HIT Fund Portfolio
The High Impact Technology Fund Portfolio
Life Sciences
Read about each of the HIT Fund's Life Sciences awardees in more detail below.
Physical Sciences
Read about each of the HIT Fund's Physical Sciences awardees in more detail below.
Sustainability
Read about each of the HIT Fund's Sustainability awardees in more detail below.
Bone and Tissue Regeneration
Bioactive 3D-printed medical device for significantly accelerated bone repair and regeneration.
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Christa Biologics: Mitochondrial transplantation therapy for heart failure
Extracellular vesicles delivering functional mitochondria directly to damaged cardiomyocytes.
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DesRhex: Corneal endothelial transplant surgical device
A microsurgical tool that will allow eye surgeons to perform corneal endothelial transplants with more ease, accuracy and consistency.
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Exhalos: Breath testing for necrotizing enterocolitis
Breath-Based Detection of early stage Bacterial Infection (necrotizing enterocolitis) in Preterm Infants.
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Food allergy diagnostics
Composite blood-based biomarker analysis for accessible, safe and accurate food allergy diagnostics.
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Human skin organoid
A human skin organoid model of tissue resident immunology for screening and validating tissue resident immune modulating therapeutics.
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Immunera: Precision diagnostics platform for autoimmune disease
A blood test to "decode" the immune system to transform autoimmune disease care.
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Infant Nutrition
AI tool to recommend total parenteral nutrition formulation for infants in the NICU.
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Injectable Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
Injectable hydrogels for sustained release of agents in vaccines or cancer immunotherapy.
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Longevia Therapeutics: Therapeutic intervention for substance abuse disorders
Addressing substance abuse disorders with a new therapeutic intervention that selectively modulates CB2R.
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Maguro: Kidney stone removal via magnetic hydrogel
A medical device using a magnetic hydrogel for effective and efficient retrieval of kidney stone fragments during surgery.
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Milli-Spinner: Thrombectomy device for clot removal
An optimized rotation device that can mechanically dissolve a clot for fast and complete clot retraction.
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Next Generation Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
A smaller, more affordable device to increase access to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS).
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Non-invasive Diagnosis of Skin Cancer
A machine learning approach for transforming OCT images, enabling fast, non-invasive skin cancer diagnosis.
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NOpioid: Next generation pain therapeutic
An opioid-strength pain medication without the risk of addiction.
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Oligonucleotide Therapeutics
A delivery system for RNA-based therapeutics, with improved efficiency and expanded targeting.
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Pediatric Sleep Apnea Testing Device
Home device for the diagnosis of pediatric sleep apnea bridges critical healthcare gaps.
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Preflight AI: Early chorioamnionitis infection warning
Earlier detection of dangerous infections during pregnancy to enable action before harm occurs.
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Remote Assessment of Contact Allergies
A mobile app for contact dermatitis testing, significantly expanding access and testing rates.
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SafePath: Surgical drain placement
A safe, simple, and reproducible way to place surgical drains, improving outcomes for both patients and surgeons.
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SeqControl: Precision guidance for neural control
Better targeting for brain stimulation treatments by better understanding sequences of neural activity.
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Therapeutic Ultrasound
A device for the prevention of perineal tears during labor and delivery.
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Thymera Bio: Transplantable, stem cell-derived, regenerative thymic tissues
Reconstituting T cell immunity and T cell receptor repertoire diversity.
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Tracheal Acoustic Monitoring to Detect Respiratory Airflow
A wearable device to detect respiratory obstruction during sedation or anesthesia.
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Wearable for Knee Osteoarthritis
A wearable to reduce knee osteoarthritis pain by teaching individuals to coordinate their muscles differently.
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Artificial Muscle
Soft and flexible actuators capable of lifting heavy weight, like human muscles.
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Engineered Biology
Nanophotonic platform for the synthesis of long and diverse oligonucleotides to enable genome-scale synthetic biology.
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Extreme Data Compression for Streaming Media
Enabling compression and streaming of video and multimodal data at extremely low bit rates.
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Haptica Robotics: Teleoperation platform for robot training
Twin teleoperation suits gather high-quality human data for future automated manufacturing.
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Immersive Virtual Acoustic Spaces
Creating immersive sonic experiences by situating participants in the acoustics of any building or physical structure in augmented and mixed reality.
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Magnefy: Predictive maintenance solutions for critical power assets
High-Frequency sensor and AI solution to predict and prevent industrial equipment failures.
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Nanoscale Lithography
Nanoscale lithography to expand access to sub-10nm microchip fabrication.
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Photoelastic Modulator
Low-cost and compact optical device for converting standard image sensors into high-resolution depth sensors.
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Photonic routers for solid-state imaging
A color router with perfect optical efficiency, enabling smaller, higher-functioning cameras.
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Soft Growing Vine Robots
Soft growing robots that can change their length, control their direction, squeeze through tight spaces, and act as a conduit.
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Ultra-Fast Nanoscale Manufacturing
Manufacturing at the nanoscale in just minutes, with higher fidelity.
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Vertical Ga203 Power Devices
Energy efficient semiconductor switches for medium to high voltage converters in electric transportation systems and the power grid.
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Vital Linac
Monitoring of linear accelerators to reduce downtime for crucial medical treatments in developing countries.
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Airys
AI-powered SaaS to streamline local government access to active funding sources for climate resilience.
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Arinna: Solar Energy Reimagined
Ultra lightweight flexible solar panels that are durable, eco-friendly, and low-cost.
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Catalyst Technology for Liquid Fuel
Catalyst technology to improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of systems that generate liquid fuels.
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Data Center Cooling Module
A passive closed loop cooling module for a 3 kW server for energy efficient data centers.
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Earthflow AI: Subsurface intelligence for carbon storage
A breakthrough for AI-based physics simulation, unlocking faster, safer, and cheaper carbon sequestration.
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Electrified Chemical Reactors
Inductive heating enables the generation of high-grade heat within a thermochemical reactor with unprecedented spatial and temporal control.
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Feon Energy: Engineering new molecules to unlock lighter, safer, faster charging batteries
Novel liquid electrolyte technology allows for energy dense lithium batteries, ushering in a new generation of electric vehicle batteries.
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FLOWS Energy: Software platform for wastewater utilities
A software platform for wastewater utilities that de-risks energy investments, controls energy resources, and monetizes carbon savings.
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Huminly: Enzymes for textile recycling
Training enzymes to break down all the plastic in old clothes, yielding high-quality raw materials to recycle into brand new clothes.
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Kerra: Keratin-based platform to replace fossil-fuel materials
A sustainable process to extract high-performance keratin ingredients and biomaterials from waste wool for the cosmetics and textile industries.
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Low-Carbon Geomimetic Cement
A paradigm shift in cement production that harnesses the natural power of volcanic rocks.
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Mafix
A product that fertilizes crops and sequesters CO2 at the same time.
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Oleo: Transforming biomass waste into feedstocks
Converting lignocellulosic waste into a low-carbon, deforestation-free palm oil alternative for the consumer goods and biofuels sectors.
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PangeAI: Instant, agent-driven spatial analysis and decision-making
AI-based software platform designed to simplify and scale private sector investment in nature-based solutions.
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Recovered Potential: Nutrient recovery and pollution removal from wastewater
Sanitation for a circular resource economy.
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Reinventing Cement
Turning waste concrete into new cement while simultaneously lowering costs and emissions.
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Sustainable Chemical Manufacture
Developing a plasma-based technology to sustainably generate valuable industrial chemicals, such as fuels, plastics, and fertilizer.
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Zero: Transforming organic waste into carbon removal and clean fuel
Low-cost biochar for gigaton-scale carbon sequestration.
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