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Evolve BioSystems is a spin-out from the Foods For Health Institute (FFHI) at the University of California, Davis. The company builds on more than a decade of research into the infant gut microbiome and its unique interaction with breast milk components, established by the founding scientists including Bruce German, David Mills, Carlito Lebrilla, Daniela Barile and Samara Freeman. Their fundamental research and translational clinical trials have been enabled by more than $15 million in federal and private grants since 2004. Under the leadership of CEO Dr. David Kyle, Evolve completed a $1 million seed funding round in mid-2014, a $9 million Series A round in August 2015 and most recently a $20 million Series B capital raise in 2017. Evolve has now successfully completed a milestone proof-of-concept study to demonstrate the efficacy of its initial proprietary offering, with a series of upcoming trials scheduled across both human and animal health applications. With a strong portfolio of intellectual property developed at UC Davis, a world-class management team plus blue-chip investors, and an unwavering dedication to allowing science to direct our product development, Evolve continues to expand it`s pipeline of next generation microbiome-based solutions to establish, restore, and maintain a healthy gut microbiome.
Novaseek is transforming how biomedical researchers access real-world hospital patient data and human biospecimens. Researchers rely on Novaseek to plan projects, and procure high quality biospecimens and clinical data needed to power discovery. Increasing productivity and de-risking projects across R&D enterprise begins with NovaSeek!
CymaBay Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in the San Francisco Bay Area focused on developing therapies to treat metabolic diseases with high unmet medical need or serious rare and orphan diseases. We are committed to developing breakthrough medicines that improve the lives of patients and their families. CymaBay was seeded with the assets from an earlier metabolic disease company in which more than $120M was invested to produce a robust pipeline.
SyntheZyme develops bio-based products and technologies with a unique and competitive cost/performance. We work closely together with our industrial partners for the manufacture and marketing of our bio-based commodity and specialty products for the global market. We seek to complement our core competencies with those of our strategic, industrial partners. The success of our business is based on our capabilities to structure and operate entrepreneurial partnerships. SyntheZyme’s scientists and engineers have a deep knowledge in chemistry, synthetic biology, fermentation engineering and materials science with process know-how