Welcome to Titan BioVentures
The
rapid pace of advances in technology and science in recent years is driving
a very powerful convergence of many previously discrete industries. Life
science companies are increasingly becoming the innovators to develop
technologies that act as a bridge between industries, and biology is serving
as the inspiration for competing players within industries to develop
pioneering products that can give them an edge over the competition. It
is resulting in a large number of new, hybrid products and applications
that are superior in terms of speed, cost and quality, or even opening
up entirely new markets.
TBV expects that it will invest in a number of companies developing convergent
technology platforms that are the leaders in the drive towards a single
unified discipline incorporating sciences such as information technology,
materials science, chemistry, physics and biology.
Examples of new convergent technologies emerging include:
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Biomaterials: A broad discipline that represents the interfacing
of biology with materials science to develop materials with improved characteristics
for a wide variety of applications. Some of these future applications
are for drug delivery, disease detection and improved implants.
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Bionics: The science of constructing artificial systems that have
some of the characteristics of living systems. Applications are cochlear
implants, artificial limbs, artificial retinas and other augmentations.
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Biosensors: Biosensor technology is the coupling of biology with advances
in microelectronics. A biosensor is composed of a biological component
(such as an antibody), linked to a tiny transducer. The devices can be
used to identify and measure substances at miniscule concentrations.
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Tissue engineering: Combining advances in cell biology and materials
science is allowing scientists to create semi-synthetic tissues and organs
in the lab. These could replace or repair diseased or failing organs.
Ý Systems Biology: Utilizing exponential advances in computing power and
improved mathematical algorithms to focus on the broader biological system
and its components interactions.
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Microfluidics: Microfluidics fuses advances in microfabrication, materials
science and fluidics. The end result is that minute amounts of fluids
may be channeled around on a chip surface to perform experiments, resulting
in order of magnitude improvements in time and cost.
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Moletronics: Moletronics or molecular electronics as it is alternatively
known seeks to use individual molecules to perform functions in electronic
circuitry now performed by semiconductor devices. It is a strong contender
in the race for a post-silicon generation of computers.
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