BforCure designs and manufactures biosensing solutions that utilize biorecognition techniques for the precise detection of healthcare biomarkers and industrial monitoring. Their technology enables rapid and reliable diagnostics, improving decision-making in clinical and operational environments.
Funding
$7.9M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Traditional microbial detection methods are often slow, labor-intensive, and require specialized laboratory equipment, hindering rapid decision-making in healthcare, environmental monitoring, and food safety. Existing technologies may lack the sensitivity to detect microorganisms at the single-cell level, limiting the ability to predict risks and opportunities associated with microbial communities.
Solution
BforCure provides rapid, point-of-need molecular analysis solutions for predictive microbiology. Their Chronos platform, powered by patented technologies like the Molecular Petri Dish (MPD), high-content PCR (hcPCR), and FastGene thermal module, enables single-cell-level microbiota analysis in minutes. The platform combines real-time RT-qPCR and digital PCR in a single test format, facilitating on-site diagnostics across various fields, including environmental monitoring, water quality assessment, food and beverage production, and in vitro diagnostics (IVD). BforCure's solutions empower stakeholders to access biological information in real time, improving responsiveness, efficiency, and decision-making.
Target Audience
BforCure's primary customers include public and industrial stakeholders in healthcare, environmental monitoring, water quality assessment, food and beverage production, and NRBC defense.
Features
- Chronos qPCR platform for rapid, point-of-need molecular analysis
- Molecular Petri Dish (MPD) technology for performing PCR in gels, enabling absolute quantification without standard curves
- High Content PCR (hcPCR) for enhanced multiplexing, allowing detection of multiple targets in a single reaction
- FastGene thermal module with microfluidic heat exchanger for rapid temperature transitions
- SmartDropper engineered bottle cap for simplified and homogeneous mixing of samples with lyophilized reagents
- Ortholigo, a proprietary bioinformatics tool for in silico design of PCR kits with optimized specificity
- Application-specific analysis kits with risk and opportunities predictive algorithms
- Microwave Lyser for nucleic acid extraction in just ten seconds