SVS continues at full speed with the final innovations that will change the world in which we live, work, and play. Have coffee with the leading university executives who are changing the paradigm of how technologies are commercialized from university and national labs. They’ll be joined by one of the southeast’s most active venture capital investors, who knows a thing or two about the wisdom of backing university spinouts.
Chris Sloan
Chris Sloan is the co-chair of the Firm’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Group, focusing on corporate structure and governance, venture capital financings, M&A, contract law, and IP protection for early-stage, high-growth businesses. He advises technology and healthcare companies on complex IT transactions and emerging technologies like AI, digital health, and blockchain.
Baker Donelson
Baker Donelson is a prominent law firm in the United States, with more than 600 attorneys and over 30 practice areas. The firm has offices in multiple states across the southeastern US, Washington, D.C., and London, England. It offers a wide range of legal services and is known for its diverse clientele and expertise in various industries.
"Nashville Continental" Breakfast Service
The “New” Tech Commercialization Model: from TTO to Venture
Moderator: Chris Sloan - Shareholder, Baker Donelson
Hear from the innovative leaders who are transforming how the “modern” university or national lab prepares their most disruptive technologies for venture capital investment.
Speakers:
- Blake Patton – Managing Director, Tech Square Ventures
- Mary Albertson- Director of Technology Licensing, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Alan Bentley – Assistant Vice Chancellor, Vanderbilt University
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Jennifer Caldwell – Director of Technology Transfer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Showcase: Vasowatch, Inc.
Labor and Delivery technology that improves risk prediction 10x for postpartum hemorrhage, saving lives, reducing maternal complications and cutting obstetrics costs for health systems and payers.
Showcase: RIF Robotics Corp
At RIF Robotics, we are building PacR, a product that leverages computer vision, artificial intelligence, and robotics to streamline the inspection of surgical instruments for cleanliness and automate surgical tray assembly in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers to eliminate surgery delays and improve patient outcomes.
Showcase: VivoSphere LLC
We create human-mimicking artificial tumors for high-throughput drug screening, enabling more accurate identification of promising drugs during the preclinical stage.
Showcase: WEAV3D Inc
WEAV3D is enabling lightweighting for the masses through it's patented Rebar for Plastics technology, allowing mass market manufacturing to transform their existing molding capabilities to create cost-effective, high-performance, lightweight structural composites.
Showcase: Moleculera Biosciences, Inc.
Moleculera Biosciences is a precision diagnostics company pioneering clinical diagnostics services for inflammatory brain and cardiovascular disorders using an integrated business model. The company enables clinicians to accurately diagnose, treat, and monitor patients suffering from chronic immune-mediated disorders, leading to remarkable recoveries.
Key highlights include:
- Autoimmune Brain Panel®: Generated $1.2MM in 2024 without a sales team
- Product pipeline: Preparing to launch the Autoimmune Cardiovascular Panel™ in 2026 and the Autoimmune Alzheimer's Panel™ in 2027
- Predictive treatment algorithm: Developing an algorithm leveraging a 16,000 clinically annotated biobank and bioinformatics repository to eliminate the trial-and-error of prescribing for these disorders
- Biorepository potential: Leveraging the repository to identify new companion diagnostics and novel targets for therapy
Showcase: Paradigm Robotics
Building the next generation of advanced and affordable robotic solutions at the intersection of robotics and hazardous environments for firefighting, emergency response, public safety, oil & gas, and industrial.
Showcase: Parasight System Inc
Parasight System Inc. has developed and manufactures a veterinary diagnostic analyzer that combines antigen-based fluorescence detection with advanced AI-powered image recognition technology, delivering highly accurate and efficient analysis for a variety of diagnostic tests and different medium, including fecal, heartworm, and Lyme disease tests in veterinary practices.
Showcase: ElectraMet
ElectraMet removes and recovers dissolved metals from industrial waste and recycling streams, helping customers to hit discharge compliance and purity standards while generating a value-added product.
Showcase: HAND Technologies, LLC
Hand Technologies, LLC (HAND) is a startup committed to developing and commercializing high-performance polymers and ultra-high temperature carbon/ceramic materials for the U.S. aerospace and defense market.
Showcase: Endeavor Composites, Inc.
Repurpose and reuse of excess industrial & agricultural technical fibers by intercepting them from landfill and transforming them into high performance nonwoven wet laid preforms for usage in composite manufacturing for transportation automotive, aerospace, marine, construction, defense and sports & leisure markets; while maintaining double the length of the fibers in contrast to competition to achieve maximum performance.
Showcase: Neurodiverse Technologies
We developed SANDI (Simulator for Advanced Neurodiverse Driving Instruction), an AI-driven virtual reality driving simulator designed to help individuals on the autism spectrum build confidence, learn driving skills, and overcome driving anxiety through adaptive training and physiological feedback systems.
Showcase: Skuld
We fix the supply chain for metal parts by developing more efficient (cheaper, cleaner, faster) manufacturing processes based on lost foam investment casting and 3D printing.
Showcase: Mobius AI, Inc.
We are making the world more accessible by giving transportation businesses the Artificial Intelligence they need for vehicle scheduling, routing, and energy-use management.
Showcase: Petram Technologies
Petram provides the most energy efficient rock breaking technology on Earth. When compared to traditional jackhammers, Petram's High Power Electric Pulse System provides 20x the speed at 50% of the cost and 1% of the noise, vibration and dust. It was originally licensed from an Auburn Patent based on NASA funding for rock breaking on the moon. Company has two Fortune 500 customers serving utility infrastructure, oil and gas, and construction and is beginning to commercialize.
