Saguaro Biosciences

Medical AI · Drug Discovery

Overview

Discover our non-toxic dyes for live-cell imaging. Saguaro dyes are data-rich and do not require any wash step, pushing beyond the limits of cell painting, real-time viability, and complex in vitro models like 3D cultures and iPSCs.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$3M
1 round on record
Latest round
$3M
Seed · Jun 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Backers
1
Anges Québec
The money's age
Long since its last round
29 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
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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
Oct 15, 2025 Partnership Saguaro Biosciences Partners with Bio-Techne to Distribute Innovative Live-Cell Imaging Reagents · YahooFinance Jun 4, 2024 Raised a round Seed $3M Jun 2021 Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Seed Jun 2024 $3M — businesswire.com
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Financials

Total raised
$3M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Seed 2024 $3M Details

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Shared investors1
Anges QuébecVia a fund
55 portfolio companies: Sportlogiq, Chrono Golf, BonLook and 52 more

News

News YahooFinance 1 year ago
Saguaro Biosciences Partners with Bio-Techne to Distribute Innovative Live-Cell Imaging Reagents
QUEBEC CITY, October 15, 2025--Saguaro Biosciences, a pioneer in non-toxic live cell reagents for enhanced drug insights, announces a new distribution agreement with Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH), a global provider of life science tools, reagents a
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