Cowboy Innovations Accelerator and Cowboy Technologies Portfolio
Discover startups and technologies supported by Cowboy Innovations Accelerator and Cowboy Technologies
Startups
Plasma Bionics, LLC
Utilizing patented technology licensed from OSU, Plasma Bionics LLC provides its Air Plasma Sterilization® device to veterinarians (hospitals, doctors, and dentists in the future) to rapidly destroy microorganisms on heat sensitive instrument surfaces, at low temperature, without chemical consumables, no byproducts, all at a lower cost compared ethylene oxide (EO), and vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) sterilization devices.
Roll-2-Roll Technologies, LLC
Utilizing patented technology licensed from OSU, Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC provides accurate and adaptive web sensors for web converting manufacturers that increase productivity, save setup time, reduce waste, and save money with a single solution for multiple inspection and guiding applications.
Weaver Labs, LLC
Weaver Labs is a water technology company focused on addressing the global PFAS contamination crisis. Founded by OSU professor Jimmie Weaver, a globally recognized expert on organoflourine synthesis, the company started out by providing custom compound synthesis and intellectual property with expertise in fluorinated compounds. Upon designing a proprietary, regenerative, tailored adsorbent to specifically target PFAS, the company is now laser-focused to deliver superior PFAS removal from water at the lowest life-cycle costs.
MiFi, LLC
Proprietary bioinformatics software optionally licensed to MiFi, LLC, which provides a web-based subscription software as a service (SaaS) tool that allows diagnostic laboratories to perform faster and more accurate detection of pathogens in plants and animal samples that have been next generation sequenced (NGS).
Ghost Display Technologies, LLC
Patent pending infrared sensor technology optionally licensed to Department of Defense SBIR grant funded Ghost Display, LLC that aims to provide an ultra-low-cost, high-definition infrared sensing to the war fighter in addition mainstream automotive, unmanned aerial vehicles, and consumer device markets that improves safety, improved situational insight, and collision avoidance.
Structured Ions, LLC
Patented structural supercapacitor technology has been optionally licensed to NASA SBIR grant funded Structured Ions, LLC that aims to provide automotive, aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicle markets simultaneous load bearing capacity and electrical storage that results in lighter weight and more energy efficient vehicles.
InfraTie Solutions, LLC
Proprietary Trade secret software platform optionally licensed to InfraTie Solutions, LLC that integrates and analyzes sewer pipe inspection data to provide municipalities and infrastructure consultant companies prioritized recommendations of preventative maintenance and repairs that avoid costly infrastructure failures.
Altbiotics, LLC
Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) compounds optionally licensed to USDA SBIR funded Altbiotics as a feed additive for poultry producers that provide synergistic promotion of host defense peptides (HDP) that boost animal immunity and/or promote animal growth as an alternative to antibiotics.
Intact Technologies, LLC
Sensor and software system solution that provides continuous vibration and sway monitoring to proactively help structure owners and operators make informed maintenance and risk mitigation repairs of structures through its proprietary AI and machine learning software.
Jetilus Aero, LLC
A rocket motor system for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer’s specific platforms that generates the proper take-off performance necessary to launch UAVs from a zero-length rail enabling UAV launches that are: lower cost, more portable, more versatile and require shorter pre-flight operations time.
FlexHet Technologies, LLC
Patented compounds in preclinical development for the treatment of ovarian cancer without harming normal cells. Ovarian cancer is responsible for approximately 140,000 deaths each year in the United States alone.
Kimbrane, LLC
Patent pending ZnO membrane filter for oil producers that aims to filter out both organic molecules and dissolved salts from produced water that can be used for agricultural applications, at a similar cost to deep earth injection.
Melanin Technologies, LLC
Patent pending, first-in-class small molecule compounds for the treatment of patients suffering from multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria and fungal infections. The global antibiotic resistance market size was valued at USD 7.81 billion in 2017 and estimated to have a CAGR of 5.6% from 2018 to 2025.
NICX, LLC
Proprietary software platform and algorithms that can be integrated into hospitals’ and clinicians’ electronic medical record (EMR) systems to better help patients stop using tobacco products by matching patients to the variety of treatment options available.
OptoAI, LLC
Patent pending technology incorporates proprietary machine learning algorithms and enables primary care providers to screen patients at risk of developing diabetic retinopathy, a condition that causes vision loss and blindness among people with diabetes.
Scivince, LLC
Multi-axis 3D printing is an innovative technology that can enhance the functionality of 3D print products, particularly in industries such as aerospace, healthcare, and automotive. Utilizing synchronized printheads configured orthogonally offers the ability to customize the orientation and material of print segments and layers, enabling businesses to create products tailored to their customers' specific needs.
Technologies
Swing Plane Trainer
Patented device that is an adjustable surface with a built-in tee, used by players and coaches, to create high efficiency batter swings on a swing plane optimized for a particular pitch location within the strike zone, that creates better launch angles and back spin that will result in more doubles/triples/home runs.
Noise Dampening Metastructures Technology
Patent pending noise dampening structures for airline, automotive, HVAC and other industry manufacturers that significantly attenuates the amount of low-frequency noise emission via lightweight, compact materials to either meet existing and upcoming regulatory requirements or provide a quieter operating or living experience.
Waste to Energy Gasifier Technology
Patented downdraft gasifier system capable of converting municipalities’, waste management companies’, military bases’ low bulk density carbonaceous materials such yard waste or sorted municipal solid waste into a low tar syngas used to generate electricity, turning waste stream costs into carbon neutral energy.
In-Place Meat Grinder Sanitation Technology
Patent pending technology that effectively and efficiently sanitizes industrial meat processing companies’ meat grinders, that lowers their operating costs and significantly reduces the risk of food borne pathogens, such as E. coli, from reaching distributors and retailers without operations interruption.
COVID-19 Test Technology
Patent pending recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA)-based diagnostic test for collection, sample handling, storage, and rapid diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 for diagnostic laboratories and point of care providers that provides a highly sensitive yet inexpensive diagnostic to help fight the current pandemic.
Melanin-Inspired Antimicrobial Technology
Patent pending antimicrobial compounds made from melanin for the treatment of patients suffering from multidrug resistant (MDR) gram positive bacterial and fungal infections. The world treatment market for gram-positive MDR bacteria is estimated in the billions of dollars.
Research Writing Software as a Service
Proprietary, cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) platform that assists university faculty and students, utilizing artificial intelligence algorithms, how to write strong research papers within a specific research field, increasing the likelihood of published papers and new research funding being awarded.
Cold Plasma Skin and Wound Care Technology
Patent pending handheld/portable device technology that aims to provide veterinarians and doctors a pre- and post-surgery tool that generates cold plasma reactive gas species from air that kills pathogens safely and effectively to decrease risk of infections and speed wound healing.
Immunotherapy Treatment for Cancer
Patent pending, combination immunotherapy validated in small animal models for the treatment of drug resistant tumors including malignant melanoma and pancreatic cancer.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Treatment
Patent pending gene therapeutic in the preclinical stage of development for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an orphan condition with high unmet need that causes 40,000 deaths annually in the United States.
Novel THC Analogues for Treating High Unmet Need Conditions
Series of patent pending synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) derivatives with the potential to treat a number of unmet need conditions including pain, neurodegenerative diseases and inflammation.
Paper-Based, Electrochemical Biomarker Sensor Technology
A patent pending, paper-based, label-free, electrochemical sensor that detects clinically relevant biomarkers, used by in vitro diagnostics (IVD) laboratories and point of care facilities that enable convenient, cost-effective and highly sensitive health diagnosis and real-time monitoring of patients’ health status.
Inhaler Lung Modeling
A virtual human testing software platform for inhalers that aims to quickly and easily quantify the performance of inhalers to bring innovative new products to market in less time and at lower cost.
Intelligent Homecare System
Intelligent Homecare System is a low-cost, portable device with sensing, computation and communication capabilities for elderly or patient care in a home environment that provides companionship, messaging and health monitoring functions, in addition to allowing caregivers or family members to remotely provide care services.
Distillation Fault Detection and Diagnostic Software
Developing an advanced software for real-time monitoring and fault diagnosis in industrial distillation, a critical process in chemical and refining industries that significantly impacts U.S. energy consumption. The solution automates the analysis of process data, ensuring distillation systems operate optimally with high efficiency and capacity.
Recycled Plastics for Pallets
R-Polyblend,” is a combination of post-consumer polypropylene and PET and PP carpet and single-use polyolefins such as PET, PP and HDPE that can be molded into composite panels using low-cost fabrication techniques such as compression molding. This would provide low-cost, sustainable composites with strength and stiffness that would contribute to commercial products such as pallets and acoustic panels.
Photo Biodegradable Plastics
Photo-bio-degradable polymers as a cost-effective, environmentally friendly alternative to conventional plastics, with the unique ability to transform into highly biodegradable forms through solar radiation, thereby overcoming the limitations of existing biodegradable and compostable options.
Photolytic Hydrogen Generation
Photoelectrochemical device for commercial hydrogen production through water splitting that preliminarily has achieved a 5.6% light-to-hydrogen efficiency.
Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings Technology
A thermal energy storage system that aims to provide homeowners and commercial building owners reductions in electricity expenditures that provides an attractive payback and return on the initial system cost.
Metallic Nanoparticles for Energy Applications
Metallic nanoparticles that can replace precious-metal nanoparticles (Pt) for catalytic applications. This new family of materials is termed as multi-principal element alloys due to the presence of multiple metals in high concentrations. The technique using ultrafast laser enables manufacturing of such multielement nanoparticles of varied sizes and compositions tailorable to the various energy.