Meet the Startups

Montara therapeutics

Montara Therapeutics are developing safer, more efficacious therapies to improve the lives of patients with neurological diseases. Their mission is to develop innovative therapies for diseases of the brain by leveraging our proprietary platform to enhance drug safety and efficacy and enable the drugging of targets previously considered undruggable.

Looking for

Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, etc.
Previous experience working in a laboratory is preferred.

Location

San Francisco, California

Rubi Laboratories

Rubi transforms industrial CO₂ emissions into essential materials, starting with textiles. Our proprietary enzymatic process converts waste carbon into high-quality cellulose, reducing deforestation, water use, and emissions. We create scalable, sustainable alternatives that help industries meet climate goals without sacrificing quality or cost, turning CO₂ into a resource, not a waste product.

Looking for

Students within Biochemistry, Biochemical Engineering or Chemistry

Location

Alameda, California

b.next

B.next is redefining biological design with its open-core synthetic cell platform. The company leverages a decade of expertise in cell-free and synthetic cell engineering to build precisely defined systems. Their high-throughput platform optimizes performance, maps interactions, and enables the creation of synthetic cells for advanced applications.

Looking for

Candidate with a background and interest in protein biochemistry/purification, e coli fermentation, DNA design in
e coli, robotics/lab automation expertise, or direct synthetic cell experience.

Location

San Francisco, California

cleancard.inc

Cleancard is developing a 30-minute rapid test for cancer that is as easy to use as a pregnancy test. Our lead product in development is an at-home urinary test for bladder cancer. Cleancard is a SF-based interdisciplinary team of 10 leading scientists, biomedical engineers, and computer scientists united around the mission of improving cancer diagnostics.

Looking for

Students in Bioinformatics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, or a related field

Location

San Francisco, California

Motley bio

At Motley Bio, we believe the most important data type moving forward in medicine (and beyond!) is high frequency longitudinal multiomic data. The next generation of trillion dollar companies will be biotechnology companies and they will be built off the insights from population level multiomic data. Motley Bio is building the infrastructure across wetlab and drylab to become the connective tissue that supports this future of biology.

Looking for

Students with skills in Statistics, Python, bioformatics, or a related field

Location

San Francisco, California