Ms Elaine Allison Canada

Novelogics Biotechnology Inc. has developed unique next generation antibody immunotherapies for treating multiple types of advanced cancers including colon and prostate cancers.  Immunotherapies for cancer are anticipated to be a $35B per year industry in the upcoming years.  

Cancer Drugs with Safety in Mind

From the beginning the novel and specific design of the therapeutic antibody drug minimizes the potential for autoimmune diseases or harming good cells with the bad.  We are dedicated to making cancer treatments that won't make you sick to get you better.

Unecumbered, Founder Owned

Novelogics has developed their assets in an unecumbered envriornment allowing investors to work directly with the team.  At this time the companyis 100% founder owned and undiluted.  Novelogics is anticipating an early exit and has begun discussions with pharmaceutical companies interested in this area.

In addition; a related Medical Device

In addition to the drug, Novelogics has a second PCT Patent pending for a related medical device with a readily available "go to" market in place. 

Year Founded
2013
Biotech Subsector
Medtech Subsector
Biotech Phase of Development
Medtech Phase of Development
Technology Overview
We have developed a panel of patent-protected monoclonal antibodies which bind members of the NKG2D ligand family for use as novel cancer immunotherapies. Studies have shown that cancer cells in part evade the immune system by releasing biologically active molecules, such as NKG2D ligands that interfere with immune cells ability to fight cancer. These ligands are capable of shutting down tumour killing immune effector cells by overwhelming the important activation-type NKG2D receptors, basically putting them to sleep, so tumors can continue to grow undetected. Using our specifically designed antibody drug, we now have the potential to clear out these ligands and restore the immune system in a more balanced way to destroy tumor cells without over-stimulating the immune system or causing adverse side effects.
Alliance & Collaborations
None
Supporting Metrics or Evidence
Proof of concept studies in progress
Current Financing Needs
$2M
Current Timeline
Within 2 years of IND
Current Investors
Founder Funded
IP Status
Two PCT patents pending
Recent Milestones
Have developed a panel of monoclonal antibodies,filed two PCT patents (pending), assembled management and scientific advisory team, completed preliminary invitro and invivo studies and will continue with further characterization before moving on to humanization of the Ab (antibody).
Management Team Highlights
Dr. Cheney, President & CSO has 26 years in R&D (10 years in oncology) including 16 years in drug discovery and has contributed to successful drugs that are either on the market or in late stage clinical trials. Co-Founder, Elaine Allison has 25+ years of corporate management experience.
Ms Elaine Allison
Novelogics Biotechnology Inc.
LinkedIn logo VP, Business Development 

Adah Almutairi

eLux Medical
Founder 

William Altman

CorInnova Inc.
President & CEO 

Neda Amidi United States

Plug and Play Ventures (a successor fund to Amidzad Partners) is a private/family investment vehicle based in Silicon Valley, CA. The fund is a structured organization for making angel investments in pre-seed or seed rounds. Investments are in the form of equity; in the next 6 months Plug and Play Ventures expects to make about 5-10 seed investments of $50,000-100,000 and an additional 40 pre-seed investments of $25,000, and is hoping to increase their allocations in the healthcare sector. Plug and Play also provides a three-month accelerator program. The firm will consider investing in companies worldwide.  

Plug and Play Ventures is interested in investing in medical technology, and invests in subsectors in which the firm can apply expertise; typically this means products that have a significant software component. Healthcare IT, biosensors, wearables and health monitoring devices are of interest. While the firm is open to investing in any indication, Plug and Play is particularly interested in diabetes & blood glucose monitoring, personal fitness, and mental/behavioral disorders. In the healthcare IT sector, Plug and Play Ventures is interested in both consumer applications and enterprise software, but is not interested in diagnostic software such as genomic, proteomic, or molecular diagnostic algorithms; however, optimization and data analysis software for hospitals and diagnostic laboratories is of interest.


Plug and Play Ventures
Investment Associate 

Vicki Anastasi

Website:
www.iconplc.com
ICON
Senior Vice President Medical Devices & Diagnostics Research 

Cliff Ansel Canada

Adjuvant Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical stage medical device company that is developing a system to improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy for cancer treatment. The system, called OncO2™, uses innovative technology to increase oxygen concentrations in tumours, making them more sensitive to radiation.


Poor tumour oxygen has long been known to make radiation less effective, particularly in cancers of the head and neck, where 5 year survival rates range from 17% to about 63%. The OncO2™ system allows for individual optimization of therapy to maximize the effectiveness of the radiation.


Adjuvant Therapeutics will initially focus on head and neck cancers, however the OncO2™ system can also address other types of resistant cancers such as those of the cervix and bladder.

Year Founded
2014
Main Sector
Biotech Phase of Development
Medtech Phase of Development
Adjuvant Therapuetics
CEO 

Nico Arnold United States

Deton is developing a novel non-invasive simple-to-use sample collection device for tuberculosis (TB) patients who are unable to provide a sample.

Proper diagnosis is essential to effectively treat the more than 9million new cases of TB every year. Typically, a sputum sample is collected to run the diagnostic test. However, in 22% of adults and in all children patients, sputum is impossible to collect. These patients have to rely on inadequate alternative collection methods that are invasive, high-cost, and resource-intensive. With our device, patients can now provide a sample even in low-resource setting and find out their TB status. Deton will enable 26M samples to be tested every year.

After promising clinical data, Deton is now raising $1.6M to build an ISO 13485 disposable product and to obtain pivotal clinical validation. Discussions with multiple potential diagnostic partners and first feedback from experts at World Health Organization show significant interest in adopting the device once effective validation has been completed. 

Year Founded
2011
Main Sector
Medtech Phase of Development
Technology Overview
Cough collection to diagnose respiratory infections
Alliance & Collaborations
Confidential
Supporting Metrics or Evidence
human clinical data supporting the diagnostic
Current Financing Needs
Deton is raising a $1.6 million seed round to support 15 months of operations.
Current Timeline
Milestones: (1) develop an ISO-13485 final design disposable device (t+10 months) and (2) obtain pivotal clinical data in 50 patients (t+15 months). Deton’s third major milestone during the seed stage is to obtain Series A financing.
Current Investors
non-dilutive government grants
IP Status
The Cough Collector is protected by 2 Patent Cooperation Treaty applications fully owned by Deton: PCT/US2011/042854 –“System for airborne bacterial sample collection and analysis” and PCT/US2014/024682 – “System for breath sample collection and analysis.”
Recent Milestones
With non-dilutive funding from government grants, the Cough Collector has been tested in a study on a limited number of patients at a high prevalence site with very encouraging results.
Management Team Highlights
Deton’s team brings together more than 20 years of experience in each of engineering, medicine, and commercial operations. Our team has successfully taken a product from idea to human clinical data. Founders: Patrick Sislian, (CEO, PhD Chemical Engineering UCLA, Member of UCLA VC Fund), Stephen Chapman (VP of R&D, PhD Chemical Engineering Caltech), and Ramzi Nasr (VP of Clinical, PhD Bioinformatics UCI). Part-time: Nico Arnold (previous EVP of commercial ops at Cepheid, previous SVP at Siemens), Dr. Antonio Catanzaro (clinical expert on TB, Professor of Medicine at UCSD), and Katrina Fiedler (previous Director of Regulatory affairs at Alere).
Deton Corp.
LinkedIn logo Business Development 
BIO

Nico Arnold, an IVD industry executive, is responsible for the commercial strategy. Nico was previous EVP of Commercial Operations at Cepheid and previous SVP at Siemens. Nico will be employed part-time and will be responsible in establishing and maintaining distribution relationships for successful product launch.

Craig Asher United States

Vital Venture Capital, founded in 2007, is a venture capital firm with offices in: Simsbury, CT; Bethesda, MD; Philadelphia, PA; Naples, FL; and Lincolnshire, IL. The firm focuses on B2B, SaaS software, medical devices, and diagnostics. The firm seeks opportunities that provide some degree of investment loss protection through strong intellectual property. The firm’s target investment size is $1-3M for each portfolio company spread over 1-3 rounds. The firm invests in companies that are based in the US. The firm is actively seeking new investment opportunities.

Vital Venture Capital
Principal 

George Ayd

Website:
www.medmarc.com
Medmarc Insurance Company
Assistant Vice President