Faculty are very busy as they teach courses, conduct research, mentor undergraduate and graduate students and post-docs, write grants, publish papers and participate on committees. These researchers are interested in growing their fledgling startups by adding skills which complement their own and will help to propel their startups to new heights.

If you are interested in participating, please plan on attending either in person or online. Stay tuned for the next Miner Founder Match.

Students Connect with Startups

Miner Founder Match, September 10, 2025, 3:30-5 pm, Innovation Lab, room 120

We had 34 people (22 undergrads) show up for Miner Founder Match on September 7, 2025 where 6 companies pitched. Students were highly engaged with 38 signups to join those startups with many students signing up to join more than one company.
Miner Founder Match - Students and founder talking
Miner Founder Match - Students and founders talking
Miner Founder Match - Presentation from Founder
Miner Founder Match - Students and founders talking
Miner Founder Match - Founder presentation
Miner Founder Match - Founder and students talking
Miner Founder Match - Founder presentation
Miner Founder Match - Founder presentation
Miner Founder Match - Founder presentation
Miner Founder Match - Founders talking to students

Startups

Overview:

PulsePoint AI, a veteran-led, Missouri S&T-anchored initiative, pioneers a quantum-safe AI ecosystem for U.S. DoD and commercial sectors. PulsePoint leverages NVIDIA, Qryptonic, and Oracle to seize the $18B quantum-AI market by 2028 [McKinsey, 2024].

Seeking:

VP Sales and Marketing; skills-marketing, sales, product development, financial, market capture.

Contact:

Major General Samuel C. Mahaney (Ret.), smn2w@mst.edu

Overview:

BurnHeal is a next-generation bioactive dressing for second-degree burns treatment at home and clinics, developed by LF Printech, a Missouri S&T–anchored biotech startup. Designed to relieve pain, prevent infection, and reduce scarring, BurnHeal provides up to 10-day moisture retention, painless reapplication, and enhanced aesthetic outcomes. It targets a $650M underserved burn wound market with a novel IP-protected hydrogel formulation that bridges engineering and clinical needs.

Seeking:

Seed round investment to complete FDA 510(k) submission, initiate manufacturing design and scaleup, and company runway. Seeking strategic partners in regulatory, HR, reimbursement strategies, clinical trials, and go-to-market.

Contact:

Dr. Fateme Fayyazbakhsh f.fba@mst.edu www.lfprintech.com

Overview:

SmarTreatMate is an AI-powered, privacy-preserving clinical decision support system designed to improve personalized treatment planning for cancer patients using advanced survival analysis techniques. Developed at Missouri S&T, SmarTreatMate utilizes federated learning to train predictive models across multiple cancer centers without transferring sensitive patient data. The system addresses real-world challenges such as data heterogeneity, institutional silos, and lack of personalized treatment guidance in oncology.

Seeking:

Co-founder or technical collaborator with expertise in machine learning (especially federated learning and survival models), cloud computing, data security, and healthcare systems integration (e.g., EHR interoperability). Experience with HIPAA/GDPR compliance and AI model deployment in clinical settings is a plus.

Contact:

Navid Seidi, nseidi@mst.edu

Overview:

FarmVates is a Missouri S&T spun Agentic-AI Agtech venture to serve perishable (specialty) crop growers and stakeholders across the agri-food tech value chain. With AI-powered multi-stakeholders operating SaaS, our family of intelligent assistants manages pests & diseases, generates compliance reports, forecasts yield, and helps growers access inputs, finances, and premium buyers, all from one dashboard.

Seeking:

AI Product Engineer; Embedded System Engineer; Sales & Customer Development Lead; Agri-Food Market/Partnership Expert; Finance & Operations Strategist

Contact:

Vishesh Tanwar, vishesh.tanwar@mst.edu

Overview:

NeuroTech Sense, Missouri S&T-anchored initiative, pioneers design and development of non-enzymatic biosensors for detecting neurochemicals in peripheral body fluids such as tear, sweat, and saliva.

Seeking:

Sales and Marketing team members; skills-marketing, know-how of medical devices, product development.

Contact:

Manashi Nath, nathm@mst.edu

Overview:

MagnA Cement is a Missouri S&T–anchored cleantech venture developing a carbon-negative magnesium-based alternative cement with a verified carbon footprint of at least –0.22 metric tons of CO2 per ton of cement. Designed as a direct, drop-in replacement for Portland cement, MagnA Cement maintains full compatibility with existing construction practices, enabling builders to decarbonize without costly retooling or retraining. By transforming abundant magnesium-rich feedstocks (e.g., serpentine and olivine-rich tailings) and industrial byproducts into high-performance binders, MagnA Cement delivers structural performance equal to or exceeding Portland cement while permanently storing CO2 in concrete infrastructure and buildings.

Seeking:

CEO and marketing team member(s).

Contact:

Dr. Hongyan Ma, mahon@mst.edu

For more information, please contact ckarslake@mst.edu.