Last deal

$750K

Amount

Debt Financing

Stage

06.11.2009

Date

3

all rounds

$24.01M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Pigment Forest, Inc. develops and sells instruments, consumables and software for protein separation and bioanalysis applications.

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founded date

01.01.2002

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Debt Financing

IPO status

Private

Description

Founded in 2002 and based in Lexington, Massachusetts, Protein Forest, Inc. offers a range of products including the digital ProteomeChip (dPC), which uses a technology called parallel isoelectric focusing to fractionate and concentrate proteins or peptides for mass spec analysis and western blotting. Their solutions include the dPC fractionator, which controls temperature, voltage, and mixing for separate samples, and the dPC PlugHarvestor, which allows users to group pH gel plugs. The company serves scientists in various industries, including life science, drug discovery, pharmaceutical, biotech, and diagnostics.
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M&A Details
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Acquired by

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announced date

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Financials

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Number of Funding Rounds

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Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 06.11.2009. Their latest round Debt Financing

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
06.11.2009
$750K
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$1.25M
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$3.01M
Co-Investors
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4

Number of lead investors

4

Number of investors

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Round 
Partners 
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Michael Greeley

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John L. Zabriskie

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Employee Profiles
2

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Co-Founder and Director

Russell K. Garlick

CEO

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