The Roddenberry Foundation

The Roddenberry Foundation is a small grants program that focuses on supporting early-stage initiatives. Established with a commitment to promoting social change and innovation, the foundation seeks to fund projects that address pressing global issues and drive positive impact in areas such as education, environmental sustainability, and social justice. By providing financial support and resources to emerging changemakers, The Roddenberry Foundation aims to empower individuals and organizations to create a more equitable and sustainable world for future generations.

Heidi Roddenberry

President and Board Chair

5 past transactions

Rolli

Grant in 2024
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Elli Cares

Grant in 2023
Elli Cares is an award-winning mobile app that supports people seniors to live independently while keeping families informed and connected. It provides medication, task, and appointment reminders, Safe Zones for navigation support, and AI-driven resources. Its Care Team feature enables shared oversight, and Safe Track detects behavioural changes to alert care partners. Designed in New Zealand for global impact, Elli Cares reduces caregiver stress and empowers autonomous independent living.

Elypta

Grant in 2023
Elypta AB is a molecular diagnostic company based in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 2017. The company is focused on developing a metabolism-based liquid biopsy platform that aids in the early detection and monitoring of cancer. This platform employs a novel in vitro diagnostic laboratory assay kit and artificial intelligence algorithms, which analyze biomarkers in blood and urine to identify cancer signatures. Elypta's technology offers comprehensive profiling of glycosaminoglycan metabolites and includes scoring software to support a wide range of cancer applications, from screening to treatment response monitoring. The company is currently conducting clinical trials, particularly the AURORAX series, to investigate its platform's efficacy in renal cell carcinoma and other cancer indications, aiming to reduce cancer mortality through timely intervention.

Aquacycl

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2016, Aquacycl specializes in onsite wastewater treatment solutions. Its core product is a bioelectrochemical treatment technology (BETT) reactor that eliminates primary sludge and converts energy into direct electricity, reducing total sludge volumes and eliminating methane production. Aquacycl's scalable systems cater to residential, industrial, agricultural, military, and commercial applications.

OTOY

Series D in 2014
OTOY designs and develops cloud-based graphics software for the media and entertainment industry. It offers LightStage facial scanning technology, Brigade real-time rendering engine, OctaneRender for 3D image creation and editing, ORBX Encoding for GPU-based video encoding, X.IO cloud service for application virtualization, and WebCL technology for streaming compute-intensive applications. Serving visual effects studios, artists, animators, designers, architects, and engineers since its incorporation in 2008.
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