Glass Capital Leads Series A Round with Participation from Packers Sanitation Services and Metabiota

Ancera, Inc., the leader in microbial risk assessment, has raised $8.9 million in Series A financing to commercialize its single-cell transport technology. Ancera’s patented MagDrive technology analyzes contamination in food sources in near real-time enabling rapid, straightforward detection and quantification of microbial threats. Glass Capital, an existing investor in Ancera, led the funding round with participation from Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI), a leader of cleaning and sanitation services for the food industry and Metabiota, the pioneer in epidemic risk analytics. With this round, Ancera has raised a total of $12.3 million.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every year, one in six Americans become sick as a result of a foodborne illness. Ancera is positioned to play a critical role in planning and monitoring a hierarchy of control measures that provide c