Companies Founded by Honorees

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21MedTech

Drug delivery, bone regeneration, and reconstructive surgery in women's health

Matthew Becker

Akili Interactive

FDA-approved digital medicines that test and enhance cognitive abilities through video games

Daphne Bavelier

Amprius

NYSE: AMPX

High energy density lithium-ion batteries

Yi Cui

Axial Biotherapeutics

New classes of biotherapeutics to improve the quality of life for people with neurological diseases and disorders based on the link between the human gut microbiome and the central nervous system

Sarkis Mazmanian

Biota Technology (acquired by Novozymes)

Microbial sensors for industrial markets

Rob Knight

Capsida Biotherapeutics

Targeted gene therapies for debilitating and life-threatening genetic disorders

Viviana Gradinaru

Carba, Inc.

Technology for low-energy, permanent carbon dioxide sequestration and removal

Paul Dauenhauer

Cellmic

Smartphones as devices that diagnose diseases

Aydogan Ozcan

CycloPure

Pioneering filtration that captures and removes hazardous micropollutants

William Dichtel

Editas Medicine

NASDAQ: EDIT

NYSE: EDIT

CRISPR genome editing to address the mutations in our DNA that cause disease

Feng Zhang

Epinomics

Personalized medicine via proprietary epigenomics technology

Howard Chang

Exai Bio

Liquid biopsy technology for cancer detection

Hani Goodarzi

Ferric

Inductor technology for on-chip energy storage

Kenneth Shepard

Grove Biopharma

Therapeutic targeting of protein-protein interactions using protein-like polymers in cancer and neurodegeneration

Nathan Gianneschi

Intellia Therapeutics

NASDAQ: NTLA

NYSE: NTLA

Novel medicines and therapies using gene editing technology

Luciano Marraffini

InventWood

Cellulose-based nanotechnology produced wood that is stronger than steel, moldable like plastic, bouncy like rubber, and transparent like glass.

Liangbing Hu

Kosei (acquired by Pinterest)

Internet recommendation engine startup company

Jure Leskovec

Lakril Technologies

Chemical catalyst technology for the sustainable production of paint, coatings, and adhesives

Paul Dauenhauer

LifeLabs Design

Infrared-transparent polyethylene-based fabric that releases body heat to cool body temperature

Yi Cui

Lucerna

RNA tools to accelerate drug discovery for RNA-based diseases

Samie Jaffrey

Micronoma

Diagnostic platform technology using microbiome markers to detect early-stage cancer

Rob Knight

Moonwalk Therapeutics

Moonwalk targets the epigenetic code to reprogram cells to return to their healthy state. Their technology enables a new approach to how therapies are discovered and developed.

Feng Zhang

NanoIntegris

Supplier of high-purity semiconducting and metallic solutions

Mark Hersam

Nereid Therapeutics

Liquid-liquid phase separation techniques to discover small molecules that can modulate protein interactions in diseased cells and environments

Clifford Brangwynne

Neurodome

Brings cutting-edge neuroscience into immersive display environments

Jonathan Fisher

Novomer

Converting waste into valuable materials

Geoffrey Coates

Nurix

Drug discovery platform harnessing cell protein regulation

Michael Rape

Orthogonal

Low-cost technology for organic materials display manufacturing

George Malliaras

Oxford PV

Perovskite solar cell technology demonstrating world-record efficiency

Henry Snaith

PhaseTech

Femtosecond spectroscopy solutions

Martin Zanni

ProteoDesign

New generation protein therapeutics using proprietary conjugation technologies

Tom Muir

Q-State Biosciences

Precision diagnostics for diseases of the brain

Adam Cohen

Refeyn

Mass photometry: Weighing molecules with light

Philipp Kukura

Repare Therapeutics

Precision oncology drugs that target specific vulnerabilities of tumor cells

Agnel Sfeir

Revolution Medicines

New drugs that harness the therapeutic potential of frontier oncology targets

Michael Fischbach

Rgenix

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drugs that target key pathways in cancer progression

Saeed Tavazoie

Sherlock Biosciences

Diagnostic testing using CRISPR-Cas13

Pardis Sabeti & Feng Zhang

Sila Nanotechnologies

High energy density batteries for smaller, lighter, longer-lasting wearables & portable electronics and electric vehicles

Gleb Yushin

Sirenas Marine Discovery

Marine-inspired drugs and therapies

Phil Baran

SlipChip

Rapid clinical information at the point of care

Rustem Ismagilov

Transaera

A new class of affordable, energy-efficient, sustainable cooling systems and residential air conditioners

Mircea Dinca

Ultivue Inc.

Biomarker imaging to enable data-driven development of personalized cancer therapies

Peng Yin

Vedanta Biosciences, Inc.

Creating bacteria-based medicine to treat disease, using insights from microbial ecology, mucosal immunology, and human interventional studies

Ruslan Medzhitov

Vividion Therapeutics

Innovative therapeutics that treat major unmet clinical needs using the first platform for proteome-wide drug and target delivery

Phil Baran

WiTricity

Wireless charging for electric vehicles

Marin Soljaĉić