For Surbhi Sarna, business is personal. At age 13 she developed an ovarian cyst, but at the time the only way to determine if was cancerous was by invasive surgery that risked spreading any cancer.

The cyst ultimately was benign, but it shaped Sarna’s career. “Right away, after that experience,” she told a UC alumni publication, “I knew that I wanted to be an entrepreneur and start a company dedicated to women’s health to try to find an early detection mechanism for ovarian cancer.”