# Science Center

> Science Center is a VC fund in Philadelphia backing Health Care and Medical. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Philadelphia, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 86%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/science-center
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ucsciencecenter
- Website: http://www.sciencecenter.org
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-City-Science-Center/196

Science Center is a VC fund in Philadelphia focused on Health Care and Medical. The University City Science Center accelerates technology commercialization, regional economic development, and the market availability of life-enhancing scientific breakthroughs by bringing together innovations, scientists, entrepreneurs, funding, laboratory facilities, and business services. Established in 1963 and headquartered inPhiladelphia, PA, the Science Center was the first, and remains the largest, urban research park in the United States. Graduate organizations and current residents of the University City Science Center’s Port business incubators have created more than 15,000 jobs that remain in the Greater Philadelphia region today and contribute more than $9 billion to the regional economy annually.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 8 | 57% |
| Medical | 4 | 29% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 21% |
| Medical Device | 3 | 21% |
| Software | 2 | 14% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 43% |
| Seed | 4 | 29% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 93% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eamon Gallagher | Senior Director, Commercialization | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eamon-gallagher |
| Eli Velasquez | Capital Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eli-velasquez-c779 |
| Sandra McElligott | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandra-mcelligott-61c6 |
| Tiffany Wilson | President & Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiffany-wilson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MTDS | MTDS promotes health and wellness by providing services that mitigate the workload of its fellow medical institutions as well as providing resources to the community. |  | Seed | Jun 09, 2023 |  |
| Aware.ai | Aware.ai uses AI to create virtual support communities for women and connect them to resources during pregnancy. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 09, 2023 |  |
| EmpiricaLab | EmpiricaLab is a last-mile training, team-centric authoring, and knowledge platform focused on enabling peer learning for healthcare teams. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 09, 2023 |  |
| Steradian Technologies | Steradian Technologies is building a 30-second COVID-19 detection test. It uses focal point projection systems to recreate human eyesight and use photonics to detect pathogens in 30-seconds. |  | Seed | Jun 09, 2023 |  |
| Trace Orthopedics | Trace Orthopedics offers a medical device for tendon reattachment without surgery. They also offer a new, minimally invasive procedure by utilizing the interior space of a needle to accommodate a screw and wire coil implant. |  | Seed | Jun 09, 2023 |  |
| BioCurie | BioCurie is developing an artificial intelligence software platform to better cell and gene therapy. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 09, 2023 |  |
| Rubitection | Early skin health monitoring and care management system for wound care, dermatology, and cosmetics with initial application to the prevention of bedsores and diabetic foot ulcers.Mission: Rubitection's mission is to be the global standard system for skin health monitoring and care management for wounds and chronic dermatological skinconditions. Products: Rubitection's low cost easy to use hand held system that empowers anyone to monitor the health of their skin to identify a range of conditions early including bedsores, diabetic foot ulcers, vascular leg ulcers and chronic dermatological conditions. |  | Seed | Jun 09, 2023 |  |
| Taurus Vascular | Taurus Vascular is a medical device company focused on improving long-term outcomes for patients with aortic aneurysms. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jun 09, 2023 |  |
| Prana Thoracic | Houston-based medical device startup Prana Thoracic, Inc. is dedicated to developing solutions for early intervention in lung cancer. We are an experienced team of surgeons, engineers and entrepreneurs on a mission to tackle lung cancer; the #1 cancer killer in the US.The paradigm of screening, detection, and early intervention that has beendeployed in other major cancers has so far eluded lung cancer. As a result, only 16% of lung cancers are found at an early stage and the current 5-year survival rate is < 20%. Recent changes to lung cancer screening guidelines have illuminated a path to improving outcomes in lung cancer. However, these advances rely on excising suspicious nodules and providing sufficient tissue for definitive diagnosis. We believe this is the missing piece of the puzzle, and physicians need a new generation of surgical oncology tools for lung cancer.Prana Thoracic plans to revolutionize the early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer by making it easier and less invasive to deal with the rapidly growing number of early suspicious lung nodules; ensuring that we do not miss the window of opportunity to intervene early. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jun 08, 2023 |  |
| AB Fertitlity | AB Fertility develops products for reproductive medicine. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 08, 2023 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AccelerateBaltimore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acceleratebaltimore) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BioAdvance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bioadvance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Anges Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-quebec) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AQC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-qu%C3%A9bec-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-franklin-technology-partners-of-southeastern-pennsylvania) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlueTree Allied Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluetree-allied-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Science Center invest in?

Science Center invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Biotechnology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Science Center?

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### Who are the partners at Science Center?

The team at Science Center includes Eamon Gallagher (Senior Director, Commercialization), Eli Velasquez (Capital Advisor) and Sandra McElligott (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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