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Castle Biosciences, Inc. specializes in diagnostic tests for cancers. Founded in 2008, the company goal has been to help advance the care for cancers through objective testing. Our team works with outstanding members of the oncology community throughout the discovery, development and utilization of these tests. Currently, Castle Biosciences has tests to help doctors treat glioblastoma, uveal melanoma, low grade gliomas. We anticipate tests for thymoma and esophageal cancer to be on the market in the near future (1Q-1H, 2012) as they are going through final validation.
BioInnovation Capital invests in the most promising life science companies in residence at premier co-working laboratory facilities where our partners are on-site every day. As the first investment platform to knit together a national network of co-working laboratories, we have a unique lens and an unparalleled position from which to invest. Our partners are located in: Cambridge, MA (BioLabs and LabCentral); Durham, North Carolina (BioLabs North Carolina); San Francisco, and San Diego, CA (BioLabs San Diego). Our perspective is characterized by superb access to key innovators in academia, as well as to the corporate partners who are likely eventual homes for our investments. The geographic nature of innovation hubs and our overlapping network of facilities and resources, supports the formation of stellar companies from the most powerful universities, research institutions, hospitals and corporations in our sector.
Kirin Pharma USA, Inc. is a La Jolla, CA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, & Biotech sector.
Kira Pharmaceuticals is pioneering complement drug discovery to deliver transformative therapies for people with complement-mediated diseases
Codexis is a leading enzyme engineering company leveraging its proprietary CodeEvolver® platform to discover and develop novel, high performance enzymes and novel biotherapeutics. Codexis enzymes have applications in the sustainable manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, food, and industrial products; in the creation of the next generation of life science tools; and as gene therapy and biologic therapeutics. The Company`s unique performance enzymes drive improvements such as: reduced energy usage, waste generation and capital requirements; higher yields; higher fidelity diagnostics; and more efficacious therapeutics. Codexis enzymes enable the promise of synthetic biology to improve the health of people and the planet.