University Startup Representative Engagements
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AquaNano |
Mamadou Diallo, Ph.D. (Caltech) / Nanopolymer enhanced water filtration | Pilot stage system; received $1.1 million in angel funding; management team with NYSE-listed company experience; awarded first patent August 2008 | ||||
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Prof. Steven Low / Internet transmission acceleration software | Rapid internet download software; product on market; Series A funding from angels and Miramar Ventures, venture loan from Silicon Valley Bank | ||||
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Prof. Frances Arnold / Genetic engineering of organisms for efficient production of biofuels | Series A from Khosla Ventures 2005; Series B from Virgin Fuels 2007; IP licensed from UCLA and University of Illinois in addition to original Caltech license | ||||
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Ronald T. Logan, Jr., Ph.D. / hybrid fiber optical networking modules | Series A and B funding from Clearstone Ventures, Intel Capital, TriQuint Semiconductor; sold to Emcore Corporation in 2005 | ||||
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Prof. Alain Martin / Situs Logic |
Prof. Alain Martin / asynchronous semiconductor chips | World leading academic lab in asynchronous chips and related software tools; financed by Air Force grant | ||||
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Protabit, LLC |
Stephen L. Mayo Homme W. Helinga Barry D. Olafson Benjamin D. Allen / Computational protein design software |
Monsanto investment; licenses from Caltech and Duke | ||||
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Sharing Mart |
Mung Chiang, Harold V. Poor, Hazer Inaltekin / Virtual currency-based content sharing internet marketplace | Current version in use at Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. | ||||
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Various | Abraxis BioScience is a fully integrated global biotechnology company and its stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol ABII. | ||||
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BCN BioSciences, Inc. |
Dr. Mai Brooks / Endothelial derived gene | Pre-seed stage | ||||
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Prof. Thomas Mason / Colloids | Pre-seed stage | ||||
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George Gruner / PrintAmp, Inc. |
Prof. George Gruner | Pre-seed stage | ||||
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Librede, Inc. |
Prof. Jacob Schmidt / Bioengineering - storable lipid bilayers for ion channel measurements | Pre-seed stage | ||||
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Prof. Babak Danashrad / Wireless networking equipment | Department of Defense grant. Technology has both defense and commercial applications. | ||||
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Prof. George Gruner / Transparent conductive materials | Acquired by Arrowhead Research Corporation | ||||
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Prof. Michael Pirrung |
Various | Pre-seed stage | ||||
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PhosphoTheraPeutics, LLC |
Nunzio Bottini Protein tyrosine phosphatase assays |
Organization and USC License | ||||
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Mark Greene, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P. / portfolio of several small molecule drug candidates | Angel funded; promising results in preventing hair loss from chemotherapy | ||||
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Assay for determining effectiveness of cancer drug for a particular patient / cancer | Angel funded | ||||
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Sponsored Research Representative Engagements
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Not yet identified | Master Sponsored Research Agreement and License Templates to cover multiple future projects | ||||
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Shih-Ger (Ted) Chang, Ph.D. | Work for Others Agreement pertaining to analysis of MECS invention | ||||
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