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2025

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Alba

Empowering visually-impaired individuals to detect the onset of their period with a tactile menstrual wipe.
Aperture Bio

Realizing orders-of-magnitude improvements in speed and sensitivity, Aperture rapidly analyzes proteins in whole cells to map immune interactions.
Beaver Health, Inc.

Engaging older loved ones in stimulating, culturally responsive activities to boost cognition and quality of life.
Bullseye Biosciences

By leveraging competition and evolution, Bullseye aims to transform therapeutics discovery and expedite the development of life-saving medicines.
Change The Tune

Closing the opportunity gap for youth in underserved communities by creating holistic, radical, and transformational extended learning experiences in partnership with communal organizations.
Concerto Biosciences

Discovering microbial ensembles for health via a patented screening platform.
Crop Diagnostix

Building the future of predictive agriculture with patented, AI-powered gene expression technology.
Day Zero Diagnostics

Developing technologies to help control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), where antibiotic resistant organisms can be especially dangerous.
EndoShunt Medical Inc.

Controlling abdominal bleeding in trauma surgery with an innovative medical device.
GC Therapeutics

Using synthetic biology to program stem cells into any cell type with best-in-class efficiency, speed, and scalability.
InGel Therapeutics

Regenerative cell-therapy biotech aiming to treat people affected by blindness.
Kinnos

Adding color to disinfectants, visualizing surface coverage for more effective and efficient cleaning in healthcare settings.
MabLab

Building five-in-one test strips to detect the five deadliest lacing agents in recreational drugs.
Manifold Bio

Designing tissue-specific medicines in living systems from the start by combining high-throughput in-vivo studies with AI-guided protein design.
MesaQuantum

Developing chip-scale quantum sensors for next-generation GPS capabilities in position, navigation, and timing.
Oze

Supercharging business across Africa with simple tools, smooth payments, affordable capital, and digital shops.
PerioSense

Making early diagnosis of gum disease more accessible and efficient while saving time and money for patients and providers.
Rarefied

Developing a propulsion mechanism that can fly in near-space, a region that is inaccessible to aircraft and satellites, to deliver climate insights and offset satellite emissions.
reer

Creating 3D-printed designer furniture that can be tailored to personalized needs and traded-in for renewal.
Saturday Art Class

Unleashing the creative potential of one of the world's largest marginalized child populations by developing social-emotional skills through visual arts education.
Solara

Providing on-demand solar irrigation to Indian farmers, increasing their access to affordable, reliable, and clean irrigation.
Sprxng

Developing holistic period care solutions through data-driven menstrual research and innovation.
Stratagen Bio

Transforming MRI scans into a tool for objective clinical decision-making and quantitative biomarker assessment.
TANGapp

An international, peer-to-peer transaction app with a social mission of financial inclusion for emerging markets.
TecHustle, Inc.

Building Africa's largest small business network for global trade by providing financial services and market access.
Tectonic Therapeutic, Inc.

Transforming the discovery of novel drugs addressing targets in the GPCR family.
Transcera

Transforming chronic disease treatment through improved biologic drug delivery.

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