Deep Technology Venture Creation

AgriScope combines AI, plant science, and predictive modeling to give farmers actionable insights into crop health, yield trends, and environmental changes.

• Ronak Tali, PhD, electrical engineering, fifth year.
• Jayce Abens, MBA, first year.
• Sophia Galley Quarshie, MBA, second year.

BioNY is replacing toxic additives in fire-retardant clothing with a safer, bio-advantaged nylon fiber for use in industrial and emergency response settings.

• Siddhant Bhardwaj, PhD, chemical and biological engineering, fourth year.
• Tyler Nelson, MBA, first year.
• Andy Mustedanagic, MBA, second year.

Contour Circuits is leveraging advanced 3D printing to develop compact, conformal circuits for biomedical devices and drones—creating new possibilities in patient care and aerospace design.

• Jeremy Rurup, research assistant, mechanical engineering.
• James Saulsbury, MBA, second year.
• Leonardo Gonzalez, master of entrepreneurship.

CYGNET Scientific is creating sustainable alternatives to “forever plastics” by commercializing high-performance, environmentally safe polymers developed in ISU’s labs.

• Brad Swan, PhD, materials science and engineering, fourth year.
• Adam Rutecki, MBA, first year.
• Jonathan Warren, MBA, second year.

Xenotide is developing a platform for stabilizing therapeutic peptides used in cancer and weight-loss treatments, with a patent pending on its proprietary process.

• Krishna Kumar Sharm, research scientist ll, chemistry.
• Grant Christensen, MBA, first year.