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Startup Companies

While more than 70 companies can trace their beginnings to NC State, the Office of Technology Transfer defines a startup company as a company whose platform technology has been licensed from the University. 

As of October 2008, 58 active startup companies hold licenses to NC State patent rights.  These licenses represent the foundation of each of these companies and underscore NC State's role in strengthening the economy of North Carolina and providing solutions that improve the lives of our citizens.

3TEX, Inc.

3TEX is a world leader in 3-D woven and braided composite reinforcement materials that are increasing product performance, saving manufacturing costs and reducing weight.

AgRenaissance Software, LLC

Our primary product, FieldRecon, is a program that allows users to quickly and easily record planting, scouting, recommendation and treatment data, and then generate a customized report in just minutes.

Allasso Industries, Inc.

Allasso Industries was formed and organized around a strategic plan to identify, evaluate, develop, and commercialize emerging technologies that provide customers with innovative and cost effective solutions to material production and performance challenges.

AlphaVax, Inc.

AlphaVax is developing a new vaccine technology with broad applications against infectious disease, cancer and biodefense threats which has the potential to redefine vaccines and the role they play in medicine.

ArrayXpress

ArrayXpress presents the microarray industry’s first complete, end-to-end custom solution for customers at all stages of research.

Biolex, Inc.

Biolex Therapeutics is developing and commercializing therapeutic proteins based on its proprietary LEX SystemSM, an expression system that enables the production of hard-to-make proteins and the optimization of monoclonal antibodies.

BioMarck Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

BioMarck Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of new drugs for the treatment of pulmonary diseases and disorders associated with over-secretion of mucus and inflammation. 

BioResource International, Inc.

BioResource International (BRI) is a North Carolina based biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of enzymes to enhance and protect animal and human health.

Cree, Inc.

Cree, Inc. is a market-leading innovator and manufacturer of semiconductors that enhance the value of LED solid-state lighting, power and communications products by significantly increasing their energy performance. Key to Cree’s market advantage is unrivaled materials expertise in silicon carbide (SiC) with gallium nitride (GaN) to deliver chips and packaged devices that can handle more power in a smaller space while producing less heat than other available technologies, materials and products.

HexaTech, Inc.

HexaTech Inc. is a privately held company founded in 2001, focused on developing and producing single crystalline aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates for high performance electronic and optoelectronic devices.

HueMetrix, Inc.

HueMetrix is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is dedicated to making ‘Right First Time’ dyeing a reality through the development, production, and service of real-time dye exhaustion optimization and adaptive color control systems for textile laboratory and production environments.

Intronn, Inc.

Intronn is a leading company in the field of RNA biology and therapeutics. As the only RNA trans-splicing company, Intronn utilizes its patented, broad-based technology known as spliceosome mediated RNA trans-splicing or SMaRT to re-write the genetic message at the level of pre-messenger RNA.

Kyma Technologies, Inc.

Kyma produces and markets semi-conductor products related to gallium nitride (GaN), aluminum nitride (AlN), and other group III-nitride based alloys. The properties of these new materials promise to revolutionize numerous industries, particularly solid state lighting, power switching, and high temperature electronics.

LaamScience, Inc.

LaamScience develops specialized coatings which inactivate viruses and bacteria when exposed to visible light. LaamScience coatings can be attached to surfaces (nylon, cotton, polyester etc.) and, when subjected to light, inactivate or kill viruses. The technology can kill 99.9% of influenza viruses and 99.99% of vaccina virus.

LipoScience, Inc.

The LipoScience NMR LipoProfile® test is an advanced cardiovascular diagnostic test that uses nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to uniquely provide rapid, simultaneous and direct measurement of LDL particle number and size of LDL particles, as well as direct measurement of HDL and VLDL subclasses.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc.

Liquidia Technologies enables high-value products in the life sciences and Materials Science through its innovative PRINT platform. This platform allows the company to design and manufacture precise nanoscale features in the form of nanoparticles and patterned films.

Nitronex Corporation

Located near North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, Nitronex creates radio frequency (RF) power transistors utilizing the world's only commercial-grade gallium nitride (GaN) RF power semiconductor process capable of revolutionizing the performance, cost and use of mobile communications networks.

Novolon

Novolon is a revolutionary new fabric technology that performs in a totally unique way. A three dimensional concept, it can be sturdy, crush resistant, lightweight, comfortable, air and water permeable and incredibly resilient. A wide variety of shapes, density and depth can be achieved via the Novolon process. Almost any product's performance can be enhanced by this patented technology.

Origen Therapeutics, Inc.

Origen Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing product opportunities arising from the emerging field of avian transgenic animal technology. The company's mission is to become the leading developer of a novel class human immunotherapeutics known as fully human sequence polyclonal antibodies.

Premitec, Inc.

Premitec, Inc.

With a mission to assist companies in new product development by providing complete microfabrication design, development, prototyping, testing, and initial manufacturing of advanced medical sensor systems and devices based on micro and nano-technologies, Premitec, Inc. was Founded in July of 1999 as a spin-off from the Biomedical Microsensors Laboratory (BMMSL) and the Center for Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Materials (CAMP-M) at North Carolina State University.

Quantum Logic Devices

Quantum Logic Devices was incorporated in September 2000 to provide faster, smarter, less expensive tools for drug research and medical diagnostic applications. Over the last six years the company has developed its core technology, based on single electron devices, into a platform with the ability to electronically detect single molecules of DNA or a single antigen in a simple, rapid, and highly specific assay without fluorescent labels.

Sicel Technologies, Inc.

Sicel Technologies is developing telemetric systems that use miniature implantable wireless sensor technologies to continuously provide real time feedback about biological and physiological changes in cell and organ systems.

Singras Corporation

Singras is commercializing an innovative technology to help snack-food producers develop reduced-fat snacks with the same great taste!

Trana Discovery, Inc.

Trana Discovery is a drug discovery company whose technology identifies compounds that interrupt the lifecycle of pathogens through a novel mechanism of action - the inhibition of transfer RNA (tRNA). The company enables exclusive rights to new classes of drugs used to treat serious bacterial, fungal and viral infectious diseases.

TriboFilm Research, Inc.

TriboFilm Research, Inc. based in Raleigh, NC, is a one-of-a-kind entrepreneurial research incubator with material scientists, chemists and engineers from diverse industries including medical devices, semiconductor materials processing, and polymer & textile chemistry.

WebAssign

WebAssign unlocks the door to a new way of teaching - to a classroom without walls, where time is no longer a boundary and record keeping is not a constraint. Our unparalleled homework delivery system harnesses the power of the Internet and puts it to work for instructors.

ZettaCore, inc.

ZettaCore is focused on molecular memory applications. Our technology will lead to significant advances in memory capability, playing a key role in new generations of electronic devices, both large and small.

 

The mission of the Office of Technology Transfer is to move academic discovery to the marketplace resulting in new products, processes, and companies while maximizing the impact of academic research and forging new partnerships to tackle 21st century issues.

 

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