Astek Diagnostics is a medical device company, working to commercialize a novel technology for detecting bacterial infections in urine. Our mission is to fight antibiotic resistance with innovative technology.
Location: United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $2M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 15.06.2023 | Maryland M... | momentum.u... |
| - | TEDCO | tedcomd.co... |
| 02.07.2021 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 12.06.2023 | - | $2M | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.04.2024 | Astek Diagnostics Recieves Pre-Series A Funding from She’s Independent | Astek Diagnostics, a Baltimore, MD-based developer of an urine-based diagnostic tool, received a Pre-Series A investment from She’s Independent. Other investors included include Y Combinator, AYANA Capital, Wexford Scitech Venture Fund, Har... |
| 08.03.2024 | Pitch Deck Teardown: Astek Diagnostics’s $2M seed deck | Astek Diagnostics closed a $2 million round for its urine diagnostics system, despite the fact that raising money for medtech isn’t for the faint of heart. The company’s deck has some good stuff in it and could be a deep source for things w... |
| 09.01.2024 | Astek Diagnostics marks another R&D milestone through a strategic partnership with MedStar Health | Astek Diagnostics (“Astek”) announced today a strategic partnership with the MedStar Health Research Institute focused on advancing innovation around the identification of UTI infections and detection of antibiotic sensitivities in 1 hour t... |
| 12.06.2023 | Money Moves: Astek Diagnostics raised $2M for a medical device launch | Money Moves is a column where we chart the funding raises of tech companies across the region. Have a tip? Email us at baltimore@technical.ly. Baltimore’s biotech industry is thriving, and it’s not the only one experiencing a winning streak... |
| 06.06.2023 | University System of Maryland Momentum Fund Invests in Astek Diagnostics, Joins Wexford SciTech Fund, Ayana Capital, and Other Leading Investors | Astek, a Medical Device Company, Commercializing a Bacterial Infection Detection Technology |
| 05.06.2023 | Astek Diagnostics raises $2M to commercialize urinary tract infection diagnostic tool | A Baltimore diagnostic firm closed a $2 million funding round on Thursday that it hopes will help launch a device to give patients with urinary tract infections a quick route to recovery. |
| 23.03.2022 | How can Baltimore better support its startup founders? Several told us how | As Baltimore, its surrounding counties and the tech companies throughout the area continue to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, questions that preceded the global health crisis still persist. Among them: What do the region’s startups need ... |
| 18.01.2022 | Y Combinator alum Astek wants to revolutionize antibiotics | After a summer in prominent Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, Astek Diagnostics cofounder and CEO Mustafa Al-Adhami is ready to take on the medtech world. A spinout of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore-ba... |
| 01.09.2021 | Here are all the companies from Day 2 of Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day | Welcome back to TechCrunch’s continuing coverage of Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day! This is Day Two. If you haven’t caught up yet on what happened during the first day, you can read our recap of all the presenting companies here, our f... |
| 12.07.2021 | This UMBC-born medical device startup got accepted into Y Combinator | A Baltimore startup is getting support and connections from a prominent Silicon Valley accelerator this summer. Astek Diagnostics, a spinout of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) was accepted into Y Combinator (YC) for its ... |
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