About NanoSynex
Nanosynex is an Israeli biotech startup created in 2017 that aims at providing new solutions to improve testing quality and reduce healthcare costs by speeding up diagnostic processes.
Today, Nanosynex is focused on the development and commercialization of an innovative Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test (AST). The technology is based on a purely phenotypic approach and uses a microfluidic disposable test cartridge platform and method that optimizes bacterial growth. This disruptive development was born from exciting research discoveries at the lab of Professor Shulamit Levenberg, Dean of the Technion Biomedical Engineering Faculty.
Nanosynex team is composed of passionate, dedicated business executives and top-notch engineers and supported by a network of experts, including strategic alliances with future distributors, that know how to bring this revolutionary scientific innovation to the market.
TEAM
Founder & CEO, CFO
Former consultant at Natixis, CGI, M&A at Tegris Advisors Healthcare division (Paris, NYC)
Founder & COO, CMO
Former journalist at Folha de S. Paulo - Healthcare division (São Paulo)
VP R&D
Medical device engineer, with more than 20 years of experience in R&D and product design
CSO
Dean of the BME Faculty, Technion Rapid AST inventor 80+ peer-reviewed articles, awarded with several prizes
Microbiologist
Microbiologist with more than 15 years of experience in Clinical and Diagnostic Microbiology, and V&V for medical device startups
Inventor & Scientist
Ph.D in BME from Levenberg’s Lab, Technion and former Visiting Student at the Wyss Institute, Harvard University
Biotechnology Systems Engineer
Expert in assay development for biological applications Master in BME, Technion
Hardware Manager
Expert in multidisciplinary hardware development, from scratch to a fully integrated and scaled-up system with 15 years of experience
Advisory board & Kol
Director of Clinical Microbiology Lab, Rambam Hospital, Haifa, IL
Director of Microbiology and Immunology Lab, Shaare Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem, IL
Serial entrepreneur with proven track record
Founder and former CEO, LeukoDx, IL
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
First place winners of “Suzhou Medtech Global Competition”, organized by TechCode (received a $4K cash prize and a fully subsidized trip to China to join the competition finals and meet potential partners)
Second place winners of “the Shenzhen Innovation and Entrepreneurship International Competition” (received a RMB 130K – ~$18K – cash prize and a fully subsidized trip to China to join the competition finals and meet potential partners)
