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At SOSV we believe in the power of educating our startups right from the get-go to equip them with the knowledge they need to grow their companies.
Panel discussion on cultured meat serves up substance and flavor
SOSV IndieBio and The Redford Center recently hosted a fascinating panel discussion with Meat the Future filmmaker Liz Marshall and Dr. Uma Valeti, the founder and CEO of Upside Foods (formerly known as Memphis Meats) and the subject of Marshall’s documentary. Joining the conversation was Po Bronson, Managing Director of SOSV’s IndieBio, the startup development program where Dr. Valeti started his quest. Journalist Amanda Little, author of “The Fate of Food,” moderated the panel and also appears in the film.
6 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (and how to avoid them)
Why would anyone become an entrepreneur? As a CFO for a Venture Capital (VC) fund, I work with startups every day run by entrepreneurs who sacrifice everything in their pursuit of fixing something that they are unhappy with in the world.
Accelerator Contract for Equity (ACE)
At SOSV we believe in transparency — especially when it comes to our funding. We also believe in the power of educating our startups right from the get-go to equip them with the knowledge they need to grow their companies. With this in mind, we thought it would be useful to provide an overview of our ACE instrument (unique to SOSV), focusing on the positive contribution an ACE can make to your company’s progress, and on the importance of understanding how an ACE will impact your cap table going forward.
SOSV 2021: The Year in Review
more. That’s especially true for very early stage investors, who write the first check to a founder with no revenue and no working prototype.
Pitchbook ranks SOSV #1 most active investor in foodtech
In its recent quarterly report (Q2 2022) on the foodtech sector, PitchBook identified SOSV as the most active VC investor in foodtech this year, citing scores of successful startups in SOSV and IndieBio’s portfolio. While the foodtech industry boomed amid the COVID-19 pandemic—especially e-commerce businesses that provided safe grocery and meal access—recent price inflation for […]
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Announcing the 2023 SOSV Climate Tech 100
In this third edition of our list, published yearly to mark Earth Day, we highlight the companies in our portfolio that demonstrated the most momentum and greatest potential impact on decarbonization.
How SOSV's deep tech, multi-stage approach sets us apart: A response to PitchBook's accelerator report
Pitchbook’s analyst team recently published a report entitled “Quantifying the success of YC and the largest accelerators.” SOSV was one of the five firms mentioned in the analysis, along with Y Combinator, TechStars, Global 500, and MassChallenge. The report looks at performance indices such as aggregate valuations, capital raised, and unicorns produced, among others. We […]
Behind the numbers at SOSV’s Climate Tech 100
For more than a decade, SOSV’s founder and managing partner, Sean O’Sullivan, has been putting venture investing to work in support of climate tech startups.
The 2022 SOSV Human Health 100
At SOSV, one of our core missions is the advancement of human health, and over the past decade or more we’ve pursued that mission in fields as varied as cancer therapeutics, CRISPR diagnostic platforms, assistive robotics, and remote healthcare, to name a few. More than 200 companies in our 1000+ company portfolio focus on health, and recently we sat down to rank our top 100, based on current as well as expected performance. The result is our first annual SOSV Human Health 100, which is presented below.
What Makes A Perfect Startup Pitch
No one can ignore the power of a pitch. It’s tremendously valuable for entrepreneurs, as introducing your company to the public attracts investors, clients, partners, and talents for your business. Pitching your company may be one of the most important things you have to do as a founder: it demonstrates your own understanding of your own business.
What the COVID-19 response revealed about deep tech startups in a time of crisis
When Covid hit, it wasn’t clear what the effect would be on our organization and portfolio. Should we keep investing? Can we operate effectively? How will our startups respond? How can we help them? SOSV’s mission is to address the challenges of human and planetary health. And human health was calling. “In times of need, […]
Simply Good Jars
Simply Good Jars brings chef-crafted, hand-prepared meals to the places where you live, work, and play. Without additives or preservatives, our SMARTJAR technology keeps food fresher, longer, naturally.
PitchBook ranks SOSV #1 most active investor in agtech for third time in a row
SOSV was the number one top VC investor in agtech in 2022, according to PitchBook’s Q4 2022 Agtech Report. SOSV closed the year with a bang with 19 deals—13 angel and seed and six early-stage VC—as of Dec. 31, 2022. Pitchbook also ranked SOSV the most active investor in agtech in Q2 and Q3 of […]
Announcing the 2024 SOSV Climate Tech 100
In this fourth edition of our list, published yearly to mark Earth Day, we highlight the companies in our portfolio that demonstrated the most momentum and greatest potential impact on decarbonization.
SOSV Community Code of Conduct
The SOSV Community is a planet-wide family of startups, their founders, employees, advisors, and SOSV mentors, partners, and staff – past, present, and future.
Property Passbook
Property Passbook is a multi-lingual, investor-first platform leveraging a massive data set and smart analytics. The data system helps investors identify which markets and projects are most undervalued and offer the best growth potential for long-term appreciation. Investors can also easily compare the investability of new residential properties city by city, country by country to […]
Convertible Loan Note: Guidance for Founders
Here at SOSV we invest into 200 companies per annum. These investments take a variety of different formats depending on the location of the company, the stage of the investment, the amount of money being raised, and a number of other relevant factors. A very popular format for an early stage company to raise finance, especially in the US, is via convertible debt.
HAX San Francisco Demo Day
Welcome to the investor portal for HAX San Francisco Demo Day. Investors are invited to review the companies’ profiles, pitch decks as well as request meetings. Questions? Contact us at events@sosv.com
The 2023 SOSV Human Health 100
At SOSV, one of our core missions is the advancement of human health, and over the past decade or more we’ve pursued that mission in fields as varied as cancer therapeutics, CRISPR diagnostic platforms, assistive robotics, and remote healthcare, to name a few. More than 200 companies in our 1000+ company portfolio focus on health, and recently we sat down to rank our top 100, based on current as well as expected performance. The result is our first annual SOSV Human Health 100, which is presented below.
The EVERY Company
The EVERY Company, headquartered in South San Francisco, is a market leader in engineering, manufacturing and formulating animal-free, animal proteins as ingredients for the global food and beverage industry. Originally founded as Clara Foods in 2014, EVERY™ rebranded in 2021 to better capture its vision to bring animal-free proteins to everyone, everywhere.
Composable Finance
Composable Finance is a hyper-liquidity infrastructure layer for DeFi assets, powered by Layer 2 Ethereum and Polkadot. Through simplifying and unifying DeFi with new interoperability standards, Composable is accelerating DeFi into the mainstream.
Collaborate.com
Collaborate.com is a unified document sharing, task management, and team communication environment for today’s mobile workforce. With native support for iPhone™, iPod Touch™, Android™, and the Web – and out-of-the-box integration with popular cloud services such as Box™, Dropbox™, Evernote™, Google Drive™, Apple iCloud™, and email – teams can get started with Collaborate.com in minutes […]
Why Are Technical Co-Founders so Necessary to Startups?
Let me start by saying that there are lots of different types of startups, and even though the startup level of work commitment at the founder level is beyond most people’s desire or capacity, I strongly encourage more people to seize the day, seize their dreams, and get started making the world a better place by fixing the wrongs that they see in the world with their new startup.
FreeD Group
FREED GROUP is a technology innovator specializing in building proprietary Marketplace Enablement and Enterprise Application solutions. Headquartered in Hong Kong, FREED GROUP operates in more than 10 offices globally with over 150 staff and supports clients and partners worldwide, including major names such as Samsung, China Mobile, China Life Insurance, BMW and LG.
About SOSV
SOSV’s mission to support “human and planetary health” spans the globe with 1000+ startups operating in 60 countries and SOSV programs based from New York City and Newark, to San Francisco, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Tokyo. Everywhere, we’re helping founders go further, faster.
Free to Feed
Free to Feed is a medical technology company dedicated to finding solutions for mothers of food-intolerant infants. We have designed an allergen test that identifies various food proteins in breast milk, allowing breastfeeding mothers the opportunity to determine what is eliciting a response in the infant. Free to Feed aims to offer women a solution […]
IndieBio SF debuts Batch 13: the latest companies innovating in planetary and human health
IndieBio SF’s recent Demo Day was a huge success! We began our hybrid event with an online demo day featuring incredible informational videos created by the IndieBio SF team in collaboration with the founders, as an exercise to hone and articulate the narrative of each company. Some of the videos were so moving that our founders received private […]
SOSV’s HAX program officially opens doors to its new HQ in Newark, NJ
When you walk through HAX’s glass doors at 2 Cedar Street in Newark, New Jersey, a giant orange robot arm greets you, perched over a massive installation where Silana’s founders are working on automated robotic sewing machines.
SOSV 2024 Human Health 100
The SOSV Human Health 100 is an annual list that presents the top companies in the SOSV portfolio, from unicorns making a huge impact to pre-seed startups emerging from SOSV programs.
Voyage Foods nabs $52M in fresh funding for cocoa-free chocolate
Chocolate is having a moment—or at least, the cocoa-free version is. With skyrocketing prices for cocoa amid extreme weather disruptions and increased scrutiny on sustainable (and ethical) harvesting practices, consumer and corporate demand is rising for tasty, cost-effective alternatives. IndieBio alum Voyage Foods has been delivering. Beyond its cocoa-free (and dairy-free) chocolate, the company also […]
PitchBook ranks SOSV #1 most active investor in agtech
In its recent quarterly report (Q2 2022) on the agtech sector, PitchBook identified SOSV as the most active VC investor in agtech this year, featuring several successful startups in SOSV’s portfolio. As of June 30, SOSV secured 18 total agtech deals, 12 being angel and seed. Appearing in PitchBook’s market map for this sector was […]
Announcing the 2024 Human Health 100
Welcome to the third annual SOSV Human Health 100. The list features SOSV’s 100 most exciting companies in the health category, which for SOSV ranges very widely, from assistive robotics and remote care to therapeutics and diagnostics. In the past two years (see the 2023 and 2022 lists), venture rounds and company valuations grew strongly, […]
Zio Health
ZIO health’s proprietary pocket-sized technology brings lab testing to the point of care to improve patient outcomes. Using ZiO’s technology, we developed a therapeutic Drug Monitoring device – A powerful tool for dose individualisation to enhance drug efficacy. Our therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) device quantitatively tests medication levels at the point-of-care. Using machine learning algorithms, […]
Prolific Machines Has The Key to Affordable Cultured Meat
While volunteering in a Syrian refugee camp, stem cell biologist Deniz Kent saw what climate change could do to humanity at a massively greater scale. He co-founded Prolific Machines with Max Huisman and Declan Jones to address a top source of greenhouse gas emissions: livestock.
2024: Deep Tech in the Spotlight
SOSV Founder and Managing General Partner Sean O’Sullivan delivers a 2024 message focused on deep tech investing.
IndieBio’s The EVERY Company leverages precision fermentation for animal-free egg whites
Bloomberg Quicktake recently tweeted a video highlighting three companies revolutionizing the alt-egg industry—one of which is IndieBio’s EVERY Company (IndieBio SF01 2015). The EVERY Company creates an animal-free egg white replacement using precision fermentation to mimic the characteristics of egg, including foaming, gelation, and nutritional properties. Bloomberg Quicktake interviewed EVERY founder and CEO Arturo Elizondo […]
Climate Tech 100
The SOSV Climate Tech 100 is an annual list of the top climate companies in the SOSV portfolio. They range from unicorns making a huge impact to pre-seed startups emerging from SOSV programs.
Abby's Better
Abby’s Better is a clean-label snack brand providing healthy and uniquely tasty snack foods for everyone. We have the healthiest nut butters on the market with five or fewer ingredients in each. Our butters are gluten-free, paleo, and vegan and have no added sugars.
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The 2022 SOSV Climate Tech 100
“SOSV has been deeply committed to climate tech for over a decade. We find and fund pre-seed startups that are inventing a better future. The human race isn’t called a race because we’re standing still — we’re in a hurry and we can do it; and because we can do it, we must do it.”
What are SOSV’s Vesting Requirements?
What is Vesting? Vesting is the process of earning your shares over time. Once your shares have vested you can exercise them. Vesting helps to encourage Founders and employees to commit to the Company for longer than they might otherwise. A typical vesting schedule is over four years with a one year cliff. This means […]
SOSV 2022 Human Health 100
The SOSV Human Health 100 is an annual list that presents the top companies in the SOSV portfolio, from unicorns making a huge impact to pre-seed startups emerging from SOSV programs.
AvantGuard
AvantGuard™, formerly Halomine, is revolutionizing the fight against harmful pathogens with our innovative technology that provides long-term protection against viruses, bacteria, and fungi/mold. Our proprietary combinations of specialty molecules and polymers are customized to deliver prolonged antimicrobial efficacy to a wide range of surfaces and materials, making them ideal for use in healthcare, food processing, […]
Work Compass
Work Compass provides an easy-to-use performance-management software that helps managers develop and engage their teams. We help organizations improve the performance of teams with our online high-performance management and leadership software. This simple workflow and embedded advice enables organizations to reduce admin overhead, eliminate paper, boost employee performance, significantly increase financial ROI, and build a […]
Who’s On Your Ideal Co-Founding Team?
I should state my own bias (if it’s not clear enough already): In an ideal case, there can be between zero and one person on your startup’s founding team who is non-technical.
Announcing a startup competition for early stage companies focused on CO2 capture and removal
As part of the upcoming SOSV Climate Tech Summit—taking place virtually September 26-27th this year— we’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) to host a Startup Innovation Challenge (aka a startup competition!) focused on Carbon Removal and Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS). The competition is open to all early-stage startups […]
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WhatSalon
WhatSalon is a mobile application that allows you to find and book hair and beauty appointments in your local area at the touch of a button. It uses bespoke to technology to plug into existing salon management tools to check and fill empty time slots. The user simply selects the date and the service they […]
IndieBio Demo Day 15
Welcome to the investor portal for IndieBio San Francisco Demo Day 15. Investors are invited to watch the videos (click the images), review the companies’ profiles and decks as well as request meetings. Questions? Contact the IndieBio team individually through LinkedIn or this contact form.
BuildPan
Mobile applications are an integral part of every business but development is tedious, time-consuming, and requires constant development and improvement. BuildPan is an AI-based SaaS solution that helps mobile app developers continuously build, integrate, test, deploy across Android and iOS utilizing user feedback in real time. BuildPan lowers costs by up to 60% and improves […]
Monitor Backlinks
Monitor Backlinks helps you understand which links are good for you, tells you when your competition gets new links and lets you know when you lose a link so you can take action to recover it. Online businesses want to be on top of Google. Outsourcing is very expensive and requires a lot of knowledge. […]
Climate 100
About Climate Tech 100 SOSV’s core mission is human and planetary health, and the SOSV Climate Tech 100 springs from that commitment. We publish the list each year to showcase the highest potential climate startups in SOSV’s portfolio. The 2023 SOSV Climate Tech 100 list includes startups in every climate category, from energy and transport […]
Achiko
Achiko has created user-friendly diagnostic testing integrated with a digital passport solution for the management of COVID-19. AptameX™ includes DNA aptamer-based technology that is cost effective, chemically synthesised, and widely applicable to the evolving diagnostic field of healthcare. Together with the digital mobile health app Teman Sehat™, Achiko is developing potential technologies that seek to […]
NotCo's plant-based foods are on store shelves, but its AI engine "Giuseppe" is the real business
While it might look like a plant-based food company, NotCo is in the data and AI business—and aims to disrupt R&D in many industries that use animal and plant ingredients.
Pencil
Pencil’s platform allows an author to understand how their book is being read, make edits dynamically, and connect to their audience. Pencil also simplifies the work for authors by publishing worldwide in print on e-commerce retailers as well as across 400 e-book retailers, including on Kindle and in Pencil’s own Reader app.
Financial Times spotlights IndieBio’s The EVERY Company and Prime Roots as leaders in alt-protein precision fermentation
The Financial Times recently released a video titled “Fermenting: the future of animal-free meat?” in which Financial Times’ San Francisco correspondent Dave Lee interviewed IndieBio founders Arturo Elizondo from The EVERY Company (SF01 2015) and Kimberlie Le from Prime Roots (SF06 2018) to learn how precision fermentation is a significant contender in the alternative egg […]
Programs
SOSV’s startup programs are designed for success. Our program staff work 1:1 with founders every day in well equipped facilities to help them build disruptive products, meet investors and win follow-on capital.
Fleksy
Fleksy Keyboard is a dynamic and customizable keyboard compatible with all your favorite apps, allowing users to type on WhatsApp, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Telegram, and thousands more. Fleksy lets users easily find images, videos, songs and other files all in one place while chatting, emailing, or taking notes. Type more, switch less.
Aanika Bio (fka Carverr)
Aanika Bio leverages synthetic biology to build a suite of solutions that can trace and authenticate various products in the supply chain.
What Representations and Warranties are Given with Respect to the Company’s Intellectual Property?
100% of the intellectual property (IP) must belong to the company. This means that the Company will own all registered IP (patents, trademarks, trade secrets, design rights etc) and all IP held by the Founders, employees and/or consultants with regard to all work and projects conducted for the benefit of the Company is assigned and […]
MySyara
85% of the population in the GCC relies on private vehicles for their livelihood. However, car maintenance here is time-consuming and inconvenient, with car owners spending over $2000 dollars per year on maintenance fees. MySyara is transforming the automotive industry with its on-demand car care services, with its user-friendly app, transparent pricing, genuine parts and […]
Hypercell Technologies
At Hypercell, we identify and manage biological contamination of the food chain to improve productivity and protect human health. Our patented, on-premise molecular diagnostic is as accurate as the gold standard PCR, provides results in less than 1 hour (instead of up to 4 days) without the need for expensive equipment, a lab or trained […]
PitchBook ranks SOSV #1 most active VC investor in agtech; #5 most active in clean energy funding
SOSV is the most active VC investor in agtech in 2022, per PitchBook’s Q3 2022 Agtech Report. As of Sept. 30, 2022, SOSV had closed 20 deals, with 14 angel and seed deals, five early-stage, and one late-stage deal. Yield Lab ranked second and Agfunder ranked third—both with 11 deals each. Some of the companies […]
Can molten salt, defunct oil wells or compressed CO2 fill the renewables' energy storage gap? Find out at the SOSV Climate Summit.
Wind and solar energy are a lynchpin in any realistic plan to curb climate change. They accounted for 12% of global electricity production in 2022 but are expected to surpass 40% by 2030.
Lura Health
Americans and humans globally are facing multiple health crises, as they are plagued by chronic disease, which require consistent tracking in order to provide effective treatment. Generation of continuous data for monitoring and controlling these diseases is essential, as single-point tests do not effectively measure long-term trends, cannot provide early, proactive alerts, and do not […]
What SOSV’s Climate Tech 100 tells founders about investors in the space
On Earth Day, April 22, SOSV published the SOSV Climate Tech 100, a list of the best startups that we’ve supported from their earliest stages to address climatechange. There are always valuable insights embedded in a list like the 100. A TechCrunch story captured the investment perspective, and an SOSV post went deeper into the companies’ category breakdown and founder profiles.
Meet Oscar Ramos, the newly promoted general partner at SOSV's Orbit Startups
At SOSV, Oscar has worked closely with over 160 startups. He and William Bao Bean are responsible for Orbit Startups, which focuses on high growth companies in emerging and frontier markets. We asked Oscar a few questions about his background and work at Orbit Startups.
Giladiskon
Giladiskon helps Indonesian restaurants and lifestyle retailers by introducing them to its 1.5 million members for free. Giladiskon has partnered with over 350 restaurants from family-owned shops to KFC.
BirdShades
We are developing a transparent high-tech film that makes glass visible to birds while remaining invisible for humans. Our goal is to save billions of birds worldwide from deadly collisions with glass surfaces and to enable freedom in architectural glass design.
Lula, Inc.
Lula provides a last-mile logistics platform for small CPG retailers, like convenience stores and bodegas, through an omnichannel and emission-free delivery option. Lula provides an SaaS platform to these existing inventories to enable under 30-minute delivery to their customers locally. Lula has an emphasis on using carbon-neutral delivery channels and plastic waste reduction through sustainable […]
Crowdly
Crowdly is an advocate management platform for Facebook that allows brands to find and rank their top advocates within their existing brand communities, more effectively engage them, and motivate them into action. Crowdly is the only platform that shows brands the lifetime influence of their top fans and a complete history of fans’ interactions over […]
Refill Assistant
Refill Assistant offers integrated tools to help community pharmacies engage with patients online channel to help reduce phone call volume and interruptions. The GDPR and HIPAA compliant platform provides secure prescription ordering, patient reminders, 2-way messaging, vaccination bookings and virtual consultations online and on mobile.
ViaBot
ViaBot builds multi-functional robots that take care of outdoor chores for commercial properties.
Lios (fka Restored Hearing)
Lios is building a quieter world for tomorrow—eradicating noise pollution and avoidable hearing damage. We use advanced technology to eliminate the noise pollution of our modern world with SoundBounce, a game-changing innovation in the acoustic materials industry often used in the automotive, aerospace, construction, and power-generation industries. We also offer SoundRelief, our tinnitus sound therapy […]
Mobio Interactive
Mobio Interactive helps HCPs deliver better medicine to more patients through an AI native remote monitoring + patient support platform that reconfigures following prescriptions to deliver clinically validated therapy for multiple indications from psycho-oncology to affect disorders to traumatic brain injury.
Ria Health
Ria Health is a tech-enabled telehealth medical practice that provides evidence-based treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Our Physician managed program includes Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), digital tools for tracking progress, harm reduction, peer support and one on one coaching all done through the convenience of telehealth. Our members have embraced our engaging program and […]
Microendo
MICROENDO is the first biotech company using the Microbiota from the plants to make a crop specific biofertilizers, targeting NET-ZERO emissions by 2050.
Nordetect
Nordetect is a ClimateTech company that produces lab-on-a-chip devices for the rapid analysis of water quality of industrial samples. It’s beachhead segment is Agriculture, assisting growers with monitoring water and soil samples for fertilizer management to reduce risk and overuse.
Kountermove
Kountermove is the world’s best place to play Fantasy MMA. It’s like daily fantasy football or baseball, but for UFC / MMA events. #1 Google result – “fantasy MMA”. We are at the intersection of two massive consumer trends – mixed martial arts and fantasy sports. Like fantasy football, fantasy MMA will become a core […]
Application FAQ
Interested in applying to an SOSV startup development program? Here are some frequently asked questions to consider before starting the process.
IndieBio’s Catalog successfully encodes and searches eight Shakespearean tragedies in a single test tube of DNA
IndieBio’s DNA-based data storage company Catalog (IndieBio 04) recently announced that it has encoded eight of Shakespeare’s tragedies onto strands of searchable synthetic DNA stored in a test tube, and then successfully conducted text searches of the more than 200,000 words. The Boston Globe highlighted this feat in the article, “Boston startup can search Shakespeare’s […]
CASPR Biotech
Caspr.bio has a COVID-19 test leveraging the CRISPR Cas-12 enzyme that is cheap and rapid, at point of care. The San Francisco and Buenos Aires-based company started 2 years ago, went through IndieBio, and originally worked on Zika virus and other genetic testing. Caspr’s methodology delivers positive tests results very quickly after RNA extraction (1 […]
Chiu Chau Reboots a Robot into a Billion Dollar Business
It was 2015, and Chiu Chau was on the ropes. He had pitched nearly 150 venture capital firms. No one would invest. Everyone doubted the startup with the open-source laboratory robot.
SOSV Tops VC Ranking In Pitchbook’s inaugural Carbon Emissions Tech Report
Pitchbook has launched its first report on Carbon Emissions Tech. “As legislation, policy, and net-zero emissions pledges encourage decarbonization across the globe, startups developing carbon & emissions tech are reeling in investors. The vertical is poised for strong continued growth thanks to increasing global focus on aggressive emissions targets and consumer interest in emissions reduction. […]
Eleven SOSV startups made TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200; two reached the finals
More than 2,000 startups applied to compete in the storied TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, the most prestigious startup competition in the world. The event just took place in San Francisco on Oct. 18–20, and SOSV’s portfolio was richly represented. TechCrunch chooses 200 startups to join Disrupt as exhibitors in the Startup Battlefield 200. Twenty of […]
Sequential Skin
Sequential Skin is providing personalized skincare solutions. Our easy-to-use at-home test kit uses advanced genetic sequencing technology to understand how your genes, skin microbiome, and environment interact to define the unique needs of your skin. They then match you to tailored skin care products that provide the exact ingredients that will work best for your […]
Climate Summit: A Conversation with Vinod Khosla and Sean O’Sullivan
Back in 2012 if you had predicted that the climate tech startup category would be worth $2.6 trillion today, you would have been laughed out of the room.
A year in, HAX in Newark is in full swing with ten companies and its first funding announcement
Today, HAX is up and running in Newark, with a 10-year lease for 35,000-square-feet at 707 Broad Street in historic downtown Newark, 10 new hires, 10 new startups in residence, and a growing number of local partnerships.
Zebra Labs
Zebra Labs is a cutting-edge company with a mission to transform the entertainment industry in the metaverse and web3 era. Utilizing the latest advancements in gaming, virtual production, and XR technology, Zebra Labs has crafted a portfolio of virtual celebrities, animated content, and interactive experiences that are setting the bar for innovation in the field.
Vani
Vani is a seamless voice interface for the hundreds of millions who don’t speak English, the differently-abled, and the elderly. Beyond hands-free voice commands, Vani is the first ever and only app that allows users to share screens even with low connectivity.
Robomart
Robomarts are autonomous mobile smart shops for cafes, ice cream parlors, and quick-service restaurants — equipped with checkout-free shopping, temperature controlled compartments, and advanced monitoring and security. Retailers are able to expand their footprint at a fraction of the cost of brick and mortar, with no capex or added labor — boosting their profit per […]
Re-Nuble
Re-Nuble uniquely transforms food waste into plant-based technologies for both soil-based and hydroponic cultivation. The company is focused on the commercialization of technologies that optimize plant productivity and nutrient density.
iWeb Techno
iWeb provides a comprehensive SaaS platform that digitizes both academic and non-academic operations of schools across India, monetizing through bank partnerships and its marketplace for the student base.
bitHolla
bitHolla is a crypto solutions provider specializing in white-label exchange and wallets technology. The HollaEx Kit is bitHolla’s flagship open-source exchange solution that can be entirely self-setup for free. bitHolla also provides secure cloud exchange hosting, liquidity solutions, and automated crypto trading bot services. The range of crypto services by bitHolla are purpose-built to guide […]
Farm Minerals
Farm Minerals is revolutionizing farming with the most efficient carbon-encapsulated fertilizers and feed additives for sustainable and precision agriculture.
247
247 is a social commerce platform that connects people to the very best things to see and do in China and beyond. We build relationships with our users by informing them of events and interest-based communities they might connect to during their travels. We help users discover events, experiences, and trips anywhere in China, Hong […]
The SOSV Climate Tech 100
SOSV has always been keen on technology and startups that promise better human and planetary health. In recent years, climate tech has been an especially big priority at our IndieBio (biotech) and HAX (hard tech) startup development programs, and a steady emphasis at MOX (global mobile consumer) and Chinaccelerator (enterprise Asia). The SOSV Climate Tech 100 marks the first time we’ve analyzed our 1,000 company portfolio to present our top climate tech investments.
Crayonic
Crayonic enables next-generation passwordless security for user authentication, digital asset storage, and electronic signatures. At the heart of our solution is Crayonic KeyVault, a keychain-sized hardware device that uses a combination of static and behavioral biometrics, cryptography, and a unique proof-of-free-will feature to achieve unrivaled usability and security. Crayonic’s solution provides missing piece in the […]
PickMyWork
PickMyWork is a gig platform that gives businesses an on-demand sales force to sign customers at 1/20th the cost of a pay-per-task model, using upskilled, unemployed youth. We have signed Google Pay, Amazon Pay, and others and are helping these companies to acquire 15,000 new customers every month.
WakeCap
WakeCap Technologies Inc’s wearable product overcomes the challenges of digitizing field logistics in the construction sector.
M5Stack
M5Stack is a modular IoT development platform built to allow developers to increase speed of rapid prototyping and product scaling.
Alora
We believe it is a basic human right that every human being has the food they need to survive, each day of their lives. We are solving this with what we call Ocean Agriculture – a solution that pushes the human race forward without sacrificing the natural world around us. Our crops are genetically fortified […]
BioCraft
At BioCraft, we recognize the nutritional value of meat for pets. But traditional meat production comes with some devastating consequences, including climate change, animal cruelty and risks to public health. For those reasons, we are making cultivated meat to replace traditional slaughtered-animal meat for pet food. BioCraft is a B2B biotechnology company creating cultivated meat […]
Indee Labs
Our hardware is uniquely positioned to efficiently develop and scale the manufacturing of gene-modified cell therapies like chimeric antigen receptor T-cells. Indee Labs powers your research with our patented, non-viral technology to rapidly deliver nucleic acids, proteins, and gene-editing complexes to immune cells while yielding millions to billions of high-quality cells with preserved cell viability […]
Kolibree
Kolibree, the smart oral care company has created the world’s first smart sonic toothbrush that turns tooth brushing into a game, educates kids, and empowers parents. Our connected toothbrush uses 3D motions sensors and Bluetooth connectivity to interact with our mobile app, which has games and coaching activities to motivate kids and adults alike to […]
Flokq
Indonesia property management SaaS managing resident services reducing cost and driving new revenue streams.
Yindii
Our food system is broken: 1/3 of the food that we produce goes to waste. For restaurants, up to 14% of their sales end up in the trash every day. Yindii fights against food waste by helping restaurants and retailers cut losses and increase revenue by selling unsold food to consumers through its mobile app. […]
Barcoding Inc
Barcoding is a supply chain automation and innovation company that helps organizations be more efficient, accurate, and connected. With extensive subject matter expertise in data capture, labeling and printing, and mobile computing, we are trusted to build and manage solutions for some of the best IT and operations teams in the world. Founded in 1998, […]
microTERRA
microTERRA has developed a unique functional ingredient for the plant-based food industry that has no color or taste. This enables customers to experience nutritional value without sacrificing the texture, taste, or presentation of plant-based products that mirror traditional protein sources. microTERRA partners with existing aquaculture farms in Mexico to grow lemna, an aquatic plant, in […]
VegaX
The asset management industry is the largest in the world representing more than $80 trillion dollars in investments through investment products like ETFs, mutual funds and indices that outperform investments in individual stocks. VegaX is the first to create similar investment products for Crypto providing investors outperformance versus buying individual crypto currencies. On average, investors […]
1Trolley
1Trolley offers an end-to-end solution to help retailers in the Middle East and North Africa to sell online, offering digital marketing, order picking, and last-mile delivery for retailers. Our on-demand service can purchase, pick up, and deliver convenient goods that are ordered from one’s neighborhood stores through the mobile app.
24seven.pk
24SEVEN is on a mission to revolutionize Pakistan’s traditional retail with digitization & innovation so fresh produce, grocery & essentials are accessible to every household. 24SEVEN Apni Dukan, a community commerce platform, is empowering the country by creating a seamless network of trusted resellers. Our goal is to accelerate the growth of these kiryanas (mom […]
allrites
Allrites is Asia’s leading marketplace to discover, buy and sell Film, TV, and Sports content rights, targeting content buyers who are stuck with rigid and expensive deals and content makers who are losing millions on their IP while their titles gather dust on the shelf. Allrites enables content licensing distribution on a global scale, 24/7, […]
Cybele Microbiome
At Cybele Microbiome we have an AI platform that brings precision control to the microbiome. Using targeted prebiotics we create highly efficacious, sustainable, long-lasting, and natural, solutions in the personal care and nutrition spaces. By stoking natural processes we can restore health and promote longevity. We’ve launched our skincare brand to leverage data and insights […]
Motion Metrics Limited
Motion Metrics Limited creates hardware and software to teach you how to perform and improve during physical activity. They sell the world’s first digital ski coach, which gives users access to detailed analysis of their skiing performance based on motion-sensing inserts placed in the boot and connected to the user’s smartphone with Bluetooth.
Lux
At Nyoka, we engineer proteins to generate safe, sustainable, and stable light based on the phenomena of bioluminescence. Our mission is to replace the toxic $9B chemiluminescence industry and expand the possibilities of light. The chemical light industry generates over 250 million tonnes of carcinogenic waste every year. We can replace and improve this essential […]
KalPay Financials
We are Pakistan’s leading Shariah-aligned consumer financing company, operating in the product financing, Buy Now Pay Later, and education financing sector. We allow our customers to pay up to 12 monthly installments with no paperwork and at minimal costs! Our mission is to play a vital role in the country’s financial inclusion through easy access […]
PriyoShop
In Bangladesh, 97% of retail transactions are executed by small retailers. Retailers must go to wholesalers to collect inventories, reducing their shop’s opening times. They also don’t get a good price from the wholesalers and have no access to credit. PriyoShop is an on-demand B2B marketplace to connect brands directly with micro-merchants to bypass the […]
Jagofon
Jagofon is an online platform for second-hand smartphones in Indonesia that offers customers trusted products through stringent Quality Control and strategic sourcing partners. Our vision is to empower every Indonesian with high-quality, sustainable, and affordable technology.
Preemadonna
Preemadonna builds connected creativity and connected play products, platforms and experiences. Preemadonna’s flagship Nailbot Printer, prints personalized art and photos on nails in five seconds. Future product make nail polish and print body art. Preemadonna has raised seed financing from Halogen VC, Version One Ventures, the Amazon Alexa Fund, Two Small Fish Ventures & other […]
Lessons Learned from SOSV’s 400 Deep Tech Investments
SOSV Founder and Managing Partner Sean O’Sullivan started investing in what is now called Deep Tech soon after the 1994 IPO of MapInfo, the pioneer in street maps he co-founded. Over 25 years later, SOSV has backed over 400 deep tech startups, out of the 1000+ companies in portfolio. In December 2021, Sean shared some of the lessons learned in an extended fireside side and Q&A session in Paris during the Hello Tomorrow deep tech conference in Paris.
Living Food Company
LFC delivers fresh and healthy food directly to consumers. Through our managed marketplace, Living Food offers the highest product quality standards ever seen in India with world-class customer experience.
Catallact, Inc.
Catallact transforms raw on-chain data into useful information and actionable metrics through a flexible dashboard and integration into automated workflows with customisable alerts and triggers.
How a pandemic pivoted Prellis from laser-printed organs to in vitro immune systems
In December 2021 Prellis raised a $14.5 million Series B and has signed partnerships with pharmaceutical behemoths including Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi.
IndieBio’s New Culture teams up with ADM to bring animal-free mozzarella to Midwest pizzerias
In Bloomberg’s recent article “Vegan Mozzarella Set to Debut in Midwest Pizzerias in Latest ADM Bet”, Bloomberg reported that IndieBio’s New Culture (IndieBio SF08 2019) has partnered with agricultural trader and processor Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM) to bring animal-free mozzarella to the U.S. food market. New Culture creates animal-free casein protein using a fermentation process to […]
BEAM
BEAMSTART is a Global Community for Entrepreneurship. Our mission is to Bridge Entrepreneurs to valuable connections, resources, and opportunities. Whether you’re a startup founder, a seasoned business owner, or simply someone with a passion for entrepreneurship, BEAMSTART provides the tools and resources you need to thrive in the ever-evolving world of business.
Microgenesis
Microgenesis offers a new fertility test and treatment that restores the fertility potential of women everywhere with a three-month, drug-free treatment. Microgenesis’ diagnostic detects subclinical inflammation that harms ovarian function and implantation. Microgenesis has proven their validity on the toughest cases: women who have already failed multiple IVF implantations.
Afynia
AIMA, a female-led team, is developing clinically tested CBD-derived products for personalized period pain management. Their first OTC product, OVY™, is a vaginal suppository directing targeted-CBD to reduce pain and inflammation safely and effectively.
The FDA and USDA approved Upside’s cultivated meat. Will it ever reach your table?
UPSIDE Foods has made history yet again. The first company ever to create cultivated meatballs, chicken, and duck now has the first-ever approvals from the FDA and USD to sell its chicken commercially.
OaCP IE LTD
Cancer diagnosis is a race against time. Traditional DNA tests are slow, costly, and often lead to delayed treatments. OACP’s innovative technology dramatically accelerates this critical process, providing doctors with faster, more accurate results. By slashing diagnosis time by 97%, we’re helping to improve patient outcomes and reduce the overall burden on healthcare systems. OaCP-patented […]
InfiniteUp
InfiniteUp’s journey with their groundbreaking app, Doer, is a testament to the transformative potential of technology when it’s guided by vision and empathy. Despite the inherent uncertainties that come with trailblazing, the InfiniteUp team forges ahead, fueled by purpose, shared vision, and a deep commitment to the future they’re crafting. As Doer prepares to spread […]
The CareVoice
The CareVoice is an Asian health insurance company driven to make health insurance more human centric using a digital approach. Through CareVoiceOS, the first healthcare operating system for insurers, we are expanding a “one click” connected health insurance ecosystem. Insurers can engage their customers with the latest health technologies and launch tailored insurance products for […]
FoodMarble
FoodMarble provide technology to help patients and consumers to measure their digestion. This is done using a tiny, app-connected breath test device. In 2021, they sold over $1.5m direct-to-consumer (2x year-on-year growth). In Feb 2022, they launched their 2nd generation consumer device, which has led to further strong growth and as of July, they have […]
New Culture
At New Culture, we are revolutionizing how dairy products are made. Instead of using animals, we are using microbes to express dairy proteins and culture real dairy products that are sustainable, ethical, and ultimately taste better while doing better for the world. We make animal-free cheese that stretches, melts, and tastes like the real deal.
Appfuel
Double a game’s exposure at any moment with Appfuel’s in-app suggestion platform. Appfuel makes it easy and free for apps to swap suggestions for each other and acquire quality users for their game without drowning in opaque and fragmented ad-tech middlemen.
Snapask
Snapask, a leading education platform in Asia for students to ask questions and get answered by qualified tutors, published over 50,000 questions in its question bank for free so that students can learn from home. Most schools are closed or closing amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Linkstar
Linkstar is solving youth unemployment in MENAP through a learn and earn model with learning initiative’s such as Masterclasses from Industry experts, CV Writing workshops and Interview prep guides, and earning opportunities including Internships, Jobs and Freelance projects.
Tappi
45 million small businesses in Africa still do businesses offline and struggle to get online due to the complexity of tools. Tappi helps SMEs build their online identity in 2 minutes, with full-stack commerce and marketing tools to find customers online. Tappi is serving Africa’s 45 million SMEs, which provide about 80% of jobs across […]
Aksense
Aksense is providing a rapid test with a portable electrochemical biosensor to diagnose infections.
Nat4Bio
Nat4Bio is a biotechnology platform that develops naturally sourced and zero-residue coatings that protect fruits from spoilage. They leverage microbial fermentation of selected fungi & bacteria in order to produce natural compounds with relevant properties. Through carefully designed downstream processes, they are able to obtain cell-free compounds, meaning they use microbes’ active principles without the […]
Tourplus
Tourplus is a Travel Tech company founded in Malaysia on 2015, endorsed by Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture Malaysia. Currently Tourplus have 2300 registered licensed guides and we provide last minutes booking for travelers who need airport transfer, day tour, multi-day tour.
SOSV announces the close of its $100M Select Fund, the venture investor’s first growth stage fund
SOSV announced today the close of the SOSV Select Fund, which reached a$100 million hard cap and marks the early stage venture firm’s first fund designed to invest in series B rounds and later. “While we spend most of our time working with companies that are just getting started,” said Sean O’Sullivan, managing partner at SOSV, “many of our 3-to-5-year-old startups are hitting the tens-of-millions-in-revenue level that attracts later stage investors. The new Select Fund will help us keep pace with those opportunities in the years ahead.”
Introducing IndieBio SF’s new office at 3rd St. in San Francisco’s Dogpatch
As you ride the elevator to the third floor of the American Industrial Center (AIC) at 3rd Street in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood, the smell of sweetly spiced bread permeates the otherwise industrial air. Once filled with warehousing and manufacturing companies, the sprawling AIC—often referred to as a skyscraper on its side—is now home to […]
NURO CORP
NURO is the architect of NUOS, KOMPOS, PAD and MENTIS, all leading non-invasive neurotechnologies for healthcare and non-healthcare applications. NURO’s implementations have reached 8 countries on 4 continents.
Ray IoT
Ray IoT Solutions, Inc. has created the first and only non-contact wellness and sleep tracker. This product tracks respiration rate and movement patterns without putting anything on the human body.
NeuroCreate
At NeuroCreate we enable you to reach Flow mental states at will through our AI-powered digital platform. NeuroCreate mentally inspires you to be in the creative zone quicker whenever you need it so that you are better able to problem-solve, strategise and brainstorm – and so become more efficient and productive in your workflow. The […]
Allsome
AllSome is an end-to-end fulfillment platform for e-commerce sellers across Southeast Asia to build and autorun fulfillment operations
PILI
PILI offers a competitive alternative to current commercial dyes with a huge environmental footprint reduction for brands and manufacturers.
Pregenerate
Pregenerate is accelerating drug development and personalized medicine for arthritis with our novel tissue-on-a-chip technology. We use scaleable organ-on-a-chip models to understand how cartilage cells respond to inflammation. This technology will ultimately allow us to stratify patients into targeted treatment subgroups and even to tell each clinical patient what the best treatment is for his […]
NeuroQore, Inc.
NeuroQore is comprised of a team of passionate and motivated scientists, engineers, and clinicians dedicated to developing pioneering neuromodulation treatments for various neurobehavioral conditions. We collaborate with world-class universities and research clinics to investigate ways to transform lives. At NeuroQore, we strive to create a world with effective solutions to devastating disorders: major depressive disorder […]
Woovly
Users at Woovly, discover & shop lifestyle products instantly via short video content created by micro/nano influencers. We pay cash incentives to the influencers whose content creates traction and sales.
MavenHut
MavenHut makes classic games more fun. We transform classic single-player games into multi-player, social games. Our first innovation was to bring the social into the unsocial Solitaire. We’re developing Solitaire games with a casual flavor, where you can compete against other players in real time.
UNL
UNL is a smart micro-location infrastructure and new generation mapping technology startup building the Internet of Places – a digital 1:1 geodata twin of the physical world. UNL thinks about location differently to solve some of the biggest hyperlocal challenges that traditional mapping hasn’t been able to do so far, starting with addressing, geocoding, dynamic […]
Klaud9
Great pictures drive great ecommerce sales. Klaud9 helps brands hire photographers to shoot photos delivering style consistent photos in 24 hours across 80 countries. Klaud9 uses AI to match the best photographers to brands for 60% less money. We have signed over 150 companies including Google, Nivea and Unilever with 91% of clients returning.
FleetOperate
FleetOperate is a credentialed truck driver marketplace that enables drivers to provide on-demand driving services to carriers and shippers. Carriers and shippers avail Driver-as-a-Service to solve the problem of driver shortages, driver turnover, and unseated trucks while maintaining low costs.
SuperWorld
SuperWorld is an augmented reality (AR) virtual world allowing users and brands to create, discover and monetize.
Huviair Technologies
Huviair collects, processes, and analyses construction and mining jobsite data to help enterprises save on progress monitoring by 75%, manpower by 50%, and overall costs by 20%.
Presso
Founded in 2018 by Nishant Jain and Thibault Corens, Presso is an Atlanta-based AI-robotics company harnessing the power of technology to create the first line of on-demand, low-carbon, express garment care machines. By using advanced sensor and camera technology to collect garment data, Presso is bringing all-new technology to the clothing care industry. For more […]
Strados Labs
Strados’ system detects pulmonary abnormalities earlier and more often through a small skin worn stethoscope that measures breathing patterns and lung sounds (like wheezing or coughing).
Esports Charts
Driven by machine learning and computer vision, Esports Charts (ESM.One Inc) is the world’s leading Esports data analytics and insights platform. Esports teams, tournament organizers, betting companies, brands and media can use key data and statistics to make better informed decisions. Collectively we have more than 40 years of esports experience. We changed the way […]
Sana
Sana offers wearable light therapy that helps a broad range of pain and mental health disorders, including fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain, and anxiety.
Swag Kicks
Swag Kicks sells 100% original pre-loved shoes as low as $30 a pair from top international brands like Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Puma, and Jordans. In doing so, we bring the best of global sneaker culture to Pakistan at a fraction of the price of a shoe’s brand-new counterparts.
ConfirmU
ConfirmU is a B2B2C startup that enables lenders to assess first-time borrowers using a three-minute game, providing lenders with a credit score based on psychometric data. Over 24,000 consumers have played the game and received a credit score with over 7,000 loans disbursed. We’ve signed clients in telco, insurance, financial service, and retail sectors with […]
Neufast
It’s difficult for HR managers to screen and select the right hires from thousands of candidates. Neufast utilizes AI technology to reduce time-to-hire, eliminate unconscious bias, and scientifically evaluate job fit in APAC. Our reliability study conducted by I/O psychology team shows our auto scoring achieving Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.911 for reliability verse client’s internal […]
Jump Bikes
Jump BIkes (formerly Social Bicycles) is a transportation technology company. Traditional station-based bikeshare requires a network of kiosks and docking stations. This infrastructure takes up a lot of public space and costs over $5000/bike. Instead of using ‘smart racks’, Jump Bikes builds ‘smart bikes’. Each bike has an integrated GPS-enabled lock that works with regular […]
DXwand
DXwand offers an end-to-end Digital Assistant and Analytics platform for businesses that use machine learning to extract information and knowledge from both voice and text conversations. Specialized in multiple Arabic dialects, DXwand delivers actional insights for sales via an easy-to-use interface, and off-the-shelf integration with various messaging, commerce, and CRM Platforms.
PowerHouse Dynamics
Powerhouse Dynamics uses cloud-based controls and analytics to deliver enterprise-wide operational and energy efficiency solutions to portfolios of small commercial facilities, including restaurants, convenience stores, retailers, and others. The Powerhouse Dynamics SiteSage platform reduces energy, maintenance, and repair expenses by centralizing control, analysis, and management of energy-consuming equipment. Engineered specifically for smaller facilities, SiteSage features […]
AnimalBiome
AnimalBiome creates microbiome-based therapeutics to treat the more than nine million cats and dogs in the U.S. living with chronic digestive disorders. We have developed a process for creating a fecal microbiota transplant pill that is stable at room temperature and highly effective.
Braingaze
Cognitive disorders with dementia alone causing US$680b in global economic impact. Braingaze offers a patented, scientifically and clinically validated biomarker-based decision support system for early diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer’s and a game based digital treatment that improves patients’ cognitive health.
CITYDATA
LOTaData, a provider of geospatial intelligence for smarter cities and real-world businesses, recently started analyzing their data for Italy, Spain and the US on a daily basis to understand anonymized people-movement and correlations with COVID-19 patterns. Social interactions and movements are the key drivers for the spread and by providing anonymized and aggregated information about […]
Coutloot
E-commerce in India is taking off but it is dominated by a few large players. Coutloot enables small retailers and individuals to start selling online by providing documentation, logistics, and cash on delivery. Anyone can start selling online in only 30 seconds.
Covario
Institutional investors from traditional hedge funds to mutual funds are looking to add crypto to their portfolios to diversify risk and take advantage of the volatility. Covario offers a full-service crypto prime brokerage, giving institutional investors all the tools, security, and services that they use to invest in traditional equities but for crypto.
Diadem Biotherapeutics
Diadem Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a platform therapeutics company developing a broad pipeline of first-in-class immunotherapies. Diadem is engineering exosomes to be inhalable cell-specific immune modulators. Exosomes are small, virus-sized particles released by cells to communicate throughout the body. Leveraging expertise in genetic engineering and scalable bioprocessing, Diadem is developing cell secreted nanovesicles precisely engineered to […]
ExpoPromoter
Trade exhibitions in China is a US$10b market. The success of Chinese trade shows depend on the value of exhibited products purchased. Local organizers do not know how to attract relevant professional buyers from overseas. ExpoPromoter delivers the right buyers and sells booths online through targeted digital campaigns and its affiliate promotion network. We’ve already […]
FoodCloud
FoodCloud is an online marketplace connecting consumers with home chefs, bakers, and caterers. The web and mobile app is an end-to end solution, helping users discover chefs, place orders, and receive wholesome, homemade delicious food. The platform is operating in two cities in India and is delivering more than 35 cuisines and 10,000 menu items.
FreshSpoke
FreshSpoke makes local food more accessible by providing wholesale buyers with the ability to source directly from local food producers and delivering to the door. Wholesale buyers from restaurants, retailers, and institutions place or tender orders using FreshSpoke’s mobile or web app. Delivery is then arranged using FreshSpoke’s shared delivery system that leverages the excess […]
KalaGato
KalaGato is a built on app buyouts by identifying high growth apps with user data and optimizing their growth and revenue. The company leverages its user level data to identify high growth apps and enables an 80% reduction in costs and increases monetization by 1.5x.
Looking Glass Factory
Looking Glass Portrait is the first system for personal 3D holograms. With it you can seamlessly turn Portrait-mode photos from your phone into holograms, create 3D masterpieces with our Blender plug-in, or make interactive holographic apps with our powerful Unity and Unreal plug-ins. The Looking Glass 8K Gen2 is the largest and highest resolution holographic […]
Makeblock
Makeblock is a construction platform. It provides strong parts mostly made of hardened aluminum that can be used to build build robots, 3D-printers, artwork, and more.
Mesh++
Mesh++ has created solar-powered Wi-Fi routers with a proprietary mesh protocol that ensures a minimal loss of throughput with each jump, thus enabling massively-efficient outdoor Wi-Fi.
PIX Moving
PIX devices provide on-demand moving services, such as an unattended vending car, mobile office, self-driving hotel, and moving karaoke. These moving spaces can be used in diverse scenarios to provide shared mobility services for individuals.
Rosetta.ai
Ecommerce businesses spend tons of money to acquire users but can’t monetize as well as Amazon because they don’t have the same recommendation capability. Rosetta.ai uses deep learning technology and consumers’ shopping behavior and preferences to help fashion ecommerce companies personalize on-site product recommendation and off-site retargeting messages convert more and sell more. Rosetta.ai helps […]
TabTrader
The crypto market is highly fragmented with traders having to use multiple exchanges to get the best pricing. Tabtrader enables its users to monitor and trade on one platform on with over 40 different exchanges. Tabtrader currently has 300K active users who collectively hold US$8+ billion in assets.
GetFundedAfrica
GetFundedAfrica is a tech-enabled ecosystem marketplace that connects African founders with global mentors, coaches, corporates, investors, academia & Government
Easyfresh Tech
Easyfresh is an AgTech business that optimizes the agri value chain in developing countries, aimed to reduce food wastage, enhance farmers’ income and provide superior quality produce to retailers across Pakistan.
Vue Smart Glasses
Vue is the world’s first pair of smart glasses that are designed for everyday use. Vue’s frames are packed with technology hidden inside regular-looking frames. With Vue, you can listen to music via bone conduction, track fitness activity, talk to voice assistants such as Alexa or Siri, or get notifications from your phone. Vue comes […]
MUTA
Only 5% of waste is recycled in Latin America, 10 times less than in Europe, because the system is informal and fragmented. Muta, a clean-tech startup, is digitizing the recycling industry in Latin America, buying recyclables and then selling them to industrial transformers. With Muta, businesses and households can earn money from recycling, while collectors […]
CyGenica Ltd.
CyGenica has developed a biomolecular device for the programmed delivery of therapeutic molecules directly into living cells.
Bartesian
Bartesian is a single-serve cocktail machine that creates premium cocktails at the push of a button.
Billo
Effortless creator-produced videos. Digital marketers turn to Billo for all UGC content needs.
Tru, Inc.
Positioned in the functional beverage category, Tru Inc. has developed a great-tasting lineup of natural lifestyle drinks to elevate every moment. With a mission to promote health and wellness with better-for-you alternatives in the grocery channel, the brand has already secured distribution in UNFI, KeHE and River Valley Foods as well as placement in Market […]
Silicon Republic
Europe’s leading English-language tech and innovation news service, Silicon Republic, is Ireland’s leading website for IT and business decision makers focused on making effective use of business and technology. Our award-winning team of journalists have chronicled the growing technology landscape in Ireland diligently, attracting thousands of readers from Ireland, Europe, Silicon Valley, and the rest […]
Meet Stephen Chambers, the newly promoted general partner at SOSV's IndieBio NY
Two years after starting the IndieBio NY program as its Managing Director, Dr. Stephen Chambers, PhD, SOSV named him a general partner.
Qnetic
Meeting decarbonization targets necessitates the development of substantial grid-scale storage solutions that can charge and discharge twice a day. The use of lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology, while prevalent, becomes economically challenging for multiple daily cycles, due to accelerated degradation and decreasing performance over its usable lifetime. This leads to high cell replacement costs and also limits […]
Karma Biotechnologies
Karma is an in vivo cell therapy company that uses a proprietary LNP technology to reprogram key immune cells to infiltrate tumors and break down their defenses from within. Karma’s ionizable LNPs can target and reprogram macrophages within the spleen using DNA., RNA, or both, which can then home to tumor sites and produce therapeutics […]
Artyc
Artyc is on a mission to decarbonize cold chain logistics with refrigerant-free, reusable, active cooling containers.
Neo Network Development
Neo Networks simplifies and streamlines the site-acquisition process by providing our portfolio owners with a valuable marketing, development, and management service that affords easy access all qualified tenants under our Open Access program. As a full, facilities-based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (“CLEC”), network aggregator, and broker, Neo Networks can design, bundle, and build robust and […]
Afynia raises $2 million CAD to bring endometriosis test to market
Women experiencing chronic pelvic pain and other symptoms including infertility often have to suffer through years of appointments and invasive surgeries to get an endometriosis diagnosis. There is often a diagnostic delay of 5-12 years. Afynia co-founder and CEO Lauren Foster teamed up with Jocelyn Wessels (now Afynia’s Chief Scientific Officer) to solve this, developing […]
Renegade Bio
Renegade.bio invented an improvement on the CDC testing method for COVID-19, turning four reactions into a single-step that doesn’t require RNA extraction. By dramatically improving turnaround time and capacity of testing machines, the RenegadeXP™method is 70% cheaper and takes half the time of a standard CDC test, with a net >4x increase in throughput. Renegade.bio […]
SOSV startups on the front line against the Coronavirus
Millions of venture capital being deployed against COVID-19 pandemic. We can’t stand still. We have to act extremely fast. Today SOSV announced that we have millions of dollars in additional immediate funding available for life sciences entrepreneurs who are working on brand new solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic (IndieBio will fund up to eight COVID-19 Startups in next six weeks).
IndieBio NY Demo Day: Watch pitches from 10 startups
Yesterday, IndieBio presented New York Batch 5 for an online Demo Day, an event that highlights new companies in the IndieBio fold. Unique to this year’s Demo Day was the location of the event: IndieBio’s new 25,000 sq. ft. office, lab, and event space at 7 Penn Plaza in New York City. IndieBio’s managing director […]
Bill Liao
Bill is a Venture Partner at SOSV, supporting, mentoring, and investing in companies and startups at all stages of growth. Bill founded SOSV’s life sciences practice in Europe, running the first complete life sciences startup development on Earth in Cork, Ireland—SynBioaxlr8r (later IndieBioEU Cork and then RebelBio at Imperial College London), which focused on entrepreneurs […]
Aequor Inc
At least 1.7 billion people worldwide rely on contaminated drinking water, resulting in over 500,000 deaths per year. Concerningly, bacteria have grown resistant to standard water treatment chemicals like chlorine, which can no longer kill slimes (“biofilms”) that protect harmful bacteria and fungi and attach them to surfaces in our water infrastructure. Aequor discovered marine […]
Ranomics
Ranomics is building the world’s first comprehensive knowledge base of functionally-characterized genetic variants to help determine their role in disease development and treatment. Even in the absence of established clinical evidence, knowing the impact that a genetic variant has on its protein’s biological function can provide strong evidence to support classification. By determining the functional […]
GlowDx
GlowDx develops platforms to democratize access to molecular diagnostics in emerging economies. The company is seeking to disrupt the diagnostics sector by making at-home testing for both sexually-transmitted diseases and COVID-19 more easily available to consumers.
Plasma Nutrition
ioProtein naturally enhances your body’s own ability to use protein, allowing your body to get the most out of the nutritional products you take every day. With no third-party ingredients, chemicals, or additives, ioProtein allows you to keep a clean label: all-natural, organic, kosher, vegan, gluten-free, non-gmo, and more.
RizLab Health
RizLab Health is addressing the pandemic of antimicrobial resistance and helping clinicians by pinpointing the source of infection (and thus preventing inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions) with their point-of-care device, the CytoTracker. The CytoTracker differentiates bacterial from viral infection profiles within minutes using only a single drop of blood. A 200-person clinical study demonstrated the CytoTracker beats […]
Chronus Health
Chronus Health’s portable device allows for real-time diagnosis at the point of care, providing lab results in minutes and dramatically improving time to care and patient outcomes. Our initial launch for complete blood count (CBC) and complete metabolic panel (CMP) accounts for 50% of all blood tests performed, representing a market size of $11 billion.
Dalton Bioanalytics
Dalton Bioanalytics has developed a new way of analyzing all of the different types of biochemicals in blood. Using tried-and-true liquid chromatography mass spectrometry, we measure proteins, lipids, electrolytes, metabolites, and other small molecules—providing a more complete analysis at a fraction of the cost. Using the data generated from our multiomic research platform, we will […]
3DK Tech
Metal additive manufacturing has traditionally been confined to prototyping, hindered by the mechanical properties and low reliability of printed parts, which rendered them unsuitable for direct replacement in high-demand sectors such as aerospace and automotive. However, 3DK Tech, emerging from research at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, is breaking new ground with […]
Renovate Robotics
The US is facing a massive labor shortage, which has dramatic implications to new home construction, repairs to existing units in case of damage due to ever-increasing storms as a result of climate change, and also severely delays further deployment of rooftop solar. Climate is causing increasing damage, with over 20 annual climate-related events causing […]
LiveKuna
LiveKuna operates a vertically-integrated superfood company, sourcing directly from local farmers and processing and packing products in our own facility. We help consumers integrate superfoods into their daily diet. Our products include organic chia seeds, quinoa, moringa, smoothie blends and probiotics, gluten-free flours, and quinoa and chia puffs (KunaPops).
TradeTogether
TradeTogether is a Singapore-exempted Web3 fintech company that makes investing in the $1 trillion crypto market easy and stress-free with basket solutions that protect investors from market downside risk. TradeTogether has processed over 2.5 million in trade volume, serving accredited investors and financial institutions worldwide.
Hidden Gems Beverage Company
Hidden Gems Beverage Company is an innovate beverage company that uses science and creativity to create beautiful and exciting drinks from upcycled ingredients. It is our mission to change the way the world perceives and utilizes our resources and inspire the discovery of life’s hidden gems. Reveal is a superior antioxidant-rich, ready-to-drink beverage made from […]
Screea
Screea is a universal cashback loyalty platform where users can earn Screea points anywhere within our global ecosystem—online and offline. The points can be cashed out, redeemed for prizes, or used as a payment tool at selected partners within our global ecosystem.
Biomathematica SAS
BioMathematica is building a new standard in the microbiome field: an online platform called DryLab, which processes and integrates microbiome-related “omics” data for condition-specific, personalized microbiome models in healthy and disease states. Using artificial intelligence and genome-scale metabolic modeling, this platform is used by biotech and pharma companies for data analysis and diet-microbiome, microbe-microbe and […]
Crowd Supply
Crowd Supply lets you raise money from the crowd to manufacture your next big idea. Their mission is to bring original and useful hardware to life by helping creators launch with the funding and support they need to deliver thoughtfully crafted products to delighted backers. Once funded, continue taking pre-orders until it’s manufactured. Once manufactured, […]
Seaquake
Seaquake provides infrastructure to the Digital Asset Market through development, consultancy, and our core technology stack which is connected to all aspects of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. We offer management services and technology solutions to assist our clients in fulfilling the potential of their ecosystem in the Digital Asset space. Seaquakes clients include exchanges and projects, […]
XIXILAB
The skin care regimen for women in China includes as many as 9 steps close to the average of 8-10 steps of women in Korea and they are willing to spend US$200 or more on hard to find cosmetics. Over 80% of China’s 200m million white-collar workers have a demand for teeth straightening but the […]
MikeLegal
Corporates’ most valuable asset is often their brand. Corporate legal departments spend 60% of their time on trademark management and protection and intellectual property work – low value and repetitive. MikeLegal uses AI to automate brand and trademark work. MikeLegal has over 500,000 brands under management across over 100 corporate customers from pharma to FMCG […]
Atato
Atato is a modern multi party computation custody platform where businesses can securely store and manage their cryptocurrencies.
Cartesi
Cartesi is the operating system of DApps. Complex and intensive computations run in a Linux environment, outside the blockchain, without compromising decentralization. Cartesi makes DApps significantly more powerful, cost-effective, easier to develop, and portable. It brings mainstream productivity to developers and a satisfying experience to users.
mori
Our all-natural protective layer slows down the spoiling process of fruit, veggies, meats, and seafood to help you enjoy fresher food for longer. This layer is made from natural ingredients and helps companies reduce the need for single-use plastic, wax, fungicides, or chemicals normally used. Tasteless, odorless, and invisible, our discreet protective layer is designed […]
Bounty Media
Bounty Media puts consumers in control of their data and privacy as a “zero party.” The deep data platform allows advertisers to offer premium content subscriptions to their audiences in exchange for user data. Brands give rewards to any consumer who wants to share their data voluntarily.
Vyv (fka Vital Vio)
Vyv offers a revolutionary replacement for standard overhead lighting that provides safe, active, and continuous disinfection through visible white light. With the simple flip of a light switch, occupied environments can see up to a 99% reduction in harmful bacteria like Salmonella, E. Coli, MRSA, and C.diff. Vital Vio uses a precise combination of wavelengths […]
Unlocked Labs
Unlocked is developing probiotics with enhanced abilities to take up and break down compounds in the GI tract – thereby safely bringing down levels throughout the human body. Our platform approach is to activate dormant probiotic genes, enabling Unlocked to target specific compounds that are the root causes of serious chronic health conditions. We’re cutting […]
OneSkin
OneSkin aims to promote skin rejuvenation by decoding the aging process. By replicating skin aging using 3D models and correlating biological markers with chronological age, we have created an efficient engine to screen new anti-aging molecules. We are the first-in-class platform to quantitatively measure the rejuvenation effect on any molecule in human tissues.
Hackster
Hackster is the largest online community for hardware hackers. Whether you are a hacker, a hobbyist or an entrepreneur, Hackster is the place where it all starts. Build up your hacker identity, tap powerful development tools and share your creations, all in one place.
PriceOye
Serving more than two million active users a month, PriceOye is the second-largest e-commerce platform in Pakistan. With a business model similar to China’s JD.com, the company is catering to Pakistan’s 210 million consumers by providing authentic, high-end products at low prices.
Mimio Health
Mimio Health (fka Innate Biology) is a nutraceutical company dedicated to the research and production of the world’s first fasting mimetic supplement. Our supplement was designed from clinical research to replicate the cellular health benefits and lifespan-promoting effects of fasting without the need to fast. Through years of research into human fasting we have uncovered […]
The Money Club
The Money Club is the first mobile app in India that enables users to form closed, trusted communities to save, borrow, and invest with each other at better rates than banks. Pool money regularly with verified users and withdraw up to 10 times more money than you have saved—particularly during times of crisis.
Goama
We’ve combined the best of e-sports and the best of casual games to create a “casualized” e-sports ecosystem. Players compete on casual games—ranked on live leaderboards—to win real-world prizes. Our turnkey solution transforms any app into a gamified powerhouse to drive engagement, monetization, and acquisition.
AngelVest Group
AngelVest Group’s mission is to help our members identify and invest in compelling early-stage businesses in China. We also provide a venue for entrepreneurs to raise early-stage capital from accredited angel investors. Entrepreneurs typically seek to raise from USD $100K to $500K and can enjoy the benefits of continued interaction and mentorship by their angel […]
Hurdle
Hurdle is devoted to one thing— building bio-infrastructure that simplifies and accelerates access to biology for companies and consumers. Hurdle experts have masterfully built a tech-first plug-in platform that combines a deep expertise in easy-to-manage technology with efficiencies of scale, making biology data accessible to more people. Our bio-infrastructure system is a highly customizable and […]
BiomeSense
BiomeSense is developing an integrated biosensor and cloud-based software platform to massively scale the collection and analysis of gut microbiome data, producing up to 30 times the data of existing tools for the same or lower cost. The enabling technology is a proprietary microfluidic biosensor that’s installed in the patient home, passively and continuously sampling […]
CAPSL (Capsl Entertainment Limited)
CAPSL a competitive gaming platform that makes launching and competing in online tournaments easy, safe, secure and scalable, across thousands of mobile game titles.
Coffee Exchange
Coffee Exchange develops technologies to streamline & increase transparency in critical supply chains in the Global Coffee Industry. Our B2B e-commerce platform connects over 1000 coffee roasters in China and now over 200 in the USA directly to coffee exporters. CEx provides logistics, customs clearance, warehousing, marketing and sales for green coffee exporters in Ethiopia, […]
Deyor Camps
Millennials across India want to meet, learn from, and share new experiences with a community of like-minded individuals. Deyor Camps enables millenials to connect through tailored experiential travel, online experiences, and fashion merchandise. Deyor has over 45,000 active members and achieved $3M dollars in revenue in 2019. 印度的千禧一代年轻人希望与志趣相投的人聚会、学习并分享新的经验。Deyor Camps通过量身定制的体验旅行、线上体验和时尚商品，连接来自印度各地的年轻人。Deyor拥有超过45,000名活跃社群成员，2019年实现了300万美元的收入。
Instoried
Instoried helps large companies make their marketing and communications content more human with a data-driven, scalable and repeatable approach powered by AI. Instoried helps companies improve their content to drive greater engagement and has sales from a 70 billion USD German chemical corporation to a 50-person small enterprise. 基于人工智能技术，Instoried运用数据驱动、可扩张和可重复的方法，改善大型企业的市场营销内容，使其内容更加人性化，由此推动更多的用户或客户互动参与。Instoried的客户包括市值700亿美元的德国化工公司以及拥有50名员工的小型企业等。
KIKO TV
Kiko Live was conceived with a simple yet innovative vision – to digitize and empower local neighborhood retailers. Whether it’s kiranas, pharmacies, stationeries, or paan-wallahs, every local retailer can join our platform and leverage our app to streamline and expand their home delivery services. Through our collaboration with ONDC as a Seller NP, Kiko sellers […]
Lattis
Lattis is an End-to-end micromobility management platform for bike, scooter, and vehicle fleet operators to create a cost-effective and secure shared vehicle service.
Sean O'Sullivan
After Sean O’Sullivan’s first startup went public in 1994, he founded SOSV in 1995 as a “super angel.” In 2007, based off the success of two dozen investments that had done remarkably well, Sean began expanding SOSV and transitioning it from a personal investment vehicle into an organization which today has about 100 staff supporting […]
Ostad
Where prerecorded video courses end, Ostad starts. Ostad is a learning platform providing the best learning experience through live classes.
UbankU
Ubanku is a 21 century neobank for the social and financial inclusion of the young. We provide financial products and services to Gen-Z people and help them in their transition to adulthood in developing countries.
Clarity
Clarity’s mission is to solve the global air pollution problem through better data. By integrating IoT hardware and cloud-based data analytics, Clarity’s Smart City Air Quality Monitoring helps customers scale up existing networks and delivers real-time insights on pollutants. Having already developed the world’s most accurate low-cost particulate matter sensor, Clarity is now deploying the […]
Vivid Vision
Vivid Vision Clinical is designed to let your eye doctor have absolute control over your lazy eye treatment. People with lazy eye are often not able to use one of their eyes, resulting in a loss of depth perception and 3D vision. By using Vivid Vision at an optometry clinic, someone with lazy eye can […]
Trendy Butler
Trendy Butler is a diverse men’s apparel subscription service that gives members up to $150 worth of men’s clothes for $65 per month. Our technology personally caters to each user’s style preferences, sizes, and overall personality. Unlike most of today’s men’s clothing subscription services, Trendy Butler delivers quality at a price that is ridiculously low.
Piktochart
Piktochart is the most intuitive and affordable way to tell visual stories with infographics, reports, presentations, and prints. Piktochart is an easy infographic design app that requires very little effort or expertise to produce engaging, high-quality graphics. Over 8 million users across the world love Piktochart, including small business owners, content marketers, educators, non-profit organizations, […]
Particle
Particle’s full-stack Internet of Things (IoT) device platform gives you the hardware and software you need to securely and reliably connect your IoT devices to the web.
MicroSynbiotiX
MicroSynbiotiX is developing cost-effective oral vaccines to combat infections and improve global food security. We are developing a novel method of producing oral vaccines using transgenic microalgae. Our solution will make disease management much more sustainable and reduce the need for antibiotics.
Lilu
Lilu automates breast massage and compression (that mothers do and experts recommend). Their solution reduces the problems related to breastfeeding and helps mothers pump, track, and manage their breast milk supply.
Moirai Biodesign
We provide computational mRNA/RNA design services for the industry and academia to help develop more stable mRNA vaccines and more effective RNA-based drugs, reposition RNA-targeted drugs and develop more accurate diagnostics methods. We have developed a novel diagnostics technology that enables the detection of a myriad of pathologies in a fast, cost-efficient and easy-to-use manner […]
Amp your Good
We’re Kickstarter for hunger. We’re disrupting the traditional food drive model (physical collection) with an online giving model called crowd-feeding. Crowd-feeding enables people to donate perishable food—fruits, vegetables, and other healthy food items—instead of non-perishable food.
Bitome, Inc.
Bitome uses metabolomic insights to drive efficient biomanufacturing. Bitome’s magnetic-resonance/neural-network-driven platform provides quantified analysis of the cell culture environment—enabling bio-based products to get to market faster.
Bizzy Coffee
Bizzy Coffee is made for busy people, by busy people—bringing you the highest quality cold brew coffee to make sure it fits into your busy life! Whether we’re brewing Bizzy Organic Cold Brew Coffee or making grounds for the at-home brewers, we take special care in every step of the process, from sourcing the highest […]
Carma
Carma is a world leader in technology that encourages and enables high-occupancy commuting. Our mission is to fight traffic gridlock and save people time on their commute by filling up empty seats in private cars. As a trusted partner of federal and state transportation agencies for carpooling, carsharing, and occupancy enforcement, we’re helping to drive […]
The Tap Lab
The Tap Lab is mobile gaming studio based in Cambridge, MA. Creators of TapCity, Tiny Tycoons, and Bigfoot Hunter.
Optimize Health
Optimize Health, a HAX portfolio company that provides device-agnostic Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), Patient Engagement and Workflow software for front-line healthcare providers, recently launched a COVID-19 screening tool that practices can use to proactively screen and triage patients. optimize.health was already growing rapidly since new reimbursements for Remote Patient Monitoring were offered by Medicare in […]
Ao Air (f/k/a O2 O2)
Ao Air facewear cleans the air of pathogens and pollutants using proprietary nanofibers. Their lightweight, battery-powered facewear “engineers” the air using a fan to create positive air pressure behind a shield, protecting the user without requiring a seal. The mask protects the user from 99.75% of 0.25 micron (250nm) particulates / pathogens. There is an […]
Hyasynth
Despite its increasing popularity in medicine, cannabis is too costly to produce at a large scale with the quality and consistency needed for medical use. Instead of depending on the cannabis plant and breeding new strains, we use engineered yeast to produce the same products, including THC, CBD, and even many of the minor cannabinoids, […]
Kniterate
Kniterate is an affordable and compact digital knitting machine for your workshop. It turns your digital designs into knitted garments automatically, allowing you to go from an idea into a design ready to be made within a few minutes.
Qidni Labs Inc.
Qidni works on implantable artificial kidneys for three million patients with kidney failure (end-stage renal disease). Hemodialysis needs 120L of dialysate per four-hour session of dialysis. Qidni technology works with only a few bags of saline solution that is available in most drug stores.
Cool Amps
The US is facing a frightening shortfall in the critical minerals needed for energy storage & batteries to enable the shift to electrification. There are limitations in our ability to mine these locally; however we can find these critical minerals in post-manufacturing, off spec batteries, as well as in growing reserves of post-use, spent batteries […]
ENTR
ENTR is an enterprise SaaS platform built alongside industry leaders to empower food and beverage companies to innovate faster and decrease compliance risk by managing their data from idea to market.
eQiData
eQiData offers a SaaS proprietary AI-powered business intelligence solution to manage fully integrated e-commerce and digital marketing data across platforms and marketing channels boosting sales, increasing profits, saving costs and outperforming brand’s competitors. Global brands can get complete and fully updated transparency on their e-commerce and e-marketing performance, competitors monitoring, ROI measurement, predictions and actionable […]
Kutanios
Kutanios produces a peptide-based ingredient that prevents skin damage from aging and sun exposure via topical application. The novel mechanism stops skin cells from degrading the surrounding collagen and promoting inflammation, common causes of sun damage-related aging. Not only does this peptide protect against sun and skin damage but the ingredient is also biodegradable and […]
Quidli
At Quidli, we enable digital-first teams to share crypto as internal incentives and rewards. Remote organizations can deploy crypto such as Bitcoin to recognize and acknowledge each other across the work apps like Slack.
Verifoxx
Verifoxx helps you comply with KYC regulations without putting your customers’ data at risk using technology based on zero-knowledge proofs. We go beyond standard encryption and cloud-based software to offer maximum data protection with a zero-knowledge proof architecture built on our own blockchain network for maximum security—without compromising user experience.
RyboDyn
RyboDyn, Inc. is targeting the dark proteome to make new immunotherapies. We are unlocking and validating previously undiscovered, disease-specific targets that will impact the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases by driving a new wave of targeted therapeutics. Our “targets-to-assets” therapeutics development program is supported by a scalable, in-house platform for lead discovery and optimization. […]
Reactosome
Reactosome is a synthetic cell platform that enables an efficient new class of nucleic acid therapies, unlocking treatments for complex diseases like solid cancers and age-related disorders by affecting 10x more genes than traditional methods
Cell BioEngines
Cell BioEngines, Inc., is a clinical-stage biotech company focused on curing cancer by developing human cells as ‘off-the-shelf’ drugs. The company leverages its proprietary Stem-SPACE™ platform technology to produce clinical grade cells at economies of scale by harnessing the incredible potential of healthy umbilical cord blood as a unique starting material.
Synthace
Synthace’s goal is to raise universal bioscience productivity, enabling people to better engineer biology for health, food, energy, and manufacturing. Central to our technology is Antha, an operating system for biology that simplifies the process of designing and optimizing biological unit operations. Antha spreads biological information in a repeatable way, linking lab equipment, protocols, and […]
Biotherapeutics company Prellis Bio appoints new CEO, raises $35M series C
Biotherapeutics company Prellis Biologics (IndieBio SF05 2017) has appointed Michael Nohaile, PhD as its new CEO, according to a Business Wire press release, “Prellis Biologics Appoints New CEO, Raises $35 Million in Series C Funding to Leverage Human Immune System Biology to De-Risk and Accelerate Therapeutics Drug Discovery and Development”. The company also announced a […]
Every Day is a Perfect Day to Invest in Our Future!
Back in 2014, SOSV engaged in an experiment to see if synthetic biology startups could benefit from the same type of programs that hardware and software companies were enjoying. After all, SOSV’s HAX program was, and still is, churning out success stories. But until we actually tried it, no one knew if a biotechnology company could benefit from the lean startup approach we were applying at HAX.
Portable Diagnostic Systems
The fentanyl crisis is tearing the US apart, taking lives and destroying communities. Real-time testing that can deliver quantitative results ensures that harm and loss of life can be minimized. Portable Diagnostic Systems (PDS) is addressing this immediate need for rapid onsite diagnostic testing and toxicology in a variety of markets, including emergency medicine, roadside […]
Animal-free leather maker and IndieBio SF alum Gozen raises $3.3M
IndieBio alum Gozen raised $3.3 million in seed funding round led by Happiness Capital, with participation from Accelr8, Astor Management, SOSV. The startup is working on a Turkey-based production facility with capacity of up to 1 million square feet. At Paris Fashion Week earlier this year, Gozen partnered with Balenciaga to unveil LUNAFORM™, a lower-impact […]
Announcing IndieBio SF’s Next Wave: VC-Founder meetings - Week of June 17
IndieBio’s cohort #15 is ready to meet investors. Email us if you want to meet in-person or register for the virtual demo day at the link provided. We look forward to meeting you!
Pear Bio
Pear Bio is a computational biology company that has developed a functional precision medicine platform to optimize clinical cancer care and drug development. The platform uses microphysiological systems and 3D computer vision to measure cancer progression over time. Pear Bio cultures patient tumor samples and immune cells to test potential treatment options and combinations ex […]
Cereswaves
Cereswaves’ revolutionary Energy Pang device delivers the world’s first “electrofertilizer,” boosting crop and animal health and growth. Ultra low energy, it works by altering the water in plants and, in turn, transpiration of water through the plant. The Energy Pang wavelength is so safe, it’s used in medical applications — even on premature infants. Cereswaves […]
Fusion unicorn Helion founder David Kirtley to speak at SOSV Climate Tech Summit
At the SOSV Climate Tech Summit (Oct. 25-26 / free & virtual / register now) Dr. David Kirtley, founder and CEO of Helion Energy, will tackle that question and many more in a fireside chat. One of three fusion unicorns, Helion has secured $500 million in funding and is currently building Polaris, which Kirtley believes will be the first ever fusion reactor to generate more electricity than it consumes, which is the idea, of course.
BioFluff
BioFluff is the world’s first completely plant-based fur targeting the luxury clothing market.
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Esports XO
EsportsXO is India’s fastest-growing Esports startups. It a comprehensive solution (a combination of a tournament management system, SaaS platform and marketplace) that bring, connect and complement gamers, game developers and brands in the India Esports ecosystem.
Conan MedTech
Conan MedTech is producing a rapid POC diagnostic test for concussions that can be performed on the sidelines. The company’s lateral flow device uses highly specific monoclonal antibodies to recognize neuronal biomarkers, which show up in saliva immediately after concussions.
Metabolomic Diagnostics
Metabolomic Diagnostics offers a revolutionary blood test to be administered at 15 weeks into a pregnancy that can accurately predict the risk that a woman will develop pre-eclampsia later in pregnancy. A combination of metabolites in the blood is measured and the results, along with certain clinical data, are fed into a classification algorithm, which […]
Here are videos for all the sessions at the 2022 SOSV Climate Tech Summit
We just completed our two-day summit (Oct. 25-26), which included 22 panels and fireside chats with leading founders, VCs, researchers and policy experts. We had a great turnout, with more 6700 people registered this year, from 88 countries. We recognize that the event was not available during waking hours in much of the world so we wanted […]
Millennia TEA
We fuel wellness with the freshest and most nutrient-rich teas anywhere—real, raw, whole-food teas and (soon) tea cubes. We wash and flash-freeze raw, organic tea leaves using a patented method to maximize tea’s nutritional properties and associated health benefits. The result is Fresh-Leaf TEA delivers 5x the antioxidants of a conventional green tea made from […]
ELSA
ELSA Speak—an AI app for English pronunciation, SXSW Edu 2016 Winner—is making its Pro version free for K-12 students worldwide.
multus media
Multus Media develops the key ingredient to make cultivated meat affordable and profitable. Cultivated meat brings an 87% reduction in CO2 equivalent emissions, along with 96% less freshwater use and 99% less land use to produce the same amount of meat. This is why our mission is to design growth media that provides a collective […]
Neurode
Neurode is actively tracking and improving symproms of ADHD with transcranial stimulation.
SOSV Climate Tech 100 Startups value grows by 44% in 5 months
On Earth Day, April 22, 2021, SOSV published its SOSV Climate Tech 100 list, a collection of the top climate tech companies in our portfolio. The list was notable because the companies up to that point had raised $1.85 billion from investors (including $89 million from SOSV), and had a market cap in aggregate of $5.65 billion.
Down
DOWN uses social apps to help people strengthen relationships in the offline world through honest interactions. Based in San Francisco, our mobile and online development teams put together groundbreaking apps that are changing the way people discover relationships in a mobile world. Users anonymously select their Facebook friends and friends of friends who strike their […]
Gamer Guides
The idea for Gamer Guides was originally conceived back in 2010 during a playthrough of Final Fantasy XIII. After using the hardback version of the official guide, beautiful and detailed as it was, it became apparent that trying to use a heavy book wasn’t the easiest experience when also trying to complete a section of […]
AMMA Pregnancy Tracker
Pregnancy Tracker is a one-stop mobile application to improve mental and physical health families worldwide.
TheFutures.io
TheFutures.io delivers companies world-class graphic Design As A Service. Designs, from power points to websites, are delivered in less than 24 hours within a fully-managed process that is 86% more cost-effective than traditional agencies. TheFutures.io is already delivering 11,000 designs every quarter by leveraging technology and optimised design processes as well as a customer dashboard […]
FlashAid (Easy Aspataal)
About 400 million people in India don’t have health insurance, and 10% of uninsured people fall into poverty every year because of unaffordable medical bills. Flashaid offers a preventive health plan for less than $3 per month. Using ML from millions of claims, Flashaid offers the right preventive care plan to patients in the comfort […]
Livin Farms
Livin Farms has figured out a fundamentally more efficient and sustainable way to produce protein for the animal feed industry. Livin Farms empowers its customers to produce insect-derived protein, oil, and fertilizer from food waste, thus reducing CO2 emissions by 92% vs conventional protein production via animal agriculture.
Tasting Collective
We’re a roving community of food lovers on a mission to create a more meaningful restaurant experience. To us, restaurants are stages upon which stories are told and setting in which relationships are built. We host chef-led dining events at top independent eateries, and give executive chefs an opportunity to experiment with food and come […]
Wazer
WAZER is the world’s first affordable digital cutting device that cuts any material with water, bringing the precision of waterjet cutting to engineers, makers, designers, and hobbyists.
Tappytoon
Tappytoon is the premier digital-first comics platform that has become a daily destination for more than three million readers hailing from over 190 countries. The Tappytoon library is now available in English, French, and German, spanning exclusive, licensed hits curated from the largest publishers in Korea and Asia, including Kakao, Mr. Blue, Jaedam, Haksan, Comico […]
Abbot's Butcher
Abbot’s Butcher offers artisan plant-based meats, only using the best-tasting, highest-quality ingredients possible. Our products are crafted from premium-quality ingredients, sourced from ethical producers. Some of our foods include plant-based “beef,” chick’n, and “chorizo.”
Perennial
Through relentless innovation, we are bringing a more clean and modern approach to global adult nutrition by harnessing the power of plants. Our mission is to champion and enhance the lives of those who are above the age of 50 by harnessing the power and potential of plant-based ingredients and developing solutions tailor made for […]
GIVN Goods
GIVN is a social enterprise dedicated to turning mass consumer products into social goodness. Our flagship product, GIVN Water, is a premium North American spring water that is seriously good water – every bottle funds one day of water for a person in need. GIVN Water is sourced regionally, packaged responsibly, and infused with good […]
MobiGarage
MobiGarage is innovating the USD $40 billion dollar smartphone market by disrupting the second-hand mobile supply chain. We sell refurbished smartphones with certified components and warranty that are 70% cheaper than new smartphones.
Voyage Foods
Recreating the foods and drinks that face environmental, ethical, and health challenges in a way that’s sustainable, scalable, and shockingly scrumptious. With a team of food scientists and some really cool technology, we have a unique ability to analyze and archive flavors. We’re not just creating alternatives to the foods we love. We’re also preserving […]
Adore Me
Adore Me is a high-fashion intimates brand that sells products in stores and online. Our product lines include beautifully-designed lingerie, swimwear, sleepwear, and related accessories that all come in a wide range of sizes—from petite to plus size. VIP members of Adore Me shop new designs in their personalized online showrooms each month and receive […]
AngelList
AngelList is a platform for startups to meet investors, talent, and incubators. Accredited investors can invest in syndicates alongside some of the best angel investors in the world, while over 10,000 companies are actively hiring from our pool of over 200,000 active candidates. Our mission is to serve startups and eliminate the frictions along their […]
Avidbots
Avidbots is building autonomous robots for commercial floor cleaning. Avidbot’s sweeping and scrubbing robots cooperate to clean department stores, auto dealerships, education facilities, and airports. These robots automate the most labor- and time-intensive part of commercial cleaning.
B2 Talent Asia
B2 Talent Asia helps global musicians tap into the US$15bn internet celebrity and key opinion leader market in China. Beyond traditional talent management services, B2 Talent Asia introduces innovative digital products & services to expand, engage and monetize their fan-base.
Babybe GmbH
BABYBE is a bionic mattress that keeps mothers and their babies connected through the process of artificial incubation. We bring haptic information from the mother to the baby in real-time, making the environment inside the incubator machine less stressful while giving the mother an active role in the care of her pre-term infant. We do […]
Storyful
An award-winning social intelligence and news agency that sources, verifies and acquires social content and insights for media and brand partners. Storyful solves the biggest problem facing the news industry: how to turn social media content into trusted news. Storyful offers a fully-integrated operating system for news producers and consumers who want to discover and […]
Sodex Innovations
Sodex Innovations is active in the construction industry and improves digitalization by installing advanced systems on construction machines. These systems use cameras, laser scanners and GNSS receivers to automatically create accurate digital twins of construction sites during earthworks. The digital twins are transferred in real time to the cloud, where users can analyze, visualize and […]
VALANX Biotech
Valanx Biotech is a university spin-out offering a patented method for high-efficiency protein conjugation for cancer drug targeting and other uses. Through the power of synthetic biology and genetic-code expansion, we have developed a novel site-specific protein conjugation platform that allows precise control over a conjugation site and the number of conjugations on the protein […]
Servy
Servy is a next-gen mystery dining and market research platform for the hospitality industry. The Servy mobile app empowers a community of foodies to complete private restaurant evaluations in exchange for cash back and donations to charity.
Shaper
At Shaper, we fuse robotics with handheld tools to simplify the process of making. We think everyone can create with better tools, so we’re working to make tools smarter, more intuitive, and easier to use. Shaper Origin combines robotic precision with hand tool simplicity to create a first-of-its-kind machine: a handheld CNC that only cuts […]
FASHORY
FASHORY FUSE is an online platform that helps brands worldwide launch in China through partnered retail spaces and pop-ups with end-to-end marketing, inventory, and payment management. The go-to mobile app allows users to discover the perfect outfit from global designers with just a few taps.
Petcube
Petcube keeps people connected with their pets with its interactive Petcube camera and a mobile community of pet lovers. Petcube is a global leader at the intersection of connected home and pet care.
Feel Therapeutics
Feel is developing biomarkers and digital therapeutics to bring objective data and measurement in the way we diagnose, manage, and care for mental health.
Revol Technologies Inc
Ultimate Ears is building quick-molding, custom-fit Bluetooth earphones that will solve common problems associated with comfort, cost, and process.
NewCampus
NewCampus is a modern business school for Asia, supercharging careers and networks at 1% of the cost of an MBA.
Okayker
OkayKer is a tech-enabled platform for car repair and maintenance and a marketplace for spare auto parts. Select details about your car to get an instant estimate for any work you require on your car, whether it be diagnosis and repair, preventive maintenance, or any sort of car cleaning or detailing.
Swap Robotics
Utility-scale solar power is on-track to become the world’s #1 energy source by the 2040’s. SWAP robotics addresses two significant cost challenges to the CapEx and OpEx of solar farms with automated solutions. In the utility-scale solar construction phase, SWAP is focused on the single biggest labor expense: solar panel laying. In the following 30-year […]
Alternative Plants
Alternative Plants efficiently cultivates established plant cell cultures to produce bioactive ingredients that are sustainable, environmentally friendly, and have superior performance characteristics. We ensure consistent quality and strong efficacy with our controlled, sustainable, and highly-standardized cell cultivation and extraction process—combined with scrupulous chemical and biological characterization.
AYLIEN
Aylien using their news API to analyze media across the Transport, Manufacturing & Engineering, Sport and Entertainment industries. More information on the Aylien blog.
Foodie For All
Foodie For All is an office catering service for high-demand restaurants that do not deliver. We give restaurants incremental business by bringing them corporate orders to prepare before peak time. We give corporate clients an easy way to get quality food catered.
Ravata Solutions
Ravata has developed a suite of technologies to increase single-embryo transfer pregnancy success rates by up to 40% for clinical IVF patients. Utilizing a backbone of proprietary integrated sensors and milestones in mouse embryo electroporation, Ravata hardware is the only standardization option available for in-vitro embryo handling protocols, including applications for performing fertilization, cryo-preservation, and […]
Harmonix
Harmonix is one of the world’s leading independent game development studios, best known for creating blockbuster franchises like Rock Band and Dance Central. We’re currently hard at work inventing the future of music and motion gaming. We aspire to be the world’s leading developer of world-class music experiences, using technology in ways that profoundly change […]
Kokoon Technology
The Kokoon app delivers specialist audio sessions and programs clinically validated to help people naturally relax and sleep. The app works with Kokoon’s ergonomic headphones (which feature a range of sensors, including EEG) to customize the audio to the individual.
True Made Foods
We took America’s favorite empty-calorie condiments and turned them into nutrient-dense, paleo superfoods. We add real vegetables (like carrots and butternut squash) to every bottle. We also naturally sweeten our products and cut out the added sugar.
CroBio
CroBio is a biotech start-up that harnesses the power of soil bacteria to combat decades of soil health decline and counter the impact of climate change. Plants absorb CO2 from the air and convert it into sugars around their roots. We’ve improved these tiny organisms that eat the sugars and then turn them into a […]
Helex
Helex is taking the promise of non-viral targeted delivery and genome editing to the kidney, developing first-in-class genetic medicines for renal indications.
Voilà!
In China, KOLs and influencers make a lot of money because they drive purchases with social commerce. US influencers make much less because they can only earn on ads and sponsorship. Voilà! brings social commerce to the US fashion industry, enabling fashion micro-influencers to monetize through E-commerce personalized with Voilà!’s visual search engine and product […]
AWB Health
Corporate spending on employee health management is expected to grow by 25.62% from 2017 to 2025 as MNCs explore firm-wide health programs to boost employee productivity. AWB Health’s mobile internet platform assesses employee’s health risks and provides individualized health improvement action plans. Through back-end data, AWB provides in-depth analysis for companies to fully understand their […]
Innatrix
Innatrix’s seasoned team of AgriTech professionals are working to replace agrochemical with biological pesticides for farmers. They have developed a robust pipeline for identifying novel biopesticides to control three economically important and critical pathogens, such as late blight, soybean cyst nematode and citrus greening.
Bioeutectics
Bioeutectics has developed a technology capable of revolutionizing today’s industrial processes by supplying the next generation of green solvents. The company’s non-toxic, biodegradable, and sustainable solvents use a combination of readily available plant by-products and eutectic technology. AI-enhanced green chemistry allows the customization of products for use in a variety of industries such as food, […]
TinyChef
NutriChef is transforming the field of dietetics by leveraging AI to deliver personalized, data-driven dietary solutions. Our platform empowers dietitians to streamline their workflows, generate meal plans, analyze medical data, and provide detailed client recommendations—all while ensuring human oversight. NutriChef AI saves time, improves accuracy, and enhances client outcomes, enabling dietitians to focus more on […]
Tesseract
Tesseract allows developers of decentralized applications (dapps) to overcome existing infrastructure limitations and create dapps with familiar user experiences—without any compromise on decentralization. Tesseract is designed to be compatible with all major operating systems and blockchains, effectively becoming a one-stop shop for a blockchain developer. Our goal is to be the first software a developer […]
Pannex Therapeutics
Pannex Therapeutics is a pioneer biopharmaceutical company totally focused on the development of a novel therapeutic class of Pannexin 1 channel (Panx1) blockers. Pannex is developing a platform of small molecules that blocks this exciting new pharmacological target, Panx1 channels. With potential applications in many therapeutic areas, the initial focus is on chronic pain treatment […]
Scindo
Carbon chains are the backbones in most modern products, extracted from crude oil and converted into anything from materials to ingredients. Scindo is working towards a circular future, where your favourite products are sustainably manufactured from renewable or recycled feedstocks. We are developing cutting-edge enzyme systems to address two global challenges: the reliance on crude […]
BryoSphere Biotechnologies
BryoSphere Biotechnologies uses moss plants and biotechnology techniques to synthesize rare, plant-derived specialty compounds. By harnessing the genetic information of a variety of plants, BryoSphere achieves the production of rare compounds with significantly higher yields compared to those found in their natural counterparts, thereby enhancing accessibility. Currently, BryoSphere is dedicated to the development of two […]
Nutrition from Water
Founded in 2020, New Zealand-headquartered biotechnology company Nutrition from Water utilizes microalgae technology to create highly nutritious, non GMO, protein-packed nutrition and specialised food ingredients. Microalgae require a fraction of the water, land, and time as other protein sources and emit a fraction of greenhouse gases. Nutrition from Water’s products have a complete amino acid […]
PLANETARIANS
What’s the ingredient innovation?- We find a better home for nutrients from industrial food and beverage sidestreams. This allows to earn on every pound, selling on par with animal meat when others lose. FDA-compliant. Patented. The pilot facility proved COGS and CapEx. Featured on the cover of Alt Meat Magazine, COP 28 and TechCrunch. Supply […]
PONS
PONS is disrupting the $100B clinical trial and biomarker industry by converting any mobile ultrasound into a powerful data source. Currently the healthcare system is limited by some major blind spots: 90% of clinical drug development fails, and we fail to collect high-quality, large-scale data on early-stage disease. PONS is solving this problem by converting […]
ScanTrust
Scantrust is a connected packaging and products platform that binds physical goods and products with online identities. By bringing goods and packaging online through unique and secure QR codes, we also help maintain brand integrity with instant copy detection for anti-counterfeiting. Companies use Scantrust to deliver valuable consumer insights and unlock growth potential in the […]
Sencity
Sencity designs and deploys connected public furniture that introduces interactive layers of information, experience, and entertainment to everyday environments. Sencity’s flagship product, TetraBIN, is an interactive receptacle that brings delightful surprise and reward to the simple everyday necessity of waste disposal, leveraging interaction into an effective behavior shift. TetraBIN provides cities and local businesses capabilities […]
ArgenTAG
Single-cell genomics has continued to undergo enormous progress since its inception more than a decade ago. Named twice as Method of the Year by the journal Nature, it continues to evolve with this innovation delivered by ArgenTAG. ArgenTAG has developed the first truly scalable single-cell solution for long-read sequencers. The company has fundamentally changed the […]
Bioptamers
At Bioptamers, we spot the molecular differences between tumor cells and healthy cells and create personalized molecules to deliver chemo- and radio- immunotherapies. Our platform develops molecules that selectively bind to the patient’s cancer cells, allowing personalized precision therapies.
P.Happi
We are a female health company developing next-generation femcare. Our bio-active intimate cream fights resistant bacteria that cause urinary tract infections and intimate discomfort. BrightCure’s innovative products help to protect the bladder and urinary tract.
Rheom Materials
Rheom creates novel biomaterials grown by fermenting infinitely renewable bacterial-nanocellulose.
Ceragen
Ceragen contributes to the sustainable intensification of crop production with a single application of their ACCelerate probiotic, which increases hydroponic tomato yields up to 16% in field trials. Our inoculant products allow you to harness the power of beneficial microbes to increase your crop yields by reducing negative stress effects such as leaf yellowing, leaf […]
Contextere
Contextere is transforming the future of work with an intelligent personal agent that delivers actionable intelligence via simple notifications to the last tactical mile. Its industrial software weaves together the power of AI and industrial IoT to give blue collar workers the right information at the right time on the right device. With Contextere, Fortune […]
DropGenie
DropGenie is developing a machine that enables scientists to make meaningful changes to genomes. We provide an affordable alternative to the tedious manual liquid handling operations that underlie CRISPR pipelines. We’re helping to accelerate the pace of discovery by allowing scientists to make the most of their brains, not just their hands.
Fieldcraft
Marketing for producers is expensive and time-consuming. Fieldcraft helps producers attract new business effortlessly, and our easy-to-use interface improves the customer experience, simplifying an otherwise manual and cumbersome process. Fieldcraft offers buyers a modern ecommerce experience that helps them simplify discovery, increase transparency and reduce the time and investment required to innovate. We’re building a […]
Inso Bio
The need to process many samples is holding genomics back in all sectors, from personalized genomics to agriculture. Inso Bio simplifies genomics prep into a single, automated, in-solution step (In Solution—get it?), drastically increasing scalability. Even better, our solution is fast, precise, and can be easily applied to Illumina, PacBio, and Oxford Nanopore-based sequencing technologies, increasing […]
MotionsCloud
MotionsCloud is an inspectech/insurtech company that helps vehicle & property insurance companies, fleet managements companies and airlines to streamline & automate inspections/claims processes using AI computer vision, augmented reality and IoT technologies. We reduce claims cycle time from 3 weeks to 3 hours and save up to 75% on the claims processing cost. Today, MotionsCloud […]
QV Bioelectronics
QV Bioelectronics is developing an implanted electrotherapy device for the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM). GBM is the most most common primary adult brain cancer, and with no cure and limited treatments available, patients are only expected to survive 14 months post-diagnosis. Our innovative electrode technology will allow us to double the life expectancy of patients […]
Visusnano Ltd
VisusNano Ltd. is a pre-clinical startup developing a drug-eluting intraocular lens implant for use in patients undergoing cataract surgery. By improving patient outcomes, obviating the need for eye drops after surgery, and avoiding the need for laser treatment after surgery, our project has the potential to revolutionize cataract surgery in both the human and veterinary […]
A2A
A2A Pharmaceuticals has designed new drug candidates for cancers like Leukemia and other life threatening diseases. A2A’s technology platform optimizes the efficacy of such options while minimizing toxicity much faster and more precisely than competitors. We build and evaluate small molecule libraries that consist of thousands to millions of members until we obtain candidates with […]
IndieBio’s BioAesthetics' nipple-areolar complex grafted to breast cancer survivor for the first time
Biomaterials company BioAesthetics (IndieBio 05) has been developing a nipple-areolar complex (NAC) graft for breast cancer survivors, and New Orleans 4WWL TV News tells the story of the first successful graft in, “Breast cancer survivor receives breakthrough nipple, areola reconstruction surgery”. Breast cancer survivors who have undergone mastectomies usually cannot keep their nipples and areolas […]
HAX’s sustainable nanofiltration company SepPure snags $12M Series A
Chemical membrane company SepPure Technologies recently closed a $12M Series A with participation from Anji Microelectronics, RealTech Fund, Seeds Capital, EPS Ventures, and others. With traditional gas-based distillation, oils are extracted and purified from their source (a seed, fiber, or other organic material) by heating the source in solvent to separate it from its remaining […]
What is the Investor Consent Matters Clause?
If a Founder is removed from the Company under contentious circumstances, no settlement, equity redemption, or payment will be given to the Founder without (i) investor’s consent, and (ii) the option for the investors to exit their investment in the Company first. To clarify, this does not apply if a Founder leaves the Company amicably […]
UPSIDE Foods announces first commercial-scale plant; debuts "Road to Rubicon" series
UPSIDE Foods has had no shortage of incredible milestones lately: following landmark regulatory approvals by the FDA & USDA, the company recently partnered with San Francisco’s Bar Crenn to make its cultivated chicken commercially available (snag a coveted reservation to try it if you can!), and last week announced its first commercial-scale plant, dubbed Rubicon, […]
IndieBio’s therapeutics company Intrinsic Medicine to list on NASDAQ next year
In a post entitled, “Intrinsic Medicine and Phoenix Biotech Acquisition Corp. Announce Merger Agreement to Create Public Company Leveraging Human Milk Biology to Treat Gut-Brain Axis Disorders”, IndieBio’s Intrinsic Medicine (SF09 2019), a therapeutics company using the science of human milk to treat inflammatory disorders, announced that it has entered into a definitive business combination […]
Indiebio's Kelp-based textile company AlgiKnit closes $13M series A, opens new facility
In the article, “Materials Innovator AlgiKnit Closes $13 Million Series A To Transform the Textile Industry’s Environmental Impact,” SynBioBeta reports that biomaterials company AlgiKnit (IndieBio / RebelBio 05) has completed a $13 million Series A funding round led by Collaborative Fund with additional support from Starlight Ventures, Third Nature Ventures, Horizons Ventures, and SOSV.
From Freshmen to Founders With a $40 Million Series A
Tesh Mbaabu rarely showed up to his freshman computer science class at the University of Nairobi. His classmate Mesongo Sibuti noticed.
Check out IndieBio's two latest cohorts: SF14 & NY6
In a challenging funding climate with total deal flow and valuation down, IndieBio has continued to invest aggressively in deep tech that is paving the way for a healthier future—both for humanity and the planet. As a result of this strategy, we’re excited to announce that both of SOSV’s IndieBio programs debuted their latest cohorts. […]
SOSV GP & IndieBio CTO Pae Wu shares tips on how to turn research into a business
“It’s really important to understand the distinction between what it is to build a business, and what it is to build a research program.” SOSV GP and IndieBio CTO Pae W recently took the stage with Brian Heater at TechCrunch Early Stage to share her insights on how to turn research into a business—and why potential founders should consider leaving the “safety” of […]
What is a Review Conversion
If none of the above events occur prior to the Anniversary Date, which is typically 12 months from the execution date of the Cash SAFE, SOSV will have the right to “Review” the Cash SAFE and the Company’s progress, and at that point can choose to either: It is important to note that SOSV’s intention […]
Gozen Bioworks
Leather is one of the most versatile, durable, and desirable materials in fashion. No animal-free replacement has been able to meet the top performance specs, until Gozen.
Pitchbook ranks SOSV as #1 investor in carbon & emissions tech
PitchBook’s Q4 Carbon & Emissions Tech Report features SOSV as the top VC in the space by deal count since 2018. Per the report, the broader carbon tech space saw record investment in 2022, perhaps spurred by the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US and the launch of four programs aiming to “help […]
Building the Future with Biotech
Biology has the potential to solve the biggest problems facing human and planetary health. How can scientists develop microbiome-based therapies, create sustainable food systems, and improve infant wellness? Recent discoveries in these and other areas are showing that entrepreneurial scientists can turn lab-scale discoveries into world-changing technologies. IndieBio (and its parent, SOSV) is a biotech […]
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mFluiDX
The mFluiDx platform is fully autonomous, smart-phone enabled unit ideal for on-site testing. Also, Injection molding allows mass production of chips at cost 1000 times lower than PCR. In addition, sothermal nucleic acid amplification allows sensitivity comparable to PCR. So, with quick and accurate results the platform allows real-time tracking of outbreak, conveying important information […]
Novoloop Is Upcycling Your Future
Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao have an uncanny talent for finding value where others see waste. Their plastics upcycling company, Novoloop, just raised a $21m Series A to prove it.
Zymochem
ZymoChem is breakthrough science for a fossil-free future. We develop bio-based materials for everyday products without compromising Cost, Performance, Scale, or Sustainability. Since 2015, ZymoChem has refined its processes and patented technologies to replace petroleum ingredients and become one of the world’s most efficient biomanufacturing platforms. Materials underpinning our lives are made from fossil inputs […]
Aluna Medical Diagnostics
Aluna is a portable spirometer with a mobile interface that objectively tracks asthma severity to allow for a personalized and real-time action plan. Aluna automatically tracks your FEV1% over time. You can also monitor your symptoms, medication, exercise, and environmental factors. With the Aluna app, you can easily share your lung health data with your […]
Atmosoar
Atmosoar, the “Waze of drones,” is a route-planning platform to keep drones out of bad weather and fly safer, insurance-compliant missions. By taking NOAA prognosis and interpolating with precise terrain and soil data, we are able to provide the most accurate weather dataset on the market at an extremely high resolution. This allows your to […]
VemiCo Ltd
We address modern lifestyle diseases and conditions without the need to change person’s lifestyle, with a novel and unique technology that mimics the communication skills of certain beneficial members of the gut microbiome. We integrate sequencing/informatics technologies and synthetic biology to identify and advance promising molecules encoded in gut microbial DNA. Our developing platform allows […]
Prime Roots
Prime Roots (formerly Terramino Foods) is revolutionizing protein. We are using fungi super protein as the base of our delicious high-protein products that are good for you and the world.
DARMA
Darma is the world’s first “inactivity tracker”—a non-invasive smart cushion to monitor your sitting habits and improve your physical and mental health. Darma uses novel sensor technology to offer actionable guidance to improve posture, balance sitting time, and reduce stress.
Minut
Minut’s sensor monitors your home by analyzing sounds and the indoor environment. It can alert you when it detects alarms, breaking windows, or unexpected activity when you’re away. The device is easy to set up on Wi-Fi and replaceable batteries and it doesn’t record sounds.
Lief Therapeutics
Lief Therapeutics behavioral coaches and wearable smart patch empower patients to improve their mental health without going to the clinic.
Rumarocket
Rumarocket’s Machine Learning Algorithm has helped our clients hire staff that made 12% – 50% more revenue and decreased employee turnover by 15%. We train our Artificial Intelligence algorithm to predict job applicants that will be more productive and stay longer, giving our clients over 100 times ROI. We are also building a recommender system […]
Flair
Flair builds a Smart Vent suite for rapid retrofitting of central heating and cooling and a Minisplit controller compatible with over one billion non-smart air conditioners operating today.
Pheronym
Pheronym uses a new kind of pheromone to manage microscopic roundworms called nematodes for eco-friendly agricultural pest control. Pheronym controls all nematodes, both beneficial nematodes that feed on insect pests and harmful nematodes that attack plant roots. The pheromones Pheronym is developing are water soluble and can be used to control pests in the soil.
Proteinea
Proteinea is making biofactories out of insect larvae. Instead of microbial biomanufacturing, our next-generation platform uses mass-reared insect larvae, each of which is its own fast growing, mini-biofactory. We are producing recombinant proteins at scale and at a lower cost, reducing the capital and operational costs of conventional bioreactors.
Michroma
Michroma revolutionizes the food industry by replacing synthetic, non-vegetarian and non-sustainable colorants with a natural option using biotechnology. We are using synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors. Our first products are extremely pH and thermal stable food colorants that we are […]
EIO Diagnostics
Undetected udder infections in dairy animals cost the global dairy industry more than $20B a year in lost production. EIO Diagnostics uses advanced imaging and machine learning to detect udder infections faster, cheaper, and more reliably than any other product on the market. We provide a clear picture of udder health, increasing profitability for dairy […]
FancyCellar
Wine is the most complex consumer good. The vast majority of Chinese consumers lack knowledge about wine, are afraid of fake products, and are lost when shopping in regular wine stores. Fancy Cellar solves this problem by introducing Social Wine Commerce to WeChat. Fancy Cellar 品庄酒业 is a wine importer & e-tailer specialized in boutique […]
Mushroom Cups
At Mushroom Cups, we harness the power of mushrooms to infuse everyday beverages with the energy and cognitive boost that will keep you running for hours. Taste Go Sharp and Go Fresh mushroom-infused coffee and experience clean energy and long-lasting focus without the jitters and crash effect of regular coffee.
BigGo
BigGo helps consumers compare prices across every major e-commerce platform, driving millions of dollars in sales each month. BigGo is currently the largest price compare and cash-back platform in Taiwan with over nine million unique users monthly and is expanding to Thailand and Japan.
BioAesthetics
BioAesthetics is developing a tissue engineered nipple-areolar complex (NAC) for patients with incomplete or removed NACs due to disease, surgery, or birth defects. BioAesthetics will provide an off-the-shelf-ready, human-derived, acellular NAC graft to plastic and reconstructive surgeons.
Global Belly
Global Belly is the first platform that enables food influencers to monetize their brands by launching their own custom line of products. Through our platform food influences (“Tastemakers”) turn their beautiful and delicious content into shoppable experiences for their fans. For every item bought through a Tastemaker’s store—which includes all unsponsored content—they earn direct revenue […]
Impedans
Impedans provides an intelligent sensing platforms for radio-frequency (RF) and plasma process monitoring. Our products find applications in fundamental research, process development, tool design, process control, and fault detection and classification (FDC). We serve a wide range of industries, due to the ubiquitous nature of RF and plasma processing, such as semiconductor, vacuum coating, medical […]
Intrinsic Medicine (fka Lupa Bio)
Lupa Bio is developing a new drug based on a sugar found in human milk to treat inflammatory diseases. Because of its origins in human milk it has unprecedented safety, backed by human and animal data, by virtue of a mechanism that doesn’t rely on suppressing the immune system which is what causes many of […]
LUXSENS
LUXSENS is an AI technology company connecting luxury merchants to consumers. Our global price index includes more live product data than any other luxury platform or auction house in the world. Because we believe in responsible consumption and production, we focus on three Rs as part of our company’s vision: recycle, reinvent, and revive.
Reach Neuro
More info at the IndieBio website At Reach Neuro, Inc. we don’t believe that disability due to chronic stroke should mean an end to independence or the ability to participate in the activities you love. We are developing the first-ever treatment for upper-limb paralysis caused by stroke. Our technology uses an implantable neuromodulator to stimulate […]
Spintex
At Spintex, we unlocked the secrets of nature’s textile experts, spiders, to produce a low-cost and sustainable biomaterial platform for spinning high-performance silk fibers.
UnBoxRobotics
UnBox Robotics automates warehousing and logistics with vertical systems designed for use in warehouses located in urban areas.
Wallet Engine
Wallet Engine helps app developers put a wallet inside their app, enabling them to make money from small-value, cross-border payments between users. Wallet Engine is a regulated financial institution combining bank-grade technology and licensed operations. It is plugged in to over 100 countries and allows any app to launch an in-app wallet in less than […]
Halla
Halla’s Taste Intelligence is the only grocery AI that understands and responds to human preference and behavior—all in real-time. Halla’s Taste Intelligence suite of products helps grocers power one-to-one experiences via hyper-personalized product recommendations, substitutions, and searches. From cart pages online to printed coupons in-store, Halla can plug in anywhere the grocer wants to increase […]
MIDOCONLINE
Midoconline is Latin America’s leading app for video consultations with trusted medical professionals anywhere in the world.
Tômtex
The TômTex mission is to create innovative material designs that parallel lifecycles observed in nature and serve as alternatives to the production methods that have contributed to our world’s environmental crisis.
Calder Biosciences
Calder is a nano-scale, molecular engineering company that is applying its platform technology to engineer and develop novel vaccines that allow billions of people to stay healthy. We’re developing safe, effective, durable, and tolerable vaccines that protect against RSV, all strains of seasonal and pandemic influenza, and other harmful, viral infections.
Biolumen
BioLumen is a nutritional technology company that has developed a dietary fiber technology platform that can mitigate the negative impact of a western diet heavy in processed foods. Our mission is to provide our customers with the most innovative high-quality natural products that nutritional science has to offer for a longer, stronger, and healthier life. […]
Zoth
Interest rates for SMEs in emerging markets are 3 times higher than in developed economies, leading to a $5 trillion credit gap. Meanwhile, DeFi investors are looking for secure and sustainable investment opportunities with over $1 trillion in crypto liquidity. Zoth bridges real-world borrowers with crypto lenders, providing SMEs with affordable and faster capital while […]
Xtingles
ASMR sounds cause a tingling sensation on the scalp and down the back of the neck making people feel relaxed. There are over 3 billion plays of ASMR sounds on YouTube including from Alicia Keys and Cardi B. Xtingles is the world’s first ASMR NFT marketplace, enabling people to create, share, discover, and monetize therapeutic […]
Ithil
Ithil is a financial interoperability layer that connects the whole web3 space facilitating new value creation via crowdlending.
TrelliSense
Methane, with a warming potential 85 times greater than CO2, presents a critical challenge in global warming mitigation efforts. Currently, many facilities handling methane lack comprehensive monitoring systems for detecting unintended emissions within their operations. This oversight is becoming increasingly untenable due to evolving regulations, enhanced third-party and public scrutiny, and escalating reporting demands across […]
Booster AgTech
BoosterAgro is a digital platform that helps farmers improve their operations by delivering high-quality climate data insights. We put all the weather data farmers need to make better decisions and manage their business into one place. We save them time, increase their yields, and make their lives easier.
Bubbleye
Bubbleye integrates with apps’ existing ad channels such as Google, AppLovin, and Unity to automatically adjust individual ad-spend per publisher. This way, apps are no longer paying for fake users and they are only paying the publishers who bring in high-value customers.
Carbix
Carbix transforms CO2 into raw materials, like carbonates, for sustainable cement and concrete. We’re developing an advanced reactor that uses captured CO2 from the exhaust flue gas emissions of cement and other industrial plants as a feedstock. We’re creating high-value and commodity products that are net zero and negative emissions.
CleanRobotics
CleanRobotics has built an autonomous sorting system that makes recycling affordable for businesses and profitable for recycling plants.
Arculus Solutions
As the Oil and Gas industry pivots towards large-scale decarbonization, the challenge of transitioning assets without compromising their remaining value becomes paramount. Arculus, leveraging research from MIT, introduces a groundbreaking coating technology that rejuvenates existing gas transmission infrastructure for hydrogen transport, whether pure or blended. This innovation presents a cost-effective method to adapt pipelines for […]
Yeelight
Yeelight is creating a brand new, high-quality, and comfortable lighting experience with smarter user operation, providing personalized, and superior quality lighting.
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HAX’s commercial space cleaning robot maker Avidbots closes $70M series C
HAX’s autonomous robot manufacturer Avidbots (HAX 04) recently raised $70M in a series C funding round led by Jeneration Capital, according to TechCrunch’s article, “Avidbots, maker of autonomous industrial cleaning robots, nabs $70M”. The series C also garnered support from SOSV, GGV Capital, True Ventures, Kensington Capital Partners, Next 47, BDC Capital, Golden Ventures, BMO […]
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SOSV Closes $306M Deep Tech Fund for Human and Planetary Health
SOSV announced the close of its $306 million SOSV V fund, the firm’s largest fund to date. The news received coverage in TechCrunch, Bloomberg and Axios. The text below is from the press release SOSV issued on April 16th concerning the new fund. SOSV V will focus on deep tech startups in human and planetary health, […]
CRIAMTech
Optimize blood testing services, by bringing a reliable, affordable and rapid diagnostic solution close to every patient. With its multi-purpose platform, CRIAM strives to bring its innovation into various sectors, including emergency care, infectious diseases control, nutrition and veterinary applications.
Deal With the Feels: 8 Words That Can Shift You to Success
One question, one answer. An eight word shift to success through calm. “What am I feeling?” “I accept I feel…” These eight words have recently changed my life.
Why? Because, Animals. That’s why we invested.
Whether the meat industry’s environmental footprint is as big or as bad as has been mooted in the popular press is no reason to detract from the benefits of cruelty free meat.
CyGenica “teleports” biological payloads safely through living cell walls
Cells have walls and doors. What if you could teleport anything you like through the walls? Modern medicine relies on a huge variety of strategies to get drugs into living cells in the body. These methods have so far got one or other significant drawbacks. This is particularly true for RNA and DNA therapies.
Corporate VCs: What Venture Funds at ADM, Solvay, and Toyota Look for in Climate Tech Startups
Multinational businesses know that sooner or later, policymakers and consumer pressure will force them to ditch fossil fuels, address historical emissions, and implement cleaner technologies.
Harae Dx
Harae Dx has developed the world’s fastest, low-cost, portable and automated cancer detection system. Using an exclusively-licensed panel of biomarkers from Lawrence Livermore National Labs and the above technology, Harae Dx has developed the world’s first portable early breast cancer test.
SOSV ranks #1 for 1H 2022 among climate tech VCs
Pitchbook reported that specialist firms dominated the top 10 most active investors in climate tech. Data: Pitchbook; Chart: Skye Witley/Axios In the past quarter, generalist VC firms and specialist climate firms have gone head to head in funding efforts, pushing up deal costs, according to Axios’ recent article, “Generalist VCs downshift Q2 Deployment”. But at least […]
Five SOSV HAX startups shine at CES 2022
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas wrapped last week, and five companies from SOSV’s HAX portfolio came away with awards and press coverage that rocked “the most influential tech event in the world.”
Level Zero Health
Level Zero is a biotech company is creating the new default for measuring and tracking hormones. Leveraging cutting-edge advancements in biochemistry and nanotechnology, we are unblocking unprecedented access to hormone data, catalysing a paradigm shift in wellness, endocrine disorder management and personalise medicine.
Sun Genomics
Sun Genomics is a microbiome health company focused on curing dysbiosis through personalized probiotics. Our platform enables the highest resolution profiling of customer gut makeup, empowering them to make and track changes over time.
DemystData
DemystData works at the intersection of big data, technology, and banking. We help financial service providers, like online lenders and banks, access and apply booming amounts of customer data. We use this data to improve customer decision making in areas such as identity verification, credit underwriting, fraud management, marketing, and more.
NotCo
Food technology company producing plant-based meat and dairy alternatives using AI algorithms.
Caldo Restaurant Technologies
Caldo uses compact robots to automate commercial kitchen tasks.
KrakenSense
KrakenSense makes real-time pathogen detection sensors using cutting-edge nanotechnology and state-of-the-art calibration techniques. Our solution makes monitoring low cost and easy to use with an IoT-enabled dashboard and analytics tools.
Envairo
Envairo is the only solution that measures room-level occupancy from air sensor data, enabling buildings to track space use from the same sensors needed for HVAC. Beyond monitoring, we integrate with existing systems to deliver people-aware climate control, improving air quality, thermal comfort and driving 10-20% total energy savings.
Stream Genomics
Transforming next generation sequencing into commoditized market with ultrafast and affordable technology..
Kresko RNAtech
Kresko is an innovative ingredient company with a unique focus on Dietary RNAs—a new category of nutrients integral to well-being, found in fresh food and flora. Leveraging decades of research, we created the world’s largest and only functional library of dietary RNA codes. We stabilize these bioactives, ensuring they retain their potency from harvest to […]
SupplyBetter
We help people make physical things. Specifically, we perform intelligent matching to help mechanical design engineers find the best contract manufacturers to manufacture custom mechanical parts, with an initial focus on 3D printing in the United States. Hardware companies finding the right supplier to make their custom designs is a huge issue today. A lot […]
BISON
Cobalt is an innovative software company working to develop an indispensable suite of business intelligence tools for the front offices of the private markets of fund operators and investors. The first of its kind, Cobalt GP is the business intelligence platform built specifically for the front office of private fund managers, helping them to unlock […]
FluoSphera
To successfully develop drugs, we need to precisely predict candidate drug metabolization, efficacy, and safety before clinical trials. FluoSphera integrates these three aspects with a systemic approach to better predict the effects of drugs before they reach the patient, thus reducing drug development failure. FluoSphera provides a more predictive alternative to animal experimentation using only […]
NPR takes the inside tour of IndieBio's Upside Foods facility, which is a big step closer to production
NPR recently got an inside look at cultivated meat company Upside Foods’ production facility, as reported in the article, “From science fiction to reality, ‘no kill’ meat may be coming soon”. Upside Foods (IndieBio 02) extracts cells from animals and brews them in tanks, feeding them the nutrients they need to grow, including amino acids, […]
Project K Energy
Project K is developing potassium-ion batteries for fast-charging electric vehicles and affordable stationary storage while eliminating lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper.
Soliome
Sóliome is using peptides to make the world’s safest suncreen, both for humans and for the environment. Based on groundbreaking work in protein engineering at Princeton University, Sóliome has reinvented sunscreens, an $18 billion global market. We are developing effective protein-based sunscreens. that are safe for all of life, provide broad-spectrum protection, and that feel […]
Trainersvault
Trainersvault is an online, self servicing, management tool for personal trainers. Trainersvault Events allows personal trainers to create, manage, sell tickets, promote and analyze results of their events. Trainersvault Digital allows personal trainers to upload, manage and distribute digital content in the form of online workout video tutorials or online reading tutorials. Trainersvault Pay allows […]
dcSpark
We empower everyday individuals with peer-to-peer technology. We also provide decentralized solutions to a wide variety of blockchain-related clients, from standard corporations and foundations to DAOs and treasuries.
What Happens if a Participant is Removed From the Program?
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Windfall Bio secures $9M to put methane-eating microbes to work combatting climate change
Methane is the second largest contributor to climate change, behind carbon dioxide. It’s responsible for about 30% of the global increase in temperature since the Industrial Revolution, according to the International Energy Agency. Livestock like cows produce a lot of methane via burps and manure. Windfall Bio—which has created methane-eating enzymes that also make fertilizer—emerged […]
Samphire Neuroscience
Samphire is building smart, wearable neurotechnology designed for women who want to be and feel productive regardless of their cycle-related challenges.
Reazent
Reazent makes fully-organic and safe products to replace or reduce synthetic petroleum-based chemicals in agriculture. Reazent has developed a patented technology based on the unique genomic loci of a plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria species—along with a process to induce these genomic loci with the help of a natural compound. Based on this discovery, we can help […]
What is a First Financing Right?
SOSV reserves the right to invest further into your Company up to the greater of 20% or US$200,000 of any financing either: SOSV only gets to exercise this right once. It does not live on in perpetuity. Remember that it is up to 20% or US$200,000, meaning SOSV may participate for 5%, 10%, or 20% […]
Renewell Energy
Currently there are over 2 million idle and orphan oil wells in the US, representing a $400B liability to oil & gas companies to clean up these sites. At the same time, the US needs to increase energy storage by 10x to enable full utilization of renewables like solar and wind. Renewell turns these oil […]
Hyperlume
AI is already creating a huge electricity burden, with data centres that today consume more electricity than Western countries like the UK, and this is set to grow exponentially. Currently, copper interconnects are used to transmit signals, and 40% of this energy utilized is wasted as heat in copper wire. Hyperlume has developed a patented […]
Helixworks
Helixworks designs, manufactures, and sells DNA-based data storage technologies. Our programmable DNA data storage material can either be applied as a coating or integrated with other materials to encode data files or small applications directly into an object’s molecular structure. No centralized network or cloud is needed to read back the data.
Bonzun
Bonzun’s IVF app increases your chance of having a baby with functions that will improve the IVF process. These functions include a medication tracker to make sure you never miss an important dose and functions that will reduce stress. Bonzun IVF is CE-marked in accordance with European standards for medical devices and all content is […]
Gaia AI
Gaia AI is an MIT & Harvard startup using drones, LiDAR, and computer vision to collect high-quality biomass data in forests, helping land owners, project developers, and investors understand the carbon stock and timber content of their land. By measuring the carbon content of a forest with high accuracy, we give carbon credit buyers confidence […]
SepPure
SEPPURE has created a sustainable chemical-resistant nano-filtration technology to replace energy-intensive chemical separation processes, like distillation, in multiple industries including vegetable oil, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and oil industries.
Magellan Life Sciences
Magellan Life Sciences is a synthetic biology company that discovers and develops plant-inspired proteins for commercial applications in food and beverage industries. The sweet-tasting protein Brazzein (the leading product from our pipeline) holds significant commercial potential as a next-gen protein sweetener that is 1,200 times sweeter than sugar, zero calories, and pH and heat stable. […]
Oomph
Oomph is your one-stop shop for high-quality, international mobile content in Indonesia. Meticulously curated from thousands of local and global providers, Oomph features a wide variety of Android applications, games, daily news, music downloads, and more. The user experience extends beyond downloading and includes a reward and retention scheme to keep our users engaged like […]
Canyon Magnet
As we look toward to 2050, global energy needs will be doubled. Fusion energy is the most promising solution and has attracted $6 billion investment over the last 5 years. The total cost of fusion reactor is around $1B, and currently magnet cost makes up half of this cost. High temperature superconductor (HTS) magnets are […]
Afynia
Globally, one in ten women will suffer from endometriosis, a painful and debilitating gynecological condition. On average, women don’t get a proper diagnosis for five to twelve years after the onset of symptoms because, until now, the only reliable way to do so was via laparoscopic surgery that can cost over $20,000 and require three […]
Upside Foods Serves Up a Sustainable Future
To find the future of food, you may have to look no further than Emeryville, CA, a small city by the San Francisco Bay, where Upside Foods has built a 53,000-square-foot production facility for cultivated meat.
Melio
More info on the IndieBio website Melio is breaking the one-pathogen one-probe paradigm in diagnostics to deliver the unmet holy grail for pathogen testing for bloodstream infections. Melio delivers diagnostic capabilities that is scalable “over the air” with a few universal probes, without making any changes to hardware. We read each pathogen cell in the […]
Science: An Unstoppable Force, an Unforgettable Friend
2020. What a year. From the million expected to die from the Coronavirus pandemic to “megafire” forest devastation; from global warming to the historic high in hurricanes forecast to hit our shores, 2020 has shown us time and time again the undeniable truth; that as an enemy, science is an undefeatable opponent.
The Future Tastes Great
In the battle against climate change, it’s essential to find alternatives to mass animal agriculture.
That’s why SOSV Managing partner Sean O’Sullivan, Apeiron Investment Group founder Christien Angermayer, and Good Food Institute CEO Bruce Friedrich decided to take advantage of Oscars week in Los Angeles to host a star-studded luncheon featuring remarkable culinary creations with one thing in common: ingredients from startups taking climate friendly approaches to food production.
Nitrofix
More info at the IndieBio website Decentralized low-cost emissions-free ammonia via electrocatalytic reaction of water and air. We bring in a stable and scalable catalyst to an electrochemical process that can take place at room temperature, no heat and pressure needed. Nitrofix will allow on-site generation of ammonia for fertilizers and emerging use cases in […]
Cellens Inc
Cellens is developing and commercializing a non-invasive urine-based test for cancer-monitoring purposes. Cellens has pioneered label-free cell analysis with a combination of high-resolution nanoscale imaging and proprietary machine learning. Our novel application of quantitative physical properties analysis in cancer cell detection reveals new clinically meaningful information – and high-performing diagnostic tests.
3 Biotech Megatrends That Will Shape 2018 & Beyond
Biology is accelerating exponentially, even outpacing Moore’s law. This is generating, still largely hidden, seismic sized waves that will impact our lives before we know it.
Ozone Bio
Ozone Bio has developed an emissions-free, low-cost adipic acid produced from wood-derived feedstocks to make the world’s only bio-nylon 6, 6 that can compete in the open market. The zombie-cell technique eliminates the need for costly metal catalysts. This adipic acid is scalable, cost competitive with petroleum-derived products, and valorizes toxic byproducts of the pulp […]
Alan Clayton
Alan Clayton has served as the SOSV “Roaming Mentor” since 2011, and works directly with teams across all SOSV programs. Building the human capital across the portfolio Alan onboards teams with insights from the Hermann Institute’s HBDI thinking styles assessment tool, hosts monthly Mastermind groups for founders, and provides coaching and training in leadership, management, […]