Claremont
The breakdown
3 startups on file in Claremont, spanning Healthcare, B2B, 2 of 3 have disclosed funding, $2.8M combined.
- Synedgen, Inc. — Healthcare, $1.8M raised.
- BRT Biotechnologies, Inc. — Healthcare, Series A, $1.0M raised, founded 2021.
- Shoes That Fit — B2B.
A bit of history
Claremont grew up around Pomona College, founded in 1887 and relocated to the town's vacant Hotel Claremont building in 1890. Under President James A. Blaisdell's "Group Plan," Pomona became the seed for a consortium of independent colleges sharing a campus, with Scripps College added in 1926, Claremont McKenna in 1946, Harvey Mudd in 1955, and Pitzer in 1963. That cluster, now known as the Claremont Colleges, shaped the city's identity as a small, tree-lined academic town rather than an industrial or commercial center.
$1.8MSynedgen develops first-in-class therapeutics that improve patient outcomes by promoting barrier function to repair mucosal injury, with their lead asset MIIST305 aimed at repairing GI mucosal injury.
Series A$1.0MBRT Biotechnologies provides high-quality macrocycle libraries using its proprietary BRiTeCycle® platform to advance drug discovery and enable rapid identification of promising drug leads for treating hard-to-drug targets.
Shoes That Fit provides new shoes to children in need across the country.