# Zafrens

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

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: San Diego, US
- Website: www.zafrens.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $41M
- Latest round: Series A (Dec 12, 2023)
- Investors on record: 10

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2022, Zafrens Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that provides an experimental platform to study. In February 2025, Zafrens Inc. raised an undisclosed amount of series A funding from new investor imec.xpand. Returning investors Prime Movers Lab, KOFA Healthcare Investments, and Global Brain also participated in the round. As of December 2023, the company is led by its CEO Kandaswamy (Swamy) Vijayan. 

Zafrens develops an experimental platform that facilitates experiments while maintaining single-cell CITE-seq precision. The experiments are accomplished within the time and cost parameters equivalent to a conventional 96-well plate experiment. The platform is also able to generate insights and allows navigation across diverse therapeutic modalities.

The company plans to use the February 2025 funding to increase its capabilities and form new alliances with pharmaceutical firms across the globe.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Dec 12, 2023, $23M — Global Brain, BlueYard Capital, FoundersX Ventures, Imec.xpand, KOFA Healthcare Investments, Prime Movers Lab, Iaso Ventures, Alix Ventures, Possible Ventures
- Series A, Jul 26, 2023, $18M — Global Brain, BlueYard Capital, FoundersX Ventures, KOFA Healthcare Investments, Iaso Ventures, Alix Ventures, Possible Ventures, Hawktail

## Investors

- Global Brain (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/global-brain) — Series A
- BlueYard Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/blueyard-capital) — Series A
- FoundersX Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/foundersx-ventures) — Series A
- KOFA Healthcare Investments (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kofa-healthcare-investments) — Series A
- Iaso Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/iaso-ventures) — Series A
- Alix Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alix-ventures) — Series A
- Possible Ventures — Series A
- Hawktail (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hawktail) — Series A
- Imec.xpand (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/imec-xpand) — Series A
- Prime Movers Lab (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/prime-movers-lab) — Series A