Visby Medical, Inc.

San Jose, CA · Founded 2012 · CIK 0001657186 · Medtech · Private

PCR-based rapid disposable point-of-care diagnostic test that detects gonorrhea and determines antibiotic susceptibility from a single sample

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Grants
$2.5M
4 awards
Sector median: 1
Raised
$235M
4 Form D · Mar 2022
55 months since last filing
Contracts
$52M
4 awards · Health and Human S, Defense
#17 of 4531 in medtech
Patents
25
13 granted · 12 pending
Sector median: 2

Capital Timeline

Federal above the line · equity below · node area scaled to amount
Capital and federal award history
DateEventSourceAmount
Private capital raisedForm D · SEC$16,003,748
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Commercialization of low cost, disposable, point-of-care molecular diagnostic device for sexually transmitted infections$1,448,379
Private capital raisedForm D · SEC$9,520,000
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase II · Commercialization of low cost, disposable, point-of-care molecular diagnostic device for sexually transmitted infections$467,645
Federal grantDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phase I · Development, Preclinical and Preanalytical Evaluation of a Rapid Point-of-Care NAAT Device to determine Ciprofloxacin Sensitivity of Gonococci in Urogenital Samples$300,000
Private capital raisedForm D · SEC$100,807,816
Federal contractDepartment of Health and Human Services · Phs 2019-1, SBIR Topic 075$140,000
Federal contractDepartment of Defense · Handheld Device/cartridge COVID-19$920,600
Federal contractDepartment of Health and Human Services · Radx Tech - Visby Medical Inc. For Single-use (disposable), Fully-integrated, Rapid, Automated Rt-pcr In Vitro Diagnostic Test$9,498,805
Federal contractDepartment of Health and Human Services · A Rapid, Accurate, Poc Disposable Influenza And SARS-COV-2 Molecular Diagnostic$41,169,014
Private capital raisedForm D · SEC$108,621,185
Federal grant · SBIR/STTRFederal contract · USAspendingForm D · SEC

Peer position

Medtech · 4531 companies · ranked on federal contract value
Medtech companies ranked by federal contract value
#CompanyContractsDisclosed equity
14BANYAN BIOMARKERS, INC.$62M$14M
15FIREFLY NEUROSCIENCE, INC.$56M$19M
16RIVANNA MEDICAL, INC.$52M$370K
17Visby Medical, Inc.$52M$235M
18Tempus AI$51M—
19SIMETRI, INC.$50M—
20ROTECH HEALTHCARE INC$47M$6.5M

Ranked on federal contract value rather than capital raised. The equity column is the comparison worth making — companies at the same procurement position often sit at very different points in their funding history.

Founders & Team

From Form D filings · 16 related persons
  • Jerome BeharDirector
  • JEROME BEHARDirector
  • Terri BresenhamDirector
  • Adam de la ZerdaDirector · Executive Officer
  • ADAM DE LA ZERDADirector · Executive Officer · Promoter
  • David EngmanDirector
  • Mark IbisonExecutive Officer
  • John KuoExecutive Officer
  • Gregory LoneyExecutive Officer
  • Shlomo MelmedDirector
  • Scott MendelDirector
  • Eric MoessingerDirector
  • Thomas PrescottDirector
  • STEVEN ROSSTONDirector
  • Amit ShahDirector
  • AJIT SINGHDirector · Executive Officer

Patents

USPTO · 13 granted of 25

Regulatory activity · Medtech

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