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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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).
RizLab’s CytoTracker provides highly accurate white blood cell count with single drop of blood
RizLab (IndieBio NY & HAX) has developed an ultra-compact, all-electronic cytometer capable of quantifying white blood cells and the key subtypes with just a prick of the finger—with 97% accuracy, as validated by the recent clinical trial results published in PLOS One. RizLab’s CytoTracker can quantify important WBC parameters such as the total white blood […]
IndieBio’s Bio-polymer maker ZymoChem nets $21M from CVCs Toyota, lululemon, GS Ventures
ZymoChem (IndieBio) landed $21M from investors led by Breakout Ventures along with Toyota Ventures, lululemon, GS Ventures and SOSV. The company’s bio-based polymers have wide-ranging applications from textiles to automotive. ZymoChem converts renewable feedstocks into a variety of high-performance, bio-based, biodegradable polymers with near-zero CO2 emissions. The proprietary fermentation process improves yields by up to 50% versus […]
HAX’s Rightbot lands Amazon investment for freight unloading robots
Rightbot, which develops suction-based robots that unload various shapes and sizes of freight, has raised $6.25 million in a funding round led by Amazon’s Industrial Innovation Fund, with participation from SOSV and Entrepreneur First. The company produces automated mobile robots to unload floor-loaded containers of cartons and polybags. Using a suction based mechanism, the system […]
IndieBio’s Lingrove nets $10M for carbon-negative wood alternative
As industries from automative to fashion continue to seek more sustainable materials, IndieBio alum Lingrove has developed a carbon-negative wood veneer alternative out of flax fiber and plant-based resins. The resulting material, “ekoa, ” is “very high stiffness, durable, and resistant,” i.e. to touch, temperature and other materials (like stains and spills). Lingrove, which launched […]
IndieBio’s BioFluff and TomTex secure funding rounds amid sustainable textile boom
“‘Why is there no great alternative to regular animal or plastic furs?’ is the million-dollar question that led biochemist Martin Stübler to launch biomaterials company Biofluff,” wrote WWD, in its article on the plant-based fur alternative’s recent $2.5M seed round. “It was important to us not to use plant material that’s in competition with a human […]