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Industry
Architects: Small & Medium Size Business (SMBs), Product Development, De-Risking, Validation, Building Niche & Emerging Markets
*Architects: Telemedicine_mHealth, Mobile Apps, Smartphones & Wearables

MicroCHIPS, Inc.

Parents

*Architects: Drug Delivery
*Architects: Telemedicine_mHealth, Mobile Apps, Smartphones & Wearables
*Industry: Massachusetts
*Portfolio Companies: Boston Scientific:
*Portfolio Companies: Care Capital
*Portfolio Companies: IDG Ventures
*Portfolio Companies: Intersouth
*Portfolio Companies: Polaris Venture
2012: These 9 startups belong in a futurist’s guide to health technology (infographic) (2012)
BAN (Body Area Network)
Companies: Acquired_(M&A)
CSK Venture Capital Co.,Ltd.
Finance & Acquisitions: Dare
Portfolio Companies: Medtronic

"On Demand Therapeutics"
2019: Daré Bioscience Enters into Agreement to Acquire Microchips Biotech Including Its First-in-Class Wireless, User-Controlled Drug Delivery Platform
Announced a $13.4 million dollar round of investment funding led by Novartis Venture Fund.
Bedford, Massachusetts
Company aims to enable patients and clinicians to monitor and control implanted drug dispensing chips via wireless technology.
CSK Venture Capital of Japan also joined existing MicroCHIPS investors Polaris Venture Partners, IDG Ventures, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Intersouth Partners and Boston University Community Technology Fund i
First wirelessly controlled drug-delivery chip successfully tested (2012)
Founded 1999
InterWest Partners joined previous investors Polaris Venture Partners, Flybridge Capital Partners, Novartis and Medtronic.(2010)
MicroCHIPS designs and develops implantable silicon microchips to dispense medicine to the body or to deliver chemicals for use in healthcare
This third round of funding brings the company’s total funding to just north of $70 million (2010)
Trials will focus on patients with diabetes and osteoporosis.