Ancera, Inc.
Microbial diagnostics and data science platform for poultry food defense
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- BRANFORD, CT
- Founded
- 2013
- Latest Form D
- $770K, Aug 2017
- Total capital
- $3.2M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $3.2M
- 4 Form D · last Aug 2017
- 111 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 5
- 27 pending · first 2023
- Rank in peer group#8 of 52
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$770K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$81K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.3M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 52 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Platform
- Granted patents#8 · top 15%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Hur KoserResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 3 patents
- Arjun GanesanResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 1 patent
- Christopher McLeodDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James DeStephensDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- McLeod ChristopherDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael LeachDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 10 people
- Michael ZwernerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard FosterDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thomas LivingstonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ugo DeBlasiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 5 granted of 32- GrantedSystems And Methods For Bead-based Assays In FerrofluidsUSPTOUS 12,704,509
- PendingFood Defense SystemUSPTOApplication 19434743
- GrantedSystems And Methods For Three-dimensional Extraction Of Target Particles FerrofluidsUSPTOUS 12,678,800
Show all 32 patent records
- Systems And Methods For Bead-based Assays In FerrofluidsAug 11, 2026 · US 12,704,509Granted
- Food Defense SystemJul 16, 2026 · Application 19434743Pending
- Systems And Methods For Three-dimensional Extraction Of Target Particles FerrofluidsJul 14, 2026 · US 12,678,800Granted
- Systems, Devices And Methods For Determining Most Probable Number In Biological Sample AnalysisJan 13, 2026 · US 12,522,854Granted
- Methods For Quantifying Live BacteriaNov 20, 2025 · Application 18874133Pending
- Systems And Methods For Using Microbial Measurements To Derive Financial ProductsMar 14, 2024 · Application 18466639Pending
- Ferrofluid-based Assay Methods, And Systems For Parasite Eggs Or Oocysts DetectionFeb 29, 2024 · Application 18275594Pending
- Background Defocusing And Clearing In Ferrofluid-based Capture AssaysDec 5, 2023 · US 11,833,526Granted
- Systems, Devices And Methods For Cartridge SecurementAug 29, 2023 · US 11,738,337Granted
- Systems And Methods For Bead-based Assays In FerrofluidsApr 7, 2022 · Application 17554956Pending
- Tunable Affinity System And Method For Ferrofluid-based Capture AssaysNov 7, 2019 · Application 16419982Pending
- Methods And Systems For Drug Discovery And Susceptibility Assay In Using A FerrofluidApr 25, 2019 · Application 15982926Pending
- Systems And Methods For Bead-based Assays In FerrofluidsOct 13, 2016 · Application 14777512Pending
- Systems And Methods For Three-dimensional Extraction Of Target Particles FerrofluidsOct 13, 2016 · Application 14777504Pending
- Systems And Methods For Active Particle SeparationOct 13, 2016 · Application 14777505Pending
- Methods And Systems For Drug Discovery And Susceptibility Assay In Using A FerrofluidOct 13, 2016 · Application 14777507Pending
- Methods And Systems For Time-of-flight Affinity CytometryOct 13, 2016 · Application 14777511Pending
- Tunable Affinity System And Method For Ferrofluid-based Capture AssaysApplication PCTUS2016040861Pending
- Background Defocusing And Clearing In Ferrofluid-based Capture AssaysApplication PCTUS2016039394Pending
- Tunable Affinity System And Method For Ferrofluid-based Capture AssaysApplication 62187521Pending
- Methods For Quantifying Live BacteriaApplication PCTUS2023068592Pending
- Background Defocusing And Clearing In Ferrofluid-based Capture AssaysApplication 62185534Pending
- Systems And Methods For Bead-based Assays In FerrofluidsApplication PCTUS2014030584Pending
- Methods And Systems For Drug Discovery And Susceptibility Assay In Using A FerrofluidApplication PCTUS2014030629Pending
- Methods And Systems For Time-of-flight Affinity CytometryApplication PCTUS2014029376Pending
- Systems And Methods For Three-dimensional Extraction Of Target Particles FerrofluidsApplication PCTUS2014028705Pending
- Systems, Devices And Methods For AnalysisApplication PCTUS2021041616Pending
- Systems And Methods For Active Particle SeparationApplication PCTUS2014029336Pending
- Systems, Devices And Methods For Determining Most Probable Number In Biological Sample AnalysisApplication PCTUS2021046997Pending
- Assay Methods, And Systems For Parasite DetectionApplication PCTUS2022014987Pending
- Methods For Quantifying Live BacteriaApplication 63353447Pending
- Systems And Methods For Using Microbial Measurements To Derive Financial ProductsApplication 63406499Pending
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Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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