About Us
It’s all about collaboration.
When the right teams come together, great things are possible.
Our Story
We understand the frustration that comes with trying to find expert researchers perfectly suited to the needs of the project. Researchers that have the right field expertise; the ability to work well with industry; experience with the specific methodologies, techniques or systems required, amongst many other factors.
If any of these elements are lacking, so too is the likelihood that the research will come up short.
As scientists, we wanted to find a more efficient academic partner matching process. With this in mind, we established Academix and created proprietary machine learning algorithms that take into account previously undervalued factors while looking at research needs and potential collaborations holistically.
Discovery of external innovation and academic partners is time-consuming and highly subjective. We want to help you find the perfect collaboration for your specific R&D needs.
Alon Vitenshtein, Ph.D
CBO & Co-Founder
Alon is an experienced immunologist with a strong research background in adaptive and innate immune systems. He was awarded his Ph.D in Immunology and now focuses his energy on developing advanced technology to accelerate R&D, drug, and product development. As a second-time founder of an academic research-centered start-up, he has focused his expertise on marketing, business strategy and development.
Yoav Bauman, Ph.D
CEO & Co-Founder
Yoav is an experienced web entrepreneur and has founded three successful start-ups all focusing on creating web technologies for the commercialization and success of scientific research. He was awarded his Ph.D in biomedical research and is considered an expert in the field of metagenomics, virology, and immunotherapy with vast experience in diverse research methodologies and techniques.
Roy Granit Ph.D
CTO & Founder
Roy has been involved in successfully developing various web platforms to expedite scientific discovery and is a third-time start-up founder. He heads web development, machine learning and natural language processing technology efforts at Academix. He was awarded his Ph.D in biomedical research with speciality in genomics & bioinformatics. His expertise lies in cancer research, translational genomics and transcriptomics, high-throughput screening and single-cell analysis.
Stuart Bernstein, B.Sc., M.S.M.
Director of Business Development
Stuart is a seasoned Business Development and Marketing professional with over 30 years experience in the Healthcare and Ed-Tech business environments, including the launch of Israel’s first ethical drug, R&D commercialization of medical devices, and sales management of medical devices and an award-winning platform for science education, which has been gained working in corporate, start-up, government and research environments.