OpGen is a precision medicine company utilizing molecular diagnostics and bioinformatics to help combat infectious disease.
OpGen is a precision medicine company harnessing the power of molecular diagnostics and bioinformatics to help combat infectious diseases. OpGen, along with its subsidiaries, Curetis and Ares Genetics, develop and commercialize molecular microbiology solutions to help guide clinicians with more rapid and actionable information about life-threatening infections to improve patient outcomes. The company's approaches to infectious disease diagnostics consist of highly multiplexed syndromic molecular panels, and next-generation sequencing combined with smart bioinformatics and artificial intelligence to address the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). By integrating these capabilities, we provide unique rapid molecular diagnostic products and services that help to dramatically transform patient care by using precision medicine to guide antibiotic therapy selection and optimize the treatment of life-threatening drug-resistant infections, improve antibiotic stewardship, and decrease the spread of multidrug-resistant microorganisms (MDROs). OpGen was established in 2002 by David Schwartz in Rockville, Maryland.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Mar 7, 2012 | Series C | $17M | 2 | — | — | Detail |
Sep 28, 2010 | Series B | $17M | 2 | — | — | Detail |
Sep 12, 2007 | Series Unknown | $23.60M | 1 | Versant Ventures | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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jVen Capital | — | Series C |
Versant Ventures | — | Series C |