EXCEL EVENTS AND NEWS
Juan Enriquez and David Kiernan, eulogy: J. Craig Venter: The Godzilla of Genetics, Katie Couric Media
Juan Enriquez, at Digital Life Design (DLD) Conference, January 2024: Brain & Mind
Juan Enriquez Releases Book October 2020: Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Ethics
Juan Enriquez, April 18, 2018; Announcing new members of the American Academy
Juan Enriquez, September 15, 2017: What Can Happen If Humans Control The Future Of Evolution?
Juan Enriquez, June 1, 2017: Neo.life Interview: It’s Time to Believe in Synthetic Biology
PORTFOLIO COMPANY NEWS
June 10, 2026
June 8, 2026
April 1, 2026
Orionis Biosciences Appoints Dr. Giulio Draetta as Chief Strategy Office
February 4, 2026
Partnership Perspectives from Jason Langheier, Founder of Foodsmart
April 4, 2025
University of Arizona Study Finds Openwater’s Open-LIFU 2.0 Device Achieves Significant Depression Symptom Reduction
March 6, 2025
Openwater Announces New CEO as Demand for Portable Imaging and Non-Invasive Therapy Devices Accelerates
January 10, 2025
Openwater - Interview with Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen
August 22, 2024
Openwater raises $54M for open-source medical research technology
March 24, 2024
Openwater presentation “The Silicon Hospital - This is Not Business as Usual” at Lake Nona Impact Forum
March 12, 2024
Welldoc Announces CE Mark Certification
March 8, 2024
Neosensory’s Clarify featured in RollingStone Magazine
January 4, 2024
Openwater Announces is Now 100% Open Source
November 15, 2023
Orionis Biosciences Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of ORB-011 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors
October 17, 2023
Welldoc Named a Top 100 Healthcare Technology Company of 2023 by The Healthcare Technology Report
October 16, 2023
InfoBionic Secures Series D Funding to Catalyze Growth of its New MoMe® ARC Virtual Telemetry Solution
October 10, 2023
InfoBionic Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for its Next Generation MoMe® ARC Solution
September 20, 2023
Orionis Collaboration with Genentech to Develop Molecular Glue Class Medicines
August 23, 2023
Welldoc Receives 11th 510(k) from FDA for its award-winning diabetes digital health solution, BlueStar®
May 3, 2023
ClearDATA Continues To Win Industry Accolades, Earning Two Prestigious Awards
March 13, 2023
Breakthrough Energy Ventures Leads $25M Series A for Viridos’ Revolutionary and Sustainable Algae Biofuels
December 16, 2022
NIko Kley, Orionis co-founder and CEO, featured on Biotech Innovation in Immuno-Oncology episode of Breakthrough Economy
November 7, 2022
Welldoc customizes its diabetes management app for private label use by Lilly with its Tempo® Personalized Diabetes Management Platform
October 18, 2022
Orionis Chief Data Scientist Riccardo Sabatini Presents at CNN’s Life Itself Conference
August 9, 2022
ClearDATA Appoints Rick Froehlich as President and CEO
March 9, 2022
Openwater Named One of Fierce Medtech’s “Fierce 15” Companies of 2021
February 25, 2021
Welldoc and Lilly collaborate to integrate BlueStar® app capabilities into Lilly’s connected insulin solutions
October 21, 2020
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care partners with Foodsmart to offer comprehensive nutrition support to its members
August 28, 2020
Opinion | The Brain Implants That Could Change Humanity
August 12, 2020
ClearDATA Ranks on the 2020 Inc 5000 with Three-Year Revenue Growth of 249 Percent
July 29, 2020
Baxter and Ayogo Announce Partnership for Unique Digital Health Solutions for Home Dialysis
June 1, 2020
HLS Therapeutics to Become Distributor of the Saladax MyCare Psychiatry Line
May 11, 2020
NBC10 News Philadelphia Highlights InfoBionic’s MoMe Device during COVID19
April 28, 2020
Ayogo Closes $7.5MM Series B Financing Led by Baxter
March 11, 2020
Fast Company Names ClearDATA Among Most Innovative Companies
March 5, 2020
Novartis taps Orionis to purse ‘historically elusive targets’
February 2020
InfoBionic featured in Cardiology 2.0
January 2020
NeoSensory launches Pre-Orders for its first Product, the “Buzz”
December 19, 2019
Molecular Templates Appoints Corazon Dating Sanders, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors
November 21, 2019
Astellas and Welldoc Enter into Strategic Alliance for Digital Therapeutics
November 5, 2019
WellDoc receives 510K FDA clearance in Type 1 Diabetes
September 4, 2019
WSJ on NeoSensory: Hearing Loss? A New Device Lets You Feel Sound
May 30, 2019
ExxonMobil highlights partnership with SGI
May 21, 2019
EY Announces Darin Brannan of ClearDATA as Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2019 Award Finalist in Central Texas
May 15, 2019
Welldoc’s BlueStar® Digital Therapeutic Wins Digital Diabetes Congress 2019 Mobile App Contest
May 14, 2019
E-Flux: Openwater’s Mary Lou Jepsen on Telepathic Infrastructures
April 24, 2019
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomic’s algae biofuel partnership to be profiled in Emmy-nominated show Tomorrow’s World Today
April 15, 2019
WSJ: The Robots That Manage the Managers
April 1, 2019
Scientific American Profile on Openwater: Machines That Read Your Brain Waves
March 1, 2019
Can algae deliver on the promise of a biofueled future?
January 9, 2019
Excel co-leads Series A financing of NeoSensory
January 7, 2019
QIAGEN acquires N-of-One
January 1, 2019
NeoSensory: The Wristband that gives you superpowers
November 29, 2018
Mary Lou Jepsen, founder of OpenWater, named in Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech
September 11, 2018
InfoBionic gets $50M for MoMe Kardia connected cardiac monitor
August 29, 2018
Biotronik is now the exclusive US distributor of InfoBionic’s MoMe cardiac monitor
August 27, 2018
Tetraphase Pharma’s Antibiotic Wins FDA Approval for Gut Infections
TED 2018
Mary Lou Jepsen TED Talk: How We Can Use Light to See Deep Inside Our Bodies and Brains
July 14, 2018
CNBC: Zipongo CEO: Amazon Could Make a Big Impact in Health by Focusing on Food
July 11, 2018
Nature: Dietary Changes impact Cancer
May 21, 2018
Virgin Pulse to merge with RedBrick Health
May 8, 2018
Openwater Prepares to Build Developer Kits
May 6, 2018
Exxon Mobil/Synthetic Genomics Ad During NBA Playoffs
January 6, 2018
Open Water in The Economist: How brains and machines can be made to work together
April 3, 2018
Harvard Business Review: WellDoc cited as key mobile healthcare technology
March 26, 2018
Saladax Receives CE Mark for New Line of Psychiatry Tests in Europe
October 19,2017
Cleveland HeartLab to be acquired by Quest Diagnostics
August 2, 2017
Molecular Templates (NASDAQ: MTEM) Completes Merger with Threshold Pharmaceuticals and Private Placements
June 19, 2017
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Report Breakthrough in Algae Biofuel Research
June 16, 2017
Health IT startups to watch in 2017: ClearData in Top 20
June 12, 2017
Synthetic Genomics, Advaxis Launch Venture to Produce Synthetic DNA for Immunotherapy Clinical Trials
February 15, 2017
Wall Street Journal: Cloud Computing With a Human Face: ClearData
January 30, 2017
Gemphire Announces Interim LDL-C Lowering Data From COBALT-1 Phase 2b Clinical Trial
January 18, 2017
Saladax Licenses Alzheimer’s Diagnostic Tests to Siemens Healthineers
December 16, 2016
FDA Clears Wireless Integration Of J&J Glucometer With WellDoc Diabetes Management Platform
November 16, 2016
Qstream Ranked #89 on Deloitte's 2016 Technology Fast 500™ List of Fastest Growing Companies in North America
November 9, 2016
Synthetic Genomics Appoints Tina Nova, Ph.D., and William McKee to Board of Directors
November 3, 2016
Zipongo, the Leading Personalized Digital Nutrition Platform, Closes $18MM Series B Round
November 1, 2016
Virgin Pulse, Fitbit partner for employee wellness program and more
November 2016
Entrepreneur magazine 360 list – Qstream and Clear Data in top 26
October 21, 2016
Innovation&TechToday: Cleveland Heart: The Heart of the City
September 18, 2106
InfoBionic featured in Medical Device Cable TV program
September 14, 2016
Lifescan, WellDoc finalize commercial partnership for diabetes management platform
August 31, 2016
Qstream Named 'Company of the Year' Finalist in Pharma Industry's 2016 PM360 Trailblazer Awards
July 27, 2016
Frost & Sullivan Honors InfoBionic for New Product Innovation
July 21, 2016
N-of-One Secures $7MM in Series B Financing
May 13, 2016
Forbes: How QStream Uses Neuroscience, Data and Mobile to Improve Sales Productivity
April 20, 2016
Gartner Report: Cool Vendors in Healthcare 2016 – ClearData #1
April 12, 2016
Admera Taps N-of-One for Clinical Interpretation of OncoGxOne Oncology Panel
March 24, 2016
Synthetic Genomics: ‘Minimal’ cell raises stakes in race to harness synthetic life
March 17, 2016
Cleveland HeartLab Partners with SK Telecom to Provide Valuable Cardiovascular Testing in China
March 16, 2016
InfoBionic receives FDA clearance for cellular-enabled heart monitoring device
March 1, 2016
J&J partners with, invests in WellDoc for real-time Type 2 diabetes management
February 26, 2016
Richard Branson on creating happier, healthier businesses
February 24, 2016
ShapeUp acquired: Virgin Pulse, ShapeUp and Global Corporate Challenge Unite
February 22, 2016
8 FDA-Blessed Wearables and Apps Changing Healthcare – WellDoc’s BlueStar
February 22, 2016
New York Times: Zipongo: Wellness App Aims to Improve Workplace Nutrition
February 17, 2016
LinkedIn Signs Multi-Year Global Agreement with Qstream
February 8, 2016
WellDoc one of Forbes 5 Healthcare Tech Startups To Watch In 2016
December 17, 2015
WellDoc® Raises $22 Million in Series B Funding
September 13, 2015
Gartner Group Report: QStream: One of 5 Companies Disrupting the Web
August 25, 2015
InfoBionic says new funding will help launch heart-tracking device
July 1, 2015
Forbes: Rajiv Kumar Dropped out of Medical School to Start ShapeUp and help people get healthy
June 9, 2015
Aventura Named Top 100 North America Tech Startup
May 28, 2015
ClearDATA raises $25M Series C
May 15, 2015
QStream Named Most Innovate Mobile Solution at the 2015 MITX Awards
April 9, 2015
QStream Named Gartner "Cool Vendor"
March 24, 2015
Nancy Briefs of InfoBionic listed as leader in Digital Health Care Industry
March 16, 2015
Forbes article on Zipongo: To Keep The Weight off You Really Need to Change
March 2, 2015
Decision Resources Group acquires Activate Networks
March 2, 2015
Qstream Sales Performance Platform Wins Gold Stevie® Award in Sales & Customer Service
March 2, 2015
IlluminOss Medical Announces the Enrollment of First Patient in EU Humerus Fracture Repair Trial
March 2, 2015
Nobel Prize Dialogue with Juan Enriquez
March 2, 2015
Review of Evolving Ourselves in The Scientist
February 23, 2015
Tetraphase Battles Superbug
February 28, 2015
Syntetic Genomics: Using Artificial Viruses to Treat Bacterial Infections
February 18, 2015
Microsoft Blog: An Amazing Windows Phone App to Make Eating Healthier Easier
February 12, 2015
Aileron Therapeutics Initiates Phase 1 Cancer Study of ALRN-6924
February 9, 2015
Aventura Raises $14 Million Series C Financing
January 8, 2015
The Tällberg Workshop at CERN: Evolving Evolution Presentation by Steve Gullans
January 8, 2015
Aileron Therapeutics Appoints Evan Lippman as Chief Financial and Business Officer
November 19, 2014
InfoBionic $17M Series B Close & New Team Members
July 23, 2014
Saladax-Personalized Chemotheraphy Tests Cleared for Use in China
July 21, 2014
Memorialcare Health System Launches Aventura at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center
July 10, 2014
Big Business Finally Learns that Wellness is Good Business
December 5, 2013
ClearDATA Closes $14M B Round of Financing to Expand Operations in HIT Cloud Computing
August 6, 2013
ClearDATA Raises $7M in Funding to Expand Operations for Growing Market Demand in Healthcare Cloud Computing
May 7, 2013
Aileron Therapeutics Successfully Completes First-Ever Stapled Peptide Clinical Trial
April 25, 2013
PathoGenetix and FDA to Evaluate Bacterial Identification System for
Use in FDA Public Health and Food Safety Efforts
April 9, 2013
IlluminOss Medical Names Dirk Kuyper as Chief Executive Officer
March 8, 2013
Technology Today TV Interviews Lantos CEO Jeffrey Leathe
March 5, 2013
Saladax Biomedical Receives $22.4 Million Strategic Equity Investment From Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical
February 12, 2013
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
January 31, 2013: Nature
Careers - Better connected
January 30, 2013
Monsanto Acquires Select Assets of Agradis, Inc. to Support Work in Agricultural Biologicals
January 14, 2013
Aileron gets $12M to advance growth-hormone inducing drug candidate to clinic
December 5, 2012
PathoGenetix Names Ann Merrifield as Chief Executive Officer and Prepares to Launch Unique Bacterial Identification Technology
November 13, 2012
Activate Networks closes $10m Series B Financing Round led by Reed Elsevier Ventures, Excel Venture Management, and Premier healthcare alliance
November 1, 2012: Time
25 Free Android Apps to Get You Started
October 22, 2012
Cleveland HeartLab announces $14.7 million financing
September 24, 2012
McKesson to Acquire MedVentive
August, 2012: Worth Magazine
CHL Inflammation Panel Featured in Worth Magazine
June 7, 2012: MedCity News
Cleveland HeartLab named Ohio Venture Association’s venture of the year
May 30, 2012: The New York Times
Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Save the World
May 12, 2012: The Economist
The path of least resistance
May 3, 2012: WREG Memphis
Heart Test Developer
May 1, 2012: The Wall Street Journal
Pitting Employees Against Each Other...for Health
March 1, 2011
Agilent Technologies Acquires BIOCIUS Life Sciences, Developer of the RapidFire(tm) High-Throughput Drug-Screening Technology
November 23, 2010: Entrepreneur Magazine
Prevention for the People
October 27, 2010: Xconomy Boston
MedNetworks, Co-Founded by Harvard’s Nicholas Christakis, Aims to Tap Healthcare’s Hidden Social Networks
September 18, 2010: The New York Times
Better Health, With a Little Help From Our Friends
September 15, 2010: FierceBiotech
FierceBiotech's 2010 Fierce 15
September 15, 2010: Xconomy Boston
Tetraphase Shows What the $45M Was All About at Big Antibiotics Conference
September 4, 2010: The New York Times
J. Craig Venter’s Corporate Strategy? The Scientific Method
August 25, 2010
Exclusive Partnership between Healthways, MedNetworks Utilizes Power of Social Networks to Improve Health, Well-Being
August 24, 2010
Roche and Aileron Enter Multi-target Alliance to Develop Stapled Peptide Drugs for Diseases across Multiple Therapeutic Areas
August 24, 2010
Roche Backs New Method for Drug Delivery to Cells
June 21, 2010
Saladax Biomedical Signs Deal with Bristol-Myers Squibb
to Develop Clinical Diagnostics
June 1, 2010
Tetraphase Closes $45 Million Series C Financing
May 25, 2010: The Huffington Post
Move your App, Jaime Oliver + Android + Snaptic Gets Developers In Motion
May 20, 2010
FirstSelf-Replicating, Synthetic Bacterial Cell Research Funding from Synthetic Genomics
May 19, 2010
Scientists Create First Synthetic Cell
November 10, 2009
Life Technologies Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire BioTrove
November 10, 2009
BioTrove Inc. Announces Formation of Subsidiary
July 29, 2009
Dormir, Inc. Completes $12M Series A Financing
July 16, 2009
MedVentive Secures $7.25M Funding Led by Excel Venture Management and HLM Partners
July 7, 2009
Excel Venture Management Launches $125 Million Debut Life Sciences Fund
June 8, 2009: XConomy Boston
Aileron Snags $40M From Quartet of Pharma Giants to Develop New Class of Drugs
April 22, 2009: Dow Jones Venture Wire
BioTrove Locks Up Series C For Profitability
August 27, 2008: Forbes.com
In Pictures: Seven Technologies That Could Change Health Care
EVM IN THE NEWS
May 31, 2012: The Atlantic
Medicine's Missing Measure
March 10, 2011: The Economist
The new overlords: Man and technology are evolving together in radical new ways
February 6, 2011: CNN
Are we taking evolution into our own hands?
January 26, 2011: TED.com
TED e-book co-authored by Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans
January 5, 2011: TED Blog
Meet TED2011's guest curators: Juan Enriquez and Bill Gates
August 9, 2010: PR Newswire
Introducing MedNetworks: New Venture Based on Social Network Analytic Technology Developed at Harvard University
January 28, 2010: The Street.Com
Investors Spurn Clean-Tech Funding
January 13, 2010: XConomy|Boston
Excel Venture Management, Starting With Clean Slate, Shows Early
October 13, 2009: The Boston Globe
Cautious investors cool to venture capital firms
February 2009: Juan Enriquez: TED Conference
Beyond the crisis, mindboggling science and the arrival of Homo evolutis
October 2008: Juan Enriquez: Pop! Tech '08
Dialogue on the Global Economic Crisis
October 1, 2008: Boston Globe
What about austerity?
October 2, 2007: The Wall Street Journal
The Future of Bioenergy