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The High Impact Technology Fund Portfolio

Life Sciences

Description: x-ray of a bone; Photo Credit: iStock.com - Arundhati Sahu
PILOT COHORT 2022-23

Bone and Tissue Regeneration

Bioactive 3D-printed medical device for significantly accelerated bone repair and regeneration.

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COHORT 2024-25

Breath testing for necrotizing enterocolitis

Breath-Based Detection of early stage Bacterial Infection (necrotizing enterocolitis) in Preterm Infants.

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COHORT 2023-24

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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COHORT 2024-25

Food allergy diagnostics

Composite blood-based biomarker analysis for accessible, safe and accurate food allergy diagnostics.

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COHORT 2024-25

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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COHORT 2023-24

Infant Nutrition

AI tool to recommend total parenteral nutrition formulation for infants in the NICU.

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PILOT COHORT 2022-23

Injectable Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications

Injectable hydrogels for sustained release of agents in vaccines or cancer immunotherapy.

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COHORT 2024-25

MagStone: 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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COHORT 2023-24

Mal-ID: Precision diagnostics platform for autoimmune disease

A blood test to "decode" the immune system to transform autoimmune disease care.

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COHORT 2023-24

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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COHORT 2024-25

Mitochondrial transplantation therapy for heart failure

Extracellular vesicles delivering functional mitochondria directly to damaged cardiomyocytes.

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COHORT 2023-24

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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COHORT 2023-24

Pediatric Sleep Apnea Testing Device

Home device for the diagnosis of pediatric sleep apnea bridges critical healthcare gaps.

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COHORT 2024-25

Therapeutic intervention for substance abuse disorders

Addressing substance abuse disorders with a new therapeutic intervention that selectively modulates CB2R.

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COHORT 2023-24

Therapeutic Ultrasound

A device for the prevention of perineal tears during labor and delivery.

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COHORT 2023-24

Tracheal Acoustic Monitoring to Detect Respiratory Airflow

A wearable device to detect respiratory obstruction during sedation or anesthesia.

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COHORT 2024-25

Transplantable, stem cell-derived, regenerative thymic tissues

Reconstituting T cell immunity and T cell receptor repertoire diversity.

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COHORT 2023-24

Universal Vaccine Platform

A plug-and-play antigen crosslinking platform.

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Hand on Knee Brace. Photo Credit: iStock.com/LPETTET
PILOT COHORT 2022-23

Wearable for Knee Osteoarthritis

A wearable to reduce knee osteoarthritis pain by teaching individuals to coordinate their muscles differently.

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Physical Sciences

COHORT 2023-24

Artificial Muscle

Soft and flexible actuators capable of lifting heavy weight, like human muscles.

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COHORT 2023-24

B-Dot

High-Frequency sensor and AI solution to predict and prevent industrial equipment failures.

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COHORT 2024-25

Engineered Biology

Nanophotonic platform for the synthesis of long and diverse oligonucleotides to enable genome-scale synthetic biology.

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COHORT 2023-24

Extreme Data Compression for Streaming Media

Enabling compression and streaming of video and multimodal data at extremely low bit rates.

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COHORT 2023-24

GeoMatch

Using AI to Increase Integration for Refugees and Immigrants.

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Cathedral interior - Credit: igorovsyannykov/Pixabay.com
PILOT COHORT 2022-23

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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photoelastic modulator, photo credit andrew broadhead
COHORT 2023-24

Photoelastic Modulator

Low-cost and compact optical device for converting standard image sensors into high-resolution depth sensors.

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robotics - Credit: L.A. Cicero
PILOT COHORT 2022-23

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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PILOT COHORT 2022-23

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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Sustainability

Photo of Columbus, Ohio
COHORT 2024-25

Airys

AI-powered SaaS to streamline local government access to active funding sources for climate resilience.

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close up of TMD solar cell with stanford campus in background
COHORT 2023-24

Arinna: Solar Energy Reimagined

Ultra lightweight flexible solar panels that are durable, eco-friendly, and low-cost.

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COHORT 2024-25

Biomass to Coal

Low-cost biochar for gigaton-scale carbon sequestration.

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PILOT COHORT 2022-23

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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COHORT 2023-24

CCSNet: Subsurface Intelligence for Carbon Storage

A breakthrough for AI-based physics simulation, unlocking faster, safer, and cheaper carbon sequestration.

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COHORT 2024-25

Data Center Cooling Module

A passive closed loop cooling module for a 3 kW server for energy efficient data centers.

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Reactors - Credit: tasukaran/Pixabay.com
PILOT COHORT 2022-23

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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hanging shirts of various colors - Credit: Mikes-Photography/Pixabay.com
PILOT COHORT 2022-23

Huminly

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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Electric car - Credit: Michael Fousert/Unsplash.com
PILOT COHORT 2022-23

Feon Energy

Novel liquid electrolyte technology allows for energy dense lithium batteries, ushering in a new generation of electric vehicle batteries.

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COHORT 2023-24

Low-Carbon Geomimetic Cement

A paradigm shift in cement production that harnesses the natural power of volcanic rocks.

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Indonesia Photo by Atilla Taskiran on Unsplash
COHORT 2024-25

PangeAI

AI-based software platform designed to simplify and scale private sector investment in nature-based solutions.

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COHORT 2024-25

Nitrogen Recovery from Wastewater

Recovered Potential: Sanitation for a Circular Resource Economy.

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PILOT COHORT 2022-23

Sustainable Chemical Manufacture

Developing a plasma-based technology to sustainably generate valuable industrial chemicals, such as fuels, plastics, and fertilizer.

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COHORT 2023-24

Oleo Sustainable Palm Oil Solutions

Converting lignocellulosic waste into a low-carbon, deforestation-free palm oil alternative for the consumer goods and biofuels sectors.

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Wastewater treatment from above - Credit: Avigator Fortuner/Shutterstock.com
PILOT COHORT 2022-23

FLOWS Energy

A software platform for wastewater utilities that de-risks energy investments, controls energy resources, and monetizes carbon savings.

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Wind Turbine - Credit: Nicholas Doherty/Unsplash.com
PILOT COHORT 2022-23

Perseus Materials

The fastest composites manufacturer in the world.

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