Bwanji ngati mutapereka magazi kunyumba m’malo mopereka magazi ku ofesi ya dokotala?Ndiwo maziko a Tasso, koyambira kochokera ku Seattle komwe kukuyenda bwino pazaumoyo.
Woyambitsa Tasso komanso CEO Ben Casavant adauza Forbes kuti kampaniyo posachedwa idakweza $ 100 miliyoni motsogozedwa ndi manejala wazaumoyo wa RA Capital kuti apange ukadaulo wake woyesa magazi.Ndalama zatsopanozi zidakweza ndalama zokwana madola 131 miliyoni.Casavant anakana kukambirana za mtengowo, ngakhale PitchBook yosungiramo ndalama zamabizinesi inali yamtengo wapatali $51 miliyoni mu Julayi 2020.
"Ili ndi malo odabwitsa omwe amatha kuwonongeka mwachangu," adatero Casavant."Madola 100 miliyoni amadzinenera okha."
Zida zosonkhanitsira magazi za kampaniyo—Tasso + (za magazi amadzimadzi), Tasso-M20 (za magazi odetsedwa) ndi Tasso-SST (zokonzekera zitsanzo za magazi amadzi osagwirizana ndi anticoagulated)—zimagwira ntchito mofananamo.Odwala amangomamatira batani laling'ono la ping-pong m'manja mwawo ndi zomatira zopepuka ndikudina batani lalikulu lofiira la chipangizocho, lomwe limapangitsa kuti pakhale mpweya.Lancet mu chipangizocho imaboola pamwamba pa khungu, ndipo vacuum imatulutsa magazi kuchokera ku ma capillaries kupita ku katiriji yachitsanzo pansi pa chipangizocho.
Chipangizochi chimangotenga magazi a capillary, ofanana ndi chobaya chala, osati magazi a venous, omwe angathe kutengedwa ndi dokotala.Malinga ndi kampaniyo, omwe adachita nawo maphunziro azachipatala adanenanso zowawa pang'ono akamagwiritsa ntchito chipangizocho poyerekeza ndi momwe amakokera magazi.Kampaniyo ikuyembekeza kulandira chivomerezo cha FDA ngati chipangizo chachipatala cha Class II chaka chamawa.
"Titha kukaonana ndi adotolo, koma mukabwera kudzayezetsa matenda, chophimba chimasweka," atero Anurag Kondapally, wamkulu wa RA Capital, yemwe alowa nawo gulu la oyang'anira a Tasso.kugwirizanitsa machitidwe azaumoyo ndikuyembekeza kupititsa patsogolo chilungamo ndi zotsatira zake."
Casawant, 34, ali ndi Ph.D.UW-Madison biomedical engineering major adayambitsa kampaniyo mu 2012 ndi mnzake wa labu ya UW Erwin Berthier, 38, yemwe ndi CTO wa kampaniyo.Mu labotale ya University of Washington ku Madison pulofesa David Beebe, adaphunzira za microfluidics, zomwe zimakhudzana ndi khalidwe ndi kulamulira kwa madzi ochepa kwambiri muzitsulo zamakina.
Mu labu, adayamba kuganiza za umisiri watsopano womwe labu angachite zomwe zimafuna kuyesa magazi komanso momwe zimavutira kuzipeza.Kupita ku chipatala kukapereka magazi kwa phlebotomist kapena namwino wolembetsa ndi wokwera mtengo komanso wovuta, ndipo kubangula zala ndikovuta komanso kosadalirika."Tangoganizirani dziko limene m'malo modumphira m'galimoto ndikuyendetsa kwinakwake, bokosi likuwonekera pakhomo panu ndipo mukhoza kutumiza zotsatira ku mbiri yanu yamagetsi," adatero."Tinati, 'Zingakhale zabwino ngati titapanga chipangizochi kuti chigwire ntchito.'
"Adabwera ndi njira yaukadaulo ndipo inali yanzeru kwambiri.Pali makampani ena ambiri omwe akuyesera kuchita izi, koma alephera kupeza yankho laukadaulo.
Casavant ndi Berthier ankagwira ntchito madzulo ndi Loweruka ndi Lamlungu kupanga chipangizochi, choyamba m’chipinda chochezera cha Casavan ndiyeno m’chipinda chochezera cha Berthier mnzawo wa Casavan atawapempha kuti azikhala.Mu 2017, adayendetsa kampaniyo kudzera mu accelerator yoyang'ana zaumoyo a Techstars ndipo adalandira ndalama zoyambilira monga thandizo la $ 2.9 miliyoni kuchokera ku federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa).Ogulitsa ake akuphatikiza Cedars-Sinai ndi Merck Global Innovation Fund, komanso makampani amabizinesi a Hambrecht Ducera, Foresite Capital ndi Vertical Venture Partners.Casavant amakhulupirira kuti adayesa malondawo kambirimbiri panthawi yomwe amapangidwa.Iye anati: “Ndimakonda kudziŵa bwino za mankhwalawa.
Jim Tananbaum, dokotala komanso woyambitsa $4 biliyoni woyang'anira chuma Foresite Capital, adapunthwa pa Casavant pafupifupi zaka zitatu zapitazo, adati akufunafuna kampani yomwe ingachite phlebotomy kulikonse."Ili ndi vuto lovuta kwambiri," adatero.
Vuto, iye anafotokoza, nlakuti pamene mutulutsa magazi kudzera m’kapilari, kuthamangako kumang’amba maselo ofiira a magazi, kuwapangitsa kukhala osagwiritsiridwa ntchito."Anapeza njira yabwino kwambiri yaukadaulo," adatero."Pali makampani ena ambiri omwe akuyesera kuchita izi koma sanathe kupeza yankho laukadaulo."
Kwa ambiri, mankhwala opangira magazi nthawi yomweyo amawakumbutsa Theranos, yemwe adalonjeza kuyesa magazi a singano asanagwe mu 2018. Woyambitsa wochititsa manyazi wazaka 37 Elizabeth Holmes akuimbidwa mlandu wachinyengo ndipo akukumana ndi zaka 20 m'ndende. ngati waphwanyidwa.
Ingodinani batani lalikulu lofiira: chipangizo cha Tasso chimalola odwala kutenga magazi kunyumba, popanda maphunziro aliwonse azachipatala.
"Zinali zosangalatsa kutsatira nkhaniyi, monga momwe tinalili," adatero Casavant."Ndi Tasso, nthawi zonse timaganizira za sayansi.Zonse zimatengera zotsatira za matenda, kulondola komanso kulondola. ”
Zogulitsa zamagazi za Tasso zikugwiritsidwa ntchito pamayesero osiyanasiyana azachipatala ku Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Merck ndi makampani osachepera asanu ndi limodzi a biopharmaceutical, adatero.Chaka chatha, a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center adakhazikitsa kafukufuku wa Covid-19 kuti aphunzire kuchuluka kwa matenda, nthawi yopatsirana, komanso kutenganso kachilomboka pogwiritsa ntchito chida chojambula magazi cha Tasso."Magulu ambiri omwe akufuna kuyesa mayeso panthawi ya mliri amafunikira njira yabwinoko yofikira odwala," adatero Casavant.
Tananbaum, yemwe anali pamndandanda wa Forbes Midas chaka chino, akukhulupirira kuti Tasso idzatha kukwera mpaka mayunitsi mamiliyoni mazana pachaka pomwe mitengo yazida ikutsika ndikuwonjezedwa mapulogalamu."Amayamba ndi milandu yomwe ikufunika kwambiri komanso phindu lalikulu," adatero.
Tasso ikukonzekera kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zatsopanozi kukulitsa kupanga.Panthawi ya mliriwu, idagula chomera ku Seattle chomwe m'mbuyomu chinkapereka mabwato ku West Marine, kulola kampaniyo kuyimitsa kupanga kumaofesi ake.Malowa ali ndi zida zokwana 150,000 pamwezi, kapena 1.8 miliyoni pachaka.
"Poganizira kuchuluka kwa magazi komanso kuyezetsa magazi ku US, tidzafunika malo ambiri," adatero Casavant.Akuti pafupifupi 1 biliyoni amakoka magazi chaka chilichonse ku United States, pomwe ma laboratories amayesa pafupifupi 10 biliyoni, ambiri mwa omwe amathandiza kuchiza matenda osachiritsika mwa okalamba."Tikuwona kukula komwe tikufuna komanso momwe tingamangire bizinesiyi," adatero.
RA Capital ndi imodzi mwamabizinesi akuluakulu azachipatala omwe ali ndi $ 9.4 biliyoni yoyang'aniridwa kumapeto kwa Okutobala.