Emergings In Brief, June 2012
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Brief profiles of these recently formed companies: Aggredyne, CohBar, Gauss Surgical and Urova Medical.
10530 Rockley Road
Suite 150
Houston, TX 77099
Phone: (888) 926-2647
EMail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.aggredyne.com
Management: Edward R. Teitel, MD, Chairman & CEO; Robert C. Hux, President & COO
Company Launched: January 2011
Financing To Date: $3 million
Investors: Undisclosed
Partners/Alliances: NA
Industry Segment: In Vitro Diagnostics
Business: Aggredyne's AggreGuide uses light scattering to rapidly and inexpensively measure how well a patient's anti-platelet medications are working. The start-up acquired its blood platelet testing technology from now-defunct Thrombodyne.
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2265 East Foothill Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91107
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: NA
Management: Mark Rampy, CEO; Pinchas Cohen, MD, Founder; Laura Cobb, PhD, Co-Founder & Director of Peptide ResearchCompany Launched: June 2011
Financing To Date: Undisclosed
Investors: Undisclosed
Industry Segment: Biotechnology
Business: CohBar is focused on novel mitochondrial-derived peptides and their role in diabetes and aging. The company aims to develop treatments for type 2 diabetes and other age-related diseases, such as atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and cancer.
395 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.gausssurgical.com
Management: Milton McColl, MD, CEO; Siddarth Satish, Chairman & CTO; Andrew Hosford, Director of Engineering
Company Launched: June 2011
Financing To Date: $800,000 seed funding
Investors: Undisclosed
Partners/Alliances: StartX
Industry Segment: Surgical Technologies
Business: Gauss Surgical has developed an iPad-based software platform to help surgeons and anesthesiologists monitor surgical blood loss in real time.
[Urova Medical Inc.]
20 Dudley Street
Memphis, TN 38103
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.urovamed.com
Management: Runbin Dong, Co-founder & CEO; Vidhan Agrawal, Co-founder & COO
Company Launched: May 2012
Financing To Date: Undisclosed
Investors: Innova; MB Venture Partners
Partners/Alliances: Johns Hopkins University; Duke University
Industry Segment: Urological Devices
Business: Urova Medical aims to improve on sling surgeries for treating stress urinary incontinence in women. Its UroGuide device can be installed in a short out-patient procedure and is designed to safely and permanently address issues resulting from SUI.