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Northwestern Startup: VesselTek BioMedical LLC
Founded: 2008
Northwestern Inventor:
Guillermo Ameer
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Biomedical Engineering
VesselTek BioMedical specializes in the development of medical devices to treat vascular disease. VesselTek's approach utilizes a novel biodegradable, biocompatible, elastomer polymer combined with drug...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: TERA-print LLC
Founded: 2016
Northwestern Inventor:
Chad Mirkin
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
TERA-print, LLC is a nanotechnology start-up company founded in the fall of 2015 to pursue the unique commercial potential of cantilever-free scanning probe lithography (CF-SPL) technology, which was invented at Northwestern University (NU)...
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Northwestern Startup: Sibel Health, Inc.
Founded: 2018
Northwestern Inventor:
John Rogers
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Materials Science and Engineering
Steve Xu
Feinberg School of Medicine
Dermatology
Through wireless vital signs monitoring and data integration, Sibel’s wearables transform healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes worldwide.
Sibel...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: QuesTek Innovations, LLC
Founded: 1999
Northwestern Inventor:
Greg Olson
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Material Science and Engineering
QuesTek provides innovative materials solutions. It designs and develops new advanced materials in less than 50% of the time and at less than 30% of the cost of traditional empirical methods. By leveraging...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: Ora Graphene Audio Inc.
Founded: 2016
Northwestern Inventor:
SonBinh Nguyen
Weinberg School of Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
ORA works with the exciting properties of Graphene to build unique loudspeaker membranes. Their proprietary nanocomposite formulation, GrapheneQ™, consists of 95% Graphene and has been specifically designed and optimized for use in acoustic transducers.
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Published: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: Melanyze, Inc.
Founded: 2023
Northwestern Inventor:
Nathan Gianneschi
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Kurt Lu
Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Dermatology
Melanyze harnesses the power of synthetic melanin chemistry and biology to redefine skin regeneration and repair that address critical gaps in topical therapies.
Melanyze...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: Mattiq, Inc.
Founded: 2021
Northwestern Inventor:
Nathan Gianneschi
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Chad Mirkin
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Mattiq (formerly Stoicheia) is advancing materials discovery strategies by defining, mining and commercializing the materials genome. They are discovering new...
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Northwestern Startup: Grove Biopharma, Inc.
Founded: 2020
Northwestern Inventor:
Nathan Gianneschi
Weinberg School of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Grove Biopharma is a biotechnology company pioneering its proprietary Bionic Biologics(TM) platform to develop novel therapies targeting intracellular protein-protein interaction. Bionic Biologics represent a novel therapeutic modality...
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Northwestern Startup: Forge Nano, Inc.
Northwestern Inventor:
Mayfair Kung
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Harold Kung
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Peter Stair
Weinberg School of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Forge Nano is a world-leading...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: Dimension Bio
Founded: 2016
Northwestern Inventor:
Ramille Shah
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Materials Science
Dimension Bio is a biotechnology company pioneering regenerative therapeutics. We design lifesaving solutions that restore organ function lost to disease, trauma or aging. Our bioinspired cell delivery system, BioNidum™,...
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