KETOS

Sensors & Transducers · Water Utilities
$33.3Mtotal raised · 3 rounds on record
$10Mlatest round · Venture round · May 2024 · 2 yr ago
3backers · Plug and Play, Better Ventures
20stories in the press

Overview

Transform water operations. KETOS provides fully automated water quality monitoring for Agricultural, Industrial, and Municipal applications.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$33.3M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$10M
Venture round · May 2024 · 2 yr ago
Backers
3
Plug and Play, Better Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
29 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 28, 2024 Raised a round Venture round $10M · led by Tenfore Holdings · Pulse 2.0 Jun 10, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $8.3M · SEC Form D Jul 2, 2020 Raised a round Venture round $15M · SEC Form D 2015 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round May 2024 $10M Tenfore Holdings lead Pulse 2.0
Venture round Jun 2022 $8.3M — SEC Form D
Venture round Jul 2020 $15M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Ketos Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Meena SankaranExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Financials

Total raised
$33.3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $10M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $8.3M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $15M Details

People

Meena Sankaran
Executive Officer, Director
Heidi Patel
Director
Veery Maxwell
Director
Ollen Douglass
Director
Ming Chow
Director
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Shared investors3
Rethink ImpactVia a fund
44 portfolio companies: Seven Starling, Nectir, Andromeda Robotics and 41 more
Better VenturesVia a fund
55 portfolio companies: Eko, Africa's Talking, NBD Nano and 52 more
Plug and PlayVia a fund
2741 portfolio companies

News

Blog 2 months ago
Real Estate Water Testing in the South Bay: A Timeline for Agents and Buyers (2026)
Real estate water testing is a lab panel ordered during escrow to check what a standard inspection cannot: the metals, nitrate, and other chemistry dissolved in a property's water. The post Real Estate Water Testing in the South Bay: A Timeline for Agents
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Blog 2 months ago
Drinking Water Testing in Sunnyvale (2026): What Actually Happens to Your Sample
After you order drinking water testing near me, or anywhere, your sample follows a fixed path: collect it with the kit that ships to you, mail it back with the prepaid label already included, and the lab logs, analyzes, and reports it within 5 to 7 busine
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Blog 2 months ago
Santa Clara County Water Testing: Which Cities Have PFAS, Nitrate, or Hard Water Issues (2026)
Santa Clara County water testing turns up different answers depending on which city you live in and which source feeds your tap. The post Santa Clara County Water Testing: Which Cities Have PFAS, Nitrate, or Hard Water Issues (2026) appeared first on KETO
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Blog 2 months ago
The Home Inspection Water Test: A Santa Clara County Inspector's Add-On Guide (2026)
A home inspection water test is a laboratory water-quality panel a buyer orders alongside the standard inspection, because neither a general home inspection nor a pest inspection analyzes what is dissolved in the water itself. The post The Home Inspection
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Blog 2 months ago
How to Test for PFAS in Water (and When You Actually Need a Lab)
How to test for PFAS in water comes down to three real options: a rapid test strip, an at-home extraction kit you mail to a lab, or a full laboratory panel. The post How to Test for PFAS in Water (and When You Actually Need a Lab) appeared first on KETOS.
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Blog 2 months ago
When Should a Bay Area Home Send Water for PFAS Testing?
Send a sample to a lab when you want a number that actually compares to the federal limit: PFAS results in parts per trillion, checked against the EPA's 4 ppt standard for PFOA and PFOS. The post When Should a Bay Area Home Send Water for PFAS Testing? ap
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Blog 2 months ago
School Water Testing in Santa Clara County: What California Law Requires for Schools and Daycares
Two California lead-testing laws drive school water testing in Santa Clara County. Community water systems already tested lead in drinking water at public K-12 schoolsites built before 2010, and licensed child care centers in pre-2010 buildings must test
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Blog 2 months ago
Well Water Testing Near Me: A South Bay Homeowner's Guide (2026)
Private wells in Santa Clara County are permitted through Santa Clara Valley Water District, but nobody tests the water on a schedule unless the well owner arranges it. The post Well Water Testing Near Me: A South Bay Homeowner's Guide (2026) appeared fir
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Water Testing in the South Bay (2026): What a Sunnyvale Lab Actually Tests For
Searching "water testing near me" usually means wanting a straight answer about what is actually in your tap. The post Water Testing in the South Bay (2026): What a Sunnyvale Lab Actually Tests For appeared first on KETOS.
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Blog 2 months ago
Water Testing Lab in Sunnyvale, CA (2026): What KETOS Tests and How Samples Get There
If you searched for a water testing lab near me from the South Bay, the closest match is KETOS Environmental Lab Services (KELP), a laboratory at 520 Mercury Dr in Sunnyvale, California. The post Water Testing Lab in Sunnyvale, CA (2026): What KETOS Tests
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Milpitas United States
HQ