Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Plair SA designs, manufactures and commercializes advanced laser-based instruments for microbial detection. The company was founded in 2014 to revolutionize environmental monitoring.
Location: Switzerland
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $4.15M
Founded date: 2014
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Venture Ki... | venturekic... |
| - | MassChalle... | masschalle... |
| - | VentureLab | venturelab... |
| 03.03.2023 | SICTIC | sictic.ch |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 27.03.2026 | - | $1.25M | - |
| 29.03.2022 | Grant | $2.9M | - |
Mentions in press and media 24
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.03.2026 | Plair raises CHF 1 million to expand real-time microbial detection | RAPID-C+ is already commercially available, and Plair, a Venture Kick alumnus, has raised CHF 1 million from bioMérieux to accelerate its global rollout. The system combines continuous sampling on standard agar media with instant particle c... |
| 27.03.2026 | Plair attracts investment from bioMérieux | Plair’s flagship innovation, RAPID-C+, is a unique real-time viable particle counter that sets a new industry standard in pharmaceutical environmental monitoring. RAPID-C+ is already commercially available. This partnership reinforces bioM... |
| 05.09.2025 | Crowd-Support für weiteres Wachstum | Mikrobielle Verunreinigungen in der Luft stellen für sterile Produktionsrabläufe und pharmazeutischen Reinräume eine Herausforderung dar. Das im August 2014 gegründete Unternehmen Plair hat eine Lösung zur Kontaminationskontrolle in Echtze... |
| 16.03.2023 | FIF Funding for three new Geneva projects | The FIF is the instrument for fostering innovation and scale up of promising companies from the Canton of Geneva at the service of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The FIF is supported by the State of Geneva, th... |
| 29.03.2022 | SERI confirms CHF 58 million SERI-funded EIC Accelerator Grants for 24 start-ups | |
| 26.10.2021 | Softbank, PwC and award jurys select Swiss start-ups | |
| 03.11.2020 | Plair to market next-gen air microbial detection with MBV | Swiss startup Plair and MBV sign a Collaboration Agreement to develop next-generation Solutions for rapid microbiological detection. NewGen Holding AG, the parent company of MBV, will invest in Plair's share capital to strengthen the collab... |
| 03.11.2020 | Plair to market next-gen air microbial detection with MBV | |
| 30.12.2019 | Plair attracts new board members and secures financial support | The systems of Plair can be applied wherever precise and instantaneous identification of environmental hazards is required. The range of detection includes, but is not limited to, allergens such as pollen, fungi, air pollution, and even bac... |
| 30.12.2019 | Plair attracts new board members and secures financial support |
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