Byagenda bite se niba ushobora gutanga amaraso murugo aho kwa muganga?Ngiyo ishingiro rya Tasso, itangizwa rya Seattle rishingiye kumurongo wubuvuzi busanzwe.
Umwe mu bashinze Tasso akaba n'umuyobozi mukuru, Ben Casavant, yatangarije Forbes ko iyi sosiyete iherutse gukusanya miliyoni 100 z'amadolari iyobowe n'umuyobozi ushinzwe ishoramari mu by'ubuzima RA Capital kugira ngo itezimbere ikoranabuhanga ryayo ryo gupima amaraso.Inkunga nshya yazamuye ishoramari ry’imigabane igera kuri miliyoni 131.Casavant yanze kuganira ku bijyanye n'agaciro, nubwo ububiko bw'imari shoramari PitchBook bwahaye agaciro ka miliyoni 51 z'amadolari muri Nyakanga 2020.
Casavant yagize ati: "Uyu ni umwanya udasanzwe ushobora kurimburwa vuba."“Miliyoni 100 z'amadolari arivugira.”
Ibikoresho byo gukusanya amaraso yisosiyete - Tasso + (kumaraso yamazi), Tasso-M20 (kumaraso yanduye) na Tasso-SST (mugutegura amaraso yamaraso adafite antikagile) - akora muburyo busa.Abarwayi bifata gusa igikoresho cya ping-pong gifite ubunini buke bwa buto kubiganza byabo bifatanye kandi byoroheje hanyuma ukande buto nini nini itukura, ikora icyuho.Lancet iri mu gikoresho icengera hejuru yuruhu, kandi icyuho gikura amaraso muri capillaries muri karitsiye yintangarugero munsi yigikoresho.
Igikoresho gikusanya gusa amaraso ya capillary, ahwanye no gutunga urutoki, kandi ntabwo ari amaraso yimitsi, ashobora gukusanywa gusa ninzobere mubuvuzi.Nk’uko iyi sosiyete ibitangaza, abitabiriye ubushakashatsi ku mavuriro bavuze ko ububabare buke iyo ukoresheje igikoresho ugereranije no kuvoma amaraso bisanzwe.Isosiyete irizera kwemererwa na FDA nk'igikoresho cyo mu cyiciro cya II umwaka utaha.
Umuyobozi w'ikigo RA Capital, Anurag Kondapally, uzinjira mu nama y'ubuyobozi ya Tasso yagize ati: "Turashobora gusura umuganga hafi, ariko mugihe ugomba kwinjira hanyuma ukabona ibizamini by'ibanze byo kwisuzumisha, umwenda ukingiriza."kurushaho kwitabira gahunda y’ubuzima kandi twizere ko bizamura uburinganire n’ibisubizo. ”
Casawant, 34, afite impamyabumenyi y'ikirenga.UW-Madison biomedical engineering major yashinze isosiyete mu 2012 hamwe na mugenzi we wa laboratoire ya UW, Erwin Berthier, 38, akaba ari CTO y’isosiyete.Muri laboratoire ya kaminuza ya Washington muri professeur wa Madison, David Beebe, bize microfluidics, ivuga ku myitwarire no kugenzura amazi make cyane mu muyoboro.
Muri laboratoire, batangiye gutekereza kubijyanye n'ikoranabuhanga rishya laboratoire ishobora gukora isaba urugero rw'amaraso n'uburyo kuyibona bigoye.Kujya ku ivuriro gutanga amaraso kuri phlebotomiste cyangwa umuforomo wiyandikishije birazimvye kandi ntibyoroshye, kandi gukubita urutoki biragoye kandi ntabwo byizewe.Ati: “Tekereza isi aho aho gusimbukira mu modoka no gutwara ahantu runaka, agasanduku kagaragara ku muryango wawe kandi ushobora kohereza ibisubizo mu nyandiko yawe y'ubuzima bwa elegitoroniki”.Ati: “Twaravuze tuti 'Byaba byiza turamutse dushoboye gukora igikoresho.'
Ati: "Bazanye igisubizo cya tekiniki kandi byari byiza rwose.Hariho andi masosiyete menshi agerageza gukora ibi, ariko ntibashoboye kubona igisubizo cya tekiniki. ”
Casavant na Berthier bakoze nimugoroba na wikendi kugira ngo bateze imbere icyo gikoresho, babanza mu cyumba cya Casavan, hanyuma mu cyumba cya Berthier nyuma yuko uwo babanaga na Casavan abasabye kuguma.Muri 2017, bayoboye isosiyete binyuze mu kwihutisha ubuvuzi bwihuse Techstars kandi bahabwa inkunga hakiri kare mu buryo bwa miliyoni 2.9 z'amadorali yatanzwe n'ikigo cya Federal Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa).Abashoramari bayo barimo Cedars-Sinai na Merck Global Innovation Fund, hamwe n’ibigo by’imari shoramari Hambrecht Ducera, Foresite Capital na Vertical Venture Partners.Casavant yizera ko yagerageje ibicuruzwa inshuro magana mugihe cyiterambere.Ati: "Nkunda kumenya neza ibicuruzwa."
Igihe Jim Tananbaum, umuganga akaba ari na we washinze umutungo wa miliyari 4 z'amadolari ya Foresite Capital, yaguye kuri Casavant mu myaka itatu ishize, yavuze ko ashakisha sosiyete ishobora gukora phlebotomie ahantu hose.Ati: "Iki ni ikibazo gikomeye cyane".
Yasobanuye ko ingorane ari uko iyo ukuye amaraso muri capillary, umuvuduko uturika uturemangingo tw'amaraso atukura, bigatuma udakoreshwa.Ati: "Bazanye igisubizo cya tekiniki gifite ubwenge rwose".Ati: “Hariho andi masosiyete menshi agerageza gukora ibi ariko ntiyabone igisubizo cy'ubuhanga.”
Kuri benshi, ibicuruzwa bikurura amaraso bihita bitwibutsa Theranos, yasezeranije gupima amaraso y’urushinge mbere y’impanuka yabyo mu 2018. Elizabeth Holmes washinze imyaka 37 y’urukozasoni akurikiranyweho uburiganya kandi ashobora gufungwa imyaka 20 niba yarenze.
Kanda gusa buto nini itukura: igikoresho cya Tasso cyemerera abarwayi gufata amaraso murugo, nta mahugurwa yubuvuzi.
Casavant yagize ati: "Byari bishimishije gukurikira inkuru, nk'uko natwe."“Hamwe na Tasso, duhora twibanda kuri siyansi.Byose bijyanye n'ibisubizo byo kwisuzumisha, ukuri kandi neza. ”
Yavuze ko ibicuruzwa byo gukusanya amaraso ya Tasso birimo gukoreshwa mu bigeragezo bitandukanye by’amavuriro muri Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Merck ndetse n’amasosiyete nibura atandatu y’ibinyabuzima.Umwaka ushize, ikigo cy’ubushakashatsi cya kanseri ya Fred Hutchinson cyatangije ubushakashatsi bwa Covid-19 bwo kwiga igipimo cy’ubwandu, igihe cyo kwandura, ndetse n’uko ushobora kongera kwandura hakoreshejwe igikoresho cyo gukuramo amaraso ya Tasso.Casavant yagize ati: "Amatsinda menshi yifuza gukora ibizamini mu gihe cy'icyorezo akeneye inzira nziza yo kugera ku barwayi."
Tananbaum, wari ku rutonde rwa Forbes Midas muri uyu mwaka, yizera ko Tasso amaherezo izashobora kugera kuri miliyoni amagana y’ibice ku mwaka kuko ibiciro by’ibikoresho bigabanuka ndetse na porogaramu zikongerwaho.Ati: “Batangirana n'imanza zisabwa cyane n'inyungu nyinshi”.
Tasso irateganya gukoresha amafaranga mashya mu kwagura umusaruro.Mu gihe cy'icyorezo, yaguze uruganda i Seattle rwahoze rutanga ubwato muri West Marine, bituma sosiyete ihagarika umusaruro ku biro byayo.Umwanya ufite ubushobozi ntarengwa bwibikoresho 150.000 buri kwezi, cyangwa miliyoni 1.8 kumwaka.
Casavant yagize ati: "Ukurikije ubwinshi bw'amaraso akurura n'ibizamini by'amaraso muri Amerika, tuzakenera umwanya munini."Agereranya ko muri Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika hari amaraso agera kuri miliyari imwe buri mwaka, muri zo laboratoire ikora ibizamini bigera kuri miliyari 10, inyinshi muri zo zikaba zifasha kuvura indwara zidakira ku baturage bageze mu za bukuru.Ati: "Turimo kureba igipimo dukeneye n'uburyo twubaka ubu bucuruzi".
RA Capital ni umwe mu bashoramari bakomeye mu by'ubuzima bafite miliyari 9.4 z'amadolari ayobowe guhera mu mpera z'Ukwakira.