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What does it take to land venture capital for photonics-driven startups?
(L-R) Entrada Ventures' Alex Fang, co-founder and managing partner; Greg Fish, operating partner; and Eric Hall, managing partner....
Dec 7, 2023
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Heska Corporation Completes Acquisition of LightDeck Diagnostics
LOVELAND, Colo., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Heska Corporation (NASDAQ: HSKA; "Heska" or the "Company"), a leading global provider of...
Jan 3, 2023

LightDeck Dx Announces U.S. Dept. of Ag. Grant to Develop Rapid Test For Toxic Chemicals in Water
The rapid, portable, quantitative test will help ensure safer water sources and better monitoring for toxic PFAS chemicals BOULDER,...
Jun 14, 2022

LightDeck Diagnostics Named to Fast Company’s List of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies
Selected as a top five biotech company in the world, LightDeck joins the ranks of Canva, Microsoft, SpaceX, and more. Boulder, CO (March...
Mar 8, 2022

US DoD, Henry M. Jackson Foundation Award LightDeck Dx $2M for Multiplexed Respiratory Illness Test
Partnered with The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), LightDeck®’s inflammation panel...
Jan 26, 2022

DOD Awards $35.1M to LightDeck to Increase Production Capacity of COVID-19 Point-of-Care Tests
On July 6, 2021, the Department of Defense (DOD), on behalf of and in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services...
Nov 17, 2021


LightDeck Appoints Nick Traggis as CEO to Scale Company Operations Through Next Phase of Growth
Boulder, CO – LightDeck Diagnostics today announced that Nick Traggis has transitioned from executive vice president of Corporate...
Oct 8, 2021
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