Selected Harvard Start-ups (2005-2009)
Impact on Economic Development
Financing: $913MM (est. raised)
Number of Jobs Created: 560 (est.)
| Company | Year Founded | Harvard Inventor(s) | Harvard Technology | Company Location | Lead Investors |
| Spaced Education, Inc. www.spaceded.com |
2009 | B. Price Kerfoot | New on-line education technology designed for social, mobile world to improve learning retention | Waltham, MA | Private investment |
| ConstructSecure, Inc. www.constructsecure.com |
2009 | Garrett Burke, Ming Chow | Cost effective and efficient method to pre-qualify contractors and sub-contractors for safety performance | Marlborough, MA | Private investment |
| Diagnostics-for-All www.dfadx.org |
2009 | George Whitesides | Paper-based microfluidic chip the size of a fingernail | Cambridge, MA | |
| CryoXtract www.alliedminds.com |
2008 | Dale Larsen | Robotic system that increases the efficiency of frozen sample-handling operations | Quincy, MA | Allied Minds |
| Trophos Energy, Inc. www.trophosenergy.com |
2008 | Peter Girguis | Novel microbial fuel cell technology | Somerville, MA | Forge Partners |
| Crimson Hexagon, Inc. www.crimsonhexagon.com |
2008 | Gary King | Sentiment analysis of unstructured text | Cambridge, MA | Golden Seeds |
| Vista Therapeutics, Inc. www.vistatherapeutics.org |
2008 | Charles Leiber | Nanowire based biosensor for detection of biomarkers associated with organ or tissue damage | Cambridge, MA | New Mexico Angels |
| Genocea Biosciences www.genocea.com |
2008 | Darren Higgins | High-throughput genomic screening for antigen discovery | Cambridge, MA | Morningside Group |
| Auguron Biosciences, Inc. |
2008 | Joshua LaBaer | NAPPA array technology | ||
| Ruika Therapeutics |
2008 | Joseph Schildkraut | More rapid clinical antidepressant effects with norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor or other antidepressant drugs | Baltimore, MD | |
| Eutropics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. http://eutropics.com/ |
2008 | Junying Yuan | Development of the small molecule inhibitors of the Bcl-XL/Bak interaction | Dorchester, MA | |
| InvitroStain, Inc. |
2008 | Robert Westervelt | Methods and apparatus for near field irradiation | Wilmington, DE | |
| Hearing Armor, LLC |
2008 | Rick A. Rogers | Protection of hearing from sudden increases in sound energy | Needham, MA | Angel Investors |
| SiEnergy Systems www.alliedminds.com |
2008 | Shriram Ramanathan | Micro-scale solid oxide fuel cells | Quincy, MA | Allied Minds |
| Noank Media, Inc. www.noankmedia.com |
2007 | William Fisher III | Methods, media and systems for tracking content usage over a network | Cambridge, MA | |
| Aileron Therapeutics www.aileronrx.com |
2007 | Gregory Verdine | Harvard licensed its core platform technology for turning peptides into drugs | Cambridge, MA | Apple Tree Partners, Novartis Bioventure Fund |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals http://tphase.com |
2007 | Andrew Myers | A technology for the total synthesis of tetracyclines by enabling their synthesis from simple building blocks | Watertown, MA | Mediphase Venture Partners, Fidelity Biosciences, Skyline Ventures, Flagship Ventures |
| Matrivax Research & Development Corp. |
2007 | John Mekalanos | Development of a novel vaccine production method and process | Boston, MA | Morningside Group |
| Incytu, Inc. www.incytu.com |
2007 | David J. Mooney | The cellarium(TM) technology enables reprogramming and targeting of cells to treat diseases in-vivo | Lincoln, RI | Private Investment |
| Claros Diagnostics www.clarosdx.com |
2006 | George Whitesides | A portable microfluidic diagnostic device | Woburn, MA | Oxford Bioscience Partners |
| Raindance Technologies raindancetechnologies.com |
2006 | David Weitz | Novel microfluidic techniques for droplet manupalutation for high throughput screening | Guilford, CT | Private investment |
| SiOnyx www.sionyx.com |
2006 | Eric Mazur | A new type of material that absorbs light very efficiently and can be used in a variety of applications | Cambridge, MA | Harris & Harris Group (NY) |
| Syndexa Pharmaceuticals www.syndexa.com |
2006 | Gokhan Hotamisligil | Portfolio of drug targets, assays and lead compounds for the treatment of metabolic diseases | Cambridge, MA | Private investment |
| IDEA International, Inc. www.ideadental.com |
2006 | Bruce Donoff | Innovative education and training method using a three-dimensional, haptic-enabled dental simulator | Las Vegas, NV | |
| Veroscience LLC www.cycloset.com |
2006 | Allan Oseroff | Light induced killing of carcinoma cells | Tiverton, RI | |
| Codon Devices, Inc. |
2005 | George Church | The technology enables the accurate and inexpensive assembly of long DNA molecules useful in cell engineering and whole genome sequencing applications | Cambridge, MA | Flagship Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Alloy Ventures, Khosla Ventures |
| Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. www.sirtrispharma.com |
2005 | David Sinclair | Drug discovery platform and lead compounds around sirtuins for the treatments of age related disorders | Cambridge, MA | Polaris Venture Partners, Skyline Ventures |
| NanoTerra www.nanoterra.com |
2005 | George Whitesides | Key technologies in soft litography, self-assembly, surface chemistry, and fluidics and their application to new manufacturing techniques | Cambridge, MA | Private investment |
| Nanotrope, Inc. www.nanotrope.com |
2005 | Howard Stone | Nanoscale droplet technology providing high-precision, digital control of biochemical processes | San Diego, CA |