Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Clear Labs Finds $6.5M For Genomics-based Food Quality Testing

Menlo Park-based ClearLabs, which is developing a genomics-based food quality testing equipment, said today that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Khosla Ventures, Felicis Ventures, and un-named strategic investors. Clear Labs develops a product called Clear View, which uses genomic sequencing to compares large amounts of individual food samples with genomic markers, to detect GMOs, bacterial contamination, and allergens, as well as nutritional data and off-label additives. Clear Labs's CEO is Sasan Amini. More information »