Startup Company In Short Hills Nets Health Care Grant From State

MILLBURN-SHORT HILLS, NJ — A startup company in Short Hills nailed down a state grant to help make New Jersey safer for infants and their mothers, officials announced Wednesday.

Short Hills-based High Throughput Biology Inc. is among the 23 New Jersey companies that will split a combined $1.7 million in grants from the Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology.

According to a statement from the governor’s office, the grants support the research and development (R&D) of technologies, products and services that will “enhance the quality of care and service delivery activities to women, infants and health care agencies.”

Nearly 29 percent of the awardees are self-reported minority-owned startups, and 46 percent are self-reported women-owned businesses, officials said.

First Lady Tammy Murphy and New Jersey Economic Development Authority CEO Tim Sullivan each offered praise for the companies that earned grants.

“New Jersey is home to some of the most innovative startups in the nation, and it is a privilege to acknowledge their exciting new developments in maternal and infant health,” Murphy said.

“These grants will invest in vital programs, research, and services that will enhance the well-being of women and children, and reduce racial inequities in access to health care,” Sullivan said.

“Additionally, we are creating more opportunities for young, innovative businesses in the in the state, helping create jobs and a stronger, more diverse economy,” Sullivan added.

The following startups within New Jersey’s life sciences, technology and non-retail food and beverage sectors were each awarded grants of up to $75,000:

1. Neoventech, LLC (North Brunswick)
2. PONS (Newark)
3. Pumpkin Baby, Inc. (Lawrenceville)
4. Primo Pharmatech, LLC (Somerset)
5. NeoGeneStar, LLC (Warren)
6. HeraNano Therapeutics (Sewell)
7. Vitruviae, Inc. (Nutley)
8. UCHU Biosensors, Inc. (Newark)
9. Smartbody, LLC (Teaneck)
10. Thrivo Health, LLC (New Brunswick)
11. Delphine Diagnostics, LLC (Newark)
12. Gosia Genomics, Inc. (Kearny)
13. Mycsology Foods, Inc. (Princeton)
14. Ricovr Healthcare, Inc. (Princeton)
15. Quarks Advantage Group (Jersey City)
16. High Throughput Biology, Inc. (Short Hills)
17. Analytical Diagnostic Solutions, Inc. (Mount Laurel)
18. InteguRx Therapeutics, LLC (Califon)
19. Neoneur, LLC (Pennington)
20. Ability HUB, Inc. (Princeton)
21. AfsarTech, Inc. (Rutherford)
22. Within Health Technologies, LLC (Hopewell)
23. Medifvu, LLC (Somerset)

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