Lab management platform Quartzy, a startup born out of Columbia University and backed by Washington University, raises $6.6m.
Quartzy, a lab management platform used by an array of universities, has raised $6.6m according to a SEC filing.
While the company did not specify which investors took part in the round, it lists venture firms Lerer Ventures and Silicon Badia, angel investors SV Angel, Life Sciences Angel Network and Start Fund, and seed accelerator Y Combinator as its main backers on its website.
The firm also received $50k seed funding from Washington University in 2010 after winning the institution’s Olin Cup business competition.
The latest round of funding brings the total venture backing for Palo Alto-based Quartzy to $7.8m after the firm closed a seed round in 2012 for $1.2m.
The firm specialises in providing an online laboratory management service. Co-founders Jayant Kulkarni and Adam Regelmann constructed the programme together in 2009 after finding research conducted at Columbia University disorganised, lacking in communication and admin heavy.
Since then, the two have gone on to attract a number of university customers, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Yale University, Washington University, University of North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Tufts University, Duke University, and Columbia University.
