Tasso, Inc
Water beds manufactured with German engineering standards
- Sector
- Medtech
- Headquarters
- SEATTLE, WA
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $17M, Jul 2020
- Total capital
- $19.7M
- Federal grants
- $2.7M
- 7 awards · 2015–2018
- Rank in peer group#383 of 477
- Private capital raised
- $17M
- 1 Form D · last Jul 2020
- 75 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 18
- 22 pending · first 2016
- Rank in peer group#11 of 477
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$17M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Patient-centered leukemia diagnostic and monitoring using the HemoLink-MD$15K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Patient-centered leukemia diagnostic and monitoring using the HemoLink-MD$245K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Patient-centered leukemia diagnostic and monitoring using the HemoLink-MD$230K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Paired genomics and proteomics point-of-care platform for infectious diseases diagnostics$488K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Integrated sample collection-to-preparation platform for multianalyte POC detection$220K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Paired genomics and proteomics point-of-care platform for infectious diseases diagnostics$986K
Show 1 earlier federal award
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Paired genomics and proteomics point-of-care platform for infectious diseases diagnostics$498K
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.
Federal first
59months
from Tasso, Inc’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Aug 2015
- Health and Human S · $498K
- First Form D · Jul 2020
- $17M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 7 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 477 peers
Line = medianMedtech · Device
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#11 · top 2%
- Linked publications#5 · top 1%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Erwin BerthierResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by 6 patents · $2.7M in grants as PI
- Alan LevyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ben CasavantExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Elizabeth HambrechtDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Paul ConleyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 18 granted of 40- PendingMethods For Delivery Of Bodily Fluids Onto A Fibrous SubstrateUSPTOApplication 19349176
- PendingDevices, Systems And Methods For Actuation And Retraction In Fluid CollectionUSPTOApplication 19413062
- PendingMethods, Systems, And Apparatuses For Collecting A High Volume Of Bodily Fluid Using Handheld Bodily Fluid Collection DevicesUSPTOApplication 19331907
Show all 40 patent records
- Methods For Delivery Of Bodily Fluids Onto A Fibrous SubstrateSep 10, 2026 · Application 19349176Pending
- Devices, Systems And Methods For Actuation And Retraction In Fluid CollectionAug 13, 2026 · Application 19413062Pending
- Methods, Systems, And Apparatuses For Collecting A High Volume Of Bodily Fluid Using Handheld Bodily Fluid Collection DevicesMar 19, 2026 · Application 19331907Pending
- Devices, Systems And Methods For Actuation And Retraction In Fluid CollectionJan 6, 2026 · US 12,514,476Granted
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices And Related MethodsNov 20, 2025 · Application 19080212Pending
- Methods For Delivery Of Bodily Fluids Onto A Fibrous SubstrateNov 4, 2025 · US 12,458,328Granted
- Devices, Systems And Methods For Gravity-enhanced Microfluidic Collection, Handling And Transferring Of FluidsApr 24, 2025 · Application 18883683Pending
- Methods, Systems, And Devices Relating To Open Microfluidic ChannelsApr 24, 2025 · Application 18908665Pending
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices Including Electronics And Associated Systems And MethodsJan 2, 2025 · Application 18766478Pending
- Methods, Systems, And Devices Relating To Open Microfluidic ChannelsNov 12, 2024 · US 12,138,053Granted
- Devices, Systems and Methods for Gravity-Enhanced Microfluidic Collection, Handling and Transferring of FluidsOct 29, 2024 · US 12,127,837Granted
- Devices, Systems And Methods For Gravity-enhanced Microfluidic Collection, Handling And Transferring Of FluidsJun 4, 2024 · US 11,998,334Granted
- Apparatus, Systems And Methods For Preparing And Shipping SamplesFeb 22, 2024 · Application 18311347Pending
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices And Related MethodsOct 12, 2023 · Application 18186100Pending
- Apparatus, Systems And Methods For Preparing And Shipping SamplesJun 13, 2023 · US 11,673,133Granted
- Devices, Systems and Methods for Actuation and Retraction in Fluid CollectionMay 9, 2023 · US 11,642,057Granted
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices And Related MethodsApr 25, 2023 · US 11,633,136Granted
- Methods For Delivery Of Bodily Fluids Onto A Fibrous SubstrateApr 11, 2023 · US 11,622,750Granted
- Plasma Separation Devices And Related MethodsDec 15, 2022 · Application 17769803Pending
- Methods for Delivery of Bodily Fluids Onto a Fibrous SubstrateDec 13, 2022 · US 11,523,805Granted
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices And Related MethodsNov 29, 2022 · US 11,510,659Granted
- Methods, Systems, And Devices Relating To Open Microfluidic ChannelsJul 26, 2022 · US 11,395,614Granted
- Devices, Systems And Methods For Gravity-enhanced Microfluidic Collection, Handling And Transferring Of FluidsJun 15, 2021 · US 11,033,212Granted
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices And Related MethodsMar 4, 2021 · Application 17006248Pending
- Devices, Systems And Methods For Gravity-enhanced Microfluidic Collection, Handling And Transferring Of FluidsSep 22, 2020 · US 10,779,757Granted
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices Including Electronics And Associated Systems And MethodsMay 14, 2020 · Application 16682134Pending
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices And Related MethodsMar 19, 2020 · Application 16571028Pending
- Methods, Systems, And Devices Relating To Open Microfluidic ChannelsDec 3, 2019 · US 10,492,716Granted
- Devices, Systems and Methods for Actuation and Retraction in Fluid CollectionOct 1, 2019 · US 10,426,390Granted
- Apparatus, Systems And Methods For Preparing And Shipping SamplesJan 17, 2019 · Application 16037038Pending
- Methods, Systems, and Devices Relating to Open Microfluidic ChannelsJun 5, 2018 · US 9,987,629Granted
- Methods, Systems, and Devices Relating to Open Microfluidic ChannelsMar 22, 2016 · US 9,289,763Granted
- Handheld Device for Drawing, Collecting, and Analyzing Bodily FluidAug 15, 2013 · Application 13750526Pending
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices For Collecting High Quality Blood For Complete Blood Count (cbc) Testing, And Related MethodsApplication 19521781Pending
- Methods, Systems, And Apparatuses For Collecting A High Volume Of Bodily Fluid Using Handheld Bodily Fluid Collection DevicesApplication PCTUS2025046831Pending
- Bodily Fluid Collection Tube Devices And Associated Methods And SystemsApplication 63697024Pending
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices For Collecting High Quality Blood For Complete Blood Count (cbc) Testing, And Related MethodsApplication PCTUS2024047665Pending
- Methods, Systems, And Apparatuses For Collecting A High Volume Of Bodily Fluid Using Handheld Bodily Fluid Collection DevicesApplication 63695620Pending
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices For Collecting High Quality Blood For Complete Blood Count (cbc) Testing, And Related MethodsApplication 63584811Pending
- Bodily Fluid Collection Devices And Related MethodsApplication PCTUS2022018016Pending
Recent research by its founders
- Characterization of pre-analytical blood collection and stabilization parameters to maintain endogenous protein levels for remote blood sampling technology20260 cites
- From Fabrication to Flow: Impact of Print Orientation on Surface Qualities and Capillary-Driven Flow in Laser SLA-based Open Microchannels20260 cites
- From Home to Transcriptome: Comparing the Transcriptomic Profile of Induced Immune Response via Lipopolysaccharide Stimulation in homeRNA and Venous Blood20260 cites
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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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