September 6 , 2023: IU Ventures Makes Follow-On Investment In Indiana-Based Amplified Sciences
August 24, 2023: CEO Diana Caldwell in Chicago for the Keiretsu Forum Midwest late summer Forum at the University Club of Chicago
August 18, 2023: Pepperdine’s Most Fundable Companies – Graziadio Business School features article on 2021 alum Amplified Sciences earning National Cancer Institute SBIR grant
August 8, 2023: Purdue-based company receives $400,000 NIH-NCI SBIR grant to research early diagnosis of cancer, (as published in Yahoo News)
Aug 8, 2023: VisionTech Partners announces investments in female led startups including Amplified Sciences
July 26, 2023: Amplified Sciences’ Director of Research and Technology Daniel Sheik presents a poster at AACC 2023 in Anaheim, California
July 14, 2023: Amplified Sciences welcomes to the team, Dr. Rashmi Shrivastava, as a business operations intern
July 12, 2023: Amplified Sciences receives the $400,000 NCI grant to improve early detection of pancreatic cancer (Press Release)
July 3, 2023: Amplified Sciences publication featured in Biosensors : “A Prototype Assay Multiplexing SARS-CoV-2 3CL-Protease and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 for Saliva-Based Diagnostics in COVID-19” in collaboration with Purdue University and UCSF
June 28, 2023 : Amplified Sciences hires experienced scientist Mini Thomas, PhD, as Principal Scientist (Press Release)
June 9, 2023: The University of Colorado’s Cancer Center invites Amplified Sciences to share research on assay at their 2023 Pancreatic Retreat
May 31, 2023: CEO Caldwell visited St. Louis Arch Angels, a $100 million investor network, for their pitch event
May 26, 2023: The Startup Ladies hosts Caldwell’s “Startup Investing 101” talk where she shares Amplified Sciences’ work
May 23, 2023: Caldwell presents a pitch update to angel investors for the Houston Angel Network, the most active angel network in the USA
April 27, 2023: Amplified Sciences chosen as one of two startups to present to VisionTech Partners pitch event
April 26, 2023: The Indiana Small Business Development Center chose Amplified Sciences as a recipient of the Indiana Technical Assistance Program
April 13, 2023: InvestMidwest selected Amplified Sciences to pitch at its MedTech session, alongside 29 companies in St. Louis.
March 16, 2023: For the second year in a row, Amplified Sciences wins in the Innovators Pitch Challenge at the Life Science Nation conference
March 15, 2023: LabPulse features Amplified Sciences’ vision and our dye-based tests for early detection of pancreatic cancer
January 16, 2023: Amplified Sciences welcomes Sydney Hummel, Purdue University intern for the spring semester who will be working in the West Lafayette R&D lab as a research technician
December 14, 2022: Amplified Sciences featured in December 14-15 midwest.tech/connect Virtual Summit partnering meetings sponsored by Sandalphon Capital
September 21, 2022: Amplified Sciences presenting during RESI Boston- featured as an Innovator’s Pitch Challenge finalist
September 20, 2022: Amplified Sciences featured in the Kinetic startup pitch session sponsored by Elevate Ventures
September 15, 2022: Amplified Sciences selected to join Endless Frontier Labs 2022-2023 cohort sponsored by NYU Stern School of Business
September 15, 2022: Amplified Sciences’ Daniel Sheik, PhD, featured in the Purdue Pathfinder interview series spotlighting successful scientists
July 28, 2022: Amplified Sciences celebrates summer intern Aletea vanVeldhuisen during Indiana Intern Day sponsored by Work and Learn INdiana
July 28, 2022: Amplified Sciences selected to present at the MedInvest Oncology Conference and participate in investor meetings June 28-30, 2022
July 21, 2022: Amplified Sciences chosen to present at the virtual Landmark Venture Forum sponsored by NIH and Morgan Stanley
June 6, 2022: Manuscript accepted for publication in Diagnostics in the Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics section entitled Translation of a Protease Turnover Assay for Clinical Discrimination of Mucinous Pancreatic Cysts
June 2, 2022: Amplified Sciences to Present Abstract at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (Press Release)
April 28, 2022: Amplified Sciences forms a team to support patients with pancreatic cancer in the PanCAN Purplestride Indianapolis walk on April 30th
April 27, 2022: Amplified Sciences featured in the Renaissance Capital UnDemo Day featuring Midwest diverse startups
April 21, 2022: Seed Funding is Sprouting up all Kinds of New Companies (as seen in BuildingIndiana.com)
April 13, 2022: Caldwell presents in Anaheim at MD&M West in an Investment Showcase sponsored by Chemical Angel Network
February 24, 2022: 10th Annual Texas Life Science Forum selects Amplified Sciences as one of 45 startups in pitch contest in Houston
February 10, 2022: Life Science Nations features Amplified Sciences in an interview with Diana Caldwell by Rory McCann – Making a Difference One Impression at a Time
January 20, 2022: Amplified Sciences wins first place in the Life Science Nation @ J.P. Morgan Innovative Pitch Contest among 54 participating companies
January 11, 2022: Amplified Sciences chosen for the Oncology Diagnostics Innovator’s Pitch Challenge at RESI @JP Morgan
November 23, 2021: Amplified Sciences featured in entrepreneur.com – “Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s Most Fundable Companies of 2021″
November 11, 2021: Diana Caldwell featured panelist in Foundry Ignite Lunch and Learn
November 10, 2021: Amplified Sciences wins one of three crowd favorites among the Pepperdine’s Most Fundable Companies
November 1, 2021: Purdue Foundry Network Blog Feature: Diana Caldwell of Amplified Sciences
October 26, 2021: Pismo Ventures National Venture Plan Competition 2021 chooses Amplified Sciences for their life science track
October 26, 2021: Louisville-based Xlerate Health welcomes Amplified Sciences as a new affiliate startup
October 20, 2021: IU Ventures’ investment helps fuel continued growth of Indiana-based life sciences startup and newly named ‘Most Fundable’ company
October 19, 2021: Purdue Life Sciences Startup Named to ‘Most Fundable’ List (as seen in Inside Indiana Business) and Amplified Sciences, a life science diagnostic company, named to Most Fundable Companies list (from the Purdue Newsroom)
October 14, 2021: Amplified Sciences Earns Most Fundable Company Designation by Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (Press Release)
September 24, 2021: IU Ventures Portfolio Company Spotlight features Diana Caldwell, CEO Amplified Sciences
September 22, 2021: You Have to be Nimble Leading a Startup (article from StartupBlogpost.com)
September 7, 2021: Amplified Sciences’ Caldwell included in the Elevate Ventures 1H 2021 Indiana Venture Report – Diversity Feature spotlighting diverse investors and founders of venture-backed companies across Indiana
August 31, 2021: Startups – at the Heart of Indiana Life Sciences (Caldwell Perspectives article from Inside Indiana Business)
August 26, 2021: Purdue Startup Closes Seed Funding Round
August 25, 2021: OCA Ventures completes Amplified Sciences’ $1.8M seed round (from the Purdue Newsroom)
August 23, 2021: Best Startup US Names Amplified Sciences Among the Top 101 Indiana Health Care Companies and Startups of 2021
August 12, 2021: Kinetic Conference sponsored by Elevate Ventures features Diana Caldwell, CEO of Amplified Sciences in panel on Fundraising Strategies from Seed to Series A
July 28, 2021 : Amplified Sciences chosen to present during the OnRamp Impact Virtual Conference July 27-28 hosted by gener8tor
July 27, 2021 : Amplified Sciences earns semi-finalist status in the prestigious Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Most Fundable Companies program
June 28, 2021 : Amplified Sciences hires experienced chemist Daniel A. Sheik , PhD, as Director of Research and Technology (Press Release)
May 3, 2021 : Amplified Sciences featured in the Elevate Ventures 2020 Annual Report: Resilience, Character, and Perseverance
April 27, 2021 : Amplified Sciences selected to present at the UNMET Utah May 2021 virtual conference attracting 60 of the fastest-growing seed and Series A startups from Utah and around the country, co-hosted by Kickstart Fund and Stout Street Capital
April 19, 2021 : Amplified Sciences chosen as 1 of 8 semifinalists for the $50K bioLOGIC Innovation Awards for startups tackling public health problems (Press Release)
April 15, 2021 : Amplified Sciences’ CEO featured in iTeam video featuring Indiana startup CEOs.
April 12, 2021 : 2020 Indiana Life Sciences Capital Report published by BioCrossroads features Amplified Sciences
March 26, 2021 : Amplified Sciences invited to be featured in MedCity News Invest Conference April 19-23, 2021 alongside 9 other startups in an “Ask The Investor” roundtable meeting
March 12, 2021 : Purdue Foundry honors Women’s History month featuring lifescience CEO’s including Diana Caldwell on March 12th
February 25, 2021 : Ocean Insight holds Grant Program Virtual Awards Ceremony showcasing seven award recipients
February 23, 2021 : Amplified Sciences featured as one of three portfolio companies during the IU Ventures Annual meeting with close to 200 participants
February 3, 2021 : Amplified Sciences Winner of Ocean Insight Grant – Earning $10k Merit Silver Award (Press Release)
January 28, 2021 : Purdue-Affiliated Life Science Diagnostic Startup is Focusing on Detecting and Pre-empting the Risk of Cancer (News coverage video from Star City News reporter Dave North)
January 19, 2021 : Amplified Sciences selected as one of the Grant Finalists in Ocean Insight’s spectral technology grant program
November 6, 2020: Life Sciences Demo Day co-sponsored by Purdue University – Notre Dame University features 8 startups including Amplified Sciences
October 23, 2020: Q Bay Accelerator Program in Silicon Valley focused on diagnostics and personalized medicine startups chooses Amplified Sciences for 2020 cohort (Video)
October 13, 2020: Amplified Sciences Presents at BIO Investor Forum (Press Release)
September 25, 2020: Largest Pitch Event in Indiana – 12th Annual Innovation Showcase from Venture Club of Indiana – features 20 startups during October 6th virtual event
September 15, 2020: Amplified Sciences 1 of 10 “Diagnostics and Beyond” finalists in the BUZZ OF BIO Investor Forum event
September 8, 2020: Amplified Sciences featured in inaugural midwest.tech/connect Virtual Summit sponsored by Sandalphon Capital
August 5, 2020: Amplified Sciences attracts second IU Ventures investment – IU Angel Network
August 3, 2020: Crimson Catalyst Blog – Indiana life sciences startup wins judges’, audience awards at international event
July 30, 2020: Indy Startup Wins National Pitch Competition
July 27, 2020: Who won the MedCity INVEST Pitch Perfect competition?
July 24, 2020: Today at MedCity INVEST virtual: Diagnostics startups take the spotlight in the pitching contest
July 23, 2020: Diagnostic startup sees growing interest, funding for disease detection tests
July 7, 2020: Crimson Catalyst Blog – Amplified Sciences named to National Institutes of Health program
June 30, 2020: Meet the 5 diagnostics finalists for MedCity INVEST Pitch Perfect contest July 20-24
June 8, 2020: Amplified Sciences selected by NIH – National Cancer Institute for prestigious Application Assistance Program
April 30, 2020: Life science startup targeting pancreatic cancer receives IU Philanthropic Venture Fund investment (from the IU Newsroom)
April 23, 2020: Amplified Sciences Exceeds Seed Round Goal, Raising Nearly $1 Million
February 27, 2020: Two Purdue-affiliated life sciences startups receive Foundry Investment Fund support for detection technologies
February 25, 2020: Amplified Sciences chosen to pitch during FoundryX event in Fishers, Indiana
February 21, 2020: CEO Diana Caldwell presents during the Kelley Life Sciences event series “Capital Makes the (Life Sciences) World Go ‘Round”
February 17, 2020: Five Life Science Startups selected to attend the bioLOGIC Foundation Pitch Day finals in Louisville
February 1, 2020: Diana Caldwell featured keynote speaker at the entrepreneurHER event run by Purdue University students
December 18, 2019: Amplified Sciences chosen as startup for inaugural Elevate Ventures Origins Accelerator program
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