Current Member Companies

ACC Bioscience Incubator companies are centered in the life sciences. Even though ABI is part of Austin Community College, any company can apply.

BioBQ

A cultivated meat company, growing meat using cells from the animals, rather than the slaughtered parts of animals. Aiming to be the first to offer cultivated beef jerky and beef brisket.

CATALYST Education

EdTech company with focus on delivering management solutions for STEM lab courses.

Environmental Quality Operations

Biological survey and environmental remediation company bringing modern molecular techniques to the field of environmental biology.

Erisyon

Transforming the field of proteomics with the world’s first single molecule protein sequencer.

Everlum

Everlum’s “rare disease lab as a service” is a novel approach to drug development that puts the power back into the patients hands.

NanoMedical Systems

Commercializing revolutionary silicon-based medical nanotechnology products that address unmet clinical needs for personalized medicine.

Onexio

Developing technologies for high-throughput (96, 384 and 1536 well) co-culture and multi-culture applications.

Qana Therapeutics

Developing a novel therapeutic platform for genetically defined diseases.

Success Stories

BioBQ

ABI member company BioBQ is one of 45 MassChallenge finalists. BioBQ is a cultivated meat company, which means we grow meat using cells cultured in a clean facility, rather than from slaughtered animals. Based in Austin, Texas, known for BBQ, they aim to be the first in the world to offer cultured 100% beef brisket.

John Higley of EQO wins Erie Hack competition

“RNA was critical to the discovery of a coronavirus vaccine, and now the genetic messenger may be used to protect Lake Erie from harmful algal blooms.”

John Higley, CEO of member company EQO, and his competition team, RNA Power, have been awarded “the $30,000 top prize at the 2021 Erie Hack competition, which is designed to promote innovative solutions to pressing water-related issues.”

Read the full article at Cleveland.com. Learn more about EQO on our Science in the Mall, Y’all podcast.

ACC Bioscience Incubator Impact

The ACC Bioscience Incubator aims to have a positive role in the Austin community and the Bioscience ecosystem of our city. We aim to provide a space for companies to grow, boosting employment, and provide opportunities for students to learn. Here we present a few...

Everlum Bio tackles rare childhood diseases

200 million children live with a rare disease, but only 5% of those diseases have treatments available. ACC Bioscience Incubator member company Everlum Bio has set out to change these stats by developing proof-of-concept therapeutics for rare genetic diseases. Since...

BioBQ named by Bloomberg as one of “50 Startups That Rose as America Locked Down”

ACC Bioscience Incubator is proud that member company, BioBQ, is named by Bloomberg as one of 50 Startups That Rose as America Locked Down. Katie Kam and Janet Zoldan of BioBQ aim to be the first in the world to sell brisket and other barbecue meats, such as jerky,...

John Higley of EQO Wins Erie Hack Competition

"RNA was critical to the discovery of a coronavirus vaccine, and now the genetic messenger may be used to protect Lake Erie from harmful algal blooms." John Higley, CEO of member company EQO, and his competition team, RNA Power, have been awarded "the $30,000 top...

BioBQ is 1 of 45 MassChallenge Finalists

Member Company Nuclein Raises $14M for Covid PCR Test

"Austin startup Nuclein might become known as the company that made an at-home Covid-19 test that's so easy you just spit in a can, press a button and wait about an hour for results. But this isn't the story of a startup built out of the current pandemic. Nuclein was...

Member Company EQO Named 2020 Top 100 Startups

EQO brings molecular bio solutions to environmental bio problems. eDNA, eRNA, automated sampling, endangered species protection, invasive species eradication. See the complete list of 2020 Top 100 Startups

ABI & Partners Launch Consortium to Support Innovators Fighting COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

The Texas Global Health Security Innovation Consortium (TEXGHS) will work toward pandemic readiness, response, recovery and resiliency. A collaborative group of more than 50 organizations in the academic, public and private sectors has formed the Texas Global Health...

A Message About COVID-19 from Macromoltek

Amidst an unprecedented pandemic, the entire world is in desperate need of treatments for the highly-infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus. When racing against such a rapidly-spreading disease, the speed of drug development is of the utmost importance. An effective therapeutic...

ANN RICHARDS SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS

Environmental Quality Operations (EQO), a start-up company focusing on the extermination of zebra mussels through a chimeric protein, offered a week-long internship for high school students, Madison Mueller and Maria Noonan, from Ann Richards School for Young Women...

16S Technologies

Providing a diagnostic and continuous monitoring service to ensure that corrosion causing microorganisms do not reach problematic and costly levels in oil and gas industry.

Celling Biosciences

Advancing the future of medicine through the innovation of point-of-care, autologous regenerative cell therapies.

ClearCam, Inc.

Specializing in creating a simple and compatible in-vivo laparoscope lens cleaner that would effectively deal with the main culprits of camera visual blockage- blood, tissue, fat and condensation during surgery.

Curtana Pharmaceuticals

Developing proprietary in silico technology for multi-pharmacophore screening.

Delphi Diagnostics

Tech commercialization company focused on oncology diagnostics, prognostic and predictive tests.

Enantiosense

Developing reagent kits for the high-throughput discovery of asymmetric reactions.

En Solución

Improving food safety through development of novel methods for cleaning and sanitizing.

Fabrico Technology

Medical device company and biotech company developing extracellular matrices for cranioplasty applications.

Food and Ag Lab

Offer testing lab services to the food and agricultural industries and consulting in the areas of compliance and food safety.

Halo Life Science

A life science and food technology company committed to creating a sustainable, healthier future for everyone everywhere.

IsoStem

Commercializing a proprietary bone marrow autograft concentration system.

KinetoChem

Synthetic organic chemistry company developing purification techniques to deliver pure products to customers.

KJ Scientific

Environmental testing company that focuses on using new technology to analyze chemicals (pesticides, personal care products, consumer goods) for bioaccumulation potential that may affect human and wildlife health.