Akadeum Life Sciences, Inc.

United States - Ann Arbor, Michigan

• 04/06/2025
• Unknown
• $20,000,000

Akadeum Life Sciences® has developed a next generation platform that solves long-standing problems across cell therapy and other research, diagnostic and therapeutic markets. The proprietary buoyant microbubble technology platform addresses the need for high cell quality, scalability, time and workflow that current magnetic particle-based products commonly used in cell therapy manufacturing and research can’t address. The Company has several GMP grade and Clinical Ready kits to enable each stage of cell therapy manufacturers pipeline. Harnessing the microbubble capability, the Alerion™ Microbubble Cell Separation System enables cell isolation from tens of billions of cells in apheresis material in under an hour, significantly expanding capacity of manufacturers.

Akadeum is currently working with some of the largest corporations and forward-thinking leaders in the industry. The power of the Akadeum microbubble platform is an elegant and easy-to-use technology that can enable faster, more accurate, and scalable workflows to improve human health.

Better Isolations. Healthier Cells.

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Brandon McNaughtonFounder

United States - Ann Arbor, Michigan

As a tech entrepreneur, scientist and inventor, Brandon has devoted his career to adding value to early-stage technology development and startup companies. In his work, he focuses on transforming innovations from the idea stage to implementation.

In this effort, he has founded two high-tech startups: venture capital-backed Akadeum Life Sciences, Inc. and Life Magnetics, Inc. He currently serves as President and CEO of Akadeum. He also teaches the entrepreneurship practicum at the University of Michigan (UM) Center for Entrepreneurship.

Leading up to the founding of Akadeum, Brandon worked as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Detroit Innovate—an early-stage venture capital fund at Invest Detroit—and also as a Research Scientist at the University of Michigan.

In previous roles, including his position as a research faculty member in Biomedical Engineering at UM, he formed and led interdisciplinary research teams. Having performed award-winning research, Brandon received his PhD in Applied Physics from UM in 2007 and a BS in Physics from California State University Bakersfield in 2002.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhmcnaughton/