The Community

Acumed provides orthopaedic and medical solutions that improve patient care around the world. 

Their vision is to provide innovative solutions to meet the needs of the whole healthcare community, including hospitals, surgeons and patients.

AlphaThera is a Penn-based biotech company that specializes in simple, fast and site-specific antibody labeling technology.

The company serves customers across the world and aims to be the go-to antibody toolbox for researchers.

Amriton LLC is developing low cost, regenerable and reusable water filters for water and pharmaceutical industries, with emphasis on water reuse application. Unlike some other water technologies, no waste is generated for disposal and no toxic by-products are produced in treated water.

ARG is a small company designing embedded systems, with a focus on developing products that could be used for remote monitoring in cities of the future.

The Autoware Foundation is the world’s first “all-in-one” open-source software for self-driving vehicles hosted under the Autoware Foundation.

Autoware.Auto is a next generation of Autoware based on ROS 2, with contributions from the Autoware Foundation members and community at large following best...

Avisi Technologies is a pre-clinical medical devices startup focused on advancing the development of VisiPlate, a nanoscale defense against blindness from glaucoma.

Learn which exciting new companies are at the Pennovation Center. Our list of members (opens in new tab) is updated regularly.

Ciscovery Bio is a non-coding genomics company that experimentally discovers cis-regulatory modules (CRMs), the major class of functional DNA elements in the non-coding genome, and develops applications of CRMs for gene therapy, drug development and precision medicine.

At the Clean Energy Conversions Lab, researchers are studying the fundamentals of storing captured carbon in rock waste, and conducting experiments to minimize the world’s dependence on fossil fuels through carbon management at the Pennovation Lab. 

Fluxergy is an open platform for multimodal, point-of-care assay development and testing. 

Their goal is to make laboratory testing information more accessible, more affordable and more able to serve communities everywhere.

Over 800,000 volumes, some more than 100 years old, are located at the Pennovation Works site, stored in a state-of-the-art, humidity- and climate-controlled environment. Compact shelving made it possible to efficiently store these materials, which can be accessed by customers with 48 hours’ notice...

Goeppert, LLC provides research and development services in physical, engineering, and life sciences to government and commercial customers. 

Their flagship nanopore technology is being funded to develop instruments that will detect cancer, Alzheimers, and other diseases, monitor water quality in...

Infini Fluidics is working to optimize the manufacturing of high value therapeutics, drugs, cosmetics, and specialty chemicals through technological advancements in highly-scalable on-chip production.

Interius BioTherapeutics is an early-stage biotechnology company expanding the potential of cell and gene therapy by developing next generation delivery technology based on inventions from the laboratory of Dr. Saar Gill at the University of Pennsylvania.  Interius’ lead programs are initially...

Jochi is a technology company simplifying how educators access and make sense of data. 

They empower educators with intuitive analytical tools, enabling them to make informed decisions about their learners and institutions.

Linnaeus Therapeutics is a development stage biotech company engaged in the identification and development of small molecule agents for the treatment of cancer. 

Linnaeus is a Penn Center for Innovation UPstart company that focuses on developing new treatments for cancer that are inspired by clinical...

LYF Innovation Ltd. is an AI-driven robotics startup aimed at developing and promoting affordable autonomous lawn management robots and providing customers with one-stop comprehensive solutions including autonomous lawn cleaning, weed removing and lawn mowing.

Mechano Therapeutics specializes in incorporation of injectable drugs for joint diseases in mechano-activatable microcapsules that burst and release drug upon joint movement and load bearing, allowing for gradual drug release proportional to physical activity.

Opertech Bio is a service-based business offering its customers a pioneering approach to measuring taste, a multi-billion dollar market covering the food and beverage, flavor ingredients, pet food, and pharmaceutical industries.

The Penn Center for Innovation’s (PCI) mission is to empower ideas into becoming real world solutions that benefit society. As a one-stop-shop for all innovation and commercialization needs, PCI facilitates industry-sponsored research, corporate alliances, straight licensing, and new venture...

In order to service the University’s needs, a Tier 1 data center was created on the first floor of the Pennovation Center. The 2,500 sq. ft. facility hosts up to 40 racks of computing equipment. It has a 250KVA power capacity and will accommodate high performance computing of up to 14KW/rack. The...

Driven by a desire to provide inexpensive medicine to people in remote areas, Dr. Henry Daniell at the Penn Dental Research Greenhouse wants to use plants in a new medicinal capacity.

One of the biggest barriers in providing low-cost medical supplies to the developing world is the lack of...

Graduate architecture students use this studio space to design and construct through hands-on work, focused on acquiring knowledge through making. They have built direct collaborations with experts outside of the university as well, including industry, to develop their skills further.

Partnerships...

At the Penn Engineering Research and Collaboration Hub (PERCH) on the third floor of the Pennovation Center, faculty, staff and students will pursue fundamental research on robotics, embedded systems, the “Internet of Things” and other emerging domains of interdisciplinary science and engineering...

The Penn smart aviary, lead by Biology professor Marc Schmidt, brings together a collaboration of biologists, engineers, and physicists to study the reproductive behavior of birds. The 8’ by 8’ by 20’ wire cage enclosure is outfitted with 10 computer-vision cameras, an array of 24 high-precision...

The Penn Vet Working Dog Center, founded and directed by veterinarian Cynthia Otto, trains dogs to search and rescue, sniff out indicators of disease, and detect bioterrorism threats. Constant innovation in the dog’s selection and training is important to their success, and that requires a diverse...

Pennovation Works is supported by a dedicated team of individuals working to enhance member's experience and education within the ecosystem.

Meet the Pennovation Works team:

• Denita Henderson, Managing Director of Pennovation Works
• kirsten king, Associate Director, Engagement & Experience
• Jaime Sweet...

Polyhedral Structures Lab (PSL) is a research unit concentrating on advancing structural geometry and construction technologies within the Advanced Research & Innovation Lab (ARI) at the School of Design, University of Pennsylvania PSL is an interdisciplinary research lab connecting architecture...

Penn Public Safety in partnership with Drexel Public Safety operates and maintains a Backup Operations Command Center to be used in the event that facilities on campus are inoperable or inaccessible. In addition to the backup command center, the facility also houses conferencing and interview rooms.

A division of the Fortune 100 company Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Qualcomm Research Philadelphia was established in February 2015, along with the acquisition of KMel Robotics. This growing team of researchers and engineers work on research, development, and commercialization of leading-edge...

Sahay AI is a Philadelphia based robotics and AI company that helps railway organizations automate and manage the way they do their track inspections. 

Researchers in M. Ani Hsieh’s lab (Penn Engineering) are working to enable robots to perform useful tasks across the ocean, fueled by the power of the water’s currents, with the ability to stay in the ocean beyond the lengths of time any manned vehicle could without extensive equipment and fuel.

Sonnest, Inc. is a pre-clinical stage diagnostic and therapeutic imaging company developing Electrast™, a voltage-sensitive ultrasound imaging agent that will allow clinicians to assess and monitor the perfusion of the heart at the bedside, in real-time using traditional ultrasound techniques.

Tozuda makes impact indicators for head injury awareness and helmet damage indication.

Treeswift is building the next generation of forest monitoring systems through the utilization of state-of-the-art robotic and machine learning technology. 

UHP Wireless Networks designs and deploys connected, smart buildings enabled through Private 5G / LTE Networks and secure LPWAN IoT. Wireless has become the “fourth utility” – 5G, CBRS, LPWAN and Gigabit WIFI.

Born out of the University of Pennsylvania’s robotics lab, Vertiq (formerly IQinetics/IQ Motion Control) is a tech startup that delivers the ultimate motor module and controller for versatility and performance. We first gained recognition in the robotics community for our Anticogging technology, and...

Zinco Verde specializes in producing high-quality oxides and custom compounds using environmentally sustainable, green chemistry processes. 

Every ton of Zinco Verde ZnO produced, reduces 5 tons of Global CO2 output. Their commitment is to promote the circular economy by developing cutting-edge, eco...