Testmate Health is a an early stage healthcare startup focused on low cost, high quality & accurate at home self-testing. Our team brings together expertise in sexual health and diagnostics to bring our mission of making testing for sexual health easy and accessible to life. STI rates have soared in recent years, partly due to a reduction in access to easy & affordable testing. Yet, it is asymptomatic in nearly 80% of women, and causes preventable complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Testmate Health is developing the first OTC urine home test for common STIs, that can be performed anywhere, at anytime, providing results in minutes. Testmate Health raised an over-subscribed Seed Round to accelerate development, and validate their disposable test. Awards and Accelerators: 1. MassChallenge Switzerland 2019 2. HelloTomorrow Top 100 2019 3. Google For Startups Women's Health 2021 4. De Vigier Foundation Award 2021 5. Biopole Startup Award 2022
Location: United States
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $7.74M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | DART Ventu... | dart.ventu... |
| - | DART Labs | dartlabs.i... |
| 15.08.2023 | Amboy Stre... | amboystree... |
| - | Venture Ki... | venturekic... |
| 15.07.2023 | VentureLab | venturelab... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 08.05.2024 | Seed | $6M | - |
| 21.10.2021 | Seed | $1.74M | - |
Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.12.2025 | New strategic investor to support Testmate US efforts | First-of-its-kind partnership and investment brings lab-quality STI diagnostics to decentralized care settings, addressing a silent public health crisis. STIs remain a largely silent epidemic, with 80% of chlamydia and gonorrhea infections... |
| 13.08.2024 | Four startups from the medical field obtain the Innosuisse Certificate | After completing the Innosuisse Core Coaching program, startups can apply for the Innosuisse Certificate, to boost their track record. Upon receiving their applications, the Innosuisse Innovation Council evaluates the entries based on the ... |
| 16.07.2024 | 5 neue Startups: Skillbased, Testmate, BatteryIncluded, FEATRme, Sales as a Service | deutsche-startups.de präsentiert heute wieder einmal einige junge Startups, die zuletzt, also in den vergangenen Wochen und Monaten, an den Start gegangen sind, sowie Firmen, die vor Kurzem aus dem Stealth-Mode erwacht sind. Übrigens: Noch ... |
| 24.05.2024 | 31st Prix Strategis crowns HeroSupport | Geneva-based HeroSupport SA won the 31st edition of the Prix Strategis, convincing a jury made up of renowned experts and influential figures from various fields. The Swiss femtech had to satisfy demanding criteria in terms of innovation, p... |
| 08.05.2024 | Testmate Health Raises $6M In Seed Funding | Testmate Health founder and CEO Dr. Siew-Veena Sahi’ Testmate Health, a Lausanne, Switzerland-based company which specialises in at-home testing solutions, raised $6M in Seed funding. The round was led by RH Capital, with participation from... |
| 07.05.2024 | Revolutionizing STI Testing: Testmate Health's Game-Changing Approach | The battle against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) just got a powerful ally in Testmate Health, a Lausanne-based startup that recently secured a whopping USD 6 million in funding. With their innovative at-home testing solution, Testm... |
| 07.05.2024 | iwoca erhält 314 Millionen – Testmate sammelt 6 Millionen ein – Mimic bekommt 2,5 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 7. Mai werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Archi... |
| 06.05.2024 | Big win for at-home STI testing: Testmate Health lands USD 6 million to fight the spread | The World Health Organization estimates around 374 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) annually, including chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis. These infections often go unnoticed, fueling their rapid... |
| 06.05.2024 | Big win for at-home STI testing: Testmate Health lands USD 6 million to fight the spread | Big win for at-home STI testing: Testmate Health lands USD 6 million to fight the spread 06.05.2024 10:00, Rita Longobardi linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube --> Lausanne-based startup Testmate Health secured a USD 6 million fun... |
| 03.05.2024 | USD 6 million to fight a silent epidemic | According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are an estimated 374 million new infections every year, including four curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs), namely chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomoniasis. Very o... |
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