Healthcare’s Once-in-a-Generation Disruption

The cost of healthcare in the United States continues to rise and the availability continues to decline. Healthcare spending accounts for 18% of U.S. GDP, and the costs in the U.S. are the highest in the world, increasing 130% in just the last decade. With this complexity comes an opportunity for entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors. iSelect is focused on finding technologies and innovations that reduce costs, increase accessibility, and improve quality of care.

iSelect Portfolio Companies

iSelect focuses on early-stage healthcare companies that are poised to help push the next healthcare revolution forward. We deliberately invest in companies that can make a positive impact on our society, as well as on the bottom line.

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Established: 2013
Location: Cambridge, MA
Prior Round Funding: Seed

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Cocoon Biotech is a biomaterials company that uses fibroin, a protein derived from the cocoon of the silkworm, to both replace unsustainable ingredients and provide the foundation for a new generation of innovative products.

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Established: 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
Prior Round Funding: Series B

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Cofactor Genomics is a precision medicine company that focuses on RNA for its understanding of disease – initially cancer but with applicability across many diseases.

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Established: 2014
Location: Seattle, WA
Prior Round Funding: Series B

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Cyrus Biotechnology is a drug discovery company that has developed and is employing innovative protein design software to make highly differentiated therapeutics. The company is building both internal and partnered protein biologics that are engineered to be safer, longer lived, more efficacious and more readily manufactured than those currently available.

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Established: 2015
Location: Germantown, TN
Prior Round Funding: Series B

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Entac Medical is developing noninvasive devices for predictive and diagnostic medicine based on a novel, patented, platform technology, Previs Audio Spectral Analysis. Their first product is used to predict post operative ileus after GI surgeries.

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Established: 2012
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Euclises Pharmaceuticals is developing novel enzyme (COX-2) inhibitors designed to increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy safely

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Established: 2019
Location: San Francisco, CA
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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Combines known cancer therapies with targeted and specific nutritional interventions to improve the outcome of many cancers

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Established: 2012
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Prior Round Funding: Series D

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Flywheel offers a SaaS platform that provides cloud-scale data management and computational analysis.

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Established: 2015
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Prior Round Funding: Series B

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Geneoscopy is developing next generation diganostics that use stool-derived RNA to prevent, detect, and guide treatment for gastrointestinal diseases.

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Established: 2016
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Prior Round Funding: Series C

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GeneMatters is a digital health platform that provides scalable, on-demand genetic counseling to meet the rapidly growing demand for genetic services.

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Established: 2014
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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Gila Therapeutics is developing a treatment for obesity using naturally occurring hormones known to induce satiety, leading to weight loss.

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Established: 2007
Location: Seattle, WA
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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Healionics, Inc. has developed a novel bio-material called STAR, that features strong anti-infective properties and significant reduction in the formation of scar tissue around implanted medical devices coated with the material.

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Established: 2015
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Prior Round Funding: Seed

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HepaTx is a cell therapy company developing stem cell technologies to produce low-cost and scalable sources of liver cells that can be used to preserve or regenerate liver function in patients with liver failure.

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Established: 2015
Location: Cambridge, MA
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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Holobiome is developing a platform for microbiome-based therapeutics to treat diseases of the central and enteric nervous systems.

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Established: 2012
Location: St. Louis, MO
Prior Round Funding: Series B

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Immunophotonics has developed a novel polymer that retains cancer antigens after an ablation procedure. Injected into the tumor site after the procedure, it primes the immune system for a systemic wide response to the tumor and its metastases.

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Established: 2012
Location: Davis, CA
Prior Round Funding: Series D

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Evolve Biosystems is an infant nutrition that develops microbial products that are key to the development of gut & immune health.

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Established: 2014
Location: New York, NY
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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Mend is a health & nutrition startup focused on delivering nutritional & digital interventions that improve patient recovery and accelerate the adoption of healthy lifestyle choices.

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Established: 2017
Location: Natick, MA
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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Mercy BioAnalytics is on a mission to save lives through the early detection of cancer. Their patented approach analyzes extracellular vesicles and shows promise in offering a highly sensitive screening test for early-stage cancers.

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Established: 2015
Location: Exton, PA
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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MOBILion Systems is an analytical instrumentation company using ion mobility to substantially improve the ability to see and identify previously undetectable, clinically significant molecules in minutes.

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Established: 2013
Location: San Diego, CA
Prior Round Funding: Series B2

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Molecular Assemblies is developing an enzymatic DNA synthesis platform technology. Molecular Assemblies’ novel enzymatic DNA synthesis platform has the potential to fundamentally transform how we write genetic building blocks with applications across food, healthcare, energy, and beyond.

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Established: 2008
Location: Willoughby Hills, OH
Prior Round Funding: Series C

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Neuros Medical, a medical device company, develops an electrical nerve block to treat chronic pain for conditions including neuroma/residual limb pain and chronic post-surgical pain.

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Established: 2015
Location: Boston, MA
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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Nix Biosensors is developing a wearable device and biosensor system platform that monitors hydration in real-time, helping reduce health incidents associated with dehydration while improving performance for athletes, laborers, military personnel and the elderly.

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Established: 2019
Location: Davis, CA
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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One.Bio (formerly BCD Bioscience) discovers, develops and understands naturally occurring carbohydrate based prebiotics that enable unprecedented control of the microbiome for beneficial health and nutritional outcomes.

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Established: 2019
Location: Berkeley, CA
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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High efficiency continuous fermentation platform for biomanufacturing that decouples growth and production, solving the problems of contamination and genetic drift

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Established: 2018
Location: St. Louis, MO
Prior Round Funding: Seed

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Readout (or The Company) has developed a low-cost breath-analysis device with clinical grade accuracy for measuring blood-ketone levels, an important indicator of a patient’s metabolism.

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Established: 2015
Location: Burlingame, CA
Prior Round Funding: Series A

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SciBac is developing a platform technology called MERGE that enables the Company to efficiently combine desired traits of two microbes into one stable hybrid organism through lab-induced directed evolution.

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Meet Our Selection Committee

Our Healthcare Selection Committee consists of industry and subject matter experts who help guide iSelect’s investment decisions. With firsthand experience and a true pulse on the industry, we consider these individuals key to our success in finding and investing in healthcare innovation.

Ruchir Sehra, M.D., is a medtech executive with extensive experience in early (private), mid (public), and late stage (acquisition) medical device companies in various health and disease areas. Dr. Sehra currently serves as the CEO…

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Surekha Trivedi is VP Strategic Development at Danaher. She is a Senior Strategy, M&A, and Product Development Executive with a deep understanding of the life sciences, diagnostics, and healthcare markets. Recognized as a strategy expert…

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Jill Davies is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer for GeneMatters. Jill has more than 20 years’ experience in the genetics field, with leadership in clinical services, telehealth, product development, business development and operations. Prior to…

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Vice President of Research at Matatu, Nathan McNulty is microbiologist with a passion for addressing complex problems in healthcare, nutrition, and agriculture using innovative technologies, carefully conducted science, and teamwork.

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Emily Fassi is a board-certified genetic counselor with experience counseling adults and children about genetic diagnoses and predisposition to genetic conditions. She currently works at the Mountain States Tumor Institute with patients who have a…

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Dr. David Messina has spent the last 20 years in computational biology and genetics. He worked on the Human Genome Project at Washington University in Saint Louis, mapped disease genes at the University of Chicago,…

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Dr. Bruce German is a Professor and Chemist of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis and researches the role of fats and other components in the diet. He develops ways to…

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A regulatory professional with over 27 years of experience in the medical products industry, Melissa currently serves as Founder, President and CTO at Graematter, Inc. and Senior VP Regulatory at Topera. Specialties include regulatory intelligence research and reporting,…

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Andrew Daniels

Andy Daniels is a seasoned business executive and successful entrepreneur, an active angel investor, and serves on multiple governing boards with companies in the areas of venture capital, wealth management, agriculture, healthcare, technology innovation, commodity…

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Dr. Paul D. Olivo, M.D., Ph.D., has been the Chief Scientific Officer of Apath, LLC since 2000 and served as its President. Dr. Olivo is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at BioGenerator, where he previously served as a…

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Bobby Sandage

Bobby Sandage is currently President and CEO of Euclises, Chairman of the Board of Immunophotonics, member of the board of directors of EDIS, and a member of the Cultivation Capital life sciences fund investment committee. He was…

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Gian Cavallini oversees the development and execution of Advanced ICU Care’s medical staffing growth strategy and leads the implementation of various initiatives to position the company for continued growth. His expertise in development and operations,…

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Michael Beat

Presently leading Arch Cancer Care as Medical Director, Dr. Beat is a local expert in collaborative prostate cancer management. At a national level, he contributes to physician leadership committees within the US Oncology Network. Having earned an executive…

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Mr. Beuttenmuller possesses over 30 years experience in Corporate Finance with Emerson Electric, Esse Health, Essence Healthcare and Innovare. He is experienced in financial analysis, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, new business development, start-ups, strategic…

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Professor of Internal Medicine – Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation at UUniversity of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and former Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Washington University…

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Dr. John Talley, Chief Science Officer for Euclises Pharmaceuticals and SARmont,  brings over thirty years experience and a record as one of the world’s most successful medicinal chemists. He is best known as the co-inventor…

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Bryce Rutter

Dr. Rutter is founder and CEO of Metaphase Design Group, a design firm serving industrial, commercial and consumer product and packaging clients internationally.  He is an acknowledged specialist in ergonomic product design and a leading…

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Mark has served as ProteoSense’s CEO since 2013. Previously, Mark served as CEO/COO of several startups, including Assurex Health (2006-09). Mark earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Univ. of Dayton and an M.S….

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Before joining OTMIR in 2016, Brian Buntaine worked for more than 15 years in the life sciences industry. He began his career as a lab manager at Washington University in St. Louis. In 2003, Brian joined…

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Edwards was employed for 42 years in the pharmaceutical and life sciences arenas. From 1990 to 2010, he held Regulatory Affairs positions of increasing responsibility at TAP/Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Lake Forest, Illinois. …

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Michael Nichols

Michael Nichols, Ph.D. presently serves as an investor and C level management for various startups. He serves as an Analyst for Vinlogx, a platform that acquires, stores, and analyses internal vehicle information enabling solutions across…

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David Christenson

David Christenson joined BioGenerator as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in 2015 focusing primarily on healthcare and specifically in information technology, care delivery and payment, and services. Over a 30-year career, David has developed a substantive background in…

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Renaldo Cataldo

An accomplished senior executive with start-ups, growth, and turn-around organizations, Renato developed a healthcare technology corporation, HealthTech Solutions, from a small start-up of 3 people to a national provider of technical solutions to health care…

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Resources and News

John Talley Turns His Attention to Cancer Therapy

John Talley Turns His Attention to Cancer Therapy

For Euclises, it’s simple. Without the work of John Talley, Ph.D., the world would not have Celebrex®, the blockbuster arthritis treatment that has generated in excess of $3.5 billion in sales for Pfizer. Or Dynastat®, an injectable COX-2 inhibitor that’s sold in...

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Jon Snyder: An American Entrepreneur

Jon Snyder: An American Entrepreneur

It was 2008, and Jon Snyder wasn’t happy. He had spent 25 years building a career in medical device sales, specializing in products that used neurostimulation to help patients with a variety of conditions manage chronic pain. He had worked all over the world as a...

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Indalo Targets Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Indalo Targets Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is a highly progressive and life threatening disease affects approximately 130,000 people in the United States.  It’s worse than many cancers.  According to the National Institute of Health, physicians are unsure of the cause, but the...

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Expensive EpiPens Aren’t the Problem, Barriers to Innovation Are

The New American Entrepreneur – Euclises

Euclises is drug discovery and development company targeting some of the deadliest cancers out there—cancers that combine to cause over 200,000 fatalities each year in the U.S. alone. By offering new treatment options for cancer patients suffering from colorectal,...

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Evidence Based Innovation 1.0 – Recap

An Event to Connect Investors with Health Care Startups While early-stage startup companies talk a lot about investment, the one thing every young company needs is a customer. Last Tuesday, more than 20 early-stage St. Louis medical and biotech companies got the...

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A Q&A session with Euclises’ John Talley

[iSelect] You have the honorable position of being one of the leading medicinal chemists in the world. [John] It’s funny.  I don’t think of myself that way at all.  I’ve had the great fortune to work with really great people on really good projects. We worked on some...

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BioTech Selection Committee Member, Melissa Walker

Spotlight: Selection Committee Member A Chat with iSelect BioTech Selection Committee Member, Melissa Walker   A Brief Background: Melissa is a regulatory professional with over 27 years of experience in the medical products industry. She currently serves as...

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BioTech Selection Committee: Bobby Sandage

BioTech Selection Committee: Bobby Sandage

Spotlight: Selection Committee Member  A Brief Background: Bobby W. Sandage, Jr., Ph.D. has 34 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry and was recently appointed President and CEO of Euclises Pharmaceuticals a St. Louis based start-up...

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