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Biotechnology

RCT’s investments in the field of biotechnology include:

AustinPx™

AustinPx™

AustinPxTM, Pharmaceutics and Manufacturing, was founded in 2007 (as DisperSol Technologies) and is a fee-for-service CDMO offering preclinical through Phase II formulation and process development and GMP manufacturing of oral dosage forms.  AustinPxTM specializes in bioavailability enhancement, speed to clinic and market development strategies, and dose form development. AustinPxTM has a data-driven and agnostic approach which ...

BioInformatics, LLC

BioInformatics, LLC

Since 1994, BioInformatics LLC has provided critical market intelligence to major suppliers serving the life science, medical device and pharmaceutical industries. The company supports clients across the entire market spectrum — from scientific research to diagnostics and therapeutics — providing high-level management with strategic market insights. BioInformatics offers both custom market research services as well ...

BiOLOG

BiOLOG

Biolog is a leader in microbial identification, phenotypic cell profiling, and metabolic fingerprinting for microbial and mammalian cells. Located in Hayward, CA, the company’s products enable the identification of thousands of species of bacteria, yeast, and fungi as well as characterization of human cells and mitochondria. Biolog products are available worldwide, either directly from the ...

Distributed Bio, Inc.

Distributed Bio, Inc.

Distributed Bio, Inc, based in San Francisco, CA, is a computational immunoengineering biotechnology group commercializing an antibody discovery, optimization and analysis platform with partners across the pharmaceutical industry. The company is changing biologic engineering with big data, machine learning, and computational immunology-driven design.

Esperance Pharmceuticals

Esperance Pharmceuticals

Esperance Pharmaceuticals is developing a bi-functional targeted oncolytic protein platform using its cationic lytic peptide (CLYP™) technology. Esperance’s conjugated proteins consist of two domains, a cancer cell targeting domain such as a receptor ligand or antibody, and a cell membrane disrupting domain. The company’s lead drug is EP-100 which targets the LHRH-Receptor on ovarian, endometrial ...

Flagship Biosciences, Inc.

Flagship Biosciences, Inc.

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, Flagship Biosciences, Inc. is a data-centric pathology services company delivering the most accurate and informative data. Flagship Biosciences is revolutionizing tissue analysis to improve drug development and diagnostics using the power of AI. Their patented technology and proprietary workflow significantly improve the data and interpretation from traditional pathology ...

Gold Standard Diagnostics, Corp.

Gold Standard Diagnostics, Corp.

Gold Standard Diagnostics, based in Davis, California, has developed a unique diagnostic instrument called the ThunderBolt that meets a niche need in the in vitro Diagnostics market. The ThunderBolt is a comparatively low-cost, highly flexible instrument that provides a comprehensive solution for clinical labs to automate low to medium volume IVD assays. Gold Standard Diagnostics ...

Halo Labs, Inc.

Halo Labs, Inc.

Halo Labs, Inc., a Burlingame, CA scientific instrumentation and consumable company, is commercializing high throughput biopharmaceutical formulation and quality control tools for subvisible particle analysis using state-of-the-art custom optics and image processing techniques. Researchers around the globe depend on Halo Labs for unprecedented insights into subvisible particles present in their processes via optical imaging on ...

IXRF Systems, Inc.

IXRF Systems, Inc.

IXRF Systems, Inc., based in Austin, TX, is a provider of X-ray microanalysis instruments which are used to identify elemental compositions of bulk materials in a variety of end markets including biopharma, electronics manufacturing, and agriculture. IXRF’s instruments offer superior software, higher detection resolution, and product flexibility to allow for a wider variety of sample ...

Jenrin Discovery Inc.

Jenrin Discovery Inc.

Jenrin Discovery is a privately owned emerging pharmaceutical company focused on developing safer and more effective therapeutics for a variety of chronic diseases, including obesity, diabetes and autoimmune/inflammatory disorders. The company uses a proprietary technology to develop orally effective small molecule derivatives of currently marketed drugs. This approach significantly reduces the time and investment required to ...

Kemp Proteins, LLC

Kemp Proteins, LLC

Kemp Proteins LLC, a Six.02 Bioservices member company, is a leading provider of gene-to-protein, hybridoma and cell line development services. Kemp’s team of experienced protein problem-solvers deliver best-in-class services that optimize productivity and mitigate risk for life sciences innovators developing protein-based products, including human and veterinary diagnostics, biopharmaceuticals, and vaccines. Kemp Proteins operates under a ...

LabConnect, Inc.

LabConnect, Inc.

LabConnect, Inc., based in Johnson City, TN, is the preeminent provider of central laboratory support services for analytically and logistically complex studies such as immuno-oncology, cell and gene therapies, and rare & orphan diseases. The company offers unique and innovative services that have been specifically designed to meet the exacting demands of today’s clinical trials.

Oligo Factory

Oligo Factory

Founded in 2006 by individuals with expertise in oligo synthesis technology as well as the oligo service business. The company’s goal was and is to provide oligonucleotide, high-quality purified DNA and RNA, at medium- to large-scale quantities to the research and life science communities. The Oligo Factory team is made up of skilled chromatographers, synthesis ...

Orflo Technologies, LLC

Orflo Technologies, LLC

ORFLO Technologies is a privately held leading edge biotechnology company with a mission to revolutionize cell analysis. The first product developed by ORFLO was licensed to a third-party and launched in 2010 as the first of its kind hand-held cell counter. After this product received many industry awards for innovation, and high accolades from the ...

Particle Dynamics

Particle Dynamics

Particle Dynamics supplies innovative technologies, quality ingredients and custom processing capabilities that deliver solutions to their customers. They provide particle processing, delivery technologies, and dose manufacturing to the pharmaceutical, consumer health, OTC, and nutraceutical markets. Particle Dynamics is organized around six key Technology and Service lines, including Spray Drying, Continuous Granulation, Microencapsulation, Iron Deficiency Technologies, ...

Pheon Therapeutics

Pheon Therapeutics

Pheon Therapeutics is an Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) specialist developing a pipeline of monotherapies for novel targets and/or with novel payloads. ADCs offer the potential to treat solid tumors and liquid cancers that have not responded to other treatments. Pheon’s lead program is a first-in-class ADC against a novel target that is highly expressed in ...

Selah Genomics, Inc.

Selah Genomics, Inc.

Selah Genomics is a clinical diagnostic specialist supporting healthcare providers and the pharmaceutical industry with advanced molecular and genomic diagnostic services. Selah’s services add value to early stage drug development, clinical trials and regulatory processes in the pharmaceutical industry and helps clinicians and healthcare providers treat and monitor patients, thereby improving patient outcomes. With the ...

SeqWell, Inc.

SeqWell, Inc.

SeqWell, Inc, based in Beverly, MA, is a global provider of innovative Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) library preparation products and solutions. The company’s multiplexed library preparation technology, plexWell, vastly improves the ease and scale by which multiple samples can be prepared for NGS sequencing instruments.

The BroadOak Fund, LLC

The BroadOak Fund, LLC

RCT has partnered with BroadOak Capital Partners, LLC in the funding of The BroadOak Fund, LLC, an investment fund formed to provide growth capital to life sciences tools and service providers primarily through flexible debt structures.   The BroadOak Fund is managed by BroadOak Capital Partners, LLC, a firm that actively invests in life sciences companies ...

Tonbo Biosciences, Inc.

Tonbo Biosciences, Inc.

Founded in 2011 by a team of immunologists, researchers and industry leaders, Tonbo Biosciences was conceived of a simple principle: giving back to the research community by providing high performance, value oriented products of the highest quality. Tonbo operates in the flow cytometry reagent marketplace, producing and selling the top 500 flow cytometry antibodies. Tonbo ...

Translational Drug Development

Translational Drug Development

Translational Drug Development (TD2), based in Scottsdale, AZ, is an oncology development organization that provides innovative services for oncology-focused companies. TD2 applies rigorous and high-throughput translational preclinical development, combined with regulatory affairs expertise, to customize clinical trial design and execution. TD2’s suite of capabilities encourages the timely selection of patient populations who are most likely ...

RCT also has various Historic Investments.