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TileDB, Inc. develops and maintains a system for managing multi-dimensional array data, particularly suited for scientific applications. The company's offerings include TileDB Embedded, a storage engine, and TileDB Cloud, which facilitates the management of array data in the cloud. Designed to handle a variety of data types, including unstructured multimodal data, TileDB addresses the complexities encountered in fields such as genomics, biomedical imaging, and multiomic data analysis. This foundational software is utilized by research teams in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to enhance their data platforms and drive scientific discovery. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, TileDB also has a location in Athens, Greece.
Athroa Innovations
Seed Round in 2019
Athroa Innovations, founded in 2019 and based in Athens, Greece, specializes in commercializing deep science inventions through the licensing of intellectual property (IP). The company provides innovators with an alternative to launching start-ups by facilitating IP licensing, allowing them to concentrate on advancing their core research. Athroa Innovations also offers a competitive advantage in prototyping, leveraging Greece's resources to support innovators. In addition to its licensing model, the company engages in venture building and invests in sectors such as health technology, clean technology, and food technology.
Accusonus
Series A in 2019
Accusonus, Inc. is a software development company specializing in tools for the professional music sector and consumer electronics. Founded in 2012 by Alexandros Tsilfidis and Elias Kokkinis, the company aims to advance audio technologies to enhance the global digital audio and speech technology market. Its flagship products include drumatom, which reduces drum bleed, and drumatom player for leakage suppression. Additionally, it offers ERA-D for sound processing and Regroover, an AI-based beat machine for music sampling. The company also creates embedded software for speech enhancement. Headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, Accusonus maintains operations in Patras and Athens, Greece, including a professional recording studio for acoustic testing. The team comprises skilled engineers and scientists dedicated to improving audio quality and accessibility for music professionals.
TileDB
Seed Round in 2019
TileDB, Inc. develops and maintains a system for managing multi-dimensional array data, particularly suited for scientific applications. The company's offerings include TileDB Embedded, a storage engine, and TileDB Cloud, which facilitates the management of array data in the cloud. Designed to handle a variety of data types, including unstructured multimodal data, TileDB addresses the complexities encountered in fields such as genomics, biomedical imaging, and multiomic data analysis. This foundational software is utilized by research teams in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to enhance their data platforms and drive scientific discovery. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, TileDB also has a location in Athens, Greece.
Fieldscale
Series A in 2018
Fieldscale is a company based in Thessaloniki, Greece, that specializes in developing cloud-based simulation software for the touch sensor industry. Its flagship product, SENSE, provides advanced capacitive touch sensor simulation capabilities, enabling engineers to conduct electric design and analysis with enhanced accuracy and efficiency. The software employs sophisticated algorithms within an intuitive user interface, allowing for the execution of complex simulations, including electric field analysis and assessments of dielectric breakdowns and partial discharges. By facilitating thousands of analyses and various scenarios within a single day, Fieldscale empowers engineers to optimize sensor designs while reducing power consumption, thereby improving the overall design process for touchscreen products. Founded in 2015, the company aims to provide solutions that help users achieve optimal design outcomes more quickly than their competitors.
Balena
Funding Round in 2018
Balena Inc. operates a platform that provides comprehensive tools for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The company offers a range of products, including balenaCloud, balenaOS, balenaFin, balenaEngine, balenaEtcher, and openbalena, which facilitate application development, device deployment, and management for fleet owners. Balena's infrastructure enables developers to focus on application growth while managing, monitoring, and updating devices through a web dashboard, API, CLI, and SDK. The platform supports Linux containers and open technologies, allowing for seamless firmware deployment and compatibility with various programming languages and libraries. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, Balena also has offices in Greece and the United Kingdom. The company was previously known as Resin, Inc. until its rebranding in October 2018.
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