PathSpot, a New York-based biotech company that protects food service companies and their customers from the threat of food-borne illness, announced the closing of $6.5 million in a Series A round led by Valor Siren Ventures I L.P. Till now, the company has raised a total of $10.5 million in funding.
Existing investors FIKA Ventures and Walden Venture Capital also participated in the funding round.
“PathSpot works alongside the food industry to promote handwashing and enhance a positive culture around sanitation, using data to help plan and protect against future risk,” said Christine Schindler, CEO and co-founder, PathSpot. “I’m thrilled to partner with VSV, which comes at a time when the entire world is more conscious than ever about handwashing safety. We’re eager to help positively impact even more lives more quickly and continue working with the food industry in prioritizing safe handwashing.”
The company claims that its hand scanner detects invisible signs of bacteria and viruses that cause illnesses and outbreaks in less than two seconds. PathSpot is used by restaurants, packaging facilities, cafeterias, and farms across the US.
PathSpot is the creator of a real-time hand hygiene management system that protects against the threat and spread of illness with a hand scanner that tracks handwashing frequency and effectiveness.
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