Zvakadini kana waigona kupa ropa kumba panzvimbo pokupa hofisi yachiremba?Ndiwo mamiriro eTasso, Seattle-yakavakirwa kutanga iyo iri kutasva mafungu ehutano hwechokwadi.
Tasso co-muvambi uye CEO Ben Casavant akaudza Forbes kuti kambani ichangobva kukwidza madhora zana emamiriyoni inotungamirwa nemukuru wekuchengetedza hutano maneja RA Capital kuti igadzire tekinoroji yesampling yeropa.Mari itsva iyi yakasimudza huwandu hwekudyara kwemari kusvika pamadhora zana nemakumi matatu nerimwe.Casavant yakaramba kukurukura nezve kukosha, kunyangwe iyo venture capital database PitchBook yakaikoshesa pamadhora mazana mashanu nemakumi mashanu emamiriyoni muna Chikunguru 2020.
"Iyi inzvimbo inoshamisa inogona kuparadzwa nekukurumidza," akadaro Casavant."$100 miriyoni inotaura yega."
Makiti ekuunganidza ropa ekambani-Tasso+ (yeropa remvura), Tasso-M20 (yeropa rakasvibiswa) uye Tasso-SST (yekugadzirira masampuli eropa asina anticoagulated) -shanda nenzira yakafanana.Varwere vanongonamira bhatani bhatani reping-pong paruoko rwavo nechinamira chisingaremi vodzvanya bhatani hombe dzvuku remudziyo, rinogadzira vacuum.Iyo lancet mumudziyo inobaya pamusoro peganda, uye vacuum inotora ropa kubva mumacapillaries mune imwe muenzaniso cartridge pazasi pemudziyo.
Chigadzirwa chacho chinongounganidza ropa re capillary, iyo yakaenzana neminwe inobaya, uye kwete ropa re venous, iro rinogona kuunganidzwa chete nenyanzvi yezvokurapa.Sekureva kwekambani, vatori vechikamu muzvidzidzo zvekiriniki vakashuma kurwadziwa kushoma pavanenge vachishandisa mudziyo uchienzaniswa neyakajairwa ropa rinodhonza.Iyo kambani inotarisira kugamuchira FDA mvumo seKirasi II mudziyo wekurapa gore rinouya.
"Tinogona kushanyira chiremba chaiko, asi kana iwe uchinge wauya kuzotora bvunzo dzekutanga, chidzitiro chinoputika," akadaro Anurag Kondapally, mukuru weRA Capital, achabatana neTasso bhodhi revatungamiriri.kuita zvirinani hurongwa hwehutano uye tinovimba kuvandudza kuenzana nemhedzisiro. "
Casawant, makumi matatu nemana, ane Ph.D.UW-Madison biomedical engineering main akatanga kambani iyi muna 2012 aine UW lab waaishanda naye Erwin Berthier, makumi matatu nemasere, anova CTO yekambani.Murabhoritari yeYunivhesiti yeWashington kuMadison purofesa David Beebe, vakadzidza microfluidics, iyo inobata nemaitiro uye kutonga kwehuwandu hushoma hwemvura mune network yematanho.
Mulab, vakatanga kufunga nezvetekinoroji nyowani ingaitwe neLab inoda masampuli eropa uye kuti zvakaoma sei kuitora.Kufamba kuenda kukiriniki kunopa ropa kuna phlebotomist kana mukoti akanyoreswa kunodhura uye hakuna kunaka, uye kubaya zvigunwe kunonetsa uye hakuvimbike."Fungidzira nyika iyo pane kusvetuka mumotokari uye kutyaira kune imwe nzvimbo, bhokisi rinoonekwa pamusuwo wako uye iwe unogona kutumira zvigumisiro zvakare kune rekodhi yako yehutano hwemagetsi," akadaro.“Takati, 'Zvingava zvakanaka kudai taigona kuita kuti mudziyo ushande.'
"Vakauya nehunyanzvi hwekugadzirisa uye hwaive hungwaru chaizvo.Kune mamwe makambani akawanda ari kuyedza kuita izvi, asi haana kukwanisa kuunza mhinduro yehunyanzvi. "
Casavant naBerthier vakashanda manheru nekupera kwevhiki kugadzira mudziyo, kutanga muimba yekutandarira yeCasavan uyezve muimba yekutandarira yaBerthier mushure mekunge mumwe waigara naye Casavan avakumbira kuti vagare.Muna 2017, vakamhanyisa kambani kuburikidza nehutano-yakatarisana accelerator Techstars uye vakagamuchira mari yekutanga nenzira ye $ 2.9 miriyoni rubatsiro kubva kumubatanidzwa Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa).Vanoisa mari vayo vanosanganisira Cedars-Sinai neMerck Global Innovation Fund, pamwe chete nemafemu emari yeHambrecht Ducera, Foresite Capital uye Vertical Venture Partners.Casavant anotenda kuti akaedza chigadzirwa kane mazana panguva yekuvandudzwa kwayo."Ndinoda kunyatsoziva chigadzirwa," akadaro.
Jim Tananbaum, chiremba uye muvambi we $4 bhiriyoni asset maneja Foresite Capital, akagumburwa paCasavant anenge makore matatu apfuura, akati aitsvaga kambani inogona kuita phlebotomy chero kupi.“Iri idambudziko rakaoma zvikuru,” akadaro.
Chinetso chacho, akatsanangura kudaro, ndechokuti paunodhonza ropa nekapilari, simba racho rinotsemura masero matsvuku eropa, zvichiita kuti asashandiswa."Vakauya nemhinduro yakangwara yehunyanzvi," akadaro."Kune mamwe makambani akawanda ari kuyedza kuita izvi asi akatadza kuunza mhinduro yehunyanzvi."
Kune vakawanda, zvigadzirwa zvinotora ropa zvinounza mupfungwa Theranos, iyo yakavimbisa kuedza ropa retsono isati yaparara muna 2018. Muvambi anonyadzisa ane makore 37 Elizabeth Holmes ari kutongwa nemhosva yekubiridzira uye akatarisana nemakore makumi maviri mujeri. kana ikatyorwa.
Ingo dzvanya bhatani hombe dzvuku: mudziyo weTasso unobvumira varwere kuti vatore ropa kumba, pasina kudzidziswa kwekurapa.
"Zvainakidza kutevera nyaya, sezvataive," akadaro Casavant.“NeTasso, tinogara tichitarisa nezvesainzi.Zvese zvine chekuita nekuongororwa, huchokwadi uye nemazvo. ”
Zvigadzirwa zvekuunganidza ropa zvaTasso parizvino zviri kushandiswa mukuyedza kwakasiyana siyana kuPfizer, Eli Lilly, Merck pamwe nemakambani matanhatu ebiopharmaceutical, akadaro.Gore rapfuura, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center yakatanga ongororo yeCovid-19 yekudzidza huwandu hwehutachiona, nguva yekutapurirana, uye kutapurirazve hutachiona uchishandisa mudziyo wekudhonza ropa weTasso."Mapoka mazhinji anoda kuitisa miedzo panguva yedenda anoda nzira iri nani yekusvika kuvarwere," akadaro Casavant.
Tananbaum, anga ari paForbes Midas rondedzero gore rino, anotenda kuti Tasso inozopedzisira yakwanisa kukwira kusvika kumazana emamiriyoni emayuniti pagore sezvo mutengo wemidziyo unodonha uye maapplication achiwedzerwa."Vanotanga nenyaya dzinenge dzichidiwa zvakanyanya uye purofiti yakanyanya," akadaro.
Tasso inoronga kushandisa mari nyowani kuwedzera kugadzirwa.Munguva yedenda, yakatenga chirimwa muSeattle chaimbopa zvikepe kuWest Marine, zvichibvumira kambani iyi kuvhara kugadzirwa kumahofisi ayo.Nzvimbo iyi ine hurefu hwekushandisa 150,000 pamwedzi, kana 1.8 miriyoni pagore.
"Nekuda kwehuwandu hweropa rinotora uye kuongororwa ropa muUS, isu tichada imwe nzvimbo," akadaro Casavant.Anofungidzira kuti kune bhiriyoni imwe yeropa rinotorwa gore rega rega muUnited States, umo marabhoritari anoita bvunzo dzinosvika mabhiriyoni gumi, mazhinji acho anobatsira kurapa zvirwere zvisingaperi muhuwandu hwevanhu vachembera.“Tiri kutarisa mwero watinoda uye kuti tingavakisa sei bhizinesi iri,” vakadaro.
RA Capital ndeimwe yemabhizimusi makuru ezvehutano ane madhora mazana mapfumbamwe nemazana mana emadhora ari pasi pemanejimendi kubva pakupera kwaGumiguru.