LACTATION LAB INC.
Point-of-care test device with test strips and smartphone app to rapidly quantify macronutrients in human breast milk
- Sector
- Medtech
- Headquarters
- SANTA MONICA, CA
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $500K, Aug 2021
- Total capital
- $800K
- Federal grants
- $300K
- 1 award · 2022
- Rank in peer group#45 of 542
- Private capital raised
- $500K
- 1 Form D · last Aug 2021
- 62 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 1 pending · first 2026
- Rank in peer group#106 of 542
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Development of a point of care test-strip kit to quantify breastmilk nutrient profile$300K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$500K
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Standing among 542 peers
Line = medianMedtech · Device
- Federal grants#45 · top 8%
- Granted patents#106 · top 20%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Stephanie CanaleResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 1 patent
- Eric CanaleExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Melissa GeeDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 2- GrantedColor-Based Breast Milk Analyses Using Test StripsUSPTOUS 12,656,337
- PendingMethods Of Preparing And Analyzing Breast MilkUSPTOApplication 63085537
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Regulatory activity · Medtech
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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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Data freshness
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