TARA Biosystems

Advancing cardiac safety standards with its proprietary technology platform.

Investment

The Partnership Fund and the state’s Innovate NY program invested in TARA Biosystems as part of its efforts to grow life sciences in New York. Funding supported the commercialization of Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic’s research, a 2011 BioAccelerate winner.

About

Biotech company developing “heart-on-a-chip” tissue models for both toxicology and drug discovery applications that spun out of Columbia University.