Virilitas Labs raises £700K for 15-minute at-home sperm test
What's the deal? Virilitas LabsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a startup based at Norwich Research Park, has secured more than £700,000 to develop a DIY sperm test that checks male fertility in 15 minutes. The funding combines a £465,000 grant with £251,000 raised from private investors.
What's the endgame? The company is building a rapid at-home test that uses lateral flow technology — the same approach behind pregnancy and Covid tests — to analyse biomarkers linked to fertility and reproductive health from a single sample.
Why now? Male fertility remains under-tested compared with female fertility, and current clinical analysis typically requires lab visits and longer waits. A 15-minute home test aims to lower the barrier to early screening.
The signal: The round sits in a relatively modest band for the sector, but it points to growing investor appetite for at-home diagnostics that move testing out of the clinic and into the home.
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