< ICeNd >

We are ICeNd - a newborn startup with an ambition to be the next generation leader in artificial lives (AL). We created sub-25 nm nanofluidic channels, quantum materials, and physics-driven AI as building blocks of artificial lives. Nanofluidics runs water transport in tree, moves muscles in animals, and processes molecules through cellular nanopores. ICeNd aims to commericialise sustainable AL with nanofluidics, quantum materials, and quantum mechanical softwares. The application of AL are molecular processing, on-site molecular diagnostics and therapy, and energy material discovery. This is possible in conjunction with the Nobel prize winning achievements of superresolution optical microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. 

While our vision of AL is futuristic for the sustainability of humanity on earth and outside earth, the individual building blocks of the AL have highly demanding markets. Our current MVPs Universal Nanodevices or UNanoD enable real-time molecular studies for drug discovery, structural biology, material discovery, and pollution sensing at the precision of single molecule level. UNanoD Fluid is at TRL8 performing real-time single molecule detection with photons and electrons. UNanoD Solid is at TRL6 performing real-time nano-mechano-electrical signals. 

While we are backed up by top notch international knowledge partners, such as University of Cambridge, Harvard University, University of Oxford, and Max Planck Institutes, our local collaborations in The Netherlands with Thermo Fisher Scientific Eindhoven, Leiden University and Utrecht University strengthen our technological and business base in Eindhoven.



ICeNd produces nanoDs




nanoDimensions at 4D

nanoDiffusions 

nanoDiffractions

nanoDroplets

nanoDigitisers

nanoDiagnostics

nanoDevices





A semiconductor quantum nanofluid company 





>> ahead of time universal technologies for computing, sensing, therapeutics, and many more






>> ICeNd is a semiconductor quantum nanofluid company creating paradigm shifting universal nanodevices for smart detection of ultrasmall motions in real-time to impact the field of biology, quantum engineering, energy, metrology, 

and many more









ICeNd is a spin-off from


Open Academic Research Group


International Max Planck Research School for Physics of Biological & Complex Systems Göttingen


University of Cambridge


Indian Institute of Science Bangalore





Co-founded in 2021 






Chief Executive Officer                     
MOUMITA GHOSH, PhD [♀]She has a PhD in Nanoengineering for Integrated Systems, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Postdoctoral Researcher,  University of Goettingen & Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science; Scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific Eindhoven.






Chief Operating Officer                   
KV CHINMAYA, MSc [♂]He has worked on mathematical biology and  cryo-electron microscopy in the Open Academic Research Council and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. He received a MSc Physics and BSc Physics (Hons) from the Bangalore University.






Chief Scientific Officer                      
SIDDHARTH GHOSH, PhD [♂]He has a PhD in Physics, International Max Planck Research School for Physics of Biological and Complex Systems; Postdoctoral Researcher, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science & Leiden Institute of Physics; German Research Foundation Fellow at the University of Cambridge; Director of Open Academic Research Council and Open Academic Research UK CIC.






CHAIRMAN                                          
G MOHAN RAO, PhD [♂]He is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Physics and Instrumentation, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. He has pioneered in plasma physics and ultravacuum research and developed and produced over 200 technologies.






ADVISORS
Uday Phadke, PhDDr Uday Phadke’s experience spans three key areas: commercial firms enabled by science and technology, academic research and teaching in technology and business, and the design and promotion of national and international innovation initiatives. His primary strength is in creating and delivering vision-based change underpinned by detailed analysis. MA Engineering at Trinity College, Cambridge followed by a PhD at the University of Sussex where he also held an industry-funded Research Fellowship.




Brian Corbett, MBATransformed a geeky, niche, scientific spin-out from Cambridge University, into a global leader for telephony based speech recognition that was ultimately acquired by Microsoft. Entropic was selling speech technology products to a small number of computer scientists in specialist institutions around the world - we had 100% of a niche market with limited growth; re-positioned the company's business strategy to focus on an emerging global opportunity for speech technology in the telephony environment (call centres, automated transaction management and the voiceweb). Along the way, he restructured the company and secured VC funding from top firms in the UK and USA (Amadeus Capital Partners and Oak Investment Partners).




Sumantra Sen, MBASumantra Sen is a senior management executive, with over 25 years of progressive experience in managing global client portfolios and leading strategic transition of investment programs while working with financial organizations such as ABN AMRO and Bank of America. He is a specialist in Responsible Finance, with expertise in harnessing innovation and partnerships for managing complex investment scenarios. In his current roles, he engages with development institutions, government agencies, investors and businesses in advancing best practices in ESG and Impact Investing.





Abhijit Majumdar, CSFormerly with SEBI specialises in corporate law and criminal law.




Centre for Policy Insight and EvaluationDedicated to reducing the gap between policy practitioners and academic scholars through a combination of a participatory undertaking of scientific research or research in social science or statistical research and strategic outreach across the governments and universities within and outside of India.





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ICeNd is headquartered in Eindhoven - the high-tech and innovation hub of the Netherlands. 
ICeNd has an engineering and manufacturing site in Bangalore - India's innovation hub. 





Strengths





We are supported by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), The Royal Society, Max Planck Society, Lower Saxony Ministry of Science, Culture (Niedersächsischen Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur), and Ministry of Human Resource Development/The Government of India.
Our knowledge partners are the University of Cambridge, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, University of Göttingen, and University of Leeds.