IndieBio

IndieBio is a biotechnology and life science startup accelerator located in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2014. Their accelerator program is based in San Francisco, CA, and runs twice a year, with 15 companies in each batch. IndieBio is part of the SOSV accelerator family and provides participating startups with lab space, $250,000 in funding, and a 4-month incubation program for scientists and entrepreneurs to grow their biotechnology business.

On July 25, 2018, IndiebBio announced their seventh class of founders and companies.

IndieBio Class Four

Indiebio Class Three

Indiebio Class One

Partners

Company

Type

Autodesk

Corporate

Berkeley University

Academic

China Accelerator

SOSV accelerator

Columbia University

Academic

Cooley

Corporate

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Mentors of IndieBio

Name

Company

Adam D'augelli

True Ventures

Alex Felman

Felman Family Office

Alex Shandrovsky

L'chaim Sushi

Andrea Wong

Google

Andrew Hessel

Autodesk

...

Timeline

July 2018

IndieBio raises a $25,000,000 grant.

Funding Rounds

Invested in

Accelerator Batches

Patents

Funding Rounds Participated In

Further Resources

Title

Author

Link

Type

Date

42 Questions with IndieBio - Can your company affect a billion people?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw-nluV8zKs

September 13, 2017

A Silicon Valley biotech hub that offers startups $250,000 in funding explains the 'secret sauce' to success

Erin Brodwin

http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-biotech-hub-success-secrets-2018-4

Web article

Aja Labs (IndieBio Demo Day 11)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu3SQCehVPw

Web

July 15, 2021

Arvind Gupta - IndieBio - Helping Scientists Use Biology and Technology to Solve Global Problems - Future Tech Podcast

https://www.futuretechpodcast.com/podcasts/arvind-gupta-indiebio-helping-scientists-use-biology-technology-solve-global-problems/

June 25, 2018

Avalo ai (IndieBio Demo Day 11)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdpw7J6ZAn0

Web

July 15, 2021

News

Title

Author

Date

Publisher

Description

SOSV's burgeoning climate portfolio is worth nearly $6 billion as planetary health bets pay off

Jonathan Shieber

April 22, 2021

TechCrunch

The burgeoning climate focused portfolio from early stage investor SOSV Investments has managed to raise nearly $2 billion in follow on financing since the startup companies graduated from the investment firm's various accelerator programs. Taken together those companies have a collective market capitalization of nearly $6 billion. Ahead of Earth Day this year, the early [...]

From improving cancer treatments to saving the bees, these are the companies in IndieBio's latest class

Greg Kumparak

March 17, 2021

TechCrunch

Ultra precise cancer therapies! Human-like hair grown from plants! A way to potentially save the bees! The spectrum of companies coming out of IndieBio has always been pretty wild, and its latest batch definitely doesn't disappoint. As the early stage, biology-focused accelerator arm of SOSV, IndieBio gives the companies in its program $250,000+, mentorship, and [...]

Announcing the agenda for TC Early Stage - Operations & Fundraising

Richard Smith

March 8, 2021

TechCrunch

As an early-stage founder, how do you identify the right investors? Or know how to hire the best possible team to set up your company for growth? Should you bootstrap, and if so, how do you do it successfully? How do you nail virtual pitch meetings? What about product market fit? Board construction and good [...]

Investments in bioproducts surge as Geltor nabs new money

Jonathan Shieber

July 24, 2020

TechCrunch

The manufacturer of a vegan collagen, Geltor, has raised a new round of financing -- $90 million, according to people familiar with the company. It's another sign of the newfound viability of sustainability and cell-based, vegetarian replacements for animal products. Sustainable bio-products, whether plant-based, genetically modified or cell-cultured, are having a big year. In the [...]