Meet the Pitch Tank Finalists!
Meet the Pitch Tank Finalists
Be there when one of these groundbreaking founders wins the ASRM INNOVATE $10,000 Pitch Tank Showcase prize! Click on a company name to learn more.
Jordan Abdi – U-Ploid Biotechnologies: U-Ploid Biotechnologies is an Oxford-based, clinical-stage company developing Lyvanta, a first-in-class therapeutic that targets the root cause of meiotic aneuploidy in human oocytes.
Unika Alexander – The Proficient Lab: The Proficient Lab (TPL) platform enables leaders to visualize, and actively communicate and control clinical lab quality, compliance, and laboratory operations using a single source of truth.
Michel Bielecki – illumicell AI: illumicell AI is building the imaging and AI platform that replaces the manual microscope read with volumetric 3D imaging, characterizing 20,000+ cells in six seconds.
Rod DaSilva – E-Cryogenics LLC: E-Cryogenics is a startup biotechnology company developing next-generation cryopreservation solutions for reproductive medicine, IVF, and cell preservation.
Oleksandr (Sasha) Yagensky – Ovo Labs: Ovo Labs is a biotechnology company developing first-in-class therapeutics to improve IVF success by addressing one of its central biological limitations: egg quality.
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