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 […]
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HAX’s Neptune Robotics is creating an army of underwater robots to decarbonize maritime industry
Neptune Robotics, an alum of SOSV’s hard tech program HAX, is creating an army of underwater robots to clean ship hulls—helping save fuel costs and reducing CO2 emissions. Per Bloomberg, maritime shipping emits roughly 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year—more than Germany, France and Ireland combined. The UN shipping regulation body, the International […]
Announcing HAX’s May 1st Demo Day
Investors! Join HAX in Newark on May 1st for Demo Day featuring 20+ startups across climate, industry, and health.
Cauldron Ferm lands $6.25M to revolutionize precision fermentation
Cauldron Ferm, based out of Orange, Australia, has raised $6.25 million in a Series A round led by Horizons Ventures to scale its continuous fermentation or “hyper-fermentation” tech, which deploys a novel bioreactor design and proprietary growth medium formulation to improve the economics of large scale fermentation production by five times compared to current industry […]
Catch HAX’s Duncan Turner and Susan Schofer in Boston April 24 & 25
As the buildout of HAX’s new 35,000 square foot facility in Newark, NJ nears its official opening this spring,the HAX team is hitting the road to get the word out and meet prospective founders for the HAX startup development program. Boston is top of the list, on April 24 & 25, for two events: a […]
HAX’s Unspun partners with Walmart to reduce fashion waste
While energy emissions may be the biggest piece of the GHG pie, industries like food and fashion continue to contribute heavily and have costly environmental impacts as well. In its current state, the global fashion industry is wasteful and emissions-heavy—an estimated 4 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and 4 percent of global waste are attributed […]
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, […]
SOSV’s hard tech program HAX moves closer to Newark HQ grand opening
NJBIZ recently caught up with Ji Ke, SOSV partner and CTO of SOSV’s hard tech program HAX, to talk about the progress and plans for the future NJ home of the program. Ke said he is inspired by the developments he sees in real-time at HAX, as construction continues and the new teams arrive — each bringing […]
California Cultured Partners with Japanese Chocolate Giant Meiji for Cell-Based Chocolate Products
California Cultured has entered a 10-year commercial partnership with Japanese chocolate giant Meiji, incorporating the company’s “Flavanol Cocoa Powder” into several packaged goods distributed by Meiji. Dark chocolate is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions; it is second only to beef when it comes to the top GHG-emitting foods. And that’s on top of […]
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.
Announcing SOSV Health Tech VC-Founder Matchup – Feb 26-Mar 8, 2024
SOSV is hosting its completely free 2024 Health Tech VC-Founder Matchup, with meetings taking place online between February 26th (Monday) and March 8th (Friday).