karius
Founders
Mickey Kertesz, Ph.D. - CEO & Co-founder
Tim Blauwkamp, Ph.D. - CSO & co-founder
Stephen Quake, Ph.D. - Co-founder
Founded
2014
Stage
Seed
Invested
2014
Status
Private
Lightspeed Team
Ravi Mhatre - Partner & Co-Founder

Karius is a life sciences company transforming infectious disease diagnostics with genomics. It began with work on microbial cell-free DNA at Stanford University and was inspired by one child’s story. The Karius® Test is a comprehensive tool capable of identifying more than 1,000 pathogens directly from blood. With this next-generation sequencing-based test, we are helping clinicians improve patient outcomes and helping industry accelerate drug development.

Ravi Mhatre