Ventures

Respiosa offers a groundbreaking solution for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition affecting millions worldwide. Unlike traditional treatments like CPAP or surgery, Respiosa provides a minimally invasive, surgically implanted solution specifically targeting tongue-based obstruction, a common cause of OSA. Developed by Philips, Respiosa promises effective, durable, and adjustable therapy with a quick recovery time. With its natural and unobtrusive design, Respiosa ensures high patient adherence, addressing a significant gap in OSA treatment options.

Nilocas offers a revolutionary solution for detecting coronary artery disease non-invasively and without radiation. Patients wear a lightweight chest patch that captures the sounds of turbulent blood flow through arteries using microphones and accelerometers. Advanced machine learning and AI rapidly analyze the data, providing a clear diagnosis in just 10 minutes. This innovation eliminates the need for costly and invasive procedures, making cardiac diagnosis more accessible in both clinical and non-clinical settings.

Allergios revolutionizes allergy diagnosis by directly visualizing the allergic response in patient blood, offering a more accurate alternative to current tests like skin prick and IgE blood tests. Additionally by analyzing how blood serum reacts to allergens. With its disposable chip, optical reader, and AI-based analysis software, Allergios helps millions of allergy sufferers worldwide access timely and effective treatment options.

Haermonics addresses the challenge of complications after open heart surgery with a transformative solution. Excessive blood loss and clots post-surgery lead to numerous issues, including reoperations and cardiac tamponades, resulting in significant healthcare costs and loss of lives. The Haermonics Flush device offers a preventive approach by flushing the pericardial cavity after surgery, limiting blood loss and clot formation. By providing medical professionals with better patient status monitoring, Haermonics Flush empowers doctors to make more informed decisions, ultimately saving thousands of lives and billions in hospital costs.

Epilepsy causes uncontrolled seizures, greatly reducing quality of life and sometimes leading to early death. Over 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, but only two-thirds respond to medication. For those with drug-resistant epilepsy, treatment options are limited and often ineffective. MIR Therapeutics is developing a new gene therapy to provide lasting and powerful seizure control for drug-resistant epilepsy patients. Their therapy delivers microRNA-335 to the affected brain regions using an AAV9 viral vector, which helps control hyperexcitability by regulating voltage-gated sodium channels. This results in fewer and less severe seizures.

The challenge with lung cancer lies in its late detection, often leading to unfortunate outcomes. Current screening methods like low-dose CT scans are costly and have radiation risks, while blood tests lack accuracy or are too expensive. Our solution offers a non-invasive blood test that detects lung cancer early with high sensitivity and specificity. This test, with its multi-protein panel, can identify even stage I cancer, improving survival rates and reducing unnecessary procedures.

Exolvo Biosciences, a collaboration between NLC Health Ventures and Verily (Google) Life Sciences, is revolutionizing oral drug delivery for large molecules like biologics. Our smart capsule technology, originating from the Google X moonshot program, eliminates painful injections and maximizes medication effectiveness. With ongoing pre-clinical testing and plans for an IND package in the U.S., we're poised to redefine drug delivery standards.

Hemeo addresses the challenge of treating ICU patients with coagulation issues by developing a decision support system. This system uses patient data and real-time monitoring to accurately assess bleeding and thrombosis risks. By modeling the coagulation system with a smart algorithm, it provides personalized recommendations to clinicians, helping them make more informed therapy decisions. With ICU patients at high risk for venous thromboembolism and bleeding incidents, this solution aims to improve patient outcomes and reduce uncertainty in treatment.