Tyson Ventures Backs Next Generation Food Safety Company Clear Labs
Summary
Tyson Ventures has made an undisclosed investment in Clear Labs Inc., a next-generation food safety platform that employs robotics to detect harmful pathogens such as E. coli and salmonella. As a result, the technologies behind the science have advanced at an accelerated rate and investors are taking note of the potential for return on investment that can be generated from a guaranteed safe food supply chain. The company’s Clear Safety platform, which was launched in July of last year, offers the combination of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), advanced microbiology, robotic automation, data science and software analytics, and is able to provide 99 percent accuracy at significantly lower costs. This new platform, which currently supports high-volume testing for salmonella with additional pathogens and software features expected to be added this year, engages in learning. “This round of funding was raised on the premise that what the industry needs is perfectly aligned with our product vision,” said Sasan Amini, CEO of Clear Labs at the time.