LUCERNA INC

LUCERNA INC is a biotech company in New York, United States, founded in 2016. It has raised $4.7M across 6 rounds, most recently a $313K Grant in August 2025.

Lucerna Technologies: Making all RNA visible and druggable

Headquarters
New York, New York
Employees
1–10
Founded
2016
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$4.7M
Last Round
$313K GrantAug 2025
Rounds
6

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About

Lucerna, Inc. is a biotechnology tool company focused on developing and commercializing the fluorescent aptamer (Spinach) technology. The company provides plug-and-play RNA imaging and detection systems as research reagents, develops high-throughput screening platforms to enable drug discovery of previously intractable targets, and creates fluorescent sensors for industrial production applications. Lucerna was founded by Cornell University scientists who are the inventors of the Spinach technology and have published over 20 articles on it.

Summary

It lists 1–10 employees. It has raised $4.7M in total across 6 rounds, most recently a $313K Grant round in Aug 2025.

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Funding History

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GrantSBIR Phase I (NIH)Aug 2025
$313K

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