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2026-02-18 Series A Avantos Client onboarding and servicing AI article ↗
2026-02-17 Seed Intrinsic Foundries Convert industrial waste to biochemicals article ↗
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2026-02-14 Series B LeoLabs Low earth orbit mapping article ↗
2026-02-04 Seed Adaption Labs AI that adapts to real world article ↗
2026-02-04 Acquired Veda Trials Clinical trial operations article ↗
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2026-01-30 Series B Epikast Engage patients and health providers article ↗
2026-01-30 Seed Uplift AI Voice AI for underserved languages article ↗
2026-01-29 Series A Pranax Develop exosomes for longevity article ↗
2026-01-29 Pre-Seed Arkero AI for professional sports teams article ↗
2026-01-29 Series B Sixfold AI Generative AI for insurance underwriting article ↗
2026-01-28 Acquired Propolis AI for software testing article ↗
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2026-01-21 Series D OpenEvidence Organizing the world’s medical knowledge article ↗
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Startup Directory

startups

Ceribell Series C

Point-of-care EEG for seizure triage and treatment optimization

Xingjuan Chao, PhD ’05 · Mountain View, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth Diagnostics
Freenome

Blood test to detect colorectal cancer

Gabriel Otte ’11 · South San Francisco, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth Diagnostics
Janux Therapeutics

Immunotherapy to fight tumors

David Campbell, PhD ’90 · La Jolla, CA

BiotechnologyHealth DiagnosticsPharmaceutical
Coya Therapeutics

Therapeutics with regulatory T cells

Howard Berman, MD ’01 · Houston, TX

BiopharmaBiotechnologyLife Science
Moderna

mRNA vaccines

Robert Langer ’70 · Cambridge, MA

BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth Care
Human Longevity Series B

Early detection for longer life

Robert Hariri, MD PhD ’87 · San Diego, CA

BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth Care
Tiny Health Series A

Microbiome tests for mother/baby's gut health insights

Cheryl Yeoh ’06 · Walnut Creek, CA

BiotechnologyHealth Care
Akoya Biosciences

Spatial phenotyping for biology

Garry Nolan ’83 · Marlborough, MA

BiotechnologyHealth CareLife Science
Sonoma BioTherapeutics

T cell therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD ’80 · South San Francisco, CA

BiotechnologyLife ScienceTherapeutics
Pranax Series A

Develop exosomes for longevity

Steven Greco ’00 · Pinehurst, TX

BiopharmaBiotechnologyLife Science
NRx Pharmaceuticals

Therapeutic for bipolar depression

Jonathan Javitt, MD ’82 · Wilmington, DE

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth Care
Numerion Labs Series C

AI drug discovery

Abraham Heifets ’01, MEng ’02 · San Francisco, CA

Artificial IntelligenceBiotechnologyHealth Care
Pyxis Oncology

Oncology medicine portfolio

Lara Sullivan ’94 · Boston, MA

BiotechnologyHealth CareOncology
Rapt Therapeutics

Immunology therapeutic for inflammation and cancer

Brian Wong, MD ’01 · South San Francisco, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
Be Biopharma Series C

Engineered B cells as medicines

Krishnan Viswanadhan, MBA ’10 · Cambridge, MA

BiopharmaBiotechnologyPharmaceutical
Rezo Therapeutics Series A

Mapping biological networks for drug discovery

George Scangos ’70 · South San Francisco, CA

Artificial IntelligenceBiotechnologyProduct Research
Ohalo Genetics

Plant breeding for food crops

Judson Ward, PhD ’12 · Aptos, CA

AgricultureBiotechnologyGenetics
Eat Just

Eggs made out of plants

Joshua Tetrick ’04 · San Francisco, CA

BiotechnologyFood and BeverageFood Processing
Obsidian Therapeutics Series C

Cell and gene therapies

Vic Myer ’89, Jeffrey Trigilio ’06 · Cambridge, MA

BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical
Celularity

Biotech cellular medicines

Robert Hariri, MD PhD ’87 · Florham Park, NJ

BiotechnologyHealth CareTherapeutics
Transcripta Bio

Drug-gene atlas for drug discovery

Christopher Moxham ’89 · Palo Alto, CA

BiotechnologyMedical
TetraScience Series B

Data cloud for scientific labs

Siping Wang ’12 · Boston, MA

BiotechnologyData IntegrationData Management
Deep Origin

Biology computational analysis for drug development

Ashot Papoyan, PhD ’06 · South San Francisco, CA

AnalyticsBiotechnologyLife Science
D3 Bio Series B

Oncology and immunology medicine

John Jin, PhD ’97 · China

BiotechnologyLife SciencePharmaceutical
Ablative Solutions

Hypertension medical device targeting nerves

Tim Fischell ’77 · Wakefield, MA

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical Device
FIRE1 Series B

Recover from heart failure

Hanson Gifford ’82 · Ireland

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical Device
Freedom Biosciences

Psychedelic therapeutics biotech platform

Dina Burkitbayeva ’10 · San Francisco, CA

BiotechnologyTherapeutics
Boundless Bio Series C

Precision oncology therapeutic

Paul Mischel, MD ’91 · La Jolla, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareLife Science
Kiwi Biosciences Seed

Food for patients with IBS

David Hachuel, MS ’19 · Somerville, MA

BiotechnologyFood and BeverageHealth Care
XyloCor Therapeutics Series B

Gene therapy for cardiovascular diseases

Ronald Crystal, Professor · King Of Prussia, PA

BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical
Kuehnle Agrosystems Series A

Algae and botanical product ingredients

Adelheid Kuehnle, PhD ’88 · Honolulu, HI

BiotechnologyDeveloper PlatformGenetics
Clarametyx Biosciences Series A

Biologic therapies for bacterial infections

Charles McOsker, PhD ’82 · Columbus, OH

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
Cryosa

Treatment for sleep apnea

Donald Gonzales, MD ’00 · Minnesota City, MN

BiotechnologyClinical TrialsHealth Care
OnCusp Therapeutics Series A

Pipeline of oncology therapeutics

Bing Yuan, MBA ’02, Eric Slosberg ’91 · New York, NY

BiotechnologyHealth CareOncology
Allay Therapeutics Series D

Analgesic for post-surgical pain

Hanson Gifford ’82 · San Jose, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
Kanvas Biosciences Series A

Gut microbiome for therapeutics

Hao Shi, PhD ’20, Iwijn De Vlaminck, Professor · Monmouth Junction, NJ

BiotechnologyLife Science
Atara Biotherapeutics

T-cell immunotherapy

Isaac Ciechanover, MD ’00 · South San Francisco, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareOncology
Celsius Therapeutics Series B

Precision genomics and therapeutics

Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD ’80 · Cambridge, MA

BiotechnologyEmergency MedicineGenetics
Ceretype Neuromedicine Pre-Seed

fMRI for neuropsychiatry

Emily Stern, MD ’87 · Cambridge, MA

BiotechnologyHealth CareLife Science
Liberate Bio Seed

AI for genetic medicine

Michael Mitchell, PhD ’14 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

BioinformaticsBiotechnologyGenetics
Pendulum Therapeutics Series C

Microbiome for health

John Eid ’97 · San Francisco, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth Diagnostics
Qlaris Bio Series B

Therapy for ophthalmic diseases

Barbara Wirostko ’87 · Wellesley, MA

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
SpringWorks Therapeutics

Oncology therapeutics pipeline

Lara Sullivan ’94 · Stamford, CT

BiopharmaBiotechnologyTherapeutics
Function Oncology Series A

Precision medicine for oncology

Srinath Sampath ’99, MD ’07 · San Diego, CA

BiotechnologyGeneticsOncology
Light Horse Therapeutics Series A

Gene editing for drug discovery

Benjamin Neel, MD ’83 · San Diego, California, United States

Biotechnology
Akston Biosciences

Animal health therapeutic discovery

Todd Zion ’97 · Beverly, MA

BiopharmaBiotechnologyDiabetes
Modern Synthesis Seed

Biology platform for new materials

Jen Keane ’11 · United Kingdom

Advanced MaterialsApparelBiotechnology
Tagworks Pharmaceuticals Series A

Antibody drugs

Zach Taylor ’96 · The Netherlands

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
Every Cure

Medicine to treat every disease

Tracey Sikora ’09 · —

BiotechnologyConsultingNon Profit
HealthPlan Data Solutions

Pharmacy claims monitoring software

Detlef Sarbok, MMH ’09 · Columbus, OH

BiotechnologyEnterprise SoftwareMedical
Allotex Series B

Allograft inlays and onlays

David Muller, PhD ’81 · Boston, MA

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical Device
Larkspur Biosciences Series A

Precision immunotherapies to outsmart cancer

Lewis Cantley, PhD ’75 · Watertown, MA

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
Phase Genomics

Genome analysis equipment

Ivan Liachko, PhD ’06 · Seattle, WA

BioinformaticsBiotechnologyGenetics
Halo Labs Series C

Protein therapeutic measurement device

Bernardo Cordovez, PhD ’10, David Erickson, Professor · Philadelphia, PA

AnalyticsBiopharmaBiotechnology
Centerline Biomedical Series B

Navigation device for interventional surgery

Vikash Goel ’01, MS ’05 · Cleveland, OH

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
Terra Oleo Seed

Biotech for new fats and oils

Shen Ming Lee ’20 · Singapore

Biotechnology
VIVAN Therapeutics

Personalized cancer therapeutics platform

Laura Towart, PhD ’07 · United Kingdom

Big DataBiotechnologyHealth Care
Sapience Therapeutics

Peptide therapeutics for oncology

Jim Rotolo, PhD ’07 · Scarsdale, NY

BiotechnologyMedicalTherapeutics
Correlia Biosystems

Instruments for protein measurement

Kursad Araz, PhD ’10 · San Francisco, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth Diagnostics
Birch Biosciences

Recycle plastics with enzymes

Johan Kers, PhD ’05 · Portland, OR

BiotechnologyPlastics and Rubber ManufacturingProduct Research
CytoHub Inc. Pre-Seed

Cellular therapies for heart health

Frank Teoh, MEng ’13 · San Diego, California, United States

Artificial IntelligenceBiotechnologyLife Science
Adaptive Biotechnologies

Immune-driven medicine

Chad Robins ’96 · Seattle, WA

BiotechnologyHealth CareTherapeutics
Aethon Therapeutics Series A

Cancer treatments

Benjamin Neel, MD ’83 · New York, New York, United States

BiotechnologyHealth CareProduct Research
Celestial Therapeutics

mRNA therapeutic platform

Leontis Teryazos ’65 · San Diego, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
Inso Biosciences

Simplified preparation of DNA for sequencing

Harvey Tian, PhD ’17 · Ithaca, NY

BiotechnologyGeneticsLife Science
Cypherpunk Technologies

Cancer therapeutics

Douglas Onsi ’90 · Cambridge, MA

BiotechnologyLife ScienceMedical
Matrubials

Milk-inspired therapies for infectious diseases

Bruce German, PhD ’83 · Davis, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
MERIT

Clinical trial endpoint services provider

Christopher Murphy ’78, DVM ’83, PhD ’84 · Madison, WI

BiotechnologyClinical TrialsHealth Care
Acuamark Diagnostics Series A

Early cancer detection

Francis Barany, Professor · New York, NY

BiotechnologyHealth CareInformation Technology
Histowiz Series A

Histology for biotech research

Ke Cheng, PhD ’08 · Brooklyn, NY

Artificial IntelligenceBiotechnologyLife Science
Pensievision

Imaging for medical devices

Joseph Carson, PhD ’04 · San Diego, CA

BiotechnologyClinical TrialsInformation Technology
Reservoir Neuroscience

Therapeutics to treat brain disease

Aaron Friedman ’05 · Emeryville, CA

BiopharmaBiotechnologyTherapeutics
FluidForm Bio

Human tissue creation

Michael Graffeo ’99, MEng ’00 · Waltham, MA

3D Printing3D TechnologyBiopharma
Inhalon Biopharma

Treatment of acute respiratory infections

Samuel Lai ’03 · Carrboro, NC

BiopharmaBiotechnology
Peak Bio

Rare disease therapeutics

Hoyoung Huh, MD ’96 · Palo Alto, CA

BiopharmaBiotechnologyOncology
Neologics Bioscience

Immunotherapy for cancer

Baiyang Wang, PhD ’95 · China

BiotechnologyOncologyTherapeutics
Okogen

Therapeutics for ophthalmic infectious diseases

Brian Strem ’01 · Encinitas, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical
PopVax

mRNA platform company

Soham Sankaran, PhD ’22 · India

Biotechnology
Allogene Therapeutics

CAR-T for cancer and autoimmune diseases

David Chang ’92 · South San Francisco, CA

BiotechnologyHealth DiagnosticsOncology
Syntopa Pre-Seed

Biology to reverse climate change

Graham Anderson ’05 · Alameda, California, United States

Biotechnology
Lo Biosciences

Plasma collection at home

Sasank Vemulapati, PhD ’19, Li Jiang, PhD ’14 · Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Biotechnology
LIFE AI

Human health data ecosystem

Tuan Cao, PhD ’12 · San Francisco, CA

BiopharmaBiotechnologyBusiness Intelligence
Bactana Corp.

Pet health metabolism

Rodrigo Bicalho, PhD ’08 · Farmington, CT

AgricultureAnimal FeedBiotechnology
Mango Materials Series B

Convert methane into eco-friendly plastics

Molly Morse ’03 · Redwood City, CA

BiotechnologyManufacturingPlastics and Rubber Manufacturing
Mxt Biotech Series A

Microﬂuidic platforms for cell engineering and immunotherapies

Aram Chung, PhD ’11 · South Korea

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
LunaMicro Pre-Seed

Clothing fabric for sweat and moisture management

Nate Robinson, PhD ’00 · Sweden

BiotechnologyFashionHealth Care
AlkaLi Labs

Microbes extract lithium from waste

Jacob Roberts ’14 · San Francisco, CA

BiotechnologyMining
Odola Labs

Synthetic blood substitutes

Nikhil Kulkarni ’27 · Ithaca, NY

BiotechnologyLife Science
Rancho Santa Fe Bio Pre-Seed

Cardiovascular therapeutics

Randy Berholtz ’84 · Rancho Santa Fe, CA

BiotechnologyHealth CareProduct Design
FunctionRx Seed

Biotech for neurodegeneration

Gabriel Balmus, PhD ’12 · United Kingdom

BiotechnologyNeuroscienceTherapeutics
Alopexx

Therapeutics for microbial diseases

Daniel Vlock ’74 · Concord, MA

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical
Archetype Therapeutics

Computational drug discovery

Tom Neyarapally, JD ’02, MBA ’02 · —

Artificial IntelligenceBiotechnologyPharmaceutical
Geno10X Biosciences

Rapid disease tests

Sourabh Banerjee, MS ’12 · Canada

Biotechnology
Attest Laboratories Pre-Seed

Point-of-care testing of metabolite biomarkers

David O’Brien, MS ’93 · Canada

BiotechnologyHealth CareTest and Measurement
Joined Bio

Connect patients with research

Jill Mullan ’86 · Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

BiotechnologyDigital MarketingMarketplace
ViGeneron Series A

Gene therapy for retinal disorders

Caroline Xu, MBA ’06 · Starnberg, Bayern, Germany

BiotechnologyHealth CareTherapeutics
Anima Biotech

AI drug discovery

Iris Alroy, PhD ’94 · Bernardsville, New Jersey, United States

Biotechnology