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Tessera Bio

Tessera Bio

Tessera Bio

First invested

2018

2018

2018

Sector

Life sciences

Stage

Series A

Based in

Cambridge

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What they do

Lab tools that make protein research faster, cheaper and easier to repeat.

Lab tools that make protein research faster, cheaper and easier to repeat.

Lab tools that make protein research faster, cheaper and easier to repeat.

Why we invested

Clara and her co-founder had built the first version of the system in a borrowed lab corner. Scientists who used it did not want to give it back.

Clara and her co-founder had built the first version of the system in a borrowed lab corner. Scientists who used it did not want to give it back.

Clara and her co-founder had built the first version of the system in a borrowed lab corner. Scientists who used it did not want to give it back.

Founders

Clara Weiss, Co-founder & CEO

Clara Weiss, Co-founder & CEO

Clara Weiss, Co-founder & CEO

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Tessera is making protein research faster, cheaper and far easier to repeat.

Tessera is making protein research faster, cheaper and far easier to repeat.

Tessera is making protein research faster, cheaper and far easier to repeat.

The story

Protein experiments are slow, expensive and hard to repeat. Tessera’s benchtop system runs dozens of them in parallel and records every step.

We backed Clara and her co-founder before they had a lab, and helped them find their first space and their first customers.

Tessera’s systems are now in more than 60 university and pharma labs.

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In their words

They invested before we even had a lab. Five years on, they still pick up the phone on a Sunday.

They invested before we even had a lab. Five years on, they still pick up the phone on a Sunday.

They invested before we even had a lab. Five years on, they still pick up the phone on a Sunday.

Clara Weiss, Co-founder & CEO

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