Tech Company Financing Transactions
First Light Diagnostics Funding Round
First Light Diagnostics closed a $8.3 million Series A funding round on 1/22/2019. Investors included 10X Venture Partners, Beacon Angels and Life Science Angels.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
1/22/2019
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,250,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The new funding will be used to continue development of the MultiPath technology to rapidly detect hospital infections and determine their susceptibility to specific antibiotics.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
2 Omni Way
Chelmsford, MA 01824
USA
Chelmsford, MA 01824
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
First Light's mission is to dramatically accelerate the time to result for earlier detection of infectious disease pathogens that cause hospital-associated infections. Our goal is to provide clinicians with life-saving antimicrobial susceptibility test results in hours instead of days.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Macdonald
Chief Financial Officer
Michael Ellis
Chief Scientific Officer
Donald Straus
VP - Engineering
Bruce Walsh
VP - Operations
Joseph Turgeon
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