We are building next-generation products to transform how food testing is done, providing fast, accurate, and affordable testing solutions for consumers and businesses so they can test anytime and anywhere. At its core, Labby is an AI-powered spectrometer. It is portable and super versatile. It combines the power of optical sensing and machine learning so it can be used in many industrial applications beyond food.
Location: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $480K
Founded date: 2017
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Techstars | techstars.... |
| - | E14 Fund M... | e14fund.co... |
| - | E14 Fund | e14.vc |
| - | MassChalle... | masschalle... |
| - | CoLAB | colab.dfam... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 19.11.2020 | Seed | $480K | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.10.2022 | Labby wants to make milk healthier and cows happier with better sensors | For most dairy farmers, milk flowing from their cows is tested by a traveling technician once per month. But in a world where bovine mastitis can appear from one day to the next, it is udderly ridiculous to test milk flowing from cows once ... |
| 06.10.2022 | The Startup Battlefield 200: Climate tech and health tech edition | We think you’ll be as amazed as we are by the collective creativity, ingenuity and technical prowess of the Startup Battlefield 200. Out of thousands of applications, only 200 early-stage startups made the final cut, and you’ll find all of ... |
| 11.02.2021 | Agtech CVC: Cargill on the agrifood industry’s reluctant digital shift | This interview is part of a series on agrifoodtech corporate VC investment strategies and insights. The series is produced in collaboration with the OnRamp Agriculture Conference, which brings together the agriculture and food industries’ l... |
| 30.11.2020 | Labby gets seed funding for mastitis detection technology | The global dairy industry suffers between $19.7 billion and $30 billion in annual losses thanks to mastitis, according to the University of Glasgow. For milk testing technology startup Labby, it’s not a matter of if a dairy cow will get mas... |
| 19.11.2020 | Labby Raises $480K in Seed Funding | Labby Inc,, a Boston, MA-based early-stage startup specializing in AI-enabled optical sensing solutions for raw milk testing, raised $480k in seed funding. AgriTech Capital made the investment. The company intends to use the funds to develo... |
| 19.11.2020 | Labby Raises $480K in Seed Funding | Labby Inc,, a Boston, MA-based early-stage startup specializing in AI-enabled optical sensing solutions for raw milk testing, raised $480k in seed funding. AgriTech Capital made the investment. The company intends to use the funds to develo... |
| 19.11.2020 | Labby Raises $480K in Seed Funding | Labby Inc,, a Boston, MA-based early-stage startup specializing in AI-enabled optical sensing solutions for raw milk testing, raised $480k in seed funding. AgriTech Capital made the investment. The company intends to use the funds to develo... |
| 19.09.2018 | MassChallenge Names Top 2018 Startups in Boston and Rhode Island | September 19, 2018, BOSTON – MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today announced the top startups from its 2018 Boston and Rhode Island programs, which together accelerated more than 150 startups across indu... |
| 23.05.2018 | Announcing the 2018 MassChallenge Boston Cohort | We’re thrilled to introduce this year’s MassChallenge Boston cohort, which was selected from more than 1,600 applications from around the world, including 11 countries and 16 U.S. states. Representing the top 8% of all applicants, these 128... |