Startup Companies
Startup Companies
At the Office of Technology Transfer, one of our primary goals is to foster the growth of new businesses based on University of South Florida research. We work with inventors, entrepreneurs, and investors to create successful transitions from innovation to new enterprise.
Below is a list of USF startup businesses that have grown from USF technology.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Ascend Manufacturing has developed a new 3D printing technology that offers the quick turnaround times and geometric freedom gained with 3D printing while also adding in the ability to provide mass production.
BioReNEW Inc. is a CleanTech startup dedicated to addressing global grand challenges in water,
energy, food and sanitation by accelerating nature in a compact bioengineered platform.
The company's patented NEWgenerator technology generates nutrients, energy, and water
by safely recovering them from wastewater.
CL Chemical Company is developing a process for converting industrial waste gasses to renewable fuels
and chemicals. The company’s focus is to re-purpose CO2 from a pollutant to a feedstock,
based on a novel process developed at the University of South Florida.
Tampa, FL
CvergenX, Inc. is an early stage advanced diagnostic services company that was founded to provide
personalized medicine tools for the field of radiation oncology. The Company's Intervene
XRT testing platform applies genomic analysis to predict a tumor's response to radiation
and to assist the oncologist in determining the optimal level of radiation dosing.
CvergenX joins a growing group of personalized medicine companies that are applying
genomics-basis analysis to clinical practice to enable a more personalized and accurate
approach to patient care.
Burlington, NC
By advancing novel approaches that target whole body metabolism, our mission at Disruptive Nutrition is to provide high quality nutrition products backed by scientific evidence to support
health and wellness. Disruptive Nutrition develops products formulated to not only
promote health, but also boost the body's own ability to combat disease in rare genetic
disorders. We strive to work with researchers at the cutting edge of truly disruptive
innovation, and then design products that meet the unique needs and qualities of the
patient.
Elutispray, LLC is focused on the treatment of Covid-19 infection and antimicrobial coatings for PPE and high touch surfaces.
Tampa, FL
IBIS Therapeutics, LLC is a company committed to providing innovative healthcare services. IBIS offers a
range of health technologies, including biotech sensor systems, pathogen detection
and identification services.
Tampa, FL
KeriCure, Inc. is a medical device company that specializes in research and development of topical
products with a focus on wound care.
Riverview, FL
Lawbec Innovations, LLC is a company dedicated to developing mobile health innovations and technology. These
advancements are directed to benefit and improve the health of patients with chronic
diseases.
Tampa, FL
Looshes Labs Skate, LLC has designed and created a skateboard and longboard with built in storage. Items
such as tablet computers, smart phones, wallet, keys, and any other personal accessories
fit easily and safely inside. Each board is handmade and must pass through several
stages of quality control. Looshes Labs is the only company that has been licensed
this technology for manufacturing and distribution.
Tampa, FL
MegaNano BioTech's purpose is to develop best immunotherapies for neurodegenerative disease and cancers
including vaccine, antibodies. Our services are antigen identification, ELISA kit
development, diagnostic antibodies development.
MMD Technologies, LLC has developed an efficient method for delivering therapeutic or prophylactic agents
either in the form of proteins or plasmid DNA (genes) for the purposes of vaccination
and therapy for indications such as cancer, cardiovascular, wounds and infectious
diseases.
Tampa, FL
Modulation Therapeutics is an early stage biotech company dedicated to the cost-effective advancement of
first in class molecules to improve patient outcomes in unmet medical needs such as
relapsed multiple myeloma and AML two hematopoietic tumors characterized by homing
to the bone marrow and solid tumors that metastasize to the bone including lung, breast
and prostate.
Moterum, Inc. - The gait enhancing mobile shoe (GEMS) alters the wearer's gait by causing one foot
to move backward during the stance phase while walking over ground. No external power
is required since the shoe mechanically converts the wearer's downward and horizontal
forces into a backward motion. This shoe allows a patient to walk over ground while
experiencing the same gait altering effects as felt on a split-belt treadmill, which
should aid in transferring the corrected gait to walking in natural environments.
Scottsdale, AZ
The company focuses on medical devices, namely, transcranial electromagnetic treatment
devices. The primary goal of NeuroEM Therapeutics is to clinically test and market TEMT as an effective prevention and treatment against
Alzheimer's disease.
PolyMaterials App, LLC employs breakthrough supercapacitor technology to develop flexible, low cost, high energy density and long life cycles based solid state supercapacitor suited for consumer electronics, aerospace & defense, toys and medical devices. The solid-state supercapacitor shows high specific capacitance and has stability in wide temperature range.
Melbourne, VIC
Prescient Therapeutics (PTX) is a clinical stage oncology company developing novel compounds that show great
promise as potential new therapies to treat a range of solid and hematological cancers.
The Company's novel compounds inhibit key tumor survival pathways, inhibiting cancer
growth and overcoming resistance to prior therapies.
Deltona, FL
Primack & Associates, LLC is currently developing the Dynamic Alphabet (DynA) Phonics Reading Software System.
DynA utilizes a patented technology to animate and articulate phonic sounds, making
it challenging, entertaining, engaging, and fun for children learning to read.
Cambridge, MA
PTC Therapeutics is advancing innovative DNA therapeutics designed to provide long-term efficacy for
patients with debilitating, often fatal, rare genetic diseases that affect the central
nervous system.
Tampa, FL
Saneron is a biotechnology R&D company, focused on neurological and cardiac cell therapy for
the early intervention and treatment of several devastating or deadly diseases, which
lack adequate treatment options.
SenserTec, Inc. is developing a point of care biosensor for cancer markers, eliminating the need
of sending samples to diagnostic labs.
Tampa, FL
TransGenex Nanobiotech, Inc. is a Florida-based biotechnology company dedicated to discovering and developing
nanoparticle formulations and nano-encapsulation methods for use against novel targets
to treat acute and chronic lung diseases and cancers. Current products include Chitosan
Nanoparticles, Magnetic Nanoparticles, Hybrid Particles (polymer-magnetic), Functionalized
Nanoparticles, and an HIV diagnostic kit.
Tampa, FL
Trash 2 Cash-Energy has over twenty years of experience in the catalysis industry and is focused on taking
landfill gas to liquid fuel. Catalytic production of renewable feedstock to energy
is at the heart of our company's interest.