Tesseract Health
Retinal scanning for the detection of health conditions
- 21-100 employees
- Artificial Intelligence
- Enterprise
- MedTech
- Guilford, Guilford, CT
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Company mission
To democratize healthcare on a global scale by enabling the field of Oculomics - a new branch between radiology and laboratory medicine on the diagnostic tree.
Our take
Tesseract is attempting to massively disrupt the health prediction and diagnostics field through AI powered retinal scanning technology, which until now has mostly been based on blood sampling.
The company points out that the retina is the only place where arteries, veins, capillaries, and nerves can be seen directly – something which it claims can be leveraged to recognize signs of a range of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons, anemia and heart disease. Indeed, there’s been a considerable amount of research done in the last few years which back these claims up.
Though not yet available on the US market, the fact that Tesseract’s latest fundraise was oversubscribed highlights the excitement surrounding the company. This is no doubt helped by its founder Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, a serial health tech entrepreneur and winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2015.
There are still plenty of obstacles to overcome as Tesseract seeks FDA approval and international clearance, but this is an extremely innovative company with huge potential.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program - your family can use it too!
- Company funded health reimbursement account to cover out-of-pocket health care expenses
- Paid Parental Leave & Paid Baby Bonding Leave
- Inclusive and collaborative culture
- Fully covered (like 100%!) medical insurance plan, and dental & vision coverage
- Company paid life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability
- The opportunity to build a revolutionary healthcare product and save millions of lives!
- Equity - our teams are important and should have a stake in our success
- Pre-tax benefits (commuter, FSA, HSA, dependent care FSA)
- 401k plan - everyone should be encouraged to save for their retirement adventures
- Free onsite meals & kitchen stocked with snacks
- Flexible work arrangements
- Employee Referral Program
- Annual Purchase Program - to better your work environment, whether you work onsite or remote
- Generous PTO & Company Holidays
- Casual dress code
- Opportunities to engage with your team through social events
Company values
- Patients first – Make products that will improve people’s lives.
- Data driven – Search for the best solutions, we are objective, data driven and optimize for speed, simplicity and scale.
- Team oriented – Strive to collaborate and support each other.
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2021
$80m
SERIES B
Total funding: $80m
Leadership
Jonathan Rothberg
(Founder)Founder & chairman of 4Catalyzer, which incubated Tesseract. Serial health entrepreneur who founded, among others, AI Therapeutics, DNA sequencing company Quantum-Si (IPO), and ultrasound company Butterfly Network. Awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by Barack Obama.