Navipoint Genomics
Grant in 2016
Navipoint Genomics is a bioinformatics analysis software company based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2015. The company specializes in developing software that enables the rapid analysis of entire human genomes, facilitating large-scale genomic studies. Its technology streamlines the transfer and examination of genomic data, significantly reducing analysis time while enhancing the ability to detect gene expression changes and fusion transcripts at the whole-transcriptome level. This advanced capability allows clients to achieve higher reporting quality with increased confidence and fewer false negatives in their genomic analyses.
DataSecTech
Grant in 2016
DataSecTech provides offers big data technology for data privacy and security. They provide SecureCompute and SecureDL products that allow businesses to establish and maintain access control guidelines, proactively scan code for security flaws, and impose data governance across the industry.
BioInfoExperts
Grant in 2016
BioInfoExperts specializes in comprehensive molecular surveillance services aimed at understanding infectious disease dynamics and monitoring pathogens. The company offers a range of services, including genomic sequencing, RNA and DNA extraction, data analytics, and cloud-based data visualization. These services are designed to support clients in researching and developing various diagnostic tests while providing essential laboratory capabilities. Through its expertise, BioInfoExperts contributes to advancements in the field of infectious disease management and pathogen tracking.
Harvest CROO Robotics
Grant in 2016
Harvest CROO, LLC is a technology company specializing in the development of robotic harvesters for the agricultural industry. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Plant City, Florida, the company aims to address the labor shortage in agriculture through automation. Its innovative solutions include a live harvester pick monitoring system, real-time performance tracking, and data analytics tools, which provide growers with valuable insights for informed decision-making. By fully automating the harvesting process, Harvest CROO Robotics supports farmers in enhancing efficiency and productivity throughout their operations.
MicroDevice Engineering
Grant in 2016
MicroDevice Engineering commercializes blood-related research. They obtain highly accurate electrokinetic measurements of cells via fully integrated fluidics and electrical detection. They provide image analysis, data analytics, interface development, and electronic circuitry design and optimization services.
Visikol
Grant in 2016
Visikol Inc. is a company based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, specializing in advanced drug discovery services and bio-imaging technology. It develops and provides a range of products, including Visikol, an optical sectioning tool for plant tissues, and Visikol HISTO, a series of tissue clearing kits and reagents designed to enhance 3D imaging in tissue processing workflows. Visikol's technologies enable researchers to visualize specimens effectively, allowing for the identification of adulterants and assessment of sample quality. The company also offers comprehensive drug discovery services, including the development of 2D and 3D in vitro models, assays, and digital pathology solutions. By transforming tissues into high-resolution images and quantitative datasets, Visikol supports clients in making informed decisions during the drug discovery process. Additionally, the firm manufactures 3D immuno-labeling kits, facilitating rapid imaging of whole tissues and 3D cell culture models, thereby moving beyond traditional 2D sectioning methods.
Mimetics
Grant in 2016
Mimetics is a technology and science company that specializes in biological processes through computational and mathematical tools. It uses proprietary data analytics platform to analyze cell level network dynamics to assist both industry and research in new solutions.
InsightFinder
Grant in 2016
InsightFinder Inc. specializes in machine learning technology solutions tailored for information technology operational data. Founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers various tools, including a metric intelligence engine for automatic anomaly detection, a log intelligence engine for real-time keyword extraction, and an alert intelligence engine designed to minimize alert fatigue by suppressing duplicate notifications. Additionally, InsightFinder provides an APM intelligence engine that identifies issues in both proprietary and third-party applications. Utilizing patented unsupervised machine learning algorithms, InsightFinder addresses complex challenges in enterprise AI and IT management, enabling organizations to automatically identify, diagnose, and remediate issues such as model drift and application failures. By focusing on predictive analytics and automated root cause analysis, InsightFinder supports large-scale AI platforms and IT infrastructures in preventing outages and enhancing overall performance.
RedShred
Grant in 2015
RedShred provides software that assists government contractors, institutions, and universities in efficiently identifying and managing requests for proposals (RFPs) and grant opportunities. By automatically searching and analyzing thousands of publicly available RFPs and grants daily, RedShred enables users to pre-qualify and track relevant opportunities in real-time. This process significantly reduces the time spent on manual research, streamlining decision-making and allowing organizations to focus on the most promising prospects. The platform extracts key insights and decision-making criteria from various documents, facilitating a more effective review of opportunities with minimal manual effort.
SIAS Global
Grant in 2015
SIAS Global is a geospatial technology innovation that provides data analytics for regulatory permitted and surety bonded industrial mining. The company was founded in 2009 by Russell F. Schimmer and is based in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
NGD Systems
Grant in 2015
NGD Systems, Inc. specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced computational storage drives (CSDs) designed for enterprise and data center applications. Founded in 2013 and based in Irvine, California, with an additional office in Hsinchu, Taiwan, the company offers innovative solutions such as The Newport Platform, which provides next-generation computational storage capabilities, and the In-Situ Development Platform, enabling developers to create applications for in-situ processing. NGD Systems' products feature high-capacity NVMe CSDs that are power-efficient and compact, making them suitable for a variety of demanding environments, including edge computing networks, artificial intelligence, machine learning applications, and content delivery networks. By integrating computational capabilities directly into storage devices, the company aims to enhance data management and processing efficiency in data-intensive scenarios.
DataWare Ventures
Grant in 2015
DataWare Ventures is a software company focused on enhancing the performance of enterprise application software (EAS) for various sectors, including CRM, ERP, HR, and big data analytics. The company has developed a patent-pending micro-specialization technology that addresses critical challenges faced by EAS vendors, such as slow data loads and inefficient query performance. By streamlining data flow and managing complex datasets, DataWare Ventures enables application vendors to incorporate specialized features into their systems, ultimately increasing the speed and efficiency of their applications. This technology is particularly relevant for medium and large businesses that rely on robust database management systems.
Marinus Analytics
Grant in 2015
Marinus Analytics is an organization focused on leveraging open-source intelligence and advanced technology to combat serious crimes such as human trafficking, child sex abuse, and cyber fraud. The company has developed a software-as-a-service (SaaS) tool that utilizes artificial intelligence and graph analytics to analyze large datasets, providing actionable insights that empower professionals on the front lines of public safety. By implementing purpose-driven algorithms, Marinus Analytics helps identify vulnerability indicators, enabling frontline workers to better protect at-risk individuals and address systemic exploitation. The organization places a strong emphasis on a victim-centered approach, aiming to improve the effectiveness of those dedicated to safeguarding vulnerable populations.
Data2Discovery
Grant in 2015
Data2Discovery is an IT consulting platform specializing in healthcare data analytics, particularly within drug discovery, disaster medicine, and food science. The company focuses on extracting valuable insights from complex and diverse datasets using advanced technologies, including scalable graph technologies and machine learning. With a patent-pending approach, Data2Discovery combines public and proprietary data sources along with graph mining capabilities to effectively link and map data. Their services encompass data science and healthcare solutions, ensuring that client inquiries are promptly addressed through various communication channels such as phone, email, and online applications. The platform is designed to help users efficiently obtain the results they need in their respective fields.
CHI Systems
Grant in 2015
CHI Systems provides data mining, deep learning, social network analysis, collaborative analysis, artificial intelligence, cognitive modeling, narrative-based modeling, and automated hypothesis generation services.
Digidence
Grant in 2015
Digidence develops software tools for oncology departments and practices of patient outcomes. They offer a range of services, including data collecting and analysis, interventional studies, pragmatic studies, patient-centered research, outcomes research, patient-reported outcomes, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, and software development.
CB Insights
Non Equity Assistance in 2015
CB Insights is a market intelligence platform that specializes in predicting company health, investor performance, and technology trends. The platform analyzes millions of data points related to venture capital, startups, patents, partnerships, and market news, providing clients with comprehensive insights into privately held companies and investment opportunities. It serves a diverse clientele engaged in private equity, venture capital, corporate development, investment banking, corporate innovation, and consulting. By offering tools for deal sourcing, due diligence, and competitive intelligence, CB Insights aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of its users in navigating the complex landscape of private company information.
Biota
Grant in 2015
Biota Technology, Inc., established in 2012 and headquartered in San Diego, California, specializes in applying DNA sequencing and data science to explore and analyze the Earth's subsurface. It offers services such as production profiling, sweet spot identification, and reservoir connectivity to the oil and gas industry, providing actionable insights to maximize reservoir production and minimize environmental impact. Biota has worked with a majority of the top producers in US Shale, delivering multimillion-dollar value through insights into drainage volumes, well connectivity, and engineered completions.
Spectradyne
Grant in 2015
Spectradyne specializes in the microfluidic measurement of nanoparticles through the development of a sophisticated nanoparticle analyzer. This device employs an electrical measurement technique that enables the precise analysis of individual nanoparticles as they traverse a nanoconstriction. By utilizing microfluidic resistive pulse sensing, Spectradyne's technology not only measures the diameter of each particle but also accumulates statistically reliable distributions of particle sizes and provides quantitative concentration information. This capability allows businesses to standardize accurate concentration measurements for nanoparticles, enhancing the reliability of their analytical processes.
AdeptDC
Grant in 2015
AdeptDC, Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Clara, California, founded in 2014, that specializes in artificial intelligence-based software for optimizing cooling in data centers. The company develops an autonomous time series analytics platform that enhances microservices monitoring and provides a comprehensive data center management system. This system is designed to improve asset management and optimize infrastructure performance by utilizing predictive management capabilities that span the entire data center stack. By integrating advanced AI engineering with a user-friendly experience, AdeptDC's solutions help data centers minimize unplanned service downtimes and enhance operational efficiency, addressing critical challenges faced in data center operations.
GDA Corp
Grant in 2015
GDA specializes in sophisticated processing and deep analysis of airborne and satellite imagery for agricultural intelligence. They are a recognized leader in the rapid processing and analysis of massive amounts of imagery for frequent, objective in-season assessments of crop conditions, progress, acreage, and yield from sub-field to country levels. GDA continually aggregates imagery from a multitude of sources enabling global cropland coverage and analysis. They work with customers to integrate quality imagery and advanced analysis from GDA into their agricultural management systems. GDA is, at its core, a satellite image analysis company and has been focused on tough problems in image processing from its inception in 2002. GDA grew out of a long history of science-backed image processing research particularly as it relates to agricultural analysis. They have a seasoned track record of winning highly competitive Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants to develop state-of-art technology and have been a prime contractor to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service since 2005.
ANDalyze
Grant in 2015
ANDalyze, Inc. specializes in developing products for testing water contamination through innovative catalytic DNA technologies. The company provides a range of devices, including the AND1100 Fluorimeter, which is a handheld platform designed for the testing of heavy metals in water supplies. ANDalyze's sensors and kits facilitate the rapid and reliable detection of trace metals and other hazardous chemicals, significantly reducing the time and cost associated with traditional testing methods. The company markets its products through various distributors both in the United States and internationally. Established in 2005 and based in Champaign, Illinois, ANDalyze was formerly known as Dzyme Tech before rebranding in October 2009.
Koliber Biosciences
Grant in 2014
Koliber Biosciences focuses on advancing biomedical discoveries through a synthetic biology research platform that leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence. The company offers data science services, including the development of predictive models and practical statistics coaching for clients. By specializing in statistically-guided experimental design, modeling, and data analytics, Koliber Biosciences enables pharmaceutical companies to expedite the drug development process, making it more efficient and effective.
TeselaGen Biotechnology
Grant in 2014
TeselaGen Biotechnology, established in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in DNA design and assembly tools for biological research. The company provides a cloud-based solution enabling combinatorial gene design and editing, which includes tools for visualizing, editing, and annotating genetic sequences, constructing novel gene constructs, optimizing assembly protocols, and validating design variants.
TeselaGen Biotechnology
Grant in 2014
TeselaGen Biotechnology, established in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in DNA design and assembly tools for biological research. The company provides a cloud-based solution enabling combinatorial gene design and editing, which includes tools for visualizing, editing, and annotating genetic sequences, constructing novel gene constructs, optimizing assembly protocols, and validating design variants.
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