SunBird Bio
Rapid infectious disease diagnostic platform for point-of-care decentralized testing
- Sector
- Medtech
- Headquarters
- CAMBRIDGE, MA
- Founded
- 2015
- Latest Form D
- $23.2M, May 2023
- Total capital
- $93.4M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $93.4M
- 4 Form D · last May 2023
- 42 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 2
- 16 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#23 of 73
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$23.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$18M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$26.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$26.1M
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 73 peers
Line = medianMedtech · Platform
- Granted patents#23 · top 32%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- ALEXANDRA CANTLEYDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- HUILIN SHAODirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- JOHN MCDONOUGHDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- STANLEY LAPIDUSDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- STEVE KAFKADirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- YINGMIN WANGDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 2 granted of 18- GrantedEx Vivo Protease Activity Detection For Disease Detection/diagnostic, Staging, Monitoring And TreatmentUSPTOUS 12,492,422
- PendingDetection, Staging, Monitoring And Treating A Disease Or A ConditionUSPTOApplication 18706302
- PendingFluorogenic Substrates For Aminopeptidase Detection In BiofluidsUSPTOApplication 18845331
Show all 18 patent records
- Ex Vivo Protease Activity Detection For Disease Detection/diagnostic, Staging, Monitoring And TreatmentDec 9, 2025 · US 12,492,422Granted
- Detection, Staging, Monitoring And Treating A Disease Or A ConditionSep 25, 2025 · Application 18706302Pending
- Fluorogenic Substrates For Aminopeptidase Detection In BiofluidsJul 10, 2025 · Application 18845331Pending
- Ex Vivo Protease Activity Detection For Hepatocellular CarcinomaJul 3, 2025 · Application 18852922Pending
- Ex Vivo Protease Activity Detection For Disease Detection/diagnostic, Staging, Monitoring And TreatmentMay 20, 2025 · US 12,305,217Granted
- Ex Vivo Protease Activation And DetectionApr 3, 2025 · Application 18705881Pending
- Disease Detection With Combinatorial BiomarkersMar 20, 2025 · Application 18705899Pending
- Diagnosis And Monitoring Of Liver DiseaseMar 24, 2022 · Application 17339254Pending
- Ex Vivo Protease Activation And DetectionApplication PCTUS2022048302Pending
- Disease Detection With Combinatorial BiomarkersApplication PCTUS2022048299Pending
- Ex Vivo Protease Activity Detection For Hepatocellular CarcinomaApplication PCTUS2023016794Pending
- Extracellular Vesicle-based Biomarker DetectionApplication 63711529Pending
- The Extracellular Vesicle Subpopulation-bound Biomarker DetectionApplication 63569327Pending
- Extracellular Vesicle-based Biomarker DetectionApplication 63606057Pending
- Extracellular Vesicle Subpopulation-bound Biomarker DetectionApplication 63605835Pending
- Extracellular Vesicle-based Biomarker DetectionApplication PCTUS2024058511Pending
- Method Of Protease DetectionApplication PCTUS2023014851Pending
- Detection, Staging, Monitoring And Treating A Disease Or A ConditionApplication PCTUS2022048743Pending
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Regulatory activity · Medtech
- New Animal Drugs; Approval of New Animal Drug Applications; Withdrawal of Approval of New Animal Drug Application; Change of SponsorFood and Drug Administration
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- Medical Devices; Neurological Devices; Classification of the External Lower Extremity Nerve Stimulator for Restless Legs SyndromeFood and Drug Administration
- Medical Devices; General Hospital and Personal Use Devices; Classification of the Infant Supine Sleep SystemFood and Drug Administration
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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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