|
|
MA |
2001 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
1740 |
Energy
|
DOE
|
In the mid-1990s, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries came to be widely used in cell phones and laptop computers due to their small size, light weight and high energy density. However, this first generation technology did not have the additional...
|
|
|
MA |
2000 |
Brown University
|
6 |
Audio/Visual
|
NSF
|
|
Working in Brown University’s Division of Engineering, Dr. Harvey Silverman and Dr. Michael Brandstein developed a “beam-forming” technology. This technology, now used by Acoustic Magic, has revolutionized microphones.
Anyone who h...
|
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|
MA |
2005 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
|
2 |
Med Device/Diagnostic
|
DOD
|
|
Imagine a handheld device that lets clinicians detect early signs of renal failure while there is still time to save a patient’s kidneys. Now imagine that the same device can quickly give doctors the information they need to make the best possi...
|
|
|
VA |
1999 |
University of Virginia
|
N/A |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH +
|
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Supported by research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Agriculture, the University of Virginia has led research into adenosine, a molecule found in all cells. The body uses adenosine to signal inflammation and ti...
|
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MA |
2007 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
|
2 |
Med Device/Diagnostic +
|
DOD
|
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Founded by experienced researchers in biomedical instrumentation and electrical and computer engineering, Advanced Body Sensing is dedicated to the development of wireless wearable physiological sensors. The vision of Advanced Body Sensing is to deve...
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NJ |
2002 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
9 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
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Advaxis, Inc. is a biotechnology company that uses a live genetically modified infectious microorganism to activate the immune system to treat cancer, infectious disease or allergic syndromes.
|
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CA |
1996 |
University of California, Los Angeles
|
N/A |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
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In 1996, Dr. Don Rice and researchers from the Urology Department at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), founded UroGenesys, now called Agensys. The company got its start when the UCLA researchers, fun...
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CA |
1996 |
University of California, Irvine
|
75 |
Behavior/Education
|
NSF
|
|
ALEKS Corporation is a leader in the creation of web-based, artificially intelligent educational software. ALEKS assessment and learning technologies were originally developed by a team of cognitive scientists and software engineers at the University...
|
|
|
CA |
2002 |
University of Kentucky
|
N/A |
Bio Fuels/Chem +
|
NSF
|
|
Using proprietary technology developed in 2002 at the University of Kentucky’s College of Agriculture and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Allylix has developed a way to produce a group of natural products called “terpenes&rdquo...
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CA |
1992 |
Stanford University
|
N/A |
Telecom
|
NSF
|
|
In 1992, many people were touting fiber optic cables as the answer to growing consumer demand for bandwidth. Stanford researchers developed technology related to Discrete Multi-Tone (DMT) technology, the technology that came to be used in Asymm...
|
|
|
MA |
2000 |
University of Michigan
|
275 |
Internet +
|
DOD +
|
|
Arbor Networks is an online security company launched in 2000 by University of Michigan Computer Science professor Dr. Farnam Jahanian and doctoral student G. Robert Malan, who had developed technology in the University of Michigan Software Systems L...
|
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|
CA |
2004 |
University of California, Los Angeles
|
6 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
DOD +
|
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In the 1980s, Dr. William Pardridge, Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and his research team were the first to show that there were receptor systems along the human blood-brain barrier (BBB) ...
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CA |
2002 |
University of Southern California
|
75 |
Audio/Visual
|
NSF
|
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Audyssey Laboratories is an audio sound technology company that has created a high-tech sound system that produces accurate, enveloping and distortion-free sound everywhere in one’s listening room. Audyssey Laboratories has developed world clas...
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MI |
2007 |
Michigan Technological University
|
6 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
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Why is it that, while humans begin to show reduced bone mass and strength after even short periods of inactivity, black bears can hibernate for up to seven months and emerge without any loss in bone mass or strength? Dr. Seth Donahue and researchers ...
|
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PA |
2005 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
16 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
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Avid is a clinical-stage, product-focused molecular imaging company with significant expertise and IP in the field of molecular brain imaging. Chronic diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, a...
|
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AZ |
2004 |
Arizona State University
|
N/A |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
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Arizona Engineered Therapeutics Inc. (AzERx), a new company based on the research of three Arizona State University (ASU) professors, was formed in May 2004 to develop a drug that would be beneficial to people who have suffered a specific type of str...
|
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FL |
2002 |
University of Florida
|
26 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
DOD
|
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There is currently no simple point-of-care blood test that emergency room physicians can use to establish whether a patient has brain trauma, or how severe it is. Banyan Biomarkers is the leader in developing blood test-based diagnostic products for ...
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NC |
2002 |
North Carolina State University
|
N/A |
Biotech/Pharma
|
EPA +
|
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BioMarck Pharmaeceuticals, founded in 2002, is dedicated to the discovery and development of new drugs for the treatment of pulmonary diseases and disorders – such as bronchitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis — that are associated with the o...
|
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|
PA |
2003 |
Princeton University
|
4 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
|
Until now, whole genome analysis has been slow, complicated and expensive. But in his laboratory in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, Professor Stephen Chou developed a technology that could lead to a way to sequence D...
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NC |
1999 |
North Carolina State University
|
N/A |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
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BioResource International (BRI) is a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of enzymes to enhance and protect animal and human health. BRI’s patented VersazymeTM is a feed additive that has been shown to improve t...
|
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NY |
2005 |
University at Buffalo
|
8 |
Antibac/Sterilization +
|
DOD
|
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Buffalo BioBlower Technologies develops products that instantaneously sterilize high-volume airstreams; all spores, bacteria and viruses in the airstream are killed. BioBlower products are based on patented technology that uses compressive heating to...
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CA |
1983 |
University of California, Berkeley
|
4900 |
Software/Hardware
|
DOD
|
|
To keep pace with market demand for more performance and functionality in today’s mobile phones, digital cameras, computers, automotive systems and other electronics products, manufacturers pack billions of transistors onto a single chip. This ...
|
|
|
WI |
2004 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
|
90 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
|
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Cellular Dynamics International is the world's largest producer of fully functional human cells derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
Founded in 2004 by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Dr. James ...
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MA |
2006 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
N/A |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
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Nanopharmaceuticals are a revolutionary new approach to designing drugs within ultra-small particles and enhancing their properties with the goal of creating improved therapies for fighting disease.
Within the field of nanopharmaceuticals, Cerulean ...
|
|
|
IL |
2001 |
University of Chicago
|
30 |
Ag/Life Sci +
|
NSF
|
|
Chromatin’s patented mini-chromosome technologies enable the development of new seed products and the delivery of multiple genetic traits. Consumers, growers, seed companies, and processors derive greater value from crop plants through the appl...
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CA |
1984 |
Stanford University
|
66129 |
Software/Hardware +
|
DOD
|
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Cisco Systems, Inc. is the world’s leading supplier of computer networking products, systems, and services. Cisco was born 25 years ago out of a need to address a simple problem: Husband and wife Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner, both working for St...
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MA |
1981 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
729 |
Industrial
|
NSF
|
|
Founded in 1981 by three academics, Cognex is the world’s largest supplier of industrial machine vision. Cognex vision systems and sensors help companies improve their manufacturing quality and performance by eliminating defects, verifying asse...
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|
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NC |
1987 |
North Carolina State University
|
3168 |
Semiconductor
|
DOD
|
|
Cree, Inc. is a market-leading innovator and manufacturer of semiconductors that enhance the value of LED solid-state lighting, power and communications products by significantly increasing their energy performance. Cree customers range from innovati...
|
|
|
IN |
2006 |
Indiana University
|
5 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
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What if a simple tissue or blood test could help doctors quickly tell whether tumors are benign or cancerous? It could mean earlier, less invasive therapies, fewer treatment-related problems and, ultimately, more cancer survivors. This was the challe...
|
|
|
VA |
2000 |
University of Virginia
|
15 |
Industrial
|
DOD +
|
|
In the mid-1990s, University of Virginia Professor Haydn Wadley and his team of researchers invented a revolutionary new coating method that could be used by manufacturers. The technology they created, “Directed Vapor Deposition (DVD),” i...
|
|
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NJ |
2007 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai...
|
9 |
Lighting
|
DOD +
|
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Eden Park Illumination, Inc. was founded in May 2007, to develop and commercialize products based on new lighting technology called Microplasma. The company is committed to developing earth-friendly products and its activities encompass the research,...
|
|
|
IN |
2006 |
Indiana University
|
3 |
Med Device/Diagnostic
|
NIH
|
|
FAST Diagnostics is a medical technology company that has a patent-pending device and technology that will provide rapid and accurate measurement of kidney function. This technology will provide hospitals an important new tool for diagnosing kidney p...
|
|
|
WI |
2007 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
|
8 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
|
The method for making influenza vaccines hasn’t changed much since it was first created in the 1930s: A team of experts decides which viruses to target. Then chicken eggs are injected with the viruses and grown to create the vaccine. However, a...
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|
|
CA |
1976 |
University of California, San Francisco +
|
11000 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH +
|
|
The story of how Herbert Boyer, a faculty member at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Stanford University professor Stanley Cohen discovered recombinant DNA technology — over pastrami and corned beef sandwiches at a convention ...
|
|
|
NY |
2008 |
Stony Brook University
|
14 |
Behavior/Education +
|
NSF
|
|
General Sentiment is a technology company that produces comprehensive research products to help marketing, sales and communications executives evaluate their brands’ performance in the media and assess return on investment.
Across the In...
|
|
|
GA |
2001 |
Emory University
|
12 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
|
In 1998 Dr. Harriet Robinson and her research team at the Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center began working on a vaccine that could fight off HIV in uninfected people and potentially reduce the virus in those already infe...
|
|
|
CA |
1998 |
Stanford University
|
19835 |
Internet
|
NSF
|
|
Google Inc. provides advertising and global Internet search solutions as well as intranet solutions via an enterprise search appliance. Google Inc. maintains an index of websites and other online content, which it makes freely available via its searc...
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|
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MI |
1998 |
University of Michigan
|
N/A |
Behavior/Education
|
NIH
|
|
University of Michigan professor Victor J. Strecher, PhD is an expert in health behavior and health education. He knew that ubiquitous health brochures did little to help people improve their health or change their behavior. The only way to help, he ...
|
|
|
NY |
2006 |
University of Rochester
|
N/A |
Med Device/Diagnostic +
|
NIH
|
|
iCardiac Technologies was formed in 2006 to develop and market drug safety technology. This technology allows for a more accurate and reliable method to analyze data from electrocardiograms (ECGs) and other types of heart monitors to determine whethe...
|
|
|
MN |
1984 |
University of Minnesota
|
80 |
Transportation
|
DOT +
|
|
As traffic backs up across the country and around the world, demand grows for the traffic monitoring products of Image Sensing Systems.
Image Sensing Systems designs computer software and hardware that help keep traffic flowing and help traffic mana...
|
|
|
MA |
2006 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
|
3 |
Med Imaging +
|
DOD
|
|
Formed by experienced researchers in medical ultrasound and computer engineering, ImagiSonix is dedicated to furthering the portability and accessibility of diagnostic ultrasound imaging. The company seeks to:
• Make diagnostic capabilities ...
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|
|
IN |
2006 |
Indiana University
|
2 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
|
For those with advanced lung disease or damage, a lung transplant has been a way to buy a little more time. However, patients who receive newly transplanted lungs have just a 50/50 chance of being alive five years later. ImmuneWorks researchers say t...
|
|
|
IL |
1997 |
University of Chicago
|
13 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH +
|
|
Chicago-based Integrated Genomics specializes in research in microbial genomics, biochemistry, and gene expression. These products and services are based on ERGO™, a web-based genome analysis platform. The company’s scientists have broad ...
|
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|
MA |
1990 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
538 |
Mil/Homeland +
|
DOD +
|
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iRobot was founded in 1990 when Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists Colin Angle and Helen Greiner teamed up with their professor, Dr. Rodney Brooks, with the vision of making practical robots a reality. Their goal was to develop ro...
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|
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NE |
1987 |
University of Nebraska
|
40 |
Instrumentation
|
DOD +
|
|
Starting as a spin-off from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the J.A. Woollam Company has rapidly grown to become a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of spectroscopic ellipsometers for non-destructive thin film and bulk material characterizati...
|
|
|
NY |
2003 |
University at Buffalo
|
12 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
|
Kinex Pharmaceuticals is developing next generation anti-cancer drugs that target the molecular basis of disease. The company uses a proprietary technology platform to generate compounds that inhibit the Protein Kinase and Phosphatase family of prote...
|
|
|
NY |
1993 |
Cornell University
|
95 |
Industrial +
|
DOD +
|
|
Kionix, Inc. designs and manufactures silicon micro machined inertial sensors. It offers microfluidic systems, microrelays, micromirror arrays, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and combination sensors. The company serves the automotive, consumer electroni...
|
|
|
CA |
2002 |
University of Southern California
|
50 |
Translation
|
DOD
|
|
Language Weaver provides organizations with the ability to translate large volumes of information into one or more languages, at high speed and with great accuracy.
Daniel Marcu, Kevin Knight and William Wong founded the company in 2002 when Marcu a...
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|
PA |
2006 |
Lehigh University
|
6 |
Remediation +
|
EPA +
|
|
Lehigh Nanotech’s product is used to clean up landfills, former chemical and manufacturing plants, and superfund sites.
The technology, invented at Lehigh University by Dr. Wei-xian Zhang, is used to clean up a wide range of soil and groundwat...
|
|
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NE |
1971 |
University of Nebraska
|
300 |
Instrumentation
|
USDA
|
|
From the extremes of the rainforests in South America to the harsh conditions of the Antarctic, and to cutting-edge research laboratories around the globe, scientists rely on products from LI-COR Biosciences to provide answers to their questions. LI-...
|
|
|
IL |
2002 |
University of Chicago
|
7 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
|
Maroon Biotech has developed a new category of pharmaceuticals called surfactant chaperones. This technology has the capability to restore structure and viability to cells disrupted by physical and chemical trauma. By reversing post-traumatic molecul...
|
|
|
KY |
2004 |
University of Kentucky
|
N/A |
Audio/Visual +
|
NSF
|
|
Mersive Technologies, founded in 2004, is a company that develops and uses software to create high-resolution video displays. The company’s most recent display includes an image 25-and-a-half-feet wide and 11-feet tall and so clear you might ex...
|
|
|
NY |
2002 |
Stony Brook University
|
17 |
Industrial
|
DOD
|
|
MesoScribe specializes in manufacturing harsh environment sensors and structurally integrated electronics using its proprietary Mesoplasma™ Direct Write (DW) Technology. Direct Write devices are robust and reliable, and process automation enabl...
|
|
|
PA |
2003 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
9 |
Med Imaging
|
NIH +
|
|
MicroMRI, Inc. is a medical device company focused on developing and commercializing novel and innovative products that perform high resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of bone micro-architecture with subsequent detailed visualization of bone...
|
|
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AZ |
1993 |
Arizona State University
|
N/A |
Instrumentation +
|
NSF
|
|
Molecular Imaging was founded in 1993 by Arizona State University (ASU) Professor Stuart Lindsay and engineer Tianwei Jing. The Atomic Force Microscopes designed by Lindsay and Jing are key tools in the field of nanotechnology, where work is done on ...
|
|
|
TX |
2001 |
University of Texas at Austin
|
125 |
Nanotech +
|
DOD
|
|
Molecular Imprints is a startup company spun out of the University of Texas at Austin in 2001. The company was created to commercialize a newly invented technology called “Step and Flash Imprint Lithography,” which has demonstrated the ab...
|
|
|
MA |
2001 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
175 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
|
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2001 based on technology developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the precise sequencing of complex sugar molecules. This original technology platform and the resulting improvements...
|
|
|
NY |
2006 |
Binghamton University
|
6 |
Energy +
|
NSF
|
|
Founded by three seasoned nanotechnologists at Binghamton University, NanoMas Technologies, Inc., creates nanotechnology innovations in the emerging areas of printable electronics, renewable energy and high-performance chip packaging. NanoMas’s...
|
|
|
FL |
2004 |
University of South Florida
|
8 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH +
|
|
Nanopharma Technologies, Inc., a “spin-out” company at the University of South Florida (USF), got its start in 2004 when it won two federal Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants for development of anti-anthrax antibiotics and d...
|
|
|
VA |
1998 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State...
|
70 |
Industrial +
|
DOD
|
|
NanoSonic got its start in a kitchen with two part-time employees. Today, it has more than 70 employees and has as its customers NASA, defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman, major chemical suppliers, rubber industri...
|
|
|
FL |
2004 |
University of South Florida
|
6 |
Nutrition
|
NIH
|
|
Natura Therapeutics was founded by scientists from the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa with the mission to become a leading provider of cell-targeted nutrition for the health supplement and vitamin industry.
In 2008, USF and Natura Therap...
|
|
|
MA |
2003 |
Northeastern University
|
15 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NSF
|
|
NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, early stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel antibiotics.
The Company’s founding scientists, Northeastern University professors Kim Lewis, Ph.D., and Slava Epstein, Ph.D...
|
|
|
PA |
1997 |
Emory
|
N/A |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
|
Octagen Corporation (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania), a biopharmaceutical company, engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of hemophilia and other disorders of the clotting process. In 1998 Octagen entered i...
|
|
|
NY |
1985 |
University at Buffalo
|
26 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
|
ONY, Inc. was formed to commercialize InfaSurf, a lung surfactant developed by two professors of pediatrics at the University at Buffalo (UB).
InfaSurf was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1999 for the prevention and treatment of r...
|
|
|
VA |
1982 |
Harvard University
|
3400 |
Space
|
NASA
|
|
Orbital Sciences Corporation is one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of smaller, more affordable space and launch systems. Founded in 1982, the company has pioneered new classes of rockets, satellites and other space-based te...
|
|
|
CA |
2004 |
Cornell University
|
10 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH +
|
|
Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) is a biotechnology company developing a transformative Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT™) DNA sequencing platform. PacBio’s goal is to commercialize SMRT™ DNA sequencing technology, eventually enabling se...
|
|
|
NJ |
1998 |
Emory University
|
68 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
|
Pharmasset, Inc. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes novel antiviral therapeutic drugs. Pharmasset was founded by Dr. Raymond Schinazi and Dr. Dennis Liotta, faculty members at Emory University. Emory has multi...
|
|
|
NY |
2003 |
City University of New York (CUNY)
|
6 |
Nanotech +
|
DOE +
|
|
Phoebus Optoelectronics was founded in 2003 to transition technology and commercialize nanotechnology, metamaterials, photonic and optical devices developed by the founders and the researchers at the Metamaterials Laboratory at the City College of Ci...
|
|
|
PA |
2002 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
16 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH +
|
|
PolyMedix focuses on developing novel high-value therapeutic drug products for serious, life-threatening acute disorders. The company specializes in biomimetics — novel small molecule compounds and polymers that mimic the activity of proteins. ...
|
|
|
NY |
1983 |
University of Rochester
|
N/A |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
|
Praxis Biologics was founded in 1983 to develop and market a new vaccine manufacturing process that was discovered by scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
The Praxis Biologics process, called conjugate vaccine technology, causes...
|
|
|
WV |
2001 |
West Virginia University
|
21 |
Biotech/Pharma +
|
NIH
|
|
Protea Biosciences, founded in 2001, is a biotechnology manufacturing and marketing company whose products are used to improve the discovery and analysis of proteins found in biological samples and to aid the development of new protein-based ph...
|
|
|
MA |
2004 |
Harvard University
|
64 |
DNA +
|
NSF
|
|
RainDance Technologies manufactures instruments for genomic selection, a method to make current genetic sequencing machines much more efficient. This is important to basic biomedical research as well as to ushering in the new generation of personaliz...
|
|
|
MD |
2001 |
Johns Hopkins University
|
25 |
Industrial +
|
NSF
|
|
Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, Reactive NanoTechnologies, Inc. (RNT) was founded in 2001 by two Johns Hopkins University (JHU) professors to develop and manufacture the company’s patented technology, NanoFoil®.
NanoFoil® is us...
|
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MA |
1987 |
Columbia University
|
6 |
Mil/Homeland +
|
NSF +
|
|
RemoteReality designs and manufactures next-generation intelligent-omni-video systems with real-time 360-degree viewing and analysis software for continuous surveillance, security and other applications supporting military, government and commercial ...
|
|
|
CA |
1999 |
University of Southern California
|
40 |
Med Device/Diagnostic
|
NIH
|
|
Response Genetics (RGI) is focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer. RGI’s technologies enable extraction and analysis of genetic information from tumor samples stored as formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded ...
|
|
|
GA |
2004 |
Emory University
|
11 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
|
RFS Pharma (Tucker, Georgia) is a privately held pharmaceutical company focused on discovering new drugs to treat HIV, hepatitis B and C and other viral infections. The most advanced product is amdoxovir (AMDX), which is in advanced Phase 2 clinical ...
|
|
|
FL |
2001 |
University of South Florida
|
4 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NIH
|
|
Saneron-CCEL Therapeutics is focused on neurological and cardiac cell therapy for the early intervention and treatment of several devastating or deadly diseases which currently lack adequate treatment options, such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Sane...
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|
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NC |
1976 |
North Carolina State University
|
11080 |
Software/Hardware
|
USDA
|
|
Born from the Statistical Analysis System developed by company founder Jim Goodnight at North Carolina State University to analyze agricultural data, SAS is today the world’s largest privately held software company and the leader in business an...
|
|
|
MA |
2005 |
Brown University
|
21 |
Biotech/Pharma
|
NSF
|
|
Seaside Therapeutics founders understand the toll that brain development disorders, including autism and mental retardation, take on families and share the sense of frustration that effective therapeutics are still not available despite recent scient...
|
|
|
NC |
2005 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai...
|
30 |
Energy
|
DOD +
|
|
Semprius is developing low cost, high performance concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules to make solar power generation economically viable in sunny, dry climates. The company’s unique micro-transfer printing technology enables CPV modules wit...
|
|
|
MI |
2003 |
Wayne State University
|
8 |
Industrial
|
NSF
|
|
SenSound offers software, systems and services for noise source identification and noise related quality control testing.
Dr. Sean F. Wu, distinguished professor of mechanical engineering at Wayne State University’s College of Engineering, dev...
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|
|
FL |
2007 |
University of Florida
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5 |
Antibac/Sterilization +
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DOD
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Sharklet Technologies, named one of the top biotech startups in the Southeast, has developed an innovative surface technology (mimicking the antimicrobial properties of shark skin) that can prevent hospital-acquired infections. The technology control...
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FL |
2002 |
University of Florida
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15 |
Nanotech +
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DOE +
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Sinmat is an emerging materials nanotechnology company developing new processes for polishing semiconductor wafers. Sinmat produces slurry that makes it cheaper to produce silicon wafers. The company designed new polishing techniques to enable the in...
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CA |
2006 |
University of California, Los Angeles
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26 |
Energy
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DOD +
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Using technology developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Solarmer Energy seeks to overcome one of the significant barriers to broader use of solar technology — its cost. According to Solarmer, their solar panels have the ...
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MA |
2007 |
New York University
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10 |
Software/Hardware
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NSF
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Spin Transfer Technologies (STT) has developed novel magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) devices for non-volatile computer memory. It belongs to a class of memory devices that utilize a quantum mechanical effect known as spin transfer ...
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NY |
2004 |
Stony Brook University
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1 |
Biotech/Pharma
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NIH
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Stony Brook Biotechnology, LLC was formed by Dr. Anil Dhundale to develop and commercialize a diagnostic test based on proprietary biomarkers discovered at Stony Brook University. The commercial goal is to enable microsphere-based transcript profilin...
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CA |
1982 |
University of California, Berkeley +
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33556 |
Software/Hardware
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DOD
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. is one of Silicon Valley’s most famous startups. Sun was born in 1982 when four Bay Area tech gurus created a new class of inexpensive workstations to perform tasks that previously required costly mainframes or minicomput...
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CA |
1985 |
Stanford University
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5000 |
Energy
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DOE
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SunPower is the global leader in developing high-efficiency solar solutions for homes, businesses, commercial buildings and utilities.
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GA |
1999 |
Emory University
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5 |
Med Imaging
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NIH
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Syntermed, Inc. is an Atlanta-based nuclear medicine imaging and informatics software company. The company’s lead product is a software package called Emory Cardiac ToolboxTM (ECTbTM). Today, the Emory Cardiac Toolbox is in nearly half of all n...
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PA |
2004 |
Princeton University
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17 |
Biotech/Pharma +
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NIH
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TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals is a privately held biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops small molecule drugs that modulate programmed cell death pathways to treat debilitating diseases and conditions.
Professor Yigong Shi, formerly of P...
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IL |
2006 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai...
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10 |
Bio Fuels/Chem
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DOE +
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TetraVitae Bioscience is developing bio-based chemical, plastics and fuels. Their focus is the production of biobutanol using a proprietary fermentation process and enhanced microorganism platform. Their biobutanol technology has demonstrated signifi...
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IN |
1996 |
Indiana University
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15 |
Dental +
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NIH
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The roots of Therametric Technologies, Inc. (TTI) date back to the mid-1990s, when Dr. George Stookey and his Indiana University School of Dentistry colleagues, Dr. Mostafa Analoui and Dr. Mark Saxen learned about a promising laser light-scattering t...
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MI |
1994 |
Michigan Technological University
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30 |
Industrial +
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DOD
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ThermoAnalytics, Inc. provides software and engineering services in the area of thermal modeling and analysis for civilian and military applications — including infrared signature modeling, climate control design and optimization, and component...
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WI |
1997 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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600 |
Cancer +
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NIH
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TomoTherapy Incorporated develops, markets and sells advanced radiation therapy solutions that can be used to treat a wide variety of cancers, from the most common to the most complex. The ring gantry-based TomoTherapy® platform combines integrat...
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FL |
2002 |
University of South Florida
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6 |
Biotech/Pharma +
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DOE +
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Transgenex uses nanoparticle technology to create diagnostic and disease-treatment products. More specifically, Transgenex uses a unique gene expression and delivery technology to discover and develop nanoparticle formations to diagnose and treat acu...
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NC |
1995 |
Emory University
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N/A |
Biotech/Pharma
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NIH
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Since the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, two Emory scientists, Dennis Liotta, PhD and Raymond Schinazi, PhD, have led the fight to develop life-saving drugs to treat its victims. Their HIV laboratory was the first of its kind, and t...
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NJ |
1994 |
Princeton University
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80 |
Lighting
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DOE +
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Universal Display Corporation (UDC) is a world leader in the development of innovative Organic Light Emitting Device (OLED) technology for flat panel displays, lasers and other light generating devices. Its innovations are based on technologies devel...
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NY |
1997 |
University of Rochester
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50 |
Biotech/Pharma +
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NIH
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Vaccinex is a biotechnology company that develops human monoclonal antibody technology to treat a variety of serious diseases. While the technology has many applications, one promising use is for the identification of certain proteins called monoclon...
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MA |
1992 |
University of Florida
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500 |
Bio Fuels/Chem
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USDA +
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Verenium Corporation is a leader in the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol, an environmentally-friendly and renewable transportation fuel, as well as higher performance specialty enzymes for applications within the biofuels, indu...
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PA |
2000 |
University of Pennsylvania
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27 |
Biotech/Pharma +
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NIH
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VGX Pharmaceuticals was formed in 2000 to focus on the discovery and development of novel vaccines and therapies for infectious diseases, including HIV, and cancer. In June 2009, the company completed a merger with Inovio Biomedical Corporation. Inov...
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WI |
2002 |
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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100 |
Bio Fuels/Chem
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DOE
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Virent is in the business of replacing crude oil. The company applies clever chemistry to create the chemicals and fuels the world demands from a wide range of naturally occurring, renewable resources. Using patented catalytic chemistry, Virent conve...
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NE |
2006 |
University of Nebraska
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2 |
Robotics +
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DOD +
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Virtual Incision Corporation will develop, build, and commercialize the first inexpensive, remotely operated, in vivo, miniature robotic surgical tools and camera systems to operate within the abdominal cavity. These remotely controlled robots can be...
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MD |
2006 |
Princeton University
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N/A |
Industrial +
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NASA +
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Vorbeck Materials is a privately held specialty materials company established to manufacture and develop applications around Vor-x™, a novel graphene (carbon) nanomaterial developed by Professors Ilhan Aksay and Robert Prud’homme in the P...
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NY |
2002 |
Binghamton University
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7 |
Internet
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NSF
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Webscalers aims to develop search systems that can produce more accurate, current and complete search results than mainstream search engines such as Google. Its large-scale metasearch engine technology makes it possible to connect to numerous special...
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CA |
1994 |
Stanford University
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N/A |
Cancer +
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DOD +
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With a goal to detect and quantify cell growth and migration in living animals, Stanford University investigators Pamela Contag, David Benaron, and Christopher Contag, co-founded Xenogen in 1994. The company became the world leader in “in vivo&...
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NE |
1993 |
University of Nebraska
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3 |
Biotech/Pharma
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NIH +
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Ximerex, Inc. is dedicated to the treatment of tissue and organ failure by transplanting cells, tissues, and organs from pigs with either no or minimal anti-rejection drugs. For example, patients with type 1 diabetes have lost the insulin producing c...
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MD |
2006 |
University of Maryland
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8 |
Bio Fuels/Chem
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DOE +
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Zymetis, Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops enzyme technologies for biofuel production. Derived from unique organisms, Zymetis products are designed to achieve lower costs, improved yields and higher manufacturing efficiencies in the conve...
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