AVF Recipients
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Adventus Robotics
Building autonomous wheelchairs to improve the lives of the severely disabled, and to minimize passenger-porter interaction for safer airports and hospitals.
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Algoma
Designing and building net-zero multifamily homes by combining mass timber with an offsite manufacturing approach.
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Amira
Making a cooling mattress pad that keeps women experiencing disruptive hot flashes due to menopause asleep all night long.
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Anise Health
Reimagining mental health for the Asian community by providing personalized online interventions that acknowledge cultural context and addresses intersectional needs.
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Aperture Bio
Realizing orders-of-magnitude improvements in speed and sensitivity, Aperture rapidly analyzes proteins in whole cells to map immune interactions.
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Cherish
Offering education, support, fun, and community for families impacted by dementia.
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Concerto Biosciences
Discovering microbial ensembles for health via a patented screening platform.
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Current Electric
Developing fast charger infrastructure focused on rapidly enabling the mass adoption of electric transportation.
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Delfina
Building an integrated pregnancy platform delivering personalized care based on deep insights into each member's needs.
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EndoShunt Medical Inc.
Controlling abdominal bleeding in trauma surgery with an innovative medical device.
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Ilios Therapeutics
Combating neurodegenerative diseases through rationally-designed multi-functional small molecules.
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Immigrants Like Us
Preparing immigration documents for free for people who can't afford a lawyer.
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InGel Therapeutics
Regenerative cell-therapy biotech aiming to treat people affected by blindness.
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Kinnos
Adding color to disinfectants, visualizing surface coverage for more effective and efficient cleaning in healthcare settings.
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KiraGen Bio
Harnessing the power of AI-driven combinatorial gene editing to unlock the full potential of solid tumor CAR-T therapies.
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Lime Therapeutics
Creating a new class of therapies targeting lipid metabolism in cancers and neurodegenerative disorders.
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Manifold Bio
Designing tissue-specific medicines in living systems from the start by combining high-throughput in-vivo studies with AI-guided protein design.
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Neru Health
Developing AI sleep therapy to help businesses manage chronic sleep disorders and reduce $100B in absenteeism, accidents, and healthcare costs.
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Neumind Ltd
Digitizing neurorehabilitation for enhanced patient access, seamless caregiver involvement, and improved clinician overview.
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NovaXS Biotech
Designing a smart needle-free drug delivery platform that simplifies the medication self-administration process and improves remote healthcare adherence.
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Odessa Health
Pioneering a transformative approach to promote youth's social-emotional health and wellness, focusing on underserved communities.
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Pathways
Developing an AI-powered platform ingests and transforms unstructured, operational data into automated, real-time reporting on emissions, delivering rapid deployments of LCAs and EPDs.
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Poka Labs
Building a cloud-based data platform to modernize chemical operations.
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Practice IP
Streamlining patent diligence and transactions with an intuitive marketplace.
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Promakhos Therapeutics Inc.
Developing oral, non-immunosuppressive, small molecules to cure chronic inflammatory disorders.
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Reel Seafood
Making thick, flaky, 100% cell-based fish fillets, grown in a lab, that will be indistinguishable from wild and farmed fish.
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Rehydrate
Creating a decentralized, low-energy water recycler for the disaster relief, Department of Defense forces, and developing communities.
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smoodi
Making people happier and healthier with a self-cleaning machine for fresh, customized smoothies.
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Stellar Sleep
Helping people learn how to sleep again with the award-winning mobile app for insomnia.
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Stitch3D
Helping teams manage and deliver LIDAR and photogrammetry point clouds on a secure and fully collaborative web platform.
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Stochastic
An enterprise platform for businesses to build, customize, and control their own AI.
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Stratagen Bio
Transforming MRI scans into a tool for objective clinical decision-making and quantitative biomarker assessment.
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TransCrypts
Bringing emerging technologies to financial institutions.
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Umbulizer
Developing a reliable, low-cost, and portable device that can provide continuous ventilation to patients.
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Veri Nano
A bionanotechnology company developing antimicrobial materials and nanoparticle delivery systems for human and animal health.
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Vincere Health
Vincere Health was acquired by RVO Health. The company developed a healthcare technology platform to motivate people to smoke less, walk more, and live healthier lives.
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Vitally Health
Using several layers of clinical and molecular data to map early diagnosis of heart disease and digital therapies.