The National Institute on Aging (NIA) will be showcasing the NIA Seed Funding Programs in which we provide over $140M annually, through non-dilutive SBIR/STTR grants, to startups developing innovations that enhance or extend healthy aging and/or aging related diseases including Alzheimer’s Disease.
Post Type Archives: Startups
MITRE Engenuity
MITRE Engenuity works at the intersection of government and industry to accelerate innovation, advance technology, and solve the complex challenges facing our nation and the world. MITRE Engenuity seeks to catalyze AgeTech innovations through Grand Challenges, shape meaningful AgeTech solutions with a co-design approach, and ensure the cyber security of AgeTech offerings by leveraging MITRE …
ThriveWell Tech
ThriveWell exclusively serves the AgeTech arena with its award-winning IT services MSSP and is a leading Test Bed partner to the AgeTech collaborative. ThriveWell has facilitates adoption of AgeTech startups by facilitating selection, business alignment and pilots to prove out value of new startups in live Senior Living Environments. Some notable partnerships have included pilots …
Amicus Brain Innovations, Inc.
Amicus Brain has developed an AI-Powered Decision Support platform that transforms how aging adults make their critical long-term care decisions. The platform delivers intelligent decision-support and advisory services, enabling speedier and higher quality decision-making for the older adult population with their long-term care needs. Their AI-led digital advisory services provide real-time, personalized decision-support through end-to-end …
Labrador Systems
Labrador Systems is an early-stage robotics company developing a new generation of assistive robots to help individuals live more independently. The company’s core focus is creating affordable solutions that address practical and physical needs at a fraction of the cost of commercial robots. A pre-production version of Labrador’s first offering, the Labrador Retriever began pilot …
RAZ Mobility
RAZ Mobility developed and sells the RAZ Memory Cell Phone. The Phone is an easy-to-use groundbreaking cell phone for people with dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s, low vision, and general cognitive decline. It is also used by seniors who are tech averse. The Remote Manage feature provides caregivers the unprecedented ability to control all aspects of their …
MindMics
MindMics is a technology start-up focused on delivering actionable health monitoring for all. Invented by Harvard-Smithsonian astrophysicist Dr Anna Barnacka, MindMics succeeds where traditional wearable biofeedback devices fall short.
Flowly
The founding team is made up of Yale, DreamWorks, and Hyperloop One alums in conjunction with a world-class clinical team at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and USC. Flowly has also been studied in NIH-backed clinical trials that show an average 40% reduction in opioid usage. Flowly is backed by Y Combinator and has been …
care.coach
Funded by US Congress and NIH, investors including StartUp Health and AARP, and happy customers including PACE and Medicare Advantage health plans, we solve the caregiver crisis by scaling human touch. Our avatars uniquely combine AI and human intelligence, enabling us to build supportive relationships with biopsychosocially complex individuals, help coordinate care, and drive outcomes …
Tellus
At Tellus we combine advanced sensors with AI to predict and analyze the health of a person in a room without the use of wearables or video cameras. Our solution measures actionable health data in real-time including heart rate, breathing rate, sleep, falls and much more from up to 5 meters away. We are focused …
