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Episona, Inc.
http://episona.com/Last activity: 18.10.2017
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Episona is developing an epigenetic-based diagnostic platform for men’s personal health profiles. Episona’s first diagnostic panel will focus on male factor infertility (MFI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcome.
Location: United States, California, Pasadena
Total raised: $4M
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Technology... | pivotcente... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 06.06.2017 | Seed | $4M | - |
Mentions in press and media 6
| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.10.2017 | Episona adds D2C model for male fertility test using epigenetics | Despite the on-demand nature of the service, physicians will still evaluate those online requests for Seed and will order the test if appropriate. Here’s how the service will work. Consumers can order a testing kit online and receive it in ... |
| 06.06.2017 | Episona Raises $4m in Seed Funding | Episona Inc., a Pasadena, Calif.-based epigenetics data company, raised approx. $4m in seed funding. Backers included members of the Pasadena Angels (Simon Harrison, Ph.D., a member of the Pasadena Angels, is the lead investor) and other hi... |
| 01.11.2016 | Epigenetics startup Episona launches male fertility test | The second is the growing recognition that this is not a women’s health problem. Around 12 million (15%) U.S., couples are involuntarily infertile. For around one in five couples, a male factor is diagnosed as the cause. A further 30 percen... |
| 17.10.2016 | Sperm test 2.0: New diagnostics aim to better understand male infertility | PASADENA, Calif. — Traditional sperm tests don’t reveal much. They can assess how many sperm a man produces, whether sperm are misshapen, and how well they swim. But that’s about it. Determined to extract more data, several startups are dev... |
| - | Episona adds D2C model for male fertility test using epigenetics | Fecundation – sperm cell entering in ovum One year after diagnostics startup Episona made its male fertility testing kit available to fertility clinics, the company is adding an on-demand testing service for the consumer market, according t... |
| - | Epigenetics startup Episona launches male fertility test | Two important trends are changing the fertility medicine landscape. The first is the overall rise in couples trying unsuccessfully to conceive due to advanced age, obesity, and various environmental and lifestyle factors. According to a Har... |