Company Status
Having demonstrated our technology and raised our initial seed capital, LUMABS BV is currently looking to expand the breadth of antibodies/antigens for which we have developed corresponding Lumabs and RAPPID reagents. Therefore, we encourage potential partners who are developing novel immunoassays (such as therapeutic antibodies), or already have them in the clinic and/or market already, and have a need for updated bioanalysis tools (such as moving from a Heterogeneous ELISA format to a Homogeneous one) to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace, to contact us to discuss their needs and the solutions LUMABS BV Technological Platform can offer. This will be done in confidence as required.
Investment opportunity
LUMABS BV will soon open a new funding round to accelerate the Assay Development of novel Bioluminescence Immuno-Diagnostics:
- Revolution in Point of Care diagnostics – our patented RAPPID Technology Platform for Bioluminescence-based quantitative immunodiagnostics combines laboratory accuracy with OTC convenience
- Disruptive market approach – our RAPPID Technology Platform for Bioluminescence-based quantitative immunodiagnostics opens previously laboratory-based markets for self-testing. Our financial forecast and business plan has clear exit opportunities for investors
- Operating in highly attractive markets – high growth with strong, unmatched diagnostic need
- First product launch based on the RAPPID Technology Platform is expected in 2025 – far more in the pipeline
- Strong management and enthusiastic R&D team – strong industry and academic credentials
Are you an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and/or Impact Funding Investor?
Here are some of the reasons why LUMABS BV is the perfect investment opportunity for your goals:
- Clear policies and impacts on an environmental, social, and governance framework
- Reduce laboratory waste at Hospitals, Clinics and Diagnostic Laboratories:
- Problem: of the 1.3 tons/day per hospital, up to 20% is due to the use of plastics from diagnostic products as well as dispose of solutions
- Devices, usually made of unsustainable plastics, often need to be incinerated to reduce infection risk, creating an additional release of greenhouse gas and, potentially, other pollutants.
- By adopting our technology, previous ELISA assay manufacturers can reduce in >100x fold the amount of plastic parts and liquid washing solutions used in standard ELISA assay methodologies
- Our company has implemented policies that promote ethical and socially conscious themes including diversity, inclusion, community-focus, social justice, and corporate ethics, in addition to fighting against racial, gender, and sexual discrimination.
- Our technology addresses UN’s GOAL
- 3: GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING – Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages.
- 12: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
- 12.4 By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
- 12.5 By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
Join us on our journey. Please contact our CEO Antonio Soares
Publication
Publications from our founding scientist team regarding Lumabs and RAPPID technologies:
Glow-in-the-Dark Infectious Disease Diagnostics Using CRISPR-Cas9-Based Split Luciferase Complementation
ACS Cent. Sci. (2023) 9, 4, 657–667
Integrated Bioluminescent Immunoassays for High-Throughput Sampling and Continuous Monitoring of Cytokines
Anal. Chem. (2023) 95, 8922–8931
Bioluminescence goes dark: Boosting the performance of bioluminescent sensor proteins using complementation inhibitors
ACS sensors (2022) 7(12), 3800-3808
Bioluminescent RAPPID Sensors for the Single-Step Detection of Soluble Axl and Multiplex Analysis of Cell Surface Cancer Biomarkers
Anal. Chem (2022) 94, 6548–6556
Microfluidic thread-based analytical devices for point-of-care detection of therapeutic antibody in blood
Sensors and Actuators B (2022), 352, 121002
A plug-and-play platform of ratiometric bioluminescent sensors for homogeneous immunoassays
Nature Communications (2021) 12, 4586
A bottom-up approach for the de novo design of functional proteins
Nature Chem. Biol. (2021) 17, 492-500
Thread-based bioluminescent sensor for detecting multiple antibodies in a single drop of whole blood
ACS Sensors (2020) 5, 6, 1786–1794
Ratiometric bioluminescent sensor proteins based on intramolecular split luciferase complementation
ACS Sensors (2019) 4, 20-25
Paper-based antibody detection devices using bioluminescent BRET-switching sensor proteins
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2018) 57, 15369-15373
Dual color bioluminescent sensor proteins for therapeutic drug monitoring of anti-tumor antibodies
Anal. Chem. (2018), 90, 3592-3599
Semisynthetic bioluminescent sensor proteins for direct detection of antibodies and small molecules in solution
ACS Sensors (2017), 2, 1730-1736
Detection of antibodies in blood plasma using bioluminescent sensor proteins and a smartphone
Anal. Chem. (2016) 88, 4525-4531
M. ACS Sens. 2024 Feb 21. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.3c02478. PMID: 38380622
M. Sens Diagn. 2023 Sep 4;2(6):1492-1500. doi: 10.1039/d3sd00131h. eCollection 2023 Nov 9. PMID: 38013761