Care Innovations
Description
Care Innovations® offers turnkey remote patient management solutions that help you lower costs, improve outcomes, and bring health home.
Founded
2011
City
Roseville, CA
ViVita Technologies Inc
Description
Enabling regenerative medicine with off-the-shelf tissue scaffolds.
Long Description

ViVita’s patent-pending platform technology—the ViVita Process—removes the immunological barriers in animal-derived tissues, rendering them immune-compatible with human patients. Leveraging this technology, ViVita aims to generate off-the-shelf tissue and organ replacements that avoid long-term medication, repeat transplants, and associated patient deaths.

Founder(s)
Maelene L. Wong, PhD, Leigh G. Griffiths, VetMB
Contact Person
Maelene Wong
Programs
UC Davis Big Bang!, Capitalize 2016
Founded
2012
Female Founder/Co-founder
Yes
City
Davis, CA
StemExpress
Description
Assisting the research community with the procurement of human primary stem cells, blood and tissue needed to further their stem cell research.
Long Description

StemExpress fuels regenerative medicine and translational research by supplying human specimens to biomedical researchers around the world. Founded in 2010, StemExpress is the only company of its kind to procure tissues and isolate cells for researchers’ individual needs in its own labs.

Founder(s)
Cate Dyer
Founded
2010
Female Founder/Co-founder
Yes
City
Placerville, CA
Kura MD
Name
Description
Kura MD is a health and wellness solutions company dedicated to improving the quality of life for people by leveraging technology to provide access to healthcare 24/7 virtually anywhere.
Long Description

The Kura MD telemedicine platform enables convenient, secure, HIPAA compliant telehealth appointments between physicians and patients through a computer, smart phone or tablet 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Kura MD represents a new standard in telehealth services incorporating electronic medical records (EMR), an interface hub, registration system, verification, billing, claims, video conferencing, and integration of peripheral equipment, practice management and an optional best-in-class health station.

Founder(s)
Kevin Hamm
Stage
Series A
Founded
2013
City
Roseville, CA
Cognivive, inc.
Description
Developing evidence-based digital medicines in virtual reality video game form for cognitive impairments. Translating science from http://bit.ly/XihV0v
Long Description

We are developing evidence based neurotherapeutics in VR-based video game form. Our treatments target specific cognitive impairments with huge functional implications that impact the lives of the healthy aging, patients with many forms of brain injury and individuals with one of several neurogenetic disorders. Our patent-pending designs combine evidence from clinical cognitive neuroscience with that showing specific improvements of the spatial and temporal information processing systems we target from the "active compound" of playing action video games.

 

Founder(s)
Tony J. Simon Ph.D.
Stage
seed
Contact Person
Tony J. Simon
Phone Number
530-219-2474
Programs
UC Davis Entrepreneur Academy & "Venture Catalyst"; Neurogaming StartUp Showcase
Needs
investors, advisors
Founded
2017
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
Sacramento, California Area
Molecular Matrix, Inc.
Description
Molecular Matrix, Inc. is focused on providing advanced research tools for cultivating and studying stem cells.
Long Description

Molecular Matrix, Inc. is focused on providing advanced research tools for cultivating and studying stem cells. Our products provide cutting edge solutions for growing cells in three dimensions. Our GroCell-3D™ product portfolio is comprised of 3D Scaffolds in various configurations, a cost effective dynamic cell culture system, and a solution to dissolve the scaffold and recover cells.

Founder(s)
Charles Lee
Founded
2011
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
Davis, CA
In the News

Startup of the Month: Molecular Matrix | Comstock's Magazine, April 4, 2018

Evolve Biosystems, Inc.
Long Description

Evolve BioSystems will develop and bring to market the next generation of microbiome-based solutions to establish, restore, and maintain a healthy human gut microbiome across a range of unmet clinical needs.

Founder(s)
Bruce German, David Mills, Samara Freeman, Carlito Lebrilla, Daniela Barile
Stage
Series A
Founded
2012
Female Founder/Co-founder
Yes
City
Davis, CA
In the News
Long Description

SensorSAFE is a system that passively monitors the activity of seniors in their own home using motion, open/close and pressure mat sensors - no devices to wear or buttons to push. It is the perfect blend of affordable technology with hands on care.

Founder(s)
Craig Falk
Stage
MVP/Launched
Founded
2017
Female Founder/Co-founder
Yes
FactorFive
Long Description

Innovative skincare utilizing cytokines and growth factors derived from human stem cells to deliver unparalleled anti-aging results.

Founder(s)
Jordan Plews
Stage
MVP/Launched
Contact Person
Jordan Plews
Founded
2014
Female Founder/Co-founder
No
City
Sacramento, CA