Checkerspot

Checkerspot is a materials company. Advances in our understanding of biology, chemistry, and materials science are converging with breakthroughs in data science and unlocking capabilities once imagined. Checkerspot's technology unleashes this potential, expanding the range of materials available to product designers and providing a more meaningful way to design performance materials for specific applications. As graduates of the Illumina Accelerator program, we are building a technology platform to design new materials at the molecular level. Through application development, they prototype and iterate on specific product embodiments. By working directly with product users and partnering with socially responsible companies, they design and bring to market high-quality products through better materials.