Scentian Bio
A new way to sense the world
New Zealand · $7.3M raised
- Employees
- 11–50
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- scentianbio.com
- Total Funding
- $7.3M
- Last Round
- $3.5M Series AJan 2020
- Rounds
- 3
About
Scentian Bio is a New Zealand biotech spinout from Plant & Food Research that combines synthetic biology with AI to create biosensors mimicking the smell receptors of insects. Founded by Dr Andrew Kralicek after 19 years researching insect odorant receptors, the company holds patents on technology to synthetically produce these receptor proteins at scale and connect them to a transducer, delivering a super-sensitive, real-time 'digital nose' capable of measuring thousands of volatile compounds for food, agriculture, and industrial applications.
Summary
Scentian Bio is a Biotech company based in New Zealand. It has raised $7.3M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $3.5M Series A round in Jan 2020. Investors include Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Finistere Ventures and Toyota Ventures.
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Jan 2020
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