2018 Biotech Startups
Order by: Company Name - Location
| Century Therapeutics | PA - Philadelphia | iPSC Therapy platform |
 GT Medical Technologies |
AZ - Mesa | Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy |
| ActoBio Therapeutics |
Belgium - Ghent | Microbe-based Therapies |
| Syndesi Therapeutics |
Belgium - Louvain-la-Neuve | Small Molecule |
| Fauna Bio |
CA - Berkeley | Cross-Mammalian Genomics for Human Health |
| YourChoice Therapeutics |
CA - Berkeley | Birth Control |
| Dark Horse Consulting |
CA - Campbell | Cell & Gene Therapy Consulting |
| Optera Therapeutics |
CA - Emeryville | Cell Therapy |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals |
CA - Foster City | Small Molecules |
| TRIGR Therapeutics |
CA - Irvine | Cancer Immunotherapy |
| Astero Bio |
CA - Menlo Park | Cryopreservation Technologies |
| Vivera Pharmaceuticals |
CA - Newport Beach | Opioid deterrence and cessation and non-addictive solutions for pain management |
| Modis Therapeutics |
CA - Oakland | Rare genetic treatments |
| CoA Therapeutics |
CA - Palo Alto | Drugs targeting Coenzyme-A |
| GEn1E Lifesciences |
CA - Palo Alto | Rare Diseases |
| Modular Bioscience |
CA - Palo Alto | Synthetic Restriction Enzymes |
| Origin Therapeutics |
CA - Palo Alto | Synthetic Enzyme |
| Spring Discovery |
CA - Palo Alto | AI for Aging Therapies |
| Amador Bioscience |
CA - Pleasanton | Consulting, Lab Service, Clinical Trial Management |
| Aristea Therapeutics |
CA - Poway | Small Molecules |
| Ambys Medicines |
CA - Redwood City | Liver cell, gene, drug therapies |
| RubrYc Therapeutics |
CA - San Carlos | Antibody Therapeutics |
| AlivaMab Discovery Services |
CA - San Diego | Antibody Discovery Services |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals |
CA - San Diego | Nasal Spray Epinephrine |
| Bloom Science |
CA - San Diego | Microbiota-Based Therapeutics |
| Cullgen |
CA - San Diego | Protein Degradation Technology |
| Cytonus Therapeutics |
CA - San Diego | Cargocytes |
| Erasca |
CA - San Diego | Cancer Therapies |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals |
CA - San Diego | Weight loss drug |
| NeuraLace Medical |
CA - San Diego | Nerve Stimulation for Pain Management |
| Pipeline Therapeutics |
CA - San Diego | Small Molecule for MS |
| Prominex |
CA - San Diego | Portable POC Diagnostics |
| Qpex Biopharma |
CA - San Diego | Anti-infectives |
| Reneo Pharmaceuticals |
CA - San Diego | Genetically-Defined Orphan Therapies |
| Respivant Sciences |
CA - San Diego | Inhaled therapeutic delivered directly to the lungs via a proprietary electronic nebulizer device |
| RogCon Biosciences |
CA - San Diego | Antisense Oligo |
| Vivid Genomics |
CA - San Diego | Genomic Biopsies |
| 89bio |
CA - San Francisco | Liver Treatments |
| Bone Health Technologies |
CA - San Francisco | Mechanical Bone Stimulation |
| Brii Biosciences |
CA - San Francisco | Bringing medicines to Chinese market |
| Gordian Biotechnology |
CA - San Francisco | Drug Screening Platform |
| Mammoth Biosciences |
CA - San Francisco | Diagnostics using CRISPR |
| Nebula Genomics |
CA - San Francisco | Consumer Sequencing, Blockchain, Selling Personal Data, George Church, etc |
| QED Therapeutics |
CA - San Francisco | Small Molecule Targeting Tyrosine Kinase Receptors |
| Respirix |
CA - San Francisco | Cardiac Monitoring |
| System1 Biosciences |
CA - San Francisco | Phenotypic screening to discover novel drugs for complex neurological and psychiatric diseases |
| ZKR Orthopedics |
CA - San Francisco | Knee Replacement |
| Attenua |
CA - San Mateo | Chronic Cough Treatments |
| Soteria Biotherapeutics |
CA - San Mateo | Next-generation cellular therapies |
| Sublimity Therapeutics |
CA - Solana Beach | Small Molecule |
| Frontier Medicines |
CA - South SF | Drug Discovery Using Chemoproteomics Platform |
| Lyell Immunopharma |
CA - South SF | Curative cell-based immunotherapies |
| Seer |
CA - South SF | Early Detection |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals |
Cayman Islands - Camana Bay | ADHD treatment |
| Brii Biosciences |
China - Beijing | Bringing medicines to Chinese market |
| Amador Bioscience |
China - Hangzhou | Consulting, Lab Service, Clinical Trial Management |
| Brii Biosciences |
China - Shanghai | Bringing medicines to Chinese market |
| Cullgen |
China - Shanghai | Protein Degradation Technology |
| RallyBio |
CT - Farmington | Therapeutics |
| Kariya Pharmaceuticals |
Denmark - Copenhagen | Parkinson's Treatment |
| Bioinformatics CRO |
FL - Niceville | Customized computational biology services |
| Micelle BioPharma |
FL - Riviera Beach | Advanced Lipid Technologies platform |
| TreeFrog Therapeutics |
France - Bordeaux | 3D Stem Cell Culture Technology |
| Alize Pharma 3 |
France - ECULLY | Therapeutic Peptides |
| CFL Biotech |
France - Issoire | Cell Therapy |
| AgenT |
France - Paris | Early Detection of Alzheimer's |
| Tridek-One |
France - Paris | Immunomodulatory Products |
| Antios Therapeutics |
GA - Atlanta | Hep B Small Molecule |
| iChek |
GA - Atlanta | Active Contacts Lenses for Health Monitoring |
| Marpē Therapeutics |
GA - Atlanta | Anti Virals |
| Marte Therapeutics |
GA - Atlanta | Anti-virals |
| Oncorx Pharmaceuticals |
GA - Savannah | Brain Cancer Treatments |
| Axxellerance |
Germany - Griesheim | Consulting |
| Samsara Therapeutics |
Germany - Hamburg | Small Molecules |
| Gotham Therapeutics |
Germany - Martinsried | Targeting messenger RNA-modulating proteins |
| Emalex Biosciences |
IL - Northbrook | Tourette's Treatment |
| Skyline Biosciences |
IL - Northbrook | Oncology |
| Novosteo |
IN - West Lafayette | Fracture-Targeted Drug Delivery |
| Perfuze |
Ireland - Galway | Stroke Treating Technology |
| 89bio |
Israel - Herzliya | Liver Treatments |
| Epitomee Medical |
Israel - St. Caesarea | Ingestible device for weight loss |
| ARTham Therapeutics |
Japan - Kanagawa | Repositioning preclinical/clinical assets |
| Cullgen |
Japan - Tokyo | Protein Degradation Technology |
| Advanced Solutions Life Sciences |
KY - Louisville | Tissue Handling Products, Services |
| PionEar Technologies |
MA - Allston | Ear Tube Implant |
| Cerevel Therapeutics |
MA - Boston | Neuro |
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MA - Boston | RNA Therapeutic Delivery technology |
| NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals |
MA - Boston | CNS & Diabetic Neuropathic Pain Treatments |
| Vaccex |
MA - Boston | Cancer Immunotherapy |
| 1910 Genetics |
MA - Cambridge | Computational chemistry platform to develop small molecule therapeutics |
| Akrevia Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | Cancer Immunotherapies |
| Anji Pharmaceuticals |
MA - Cambridge | High-value targets validated by human genetics |
| Anthos Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | Antibody Therapeutics |
| Beam Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | CRISPR-based drug discovery |
| Cedilla Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | Small Molecules for Undruggable Protein Targets |
| Comet Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | CoEnzyme A-related Therapies |
| Dewpoint Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | Biomolecular Condensates |
| Dyno Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | AAV Engineering |
| EnClear Therapies |
MA - Cambridge | ALS Treatment Device |
| Glympse Bio |
MA - Cambridge | Activity Sensors |
| Kytopen |
MA - Cambridge | Gene-modified Cell Therapies |
| Nocion Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | Nocions which preferentially target activated sensory neurons that are responding to external insult |
| PanTher Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | Treatment of inoperable locally advanced solid tumors |
| Rheostat Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | Discovery of novel treatments for neurodegeneration, cognition and rare diseases |
| Sherlock Biosciences |
MA - Cambridge | Molecular Diagnostics |
| Strand Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | Gene Therapy |
| Tiburio Therapeutics |
MA - Cambridge | Treatments for rare neuroendocrine tumors and rare endocrine diseases |
| Keratin Biosciences |
MA - Lexington | Regenerative medicine and drug delivery therapies based on a purified human-derived keratin technology platform |
| Spirita Oncology |
MA - Natick | Small Molecule for Cancer |
| Bioxytran |
MA - Newton | Modified hemoglobin therapy |
| Oncologie |
MA - Waltham | Cancer Therapeutics |
| Skyhawk Therapeutics |
MA - Waltham | RNA-correcting Small Molecules |
| Alloplex Biotherapeutics |
MA - Woburn | Cell Therapies |
| Cellandtech |
MD - Gaithersburg | Strategic Planning and Commercialization consultancy, providing global strategy with a focus on: New Product Planning Strategy, Market Access and Pricing Strategy and Strategic Partnership assistance |
| Viela Bio |
MD - Gaithersburg | Autoimmune treatments |
| Neuraly |
MD - Germantown | PEGylated Small Molecule |
| Lab Owl |
MD - Rockville | Bioreactor Control System for Cell Culture & Fermentation Applications |
| Morari Medical |
MN - Maple Grove | Neuromodulation to prevent Premature Ejaculation |
| Brii Biosciences |
NC - Durham | Bringing medicines to Chinese market |
| Immunovant |
NC - Durham | Monoclonal Antibody |
| Selenity Therapeutics |
NC - Durham | Small Molecules for endocrine & neurological disorders |
| Keratin Biosciences |
NC - Winston-Salem | Human-derived Keratin Delivery Platform |
| Comet Therapeutics |
Netherlands - Leiden | CoEnzyme A-related Therapies |
| Chondropeptix |
Netherlands - Maastricht | Peptide for cartilage improvement |
| Cleara Biotech |
Netherlands - Utrecht | Small Molecules |
| Alloy Therapeutics |
NH - Hanover | Antibody Discovery Platform |
| Armas Pharmaceuticals |
NJ - Manalpan Township | Generic Pharmaceuticals |
| Lab Owl |
NJ - Neptune | Bioreactor Control System for Cell Culture & Fermentation Applications |
| Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics |
NY - Brooklyn | Cytokine-based Therapy |
| Calder Biosciences |
NY - Brooklyn | Vaccine Immunogen Design |
| Blue Water Vaccines |
NY - New York | Flu Vaccine |
| CapCell Biologics |
NY - New York | Cell Encapsulation Technology |
| Forkhead BioTherapeutics |
NY - New York | Oral Diabetes Treatment |
| Gotham Therapeutics |
NY - New York | Targeting messenger RNA-modulating proteins |
| Martin Pharmaceuticals |
NY - New York | Repurposing drugs |
| Neurogene |
NY - New York | Genetic Therapies |
| CavoGene LifeSciences |
OH - Cleveland | Gene Therapy |
| TamRx |
OH - Cleveland | Small Molecules |
| Hawk Medical |
OH - Columbus | Biological Products |
| HLS Therapeutics |
ON - Etobicoke | Specialty Pharmaceuticals |
| ExpressCells |
PA - Philadelphia | Custom Cell Lines |
| Panorama Medicine |
PA - Philadelphia | Drug discovery platform for interventions for RNA defects in disease |
| White Biotech Solution |
PA - Philadelphia | Drug development / commercialization strategy consultancy focused on rare disease and gene therapy |
| Aclipse Therapeutics |
PA - Radnor | Small Molecules |
| Palvella Therapeutics |
PA - Wayne | Small Molecules |
| MyX Therapeutics |
QC - Montréal | Mucosal Drug Delivery Platform |
| Bipharm |
Russia - Moscow | Chromosomal instability targeting |
| AUM Biosciences |
Singapore - | Treatments for Asia-Prevalent Cancers |
| Ahead Therapeutics |
Spain - Barcelona | Nanotechnology for Auto-immune diseases |
| Coba Pharma |
Spain - Barcelona | APIs, Generics |
| Syna Therapeutics |
Spain - Barcelona | Biosimilars, Biologics |
| Alibion |
Switzerland - Allschwil | Advancing Drugs |
| Aruvant |
Switzerland - Basel | Gene Therapy |
| Nemis Technologies |
Switzerland - Dübendorf | Luminosity-based Pathogen Detection System |
| Appello Pharmaceuticals |
TN - Nashville | Novel positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 |
| Micelle BioPharma |
TN - Nashville | Advanced Lipid Technologies platform |
| PMI BioPharma Solutions |
TN - Nashville | Research & Development Services |
| ClearCam |
TX - Austin | Camera Cleaning Technology for Surgical Applications |
| TFF Pharmaceuticals |
TX - Austin | Dry-powder Inhalation for Respiratory Therapies |
| Proxima Clinical Research |
TX - Houston | Clinical research |
| ReproCELL Europe |
UK - Glasgow | 3D Cell Culture |
| Juno Bio |
UK - London | Vaginal Microbiome Health |
| Theramex |
UK - London | Women's Health |
| Sitryx |
UK - Oxford | Immunometabolic therapies |
| ReproCELL Europe |
UK - Sedgefield, Durham | 3D Cell Culture |
| Lyell Immunopharma |
WA - Seattle | Curative cell-based immunotherapies |
| Magnolia Neurosciences |
WA - Seattle | Neuroscience |
| Neoleukin Therapeutics |
WA - Seattle | Neoleukins |
| Sana Biotechnology |
WA - Seattle | Cell & Gene Therapies |