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Ancera is a pioneer in microbial risk assessment and monitoring solutions for the food industry.
Ancera's PIPER™ platform, enables near real-time, rapid detection and quantification of microbial threats across all points in the food production process, from farm-to-consumer. Powered by patented ferrofluid based MagDrive™ technology, Ancera offers an integrated solution capable of label-free sorting, microscopy, enumeration, assaying and recovery of cells directly from complex food sources.
At Ancera, we build sustainable partnerships with market leaders to create significant impact. We are dedicated to improving lives worldwide through our commitment to biology, technology and people. We accomplish this by first valuing our employees, allowing each to explore and communicate his or her ideas, and to be heard. We believe respect for our employees will naturally expand to respect for our shareholders, our partners, our customers, the community, and the world we are serving.
Ancera's PIPER™ platform, enables near real-time, rapid detection and quantification of microbial threats across all points in the food production process, from farm-to-consumer. Powered by patented ferrofluid based MagDrive™ technology, Ancera offers an integrated solution capable of label-free sorting, microscopy, enumeration, assaying and recovery of cells directly from complex food sources.
At Ancera, we build sustainable partnerships with market leaders to create significant impact. We are dedicated to improving lives worldwide through our commitment to biology, technology and people. We accomplish this by first valuing our employees, allowing each to explore and communicate his or her ideas, and to be heard. We believe respect for our employees will naturally expand to respect for our shareholders, our partners, our customers, the community, and the world we are serving.
Overview
Location
United States, Connecticut, Branford
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$8.9M
Founded date
2012
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 10
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| Sep 17, 2024 | Ancera Debuts Poultry Integrator Compliance-Readiness Program for New USDA Salmonella Regulations | Ancera, creator of the world’s first food defense system. Initial Customers Successfully Demonstrate Reduced Salmonella Load, Prevalence, and Cost of Compliance BRANFORD, Conn., Sept. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, Ancera, creator of... |
| May 15, 2024 | Ancera Releases New Third-Party Verification Platform for Allied Companies | New Tech to Improve Poultry Supply Chain's Food Safety and Performance BRANFORD, Conn., May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ancera, the innovator of supply chain intelligence, has released a new suite of comprehensive monitoring tools to pr... |
| Nov 16, 2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Delivery startup Crisp bags $38m, ‘mindful drinking app’ Sunnyside lands $11m, Bowery layoffs | Announcements from this week suggests foodtech funding rounds are slowly gaining speed again. Crisp bucked the downward trend of food delivery startups with a Series C raise, Sunnyside raised funds for its alcohol monitoring app, and Le Fou... |
| Jun 12, 2023 | Ancera Monitors 50 Millionth Broiler Chicken to Improve Safety and Profitability of Food Production | Ancera is focused on delivering cutting-edge monitoring capabilities that enable birds to reach full weight faster with less feed. BRANFORD, Conn. (PRWEB) June 12, 2023 Today, Ancera, the innovator of supply chain intelligence that improves... |
| Feb 8, 2018 | Newly Implemented FDA Produce Rules Offer Food Safety Startups a Boost | Produce farmers from the Salinas Valley to the Hudson Valley are beginning to make sense of a new set of rules that regulate how they do business. The first compliance date for the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Rule was January 26, ... |
| Jan 15, 2018 | EXCLUSIVE: Biotech Dominates THRIVE Top 50 in AgTech List | Biotech and predictive analytics startups dominate the Salinas, CA-based THRIVE AgTech’s Top 50 list of agtech companies shaping the future of agriculture for 2018. The largest technology category on last year’s list, “big data analytics,” ... |
| Jun 30, 2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Google and the CIA Invest in Satellite Imagery Startup Contributing to $185m in Weekly Investment | Google and CIA Invest in Orbital Insight’s $20m Series B Geospatial big data company Orbital Insight has raised $20 million in Series B funding in a round led by Google’s venture arm GV with participation from early stage tech investor CME ... |
| Jun 30, 2016 | Food Tech Startup Combatting Food Safety Scandals Raises $8.9m for Testing Device | A startup based in Connecticut, US called Ancera has raised $8.9 million in Series A funding to develop and commercialize its food testing technology. Offering both a hardware and software product, Ancera aims to help food companies test pr... |
| Jun 28, 2016 | Ancera raises $8.9 million for tech to prevent food poisoning and recalls | A startup based in Branford, Connecticut, Ancera Inc. has raised $8.9 million in Series A funding for technology that helps food producers detect contaminants faster than other methods will allow. The company’s mission is to prevent food wa... |
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FAQ about Ancera
When was Ancera founded?
Ancera was founded in 2012.
How much funding has Ancera raised?
Ancera has raised $8.9M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Ancera?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Ancera, among them “Ancera Debuts Poultry Integrator Compliance-Readiness Program for New USDA Salmonella Regulations” (Sep 17, 2024) and “Ancera Releases New Third-Party Verification Platform for Allied Companies” (May 15, 2024).
Is Ancera still active?
Yes, Ancera is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jan 8, 2025.