Caltech Startups
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Active SpectrumPhysical scienceAdvanced spectroscopy techniques |
Caltech Founders: White
Year Founded: 2007
Foster City, CA 94404
United States
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Adaptive ComputationSoftware/internetCombination hardware and software based facial recognition, image based search engine and intelligent video under real world environment |
Caltech Founders: Duong (JPL)
CEO/President: Tuan Duong
Year Founded: 2011
Glendora, CA 91741
United States
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Advanced TelesensorsLife scienceRemote sensing of cardiac-related waveforms |
Caltech Founders: McGrath (JPL)
CEO/President: Malcolm Cloyd
Year Founded: 2009
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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AlerionLife scienceMRI Contrast Agents |
Caltech Founders: Meade
Year Founded: 1997
United States
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Aliva BiopharmaceuticalsLife scienceBacterial Essential Genes & Methods for Transgenic Mice |
Caltech Founders: Shizuya
CEO/President: Larry L. Green
Year Founded: 1999
Company Status: Acquired by Ablexis
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States
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AllozyneLife scienceEngineered proteins containing non-natural amino acids for therapeutic, diagnostic or research applications |
Caltech Founders: Tirrell, Goddard
CEO/President: Meenu Chhabra
Year Founded: 2005
Seattle, WA 98102
United States
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Alta DevicesPhysical sciencePhotovoltaic solar cells made of thin film gallium arsenide |
Caltech Founders: Atwater
Year Founded: 2008
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
United States
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Analytical PixelsPhysical science |
Caltech Founders: Roukes
CEO/President: Phillipe Anndreucci
Year Founded: 2012
n/a Grenoble
France
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Anchovi LabsSoftware/internetImage analysis through machine vision and crowd-sourced annotation |
Caltech Founders: Perona
CEO/President: Boris Babenko
Year Founded: 2012
Exit Year: 2012
Company Status: Acquired by Dropbox
San Diego, CA 92126
United States
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AonexPhysical scienceSemiconductor wafer layer transfer technology |
Caltech Founders: Atwater
Year Founded: 2004
Exit Year: 2008
Company Status: acquired by Amberwave
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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AquaNanoChemistryDendrimer-like molecules for water filtration |
Caltech Founders: Diallo
Year Founded: 2007
Monrovia, CA
United States
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Arges ImagingLife scienceDental Profilometry (scanning for crown molds) |
Caltech Founders: Gharib
Year Founded: 2008
Exit Year: 2011
Company Status: acquired by Sirona
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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ArithmosPhysical scienceLCD Addressing Products |
Caltech Founders: Mead, Yariv
Year Founded: 1995
Company Status: acquired by ST Microelectronics
United States
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Arizona MicrosystemsPhysical scienceOptical & Polymer Technologies |
Caltech Founders: Marder, Perry
Year Founded: 2001
Exit Year: 2008
Company Status: acquired
Tucson, AZ 85747
United States
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Arroyo SciencesSoftware/internetU-Hunter and MUDDS Software |
Caltech Founders: Gulati (JPL)
CEO/President: Carl Kukkonen
Year Founded: 2003
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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Aurora BiosciencesLife scienceScreening for the identification of drug or agrochemical development candidates |
Caltech Founders: Simon
Year Founded: 1995
Exit Year: 1997
Company Status: IPO
San Diego, CA 92121
United States
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Avidity NanomedicinesLife scienceDelivery of siRNA to tumors |
Caltech Founders: Davis
Year Founded: 2013
United States
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Axiom MicrodevicesPhysical scienceWireless Semiconductors |
Caltech Founders: Hajimiri
Year Founded: 2002
Exit Year: 2009
Company Status: acquired by Skyworks
Irvine, CA 92617
United States
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Bionic HarvestPhysical scienceElectret generator |
Caltech Founders: Tai
CEO/President: Justin Boland
Year Founded: 2005
Pasadena, CA 91001
United States
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BionomixLife scienceProtein Structure Prediction Software |
Caltech Founders: Goddard
Year Founded: 2000
Company Status: acquired by Eidogen-Sertanty
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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BLS DiagnosticsLife scienceNon-Invasive Method of Measuring Cerebral Spinal Fluid Pressure |
Caltech Founders: Lambert (JPL)
Year Founded: 1998
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United States
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CaeluxPhysical scienceSolar photovoltaic technology using silicon wires (flexible solar cells) |
Caltech Founders: Atwater
CEO/President: John Iannelli
Year Founded: 2011
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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Calando PharmaceuticalsLife scienceImproved inhibitor nucleic acids |
Caltech Founders: Davis
CEO/President: Christopher Anzalone
Year Founded: 2005
Pasadena, CA 91101
United States
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Calhoun VisionLife scienceIntraocular Lens Technology |
Caltech Founders: Grubbs, Kornfield
CEO/President: Verne Sharma
Year Founded: 1997
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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California Gamma TechnologiesPhysical scienceMask works for ASIC designs for chips used to detect high-frequency radiation |
Caltech Founders: Harrison
CEO/President: Ryan McLean
Year Founded: 2009
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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CalimmuneLife scienceLentiviral vectors for treatment of viral diseases including HIV |
Caltech Founders: Baltimore
CEO/President: Louis Breton
Year Founded: 2006
Tucson, AZ 85711
United States
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Callisto Intelligent SystemsSoftware/internetKnowledge-based, massive data mining and computational intensive applications based on SHINE software |
Caltech Founders: James (JPL)
CEO/President: AJ Abdallat
Year Founded: 2012
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
United States
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Cellicon BiotechnologiesLife scienceTechnologies for decoding the protein pathway for the cure of human diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, and cancer |
Caltech Founders: Bailey (JPL)
CEO/President: Timothy Gardner
Year Founded: 2001
Boston, MA 02216
United States
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ChromacodeLife scienceMultiplex PCR technology |
Caltech Founders: Scherer
Year Founded: 2013
United States
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Cielo Engineering SoftwareSoftware/internetStand-alone, MATLAB hosted, general purpose finite element toolkit with high-performance computing for thermal and structural analysis, including optical results processing |
Caltech Founders: Hoff (JPL)
Year Founded: 2011
Topanga, CA 90290
United States
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Clearbridge BiophotonicsLife scienceWide field of view microscopy |
Caltech Founders: Yang
CEO/President: Johnson Chen
Year Founded: 2010
n/a Singapore
Slovakia
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Cleave BiosciencesLife scienceCancer therapeutics- development of novel small molecule inhibitors of zinc metalloenzymes that regulate proliferation and metastasis of cancer cells. Initial targets are various novel metalloproteases of the ubiquitin system p97, Csn5, Rpn11 |
Caltech Founders: Deshaies
CEO/President: Laura Shawver
Year Founded: 2011
Burlingame, CA 94010
United States
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Clinical MicroSensors (CMS)Life scienceNucleic Acid Detection |
Caltech Founders: Fraser, Meade
Year Founded: 1995
Exit Year: 2000
Company Status: acquired by Motorola
Pasadena, CA
United States
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Code On Network CodingSoftware/internetRandomized distributed network coding |
Caltech Founders: Effros
Year Founded: 2011
Belmont, WA 2481
United States
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CodexisChemistryUse of P450 enzymes for the discovery, development, manufacture, and commercialization of industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and agricultural chemicals |
Caltech Founders: Arnold
CEO/President: John Nicols
Year Founded: 2007
Exit Year: 2010
Company Status: IPO
Redwood City, CA 94063
United States
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CoelacanthChemistryChemical intermediates for chemical libraries for Pharmaceutical applications |
Caltech Founders: Grubbs
Year Founded: 1996
Exit Year: 2001
Company Status: acquired by Lexicon
Princeton, NJ
United States
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CombionLife scienceCombinatorial DNA Libraries |
Caltech Founders: Baldeschweiler
Year Founded: 1994
Exit Year: 1996
Company Status: acquired by Incyte
Redwood City, CA 94063
United States
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Contour Energy SystemsPhysical scienceCarbon fluoride based primary and rechargeable batteries and electrolytes therein |
Caltech Founders: Yazami
Year Founded: 2007
Azusa, CA 91702
United States
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Cyrano SciencesChemistrySensor Arrays for chemical detection/identification ("electronic nose") |
Caltech Founders: Lewis
CEO/President: Steven Sunshine
Year Founded: 1997
Exit Year: 2004
Company Status: acquired by Smiths Detection
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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Darwin MolecularLife scienceT Cell Receptors |
Caltech Founders: Hood
Exit Year: 1996
Company Status: acquired by Chiroscience
United States
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Digitexx Data SystemsPhysical scienceStructural Monitoring of buildings |
Caltech Founders: Iwan
CEO/President: Mark Sereci
Year Founded: 2000
Carefree, AZ 85331
United States
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Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corp. (DMFCC)Physical scienceDirect Methanol Fuel Cells |
Caltech Founders: Narayanan (JPL)
CEO/President: Carl Kukkonen
Year Founded: 2002
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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E-ViEWS Safety SystemsPhysical scienceTransponders for coordination of emergency/first responder systems |
Caltech Founders: Bachelder (JPL)
CEO/President: Jim Davidson
Year Founded: 2003
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
United States
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EarthmineSoftware/internetCamera Calibration Software for Real-time Stereo Vision Systems |
Caltech Founders: Matthies (JPL)
CEO/President: Anthony Fassero
Year Founded: 2006
Berkeley, CA 94710
United States
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EndActiveLife scienceWide field-of-view endoscopy |
Caltech Founders: Burdick
Year Founded: 2001
Exit Year: 2005
Company Status: acquired by Karl Storz Imaging
Arcadia, CA 91066
United States
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ePetriLife scienceWide field of view microscopy |
Caltech Founders: Yang
Year Founded: 2012
Pasadena, CA 91104
United States
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Escape DynamicsPhysical scienceA Microwave Heat-Exchange Thruster and Method of Operating the Same |
Caltech Founders: Parkin
CEO/President: Richard Schaden
Year Founded: 2010
Broomfield, CO 80021
United States
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EvoghSoftware/internetVirtual room video conferencing system |
Caltech Founders: Newman
Year Founded: 2006
Pasadena, CA 91101
United States
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ExogeneLife scienceHemoglobin Expression |
Caltech Founders: Bailey (JPL)
CEO/President: N.L. Davis
Year Founded: 1989
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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FastsoftSoftware/internetA faster implementation of the Transport Control Protocol (TCP), a fundamental data transmission protocol of the Internet |
Caltech Founders: Low
CEO/President: Ed Snyder
Year Founded: 2005
Exit Year: 2012
Company Status: Acquired by Akamai
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States
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FemtoTraceChemistryultrasensitive mass spectrometry |
Caltech Founders: Chutjian (JPL)
CEO/President: Ara Chutjian
Year Founded: 2002
Exit Year: 2009
La Crescenta, CA 91214
United States
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FiltiniLife scienceUses of Parylene Membrane Filters for trapping circulating tumor cells |
Caltech Founders: Tai
Year Founded: 2010
Los Altos, CA 94022
United States
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FitMe.ComSoftware/internetCloth simulation used for 3D wardrobe/catalog and virtual fitting rooms, for textile, apparel & accessories |
Caltech Founders: Schroeder, Desbrun
CEO/President: Ram Srinivasan
Year Founded: 2000
Santa Clara, CA 95051
United States
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FluidigmLife scienceMicrofluidic-based chips and instrumentation for biological research |
Caltech Founders: Quake
CEO/President: Gajus Worthington
Year Founded: 1999
Exit Year: 2012
Company Status: IPO
South San Francisco, CA 94080
United States
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FoldaLife scienceForming in-situ cardiac valve stent that collapses into non-convex structures |
Caltech Founders: Gharib
Year Founded: 2010
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
United States
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Fulcrum MicrosystemsPhysical scienceAsynchronous digital circuits |
Caltech Founders: Martin
CEO/President: Uri Cummings
Year Founded: 2001
Exit Year: 2011
Company Status: acquired by Intel
Calabasas, CA 91302
United States
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GeneOhmLife scienceNucleic acid-based diagnostics |
Caltech Founders: Barton
Year Founded: 2000
Exit Year: 2006
Company Status: acquired by BD Diagnostics
United States
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GenesoftLife scienceDNA-binding polyamides |
Caltech Founders: Dervan
Year Founded: 1997
Company Status: acquired by Oscient
South San Francisco, CA 94080
United States
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GeometrixSoftware/internet3-D rendering |
Caltech Founders: Perona
Year Founded: 1999
Company Status: acquired by Alive Tech
San Jose, CA 95126
United States
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GevoChemistryDeveloping biobased alternatives to petroleum-based products using a combination of synthetic biology and chemistry |
Caltech Founders: Arnold
CEO/President: Patrick R. Gruber
Year Founded: 2005
Exit Year: 2012
Company Status: IPO
Englewood, CO 80112
United States
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GlassiMetal TechnologyPhysical scienceRapid discharge forming/ohmic heating technique to heat a metallic glass material uniformly and rapidly |
Caltech Founders: Johnson
Year Founded: 2011
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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Helicos BiosciencesLife scienceSingle-molecule nucleic acid sequencing |
Caltech Founders: Quake
CEO/President: Ivan Trifunovich
Year Founded: 2004
Exit Year: 2007
Company Status: IPO
Cambridge, MA 02139
United States
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HelixisLife scienceThermal Cycler for real-time PCR |
Caltech Founders: Scherer
Year Founded: 2007
Exit Year: 2010
Company Status: acquired by Illumina
Carlsbad, CA
United States
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High Tower SoftwareSoftware/internetData Monitoring Systems & Software MSAS; SEQGEN; DVIEW; Cyberspace Monitoring System |
Caltech Founders: Schwuttke
CEO/President: Gordon Smith
Year Founded: 1997
Exit Year: 2008
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
United States
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HoloplexPhysical scienceHolographic Storage |
Caltech Founders: Psaltis
CEO/President: Fai Mok
Year Founded: 1995
Company Status: acquired by Aprilis
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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ImagerLabsPhysical scienceHigh-performance CMOS sensors for imaging and non-imaging apps |
Caltech Founders: Wadsworth (JPL)
CEO/President: Eugene Atlas
Year Founded: 2001
Monrovia, CA 91016
United States
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Immune Design Corp.Life scienceDendritic cell-targeted vaccine delivery using lentiviral vectors |
Caltech Founders: Baltimore
CEO/President: Carlos Paya
Year Founded: 2009
Seattle, WA 98104
United States
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ImpinjPhysical scienceRFID |
Caltech Founders: Mead
CEO/President: William Colleran
Year Founded: 2000
Seattle, WA 98103
United States
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Insert TherapeuticsLife scienceDrug delivery using Linear Cyclodextrin Polymers |
Caltech Founders: Davis
Year Founded: 1998
Company Status: acquired by Calando
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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InSilixaLife scienceHigh-performance CMOS biochips for microarray technology |
Caltech Founders: Hassibi
Year Founded: 2010
TX?
United States
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Integrated DiagnosticsLife scienceLarge-scale, blood-based molecular diagnostics |
Caltech Founders: Heath
CEO/President: Albert A. Luderer
Year Founded: 2008
Seattle, WA 98109
United States
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Integrated MicromachinesPhysical scienceMicromachine Technology |
Caltech Founders: Tai
Year Founded: 1997
Exit Year: 2004
Company Status: acquired by Touchdown Technologies
Monrovia, CA 91016
United States
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Intelligent IonChemistryMass spectrometry |
Caltech Founders: Sinha (JPL)
Year Founded: 2001
Exit Year: 2004
Company Status: acquired by OI Corporation
College Station, TX 77842
United States
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Ion OpticsPhysical sciencesilicon micro-machined infrared detectors |
Caltech Founders: George (JPL)
CEO/President: Edward Johnson
Year Founded: 2001
Exit Year: 2005
Company Status: acquired by ICx
Waltham, MA 02452
United States
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IONfinityChemistry"Soft-ionization" technology for next-generation mass spectrometers, differential mobility spectrometers and systems dependent on ion-level sampling for industrial process control, biomedical, and environmental monitoring and possibly new detection systems for homeland security |
Caltech Founders: Smith, Hartley (JPL)
CEO/President: Carl Kukkonen
Year Founded: 1998
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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iSpheresPhysical scienceDistributed object computing |
Caltech Founders: Chandy
CEO/President: Deepak Gupta
Year Founded: 1999
Pleasanton, CA 94588
United States
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Journal FireSoftware/internetManaging and conducting scholarly journal clubs on the web |
Caltech Founders: Delacruz
CEO/President: John Delacruz
Year Founded: 2009
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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Kelvin Volta, Inc. (KVI)Physical scienceBattery Assessment |
Caltech Founders: Yazami
Year Founded: 2010
United States
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Kuros BiosurgeryLife scienceImplantation technology for use with animals and humans |
Caltech Founders: Hubbell
Year Founded: 2003
n/a
Switzerland
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Kuros TherapeuticsLife scienceCell Ingrowth or Tissue Regeneration Matrix. |
Caltech Founders: Hubbell
CEO/President: Didier Cowling
Year Founded: 2000
Exit Year: 2002
Company Status: acquired by Straumann AG
n/a
Switzerland
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LeukoDx LPLife scienceCompact table-top and hand-held fluoro cytometry instruments based on microfluidics technology |
Caltech Founders: Tai
CEO/President: Julien Meissonnier
Year Founded: 2009
Towson, MD 21204
United States
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LightcrossPhysical scienceOptical Components |
Caltech Founders: Wu (JPL)
CEO/President: Chi Wu
Year Founded: 2000
Monterey Park, CA 91754
United States
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LiquidmetalPhysical scienceMetallic Glasses |
Caltech Founders: Johnson
CEO/President: John Kang
Year Founded: 1993
Exit Year: 2002
Company Status: IPO
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
United States
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LuxteraPhysical scienceConstruction of complex optical systems in production CMOS processes |
Caltech Founders: Scherer
CEO/President: Greg Young
Year Founded: 2000
Carlsbad, CA 92011
United States
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MateriaChemistryOlefin metathesis catalyst technology |
Caltech Founders: Grubbs
CEO/President: Michael A. Giardello
Year Founded: 1994
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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MatterPhysical sciencePlasmon-assisted chemical reactions |
Caltech Founders: Boyd
CEO/President: Anthony DeFries
Year Founded: 2005
Los Angeles, CA 90049
United States
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MaxygenLife scienceImproved next-generation G-CSF protein for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) and acute radiation syndrome (ARS) |
Caltech Founders: Arnold
CEO/President: James R. Sulat
Year Founded: 1998
Company Status: IPO
San Mateo, CA 94402
United States
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Medical Technologies International (MTI)Life scienceNon-invasive ultrasound diagnostic products for heart disease and stroke |
Caltech Founders: Selzer (JPL)
CEO/President: Gary F. Thompson
Year Founded: 2000
Palm Desert, CA 92211
United States
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MelcureLife scienceCancer diagnosis and treatment methods |
Caltech Founders: Patterson
Year Founded: 2006
n/a
United States
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MindbrookSoftware/internetCMIS and RecDel S/W |
Caltech Founders: Wilcox (JPL)
CEO/President: Cyril Rayan
Year Founded: 2002
Santa Clara, CA 95054
United States
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MobilaSoftware/internetKnowledge-based, massive data mining and computational intensive applications/new generation of mobile device applications based on SHINE software |
Caltech Founders: James (JPL)
CEO/President: AJ Abdallat
Year Founded: 2011
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
United States
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ModelogicPhysical scienceOn-chip manipulation of light and electricity |
Caltech Founders: Scherer
Year Founded: 2005
Exit Year: 2008
United States
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MyricomPhysical scienceHigh Performance Computing (HPC) interconnect (Ethernet) technology |
Caltech Founders: Seitz (JPL)
CEO/President: Nanette Boden
Year Founded: 1995
Arcadia, CA 91006
United States
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NanotechnicaLife sciencelab-on-a-chip, including biosensors, microfluidics, and sample preparation |
Caltech Founders: Roukes, Fraser, Tai
Year Founded: 2004
Exit Year: 2005
Pasadena, CA 91101
United States
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Neurion PharmaceuticalsLife scienceUse of unnatural amino acids and codon optimization applied to ion channels and other membrane proteins, for heterologous expression in oocytes and cloned mammalian cell lines |
Caltech Founders: Dougherty
Year Founded: 2002
Exit Year: 2008
Pasadena, CA 91103
United States
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NeuroRecovery TechnologiesLife scienceNeurostimulator technology for recovery of neurological function |
Caltech Founders: Burdick, Tai
Year Founded: 2011
CA
United States
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Next Dimension TechnologiesChemistrySensors designed using nanotechnology-based materials and transducers that exhibit remarkable sensitivity and fast responses towards a broad set of chemical vapors |
Caltech Founders: Lewis
CEO/President: William J. Royea
Year Founded: 2005
Pasadena, CA 91103
United States
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Nextreme Thermal SolutionsPhysical scienceMicro-scale thermal and power management products that overcome thermal and power constraints in electronics |
Caltech Founders: Fleurial (JPL)
CEO/President: John Goehrke
Year Founded: 2006
Durham, NC 27703
United States
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Oak Grove SystemsSoftware/internetOnline workflow management |
Caltech Founders: Ames (JPL)
CEO/President: Chuck Ames
Year Founded: 1999
Altadena, CA 91001
United States
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OEwavesPhysical scienceMicrowave photonic technologies for communications, radar, and test and measurement systems |
Caltech Founders: Maleki (JPL)
CEO/President: Lute Maleki
Year Founded: 1999
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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Omnicorder TechnologiesPhysical scienceQuantum Well Infrared Photodetector Devices for the detection of breast cancer |
Caltech Founders: Gunapala (JPL)
CEO/President: Denis A. O'Connor
Year Founded: 1997
Bohemia, NY 11716
United States
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OndaxPhysical scienceHolographic optical filters and wavelength-stabilized laser sources |
Caltech Founders: Psaltis
CEO/President: Randy Heyler
Year Founded: 2001
Monrovia, CA 91016
United States
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One-Cycle ControlPhysical science |
Year Founded: 2004
United States
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oProbeLife scienceForward scanning imaging optical fiber probe |
Caltech Founders: Yang
CEO/President: Jeff Brennan
Year Founded: 2010
Pasadena, CA 91103
United States
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OraxionPhysical scienceProcess control metrology systems for semiconductor manufacturers |
Caltech Founders: Rosakis
CEO/President: Bang Nguyen
Year Founded: 2002
Exit Year: 2006
Company Status: assigned to Ultratech
Fremont, CA 94539
United States
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Orbits LightwavePhysical scienceFiber ring laser |
Caltech Founders: Yariv
CEO/President: Yaakov Shevy
Year Founded: 2000
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States
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Pacific Scanning CorpPhysical scienceElemental Analysis & Surface Imaging |
Caltech Founders: Kossakovski (JPL)
CEO/President: Gary Aden
Year Founded: 1999
Company Status: acquired by Agilent
Santa Clara, CA 95054
United States
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Pasadena LabsSoftware/internetPricing/promotion optimization through sales data analysis |
Caltech Founders: Camerer
CEO/President: Brad Feldman
Year Founded: 2013
Pasadena, CA 91030
United States
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Pharma GenomixLife scienceSingle DNA Molecule Analysis |
Caltech Founders: Quake, Anderson (JPL)
CEO/President: Bruce Burrows
Year Founded: 2001
Santa Clarita, CA 91380
United States
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PharmSelexLife scienceIn silico prediction of the structures of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and ligands which bind those GPCRs. |
Caltech Founders: Goddard
CEO/President: Carl Weissman
Year Founded: 2008
Seattle, WA 98102
United States
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PhasebridgePhysical scienceOptical waveguides |
Caltech Founders: Logan (JPL)
Year Founded: 2000
Exit Year: 2005
Company Status: acquired by EMCORE
United States
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Phononic DevicesPhysical scienceThermoelectric material technology |
Caltech Founders: Snyder
CEO/President: Anthony Atti
Year Founded: 2012
Durham, NC 27713
United States
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PhotobitPhysical scienceCMOS APS Image Sensors |
Caltech Founders: Fossum
Year Founded: 1996
Exit Year: 2002
Company Status: acquired by Micron
United States
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Photon Etc.Physical scienceTunable filter for astronomical telescopes for imaging whole optical bandwidths |
Caltech Founders: Blais-Ouellette
CEO/President: Sebastien Blais-Ouellette
Year Founded: 2004
Montreal, n/a
Canada
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PowerPhysicsPhysical scienceAudio amplifiers based on One-Cycle-Sound pulse width generation circuit |
Caltech Founders: Smedley
Year Founded: 2001
Newport Beach, CA 92663
United States
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PreDxLife scienceMRI Diagnostics |
Caltech Founders: Fraser
Year Founded: 2007
Wilmette, IL 60091
United States
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ProlinxLife scienceConjugated Polyamides |
Caltech Founders: Dervan
CEO/President: Gregory B. Abbott
Year Founded: 1997
Exit Year: 2003
Company Status: acquired by Cambrex Bioscience
Bothell, WA 98021
United States
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ProtabitLife scienceNext generation protein design software tools for high-throughput protein design and optimization |
Caltech Founders: Mayo
CEO/President: Barry Olafson
Year Founded: 2009
Pasadena, CA 91101
United States
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ProteolixLife scienceProteasome protein targets |
Caltech Founders: Deshaies
CEO/President: Susan Molineaux
Year Founded: 2004
Exit Year: 2009
Company Status: acquired by Onyx
South San Francisco, CA 94080
United States
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ProviviChemistryHeme enzyme-catalyzed cyclopropanation |
Caltech Founders: Arnold
Year Founded: 2013
1701 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90404
United States
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QWIP TechnologiesPhysical scienceQuantum Well Infrared Detectors |
Caltech Founders: Gunapala (JPL)
Year Founded: 1999
Exit Year: 2006
Company Status: acquired by Cantronic
Brea, CA 92821
United States
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RAINfinitySoftware/internetReliable Array of Distributed Computer Nodes |
Caltech Founders: Bruck
CEO/President: Charles Fan
Year Founded: 1998
Exit Year: 2005
Company Status: acquired by EMC
San Jose, CA 95134
United States
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Replenish PumpsLife scienceDrug delivery |
Caltech Founders: Tai
CEO/President: Sean Caffey
Year Founded: 2008
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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RockocoPhysical scienceEnhancing the optical characteristics of a gemstone |
Caltech Founders: Scherer, Maltezos
Year Founded: 2009
Carlsbad, CA 92009
United States
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SAFCellPhysical scienceSolid acid fuel cells |
Caltech Founders: Haile
CEO/President: Calum Chisholm
Year Founded: 2010
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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SeaTrecPhysical sciencePhase change material thermal power generator |
Caltech Founders: Chao (JPL)
Year Founded: 2013
United States
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Sensors in MotionPhysical scienceMEMS Gyroscope Technology; DRG Design S/W |
Caltech Founders: Shcheglov (JPL)
CEO/President: David Smukowski
Year Founded: 2005
Bellevue, WA 98004
United States
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Sensorware SystemsPhysical scienceIntelligent sensor infrastructure for real-time monitoring and resource management |
Caltech Founders: Delin (JPL)
CEO/President: Kevin Delin
Year Founded: 2004
Arcadia, CA 91007
United States
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Sigma Squared Decisions, Inc.Software/internetSTART software: Systematic Approach for Selection of R&D Technology Portfolios |
Caltech Founders: Lincoln (JPL)
CEO/President: Steven Conner
Year Founded: 2013
Chula Vista, CA 91921
United States
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Silicium EnergyPhysical scienceNanomesh and nanowire technologies |
Caltech Founders: Heath, Goddard
CEO/President: Akram Boukai
Year Founded: 2012
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
United States
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Situs LogicPhysical scienceAsynchronous VLSI technology for ultra-reliable electronic systems in safety-critical applications |
Caltech Founders: Martin
Year Founded: 2011
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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Skull Base InstituteLife scienceStereo Imaging Miniature Endoscope with a Single Chip and Conjugated Multi-bandpass Filters |
Caltech Founders: Manohara (JPL)
CEO/President: Hrayr Shahinian
Year Founded: 2007
Los Angeles, CA 90048
United States
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SlipChipLife scienceValveless and pumpless microfluidic devices |
Caltech Founders: Ismagilov
CEO/President: Brian Coe
Year Founded: 2013
Pasadena, CA
United States
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Snapshot SpectraChemistryComputer Tomography Imaging Spectrometer (CTIS) |
Caltech Founders: Bearman (JPL)
CEO/President: Gregory H. Bearman
Year Founded: 2007
Pasadena, CA 91104
United States
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SolarbreChemistryPhotoresponsive sunscreen |
Caltech Founders: Stowell
Year Founded: 1997
Boulder, CO 80301
United States
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Sonic InnovationsLife scienceHearing Aid Technology |
Caltech Founders: Mead
Year Founded: 1996
Salt Lake City, UT 84117
United States
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SpectraSensorsPhysical scienceTunable diode laser analyzers/Strained layer quantum well lasers |
Caltech Founders: Forouhar (JPL)
CEO/President: George Balogh
Year Founded: 1999
Houston, TX 77043
United States
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Spreadsheet WorldSoftware/internetICEMaker engineering software |
Caltech Founders: Sercel
CEO/President: Tom Mincer
Year Founded: 2002
Encino, CA 91426
United States
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SuperprotonicPhysical scienceSolid acid fuel cells |
Caltech Founders: Haile
CEO/President: Calum Chisholm
Year Founded: 2005
Exit Year: 2009
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States
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Trellis Photonic CommunicationsPhysical scienceHolographic Storage & Optical Computing |
Caltech Founders: Yariv
CEO/President: Elon Littwitz
Year Founded: 1998
Exit Year: 2003
n/a Jerusalem
Israel
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Ubu CommunicationsPhysical scienceLithium niobate technology useful in stabilizing modulators used in telecommunications |
Caltech Founders: Bridges
Year Founded: 2000
Company Status: acquired by New Focus
San Jose, CA 95136
United States
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Ultrafast Sensors and ApplicationsPhysical sciencePhotonic based sensing |
Caltech Founders: Soares
Year Founded: 1994
CO
United States
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UmachinesPhysical scienceShear stress sensors useful for external/internal gas and liquid flow |
Caltech Founders: Tai
CEO/President: Thomas R. Tsao
Year Founded: 1999
Altadena, CA 91001
United States
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Universal PhasePhysical scienceEnergy systems and materials processing |
Caltech Founders: Barmatz (JPL)
CEO/President: Neel Master
Year Founded: 2009
Santa Monica, CA 90403
United States
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VasgeneLife scienceInnovative therapeutics based on new understandings in vascular biology |
Caltech Founders: Anderson
Year Founded: 2000
Los Angeles, CA
United States
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VerosSoftware/internetReal-Time Recurrent learning of Spatio-Temporal Patterns. |
Caltech Founders: Atiya (visiting scientist in Abu-Mostafa lab)
Year Founded: 2001
United States
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VerrixLife scienceBacterial spore detection for verification of disinfection procedures |
Caltech Founders: Ponce (JPL)
Year Founded: 2013
Los Angeles, CA
United States
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VestarLife scienceLiposomes, triple-helical DNA |
Caltech Founders: Baldeschwieler, Dervan
Year Founded: 1985
Exit Year: 1999
Company Status: acquired by Gilead
United States
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ViaChangeSoftware/internetSHINE Software |
Caltech Founders: James (JPL)
CEO/President: Carl Kukkonen
Year Founded: 2000
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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Vialogy Corp.Software/internetSHINE Software |
Caltech Founders: James (JPL)
CEO/President: Douglas C. Lane
Year Founded: 2002
Altadena, CA 91001
United States
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ViaspacePhysical science |
CEO/President: Carl Kukkonen
Year Founded: 1998
Pasadena, CA 91107
United States
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VioSense CorporationPhysical science3D Camera & Laser Doppler Velocimeters |
Caltech Founders: Gharib
CEO/President: Darius Modarress
Year Founded: 2001
Company Status: acquired by Measurement Science Enterprise
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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VisionRx.comLife scienceComputer Driven Optical Keratometer and Method of Evaluating the Shape of the Cornea |
Caltech Founders: Baroth (JPL)
CEO/President: Jeffrey L. Stewart
Year Founded: 1995
Elmsford, NY 10523
United States
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Visualyze TechnologiesPhysical sciencePhase imaging microscopy |
Caltech Founders: Yang
CEO/President: George Rakuljic
Year Founded: 2010
Santa Monica, CA 90403
United States
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Volcano TherapeuticsLife scienceAtherosclerotic plaque detection and/or treatment |
Caltech Founders: Bearman (JPL)
Year Founded: 2001
Exit Year: 2006
Company Status: IPO
Houston, TX 77056
United States
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VRVS GlobalSoftware/internetVRVS Conferencing System |
Caltech Founders: Newman (JPL)
CEO/President: Aidan Foley
Year Founded: 2002
Pasadena, CA 91106
United States
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Wavestream Wireless TechnologiesPhysical scienceHigh Frequency Power Amplifiers |
Caltech Founders: Rutledge
Year Founded: 2000
Exit Year: 2011
Company Status: acquired by Gilat
San Dimas, CA 91773
United States
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Xen GolfPhysical scienceGolf Putter |
Caltech Founders: Wolf
CEO/President: Jeff Abel
Year Founded: 1999
Evanston, IL 82931
United States
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XencorLife scienceAutomated Computational Design of Proteins |
Caltech Founders: Mayo
CEO/President: Bassil I. Dahiyat
Year Founded: 1997
Monrovia, CA 91016
United States
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XponentPhysical scienceResonant Optical Wave Power Control Devices and Methods |
Caltech Founders: Vahala
CEO/President: Peter C. Sercel
Year Founded: 2000
Company Status: acquired by Hoya Corp
Monrovia, CA 91016
United States
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