Cydan
Chris Adams
CEOCynvenio Biosystems, Inc.
Cynvenio has developed a new LiquidBiopsy technology to sequence the DNA of tumor cells isolated from peripheral blood. Key applications include longitudinal patient monitoring throughout the cancer care cycle, the detection of resistance mutations, and providing physicians with accurate molecular evidence to select the best targeted therapy for a given patient.
Cynvenio's technology can be accessed as a CLIA lab service, or can be installed and operated inside hospital labs and cancer research centers. Cynvenio's lab has been CLIA certified since 2013 and LiquidBiopsy system deployments began in the second half of 2014.
Maureen Cullum
CFODavosPharma
DavosPharma’s corporate offering covers all the activities required to get a drug from conception to commercialization. DavosPharma has been filling this need since 1972, serving the pharmaceutical and life science market by providing discovery chemistry & biology, pre-clinical development, and all required CMC activities including custom synthesis of organic molecules, custom dosage formulation, and custom manufacturing of cGMP intermediates, APIs, and drug product.
Gifford Marzoni
Vice-President Global Pharmaceutical DevelopmentMike Shore
Director, Global Supply Chain & Technical OperationsDeep Knowledge Ventures
We are a Hong Kong-based venture fund management company focusing on mid- to long-term advanced technology investments at early stage. Through our partnership with the top analytical companies utilizing machine learning and large panel of experts, we can construct complex decision trees showing risk and return at every stage of company evolution. We routinely invest in both private and public companies specializing in biotechnology, drug discovery, personalized medicine, Big Data analysis, industrial expert systems and artificial intelligence.
Delivering Scientific Innovation for Autism LLC
DELSIA is a "venture philanthropy" investment affilate of the research and advocacy foundation Autism Speaks. Our purpose is to transform lives by catalyzing the development and availability of innovative products.
DELSIA is a non-dilutive funding vehicle with the goal of improving outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). DELSIA aims to do this by enabling the translation of scientific breakthroughs and technological advances into products that improve health and quality of life for individuals with ASD and their families.
Who and what do we invest in? DELSIA partners with for-profit companies to fund development activities necessary for delivering products that address the diverse unmet medical, behavioral health and quality of life needs of the autism community.
DELSIA accepts funding proposals from for-profit entities that include, but are not limited to:
• Entrepreneurs, start-up and small companies
• Life sciences, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies
• Software, computer and electronic technology companies
Dermspectra LLC
DermSpectra has developed an innovative high resolution full body imaging system designed to aid early detection of skin cancers and diseases, and revolutionize medical documentation. The DermSpectra Automated Total Body Digital Skin Imaging (DSI) System fills a key technology gap in medical imaging, empowers physicians with an objective tool to accurately and efficiently detect and monitor skin and body changes over time and raises the bar for patient care.
Karleen Seybold
CEOJarrod Winters
Chief Operating OfficerDeton Corp.
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.