Impact Domains

Diagnostics + Healthcare + Biosecurity + Biosensing

DIAGNOSTICS WITHOUT COMPROMISES

Our nanoRTK platform delivers gold-standard performance levels in a simple, robust, and scalable device package, defining the category for next-gen diagnostic and biosensing platforms.

IN ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT

Semiconductor / Electrical & Electronics

SEMICONDUCTORS: LEVELED UP

Scalable and high-performance graphene + nanomaterial composites on industry-standard substrates to unlock next-gen semiconductor and E&E devices.

IN DEVELOPMENT

Power Electronics / Energy Storage

WE HAVE THE POWER

Large-scale graphene + nanomaterial composites with tunable characteristics for next-gen energy storage and power generation & transmission.

EARLY STAGE

COVID-19 nanoRTK

FROM GOOD (ENOUGH)
TO GOLD (STANDARD)

TAKE robust and proven lateral flow assay (LFA)
rapid-testing technology

ADD our advanced nSD graphene +
nanomaterials composite

RESULTS in sensitivity improvement by multiple
orders of magnitude

Gold standard performance without the drawbacks
of high cost, complexity, and fixed lab
infrastructure.

Our flagship COVID-19 nanoRTK reference
platform anchors our range of diagnostic and
biosensors systems.

Evolved from TRL9 technology launched and
operated by NASA for space biology.

An earlier version of this design was selected as one of 15 finalists (and the sole diagnostics-based solution) worldwide for the Health Security and Pandemic category in the MIT Solve 2020 Global Challenges competition. The submission also won the Community Award in that category, by popular vote.

(Test kit graphic is illustrative only, and may not reflect the latest implementation(s) currently in testing and development)

nanoSkunkWorkX (nSWX) is a Malaysian deep technology startup, founded by a former NASA Principal Investigator and a Wall Street veteran to bring high-impact nanotechnology to market, and make a dent in the universe! 

Our flagship product, currently in advanced development stages, is a next-gen diagnostics kit for COVID-19 having gold standard accuracy but at low cost, with near-instant results. The COVID-19 nanoRTK is being developed in collaboration with the Institute of Medical Research (IMR), under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH), and TIDREC@UM, the leader in Malaysia’s tropical infectious diseases research body and a prominent Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) under the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). 

We received seed funding from Kumpulan Modal Perdana (KMP), a deep technology venture capital firm under the Malaysian Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI). We are grateful to have also received financial support under an High Value Added & Complex Product Development Programme (HVA) grant from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad (MIDF).

Iqbal Shamsul
CEO + Co-Founder
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Vision

Strategy

Execution

Amani Salim, PhD
CTO + Co-Founder
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Technology

Science

Execution

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