Ara Katz

Our mission is to improve human health by collecting, organizing and making accessible the worlds largest collection of deep-phenotype multi-omics datasets, and by enabling others to do the same

LUCA Biologics is a biotechnology company developing a new class of living medicines targeting the vaginal microbiome to impact reproductive and urogenital health. Emerging from the lab of Dr. Jacques Ravel, Primary Investigator on the vaginal microbiome division of the NIHs Human Microbiome Project, our platform takes a metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approach to the identification, screening and validation of strains with therapeutic potential. Our pipeline includes therapeutics for urinary tract infection (UTI), preterm birth (PTB), bacterial vaginosis (BV), and infertility. LUCA Biologics is a Seed Health foundry company.

Meet your dedicated team of registered nurses, lactation consultants, doulas, and more. Mahmee delivers a truly comprehensive suite of in-person and virtual maternity support services that adapts to each family’s unique journey. Our offerings include in-person and virtual doula support to prepare for and recover from childbirth, in-person and virtual lactation appointments to address common infant feeding topics, in-home neonatal jaundice phototherapy treatment, and remote blood pressure monitoring for high-risk prenatal and postpartum patients. Every patient gets access to the Mahmee Membership for daily support groups, educational content, and messaging with their care providers in our iOS and Android apps. Mahmee is on a mission to make the US the best place in the world to give birth. Were committed to improving birth outcomes for Black and Indigenous mothers and infants, and empowering all families with the wraparound support they deserve during the pregnancy and postpartum period. Founded in 2014, Mahmee brings over a decade of expertise in designing data-driven maternity care solutions and partnering with health systems, hospitals and payers to produce industry-leading clinical outcomes and to reduce disparities in historically underserved communities. The company is backed by MaC Venture Capital, Muse Capital, the California Health Care Foundation, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Revolutions Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Episcopal Health Foundation of Texas, Illumen Capital, Backstage Capital, Serena Williams, Mark Cuban, and others. Discover how Mahmee is improving maternity healthcare at mahmee.com.

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Our mission is to improve human health by collecting, organizing and making accessible the worlds largest collection of deep-phenotype multi-omics datasets, and by enabling others to do the same

LUCA Biologics is a biotechnology company developing a new class of living medicines targeting the vaginal microbiome to impact reproductive and urogenital health. Emerging from the lab of Dr. Jacques Ravel, Primary Investigator on the vaginal microbiome division of the NIHs Human Microbiome Project, our platform takes a metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approach to the identification, screening and validation of strains with therapeutic potential. Our pipeline includes therapeutics for urinary tract infection (UTI), preterm birth (PTB), bacterial vaginosis (BV), and infertility. LUCA Biologics is a Seed Health foundry company.

Meet your dedicated team of registered nurses, lactation consultants, doulas, and more. Mahmee delivers a truly comprehensive suite of in-person and virtual maternity support services that adapts to each family’s unique journey. Our offerings include in-person and virtual doula support to prepare for and recover from childbirth, in-person and virtual lactation appointments to address common infant feeding topics, in-home neonatal jaundice phototherapy treatment, and remote blood pressure monitoring for high-risk prenatal and postpartum patients. Every patient gets access to the Mahmee Membership for daily support groups, educational content, and messaging with their care providers in our iOS and Android apps. Mahmee is on a mission to make the US the best place in the world to give birth. Were committed to improving birth outcomes for Black and Indigenous mothers and infants, and empowering all families with the wraparound support they deserve during the pregnancy and postpartum period. Founded in 2014, Mahmee brings over a decade of expertise in designing data-driven maternity care solutions and partnering with health systems, hospitals and payers to produce industry-leading clinical outcomes and to reduce disparities in historically underserved communities. The company is backed by MaC Venture Capital, Muse Capital, the California Health Care Foundation, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Revolutions Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Episcopal Health Foundation of Texas, Illumen Capital, Backstage Capital, Serena Williams, Mark Cuban, and others. Discover how Mahmee is improving maternity healthcare at mahmee.com.

Seed Health is a microbiome science company pioneering applications of microbes for human and planetary health. In collaboration with leading academic researchers, we advance breakthrough discoveries in microbial sciences across a pipeline of novel therapeutics, consumer health innovations and environmental solutions. All consumer innovations in probiotics are commercialized under Seed®.