Venture Academy: meet the new cohort

17 October 2024

The market & funding readiness program for startups in Leiden has started again. This means it’s time to introduce the new cohort! Meet the newest group of changemakers getting started with their startup during Venture Academy’s fall program.

PulmonaVat

Alicia Reyes Valenzuela of startup PulmonaVat replicates the lung with lung organoids, and primary cells. These “in vitro models” are designed to accelerate drug discovery and reuse, creating new opportunities for personalized treatments for respiratory diseases.

MyDaily

Erwin van Oosten of MyDaily has created a fully personalized news app where young people can get information from reliable news sources. With this, they avoid misinformation and get factual news.

MGL Pharma

Mirjam Huizenga has developed a MAGL inhibitor with MGL Pharma for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). The chemotherapy patients receive can cause pain due to nerve damage. After testing, this MAGL inhibitor shows that it suppresses CIPN without causing negative effects.

CHART

Ilse Gille, Frits Koning, Mirjam Heemskerk and Sebastiaan Heidt form CHART. They have developed a new T-cell therapy that offers a safe and effective treatment for celiac disease. The therapy specifically targets and eliminates the cells that cause the disease. It addresses the underlying immune response without patients having life-long dietary restrictions.

Speak Logic

Peter van Gulick of Speak Logic wants to bring change in healthcare with a voice-activated AI assistant that could reduce nurses’ administrative workload by 50%.

Cazytools

With Cazytools, Tim Ofman provides products and services that allow customers to identify, visualize and purify carbohydrate-processing enzymes.

ContradiX

Maria Roukens and Antonis Constantinou offer security companies smart and reliable protection against cyber threats with ContradiX.

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