title: Bikanta
text: # Bikanta
  
  Bikanta is a startup biotech company that develops clinical products which focus on the detection of cancer through the insertion of fluorescent nanodiamonds.
  
  ## History
  
  The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Berkeley, California. Bikanta raised $120k in seed funding in 2014. In 2014, Bikanta participated in the Y Combinator program and was one of four companies backed by Y Combinator.
  
  ## Awards and recognitions
  
  * Named one of four Best Diagnostic startups by QB3.
  * Won first place at the 11th Annual Business Plan Competition of The Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit.
  * Participated in the California Life Sciences Institute's FAST Advisory Program.
  