SEA6ENERGY Location : Bengaluru Year of Establishment : 2010 Founders : Sayash Kumar , Nelson Vadassery , Sowmya Balendiran , Sailaja Nori , Shrikumar Suryanarayan Key Products : Jingo
PANDORUM TECHNOLOGIES
MAPMYGENOME
ACHIRA LABS
LEADINVENT
FIVE PROMISING STARTUPS
SEA6ENERGY Location : Bengaluru Year of Establishment : 2010 Founders : Sayash Kumar , Nelson Vadassery , Sowmya Balendiran , Sailaja Nori , Shrikumar Suryanarayan Key Products : Jingo
Details : The company is working on the development of biofuels derived from the seaweed . The company is deriving ethanol fuel from seaweed especially red seaweed . These days when the microalgae present in fresh waters are being considered as a good renewable source of biofuels , Sea6 Energy is exploring macroalgae as an eco-friendly source of fuels . In 2012 , Sea6 Energy collaborated with the Danish biotech company , Novozymes to get support for the ethanol fuel production . Tata Capital Limited ’ s venture capital funding arm Tata Capital Innovations Fund ( TCIF ) has invested in Sea6 Energy .
PANDORUM TECHNOLOGIES
Founders : Tuhin Bhowmick , Arun Chandru
MAPMYGENOME
Location : Hyderabad Year of Establishment : 2013
Founders : Anuradha Acharya Key Products : Genomepatri™ , SlimGene™ , SugarGene™ , SpoligoTB™ , BabyMap™
Details : Mapmygenome is a personal genomics and a molecular diagnostic company which tells all about the genetic predisposition of a person to check the risk of brain and cardiac diseases or DNA-based test to assess the risk of developing genetic cancers or molecular tests for tuberculosis or to assess the lifestyle diseases .
ACHIRA LABS
Location : Bengaluru Year of Establishment : 2009 Founders : Suri Venkatachalam , Dhananjaya Dendukuri Key Products : ACIX-100 – portable next-gen microfluidic technology driven platform to test blood serum samples .
Details : Achira is an innovative medical diagnostics startup which developed indigenous microfluidic , labon-chip platform to serve the clinical areas of thyroid disorders , fertility , diabetes and infectious disease . It is a big technological advancement in the Indian healthcare facilities . It launched India ’ s first microfluidics point-of-care medical diagnostics platforms and generates fast and accurate results at affordable prices .
LEADINVENT
Location : Bengaluru Year of Establishment : 2011
Details : A unique biotechnology startup who is trying to take tissue engineering to its next level in India . The company ’ s proprietary technology platform is being utilized to design and manufacture functional , 3D living human tissues for medical research and various other applications . It made India ’ s first 3D printed artificial human liver tissue .
Location : New Delhi Year of Establishment : 2006 Founders : Pankaj Sharma , Surojit Bose
Details : LeadInvent has developed a unique molecule simulation technology known as LIDiscover Engine which enables scientists to discover and develop novel patentable compounds for various therapeutic areas . LIDiscover Engine has been successfully utilized in over five drug discovery programs comprising oncology , infective diseases like tuberculosis and neural indications . The company provides in-silico research services in chemoinformatics and bioinformatics .
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