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QSperm: Start the Revolution with us in San Francisco

QSperm is a medical device that has the potential to revolutionize infertility treatments - but we need your help!

QSperm: Start the Revolution with us in San Francisco

QSperm is a medical device that has the potential to revolutionize infertility treatments - but we need your help!

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Toronto, Canada

$693 USD $693 USD 12 backers

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Today, about 12% of couples worldwide cannot conceive naturally and have to turn to assisted reproduction procedures. But sadly, only about 24% of these procedures are successful. This is heartbreaking for couples wishing to start a family.

We believe our newly invented device QSperm(TM) will change this by revolutionizing Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs). In Vitro Fertilization and other ARTs have been around for 35 years but the crucial step of sperm selection has never been perfected. QSperm does this by selecting the most fertile sperm, thereby increasing the chance of a pregnancy with a positive outcome.

QSperm is a microfluidic device that we patented in 2013. It was invented by a team of scientists and engineers from the Sinton Lab at the University of Toronto. Two of us from that team are now commercializing this device in 2014. Lise Eamer is an engineer and Dr. Marion Vollmer is a scientist. Together we set up IQ Biomedical to design and manufacture medical devices, primary among which is QSperm.

IQ Biomedical has been selected as one of 10 finalists in the OneStart Americas competition to be held in San Francisco, California on the 22nd of May, 2014. The prize for winning this competition is $150,000 and a years worth of lab space in San Francisco.

We would like to kick the commercialization of QSperm into high gear by attending this event, but we need your help. We need to raise $5000 in a hurry to pay for this trip. We will spend the funds as follows:
$2250 - Flights to San Francisco for Lise and Marion.
$1000 - Hotel and Lodging for Lise and Marion while in San Francisco.
$750 - Marketing materials for QSperm.
$1000 - Set up IQ Biomedical.

What about sperm perks? Seriously? No! Instead, one of our advisors (who used to live in San Fran) has helped us come up with a bunch of funky, sporty and super-cool perks that we will purchase in San Francisco and send to you.

Hope you can help us out. For more information see the following:

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Send us to San Fran

$7 USD

$10 CAD

We will list you on our web site as a San Fran QSperm Supporter.

Estimated Shipping

May 2014

1 out of 200 of claimed

Postcard from Alamo Square

$14 USD

$20 CAD

We will send you a personally written postcard from Alamo Square-- one of the most famous sites in the world with the Victorian houses in the foreground and a spectacular view of San Fran in the background. Additionally, we will list you on our web site as a San Fran QSperm Supporter.

Estimated Shipping

May 2014

1 out of 50 of claimed

Howl from City Lights

$42 USD

$60 CAD

One of the most famous books of poetry ever written from one of the most famous bookstores in the world. The book 'Howl and Other Poems' was originally published by City Lights and it led to a sensational obscenity trial in 1956, recently depicted in the movie 'Howl'. We will purchase this book at City Lights Bookstore and send it to you from San Fran. Additionally, we will list you on our web site as a San Fran QSperm Supporter.

Estimated Shipping

June 2014

3 out of 20 of claimed

Tye Dye T from Haight

$63 USD

$90 CAD

The Haight district is world famous for hosting the Summer of Love in 1967 and for being a focal point for American counter-culture. It was also home for a while for Janis Joplin and bands like the Grateful Dead. We will send you that quintessentially Haight souvenir. A tye dye shirt. Make sure to specify your size and even message you would like, e.g., Make Love Not War and we'll do our best to get that for you. Additionally, we will list you on our web site as a San Fran QSperm Supporter.

Estimated Shipping

June 2014

1 out of 20 of claimed

Cap from the SF Giants

$84 USD

$120 CAD

San Francisco lost their star power with the departure of Barry Bonds, but then they started to win World Series championships. With one of the lowest payrolls in the league they won the World Series in 2010 and 2012. We'll send you an authentic Giants baseball cap, made by New Era. Let us know if you prefer the 'Giants' home logo, or the 'SF' away logo. Additionally, we will list you on our web site as a San Fran QSperm Supporter.

Estimated Shipping

June 2014

1 out of 20 of claimed

Sweatshirt from UC Berkeley

$119 USD

$170 CAD

The University of California (UC) at Berkeley is just across the Bay from San Fran. It was the birthplace of the Free Speech movement in 1964 and a focal point for the protests against the Vietnam War. Just let us know which logo and color, as well as which size, and we will send you an authentic UC Berkeley sweatshirt. Additionally, we will list you on our web site as a San Fran QSperm Supporter.

Estimated Shipping

June 2014

1 out of 10 of claimed

The Yosemite Park

$175 USD

$250 CAD

Yosemite Park is a short drive from San Fran and it is the setting for some of the most spectacular photos ever taken, and nobody photographed them better than San Fran native Ansel Adams (who was born near Alamo Square). We will send you a hardcover copy of one of his greatest books of photos: Yosemite and the Range of Light. Additionally, we will list you on our web site as a San Fran QSperm Supporter.

Estimated Shipping

June 2014

0 out of 10 of claimed

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