London startup Untap raises £1.1m for innovative water surveillance - London Business News
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Untap, a UK start-up that has developed a device capable of detecting and monitoring the spread of infectious diseases in sewage, has just secured a \xa3100k investment from British Design Fund, as part of a \xa31.1m fundraise from specialist funds and angel investors.The London-based company, whose wastewater surveillance system can provide real-time data on community health, will use the funding to continue the development of its technology, while supporting the expansion of its team, as it prepares to bring its device to market.Co-founded by Imperial College London alumni, Dr Claire Trant and Dr Jay Bullen, Untap is on a mission to transform the way viral diseases are detected. We knew there was a need for an automated solution, which were building at Untap.We are already seeing an increase in pandemics and the more we live in densely populated environments, the more we are likely to see them happening. Through the work we are doing we hope to help health agencies prepare and act at speed to address these outbreaks.Untaps patent pending, automated and real-time wastewater surveillance system can detect viruses, such as Covid-19, to monitor community prevalence and identify case rates without the need for individual testing. Untap offers a solution with technology that has huge potential to help monitor and tackle transmissible diseases across the world. Our investee committee were not only impressed by the calibre of the Untap team but also the potential of their technology to impact on global communities.
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