In 2016, iNANO has produced no less than 4 spinouts (2 license-based):
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RadiSurf ApS
FOUNDERS
Prof. Kim Daasbjerg, Ass. Prof. Steen U. Petersen, Ass. Prof. Mogens Hinge, PhD Mikkel Kongsfelt.
BUSINESS AREA
RadiSurf is commercializing a new technology for adhesion between metal and plastic components. The technology is based on a nanometer thin coating on metal components resulting in a uniquely thin adhesive interface for strong and tight interfaces between the materials.
Potential applications for the technology spans from the use in delicate medico devices to large components in the production of automotives.
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Bioco Medico
FOUNDERS
Ass. Prof. Henrik Birkedal and postdoc Fiona Linnea Bach-Gansmo.
BUSINESS AREA
In Bioco Medico, biological solutions are used as inspiration to find new ways to connect materials. Inspired by how the blue mussel can attach to various materials under water, a biomimetic analogue has been developed in the lab. We are currently developing the technology for biomedical applications.
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Unisense Diagnostics ApS
FOUNDERS
Unisense A/S and Gothelf Lab (iNANO).
BUSINESS AREA
The company is established in connection to the Innovation Fund project DETECT: Detection of small molecules and proteins in solution by the DNA strand displacement competition reaction. The purpose of the company is to protect IPR for the project and in turn the company is expected to produce a handheld device which can make rapid, inexpensive and accurate determination of drugs in blood.
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Affycon ApS
FOUNDERS
Thomas Tørring, Christian Rosen, Anne Louis Bank Kodal, Michael Mortensen and Kurt Vesterager Gothelf.
BUSINESS AREA
The aim of Affycon is to develop and produce chemicals, methods, know-how and patent rights to conjugate molecules and biomolecules to proteins by affinity conjugation and commercializing these rights through its own activities or by making licensing agreements with business partners.
