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
Corporate
Academic
China Accelerator
SOSV accelerator
Academic
Cooley
Corporate
Academic
Corporate
Corporate
SOSV accelerator
Corporate
Academic
SOSV accelerator
Academic
MOX
SOSV accelerator
Corporate
SOSV accelerator
Corporate
Corporate
Academic
Corporate
Corporate
Academic
Academic
Mentors of IndieBio
Adam D'augelli
True Ventures
Alex Felman
Felman Family Office
Alex Shandrovsky
L'chaim Sushi
Andrea Wong
Andrew Hessel
Autodesk
Antony Evans
TAXA biotechnologies
Atul Butte
Institute of Computational Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco
Ben Kamens
Entrepreneur
Bharath Ramsundar
DeepChem
Bill Efcavitch
Molecular Assemblies
Brian Frezza
Emerald Therapeutics
Brian Naughton
23andMe
Bruce W.Lennett
DLA Piper LLP
Bryan Johnson
OS Fund, Kernal
Cameron Strachan
MetaMixis
Camilla Clarke
Female Algorithm Technologies, Leap Motion
Cindy Wu
Experiment
Connor Dickie
Synbiota Inc.
Cory Kidd
Catalia Health
Curt Fischer
N/A
Dariush Mozaffarian
Tufts University
Darren Leva
Seven Bridges Genomics
David Ayean
IDEO
David Mittelman
Entrepreneur
David Putrino
Director of Rehabilitation Innovation, Mt Sinai Health System | Assistant professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ichan School of Medicine
Timeline
Funded Companies
NotCoNotCo is a food science company located in Santiago, Chile, making plant-based Greek yogurt, milk, cheese and mayonnaise, with the help of their artificial intelligence software called Giuseppe.
Santiago
Serenity BioworksImmune-compatible gene therapy company.
San Francisco
Kitchener, Ontario
Endless WestAlso known as Ava Winery, Endless West is a beverage startup that uses scientific production methods to create its blend of wines and spirits.
Accelerator batches
9th Dimension Biotech
BioLoom
Zymochem
Ranomics
Blue Turtle Bio
Orphidia
Affinity Wulfrun
Arcturus BioCloud
Clara Foods
aBioBot
Pembient
Amaryllis Nucleics
Mendel.ai
Gatehouse BioPeople
Alex Kopelyan
Program director and partner
Jun Axup
Scientific director and partner
Jun Axup, PhD
Partner
Maya Lockwood
Communications director
Parikshit Sharma
Analyst
Po Bronson
Strategy Director
Further reading
A Silicon Valley biotech hub that offers startups $250,000 in funding explains the 'secret sauce' to success
Erin Brodwin
Web article
Quartzy partners with IndieBio to connect promising biotech startups with the lab supplies they need to drive scientific progress
IndieBio and Quartzy
News article
Scientist.com and IndieBio Create Next Generation Innovation Marketplace to Accelerate Early Stage Biotech Research
Scientist.com and IndieBio
News article
Tour the San Francisco lab that's growing meat in a petri dish
Christina Farr
Web article
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
42 Questions with IndieBio - Can your company affect a billion people?
September 13, 2017
Arvind Gupta - IndieBio - Helping Scientists Use Biology and Technology to Solve Global Problems - Future Tech Podcast
June 25, 2018
Indiebio - Jun Axup, Director Of Science - World's Largest Seed Bio-Technology Accelerator - Future Tech Podcast
January 9, 2018
NewCo Spotlight: IndieBio Is Turning Scientists Into Entrepreneurs
April 14, 2016
Companies
IndieBio
Venture capital firm
CompanyCompany attributes
Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Biofuel
Healthcare
Synthetic biology
Arvind K Gupta
SOSVVenture Capital Firm attributes
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Contributors
- 1
Dawson Sewell
Seeking to explain science and technology through simple writing. - 2
Rachel Phythian
Advisor / Investor - 3
Carla Faraguna
Golden People and Operations. - 4
Parikshit Sharma
Analyst at IndieBio, a venture fund for acceleration of life science startups by transforming scientists into entreprenuers - 5
Jude Gomila
Founder and CEO of Golden, Entrepreneur. Investor in 200+ companies. Cantabrigian (Gonville and Caius). Interested in the universe. - 6
Neelam Jhaveri
Techno Geek + Gamer + Fashionista + Sense of Humor = It's ME - 7
Jed Christiansen
Special Projects & Business Development at Golden, Founder - Seed-DB. - 8
Vi Chang
Engineering mind with a design eye. Lifelong learner committed to self-improvement. - 9
Nico Faraguna
Video game fan with a passion for technology and pop culture. I make plastic rock climbing routes, too. - 10
Meredith Hanel
Medical Genetics PhD, following life science applications that improve the health of humans and our planet.