Racking up SBIR grants since 2019, with seven Phase 1’s and now two Phase 2’s, UNandUP emerges from stealth mode to talk with bizblip publisher Paul Riat (see transcript in following story.)
The most recent $1.1 million grant comes from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute… a part of the National Institutes of Health.
“We are very thankful to be supported by local entities like BioSTL, and a BioGenerator in this application, which is developing a robotic system to better treat arrhythmias in the heart,” UNandUP CEO Frances “Duke” Creighton told bizblip. “Our partners include prominent physicians from Washington University: doctors Mitch Faddis and Jen Silva; in addition to doctor Sandeep Jane at UPMC in Pittsburgh… This project is also possible thanks to our partnerships with two national laboratories: the Ames National Laboratory and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.”
Creighton started UNandUP, which is short for ‘unmet needs and underserved populations,’ by writing a bunch of grant applications in 2018. Scaling started in earnest in 2019 when grant money began coming in. The money goes towards pre-clinical device development and testing, as well as to begin developing a commercialization plan. Counting this most recent grant the startup had brought in more than $3 million in grants. The company has four full time employees and six part time; all researchers.
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