# CloudSpec

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/cloudspec

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: Wellington, New Zealand
- Website: www.maramalabs.com
- Total disclosed funding: $3.2M
- Latest round: Seed (Jan 22, 2024)
- Investors on record: 7

## About

Established in 2017 and based in Wellington, New Zealand, Marama Labs Limited, trading under the name Cloudspec, is a provider of integrated chemical analysis platforms that optimize production processes and match the products and brands to customer needs. The company was founded by its CEO Dr. Brendan Darby, along with Dr. Matthias Meyer and Eric Le Ru. In December 2024, CloudSpec raised EUR 2 million in pre-series A funding led by returning investor The Yield Lab, with participation from new investor Angel Investors Marlborough. Other returning investors DeepIE Ventures, Icehouse Ventures, Radar Ventures, and individual investors also participated in the round.

The company develops Cloudspec, a UV-Vis spectrophotometer that can measure absorption, extinction, and scattering spectra of clear and turbid liquids. the spectrophotometer mechanism that inserts standard UV cuvettes inside an integrating sphere that corrects modified path length inside the cuvette. The Cloudspec uses two measurements UV-Vis transmission mode that yields standard extinction spectra and the scattering-free absorption mode via the integrating sphere.

The company's revenue is generated by the sales of its Cloudspec platform to various organizations.


The company will use the funding to support the growth of its product CloudSpec.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Jan 22, 2024, $1.9M — The Yield Lab, Icehouse Ventures, Quidnet Ventures, NZ Growth Capital Partners, NZVC, Radar Ventures, DeepIE Ventures
- Seed, Jun 29, 2021, $1.3M — Quidnet Ventures, NZ Growth Capital Partners

## Investors

- Quidnet Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/quidnet-ventures) — Seed
- NZ Growth Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nz-growth-capital-partners) — Seed
- The Yield Lab (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/the-yield-lab) — Seed
- Icehouse Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/icehouse-ventures) — Seed
- NZVC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nzvc) — Seed
- Radar Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/radar-ventures) — Seed
- DeepIE Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/deepie-ventures) — Seed