by Ethan Perlstein | Nov 4, 2017 | Start-ups, Uncategorized |
This week we announced a $7.4M equity financing. Endpoints News and STAT News covered the announcement and the Twitter angle. Here’s the backstory from the CEO’s vantage point. From the outside, this round appears to be our Series A. But it’s technically our...
by Tom Ruginis | Dec 13, 2016 | Start-ups |
As 2016 draws to a close, we look back on two and half years of Perlara spending. Let’s begin with burn rate. This figure shows our monthly burn since first cash inflows in April 2014: In 2014, we completed model validation and assay development for our lead discovery...
by Ethan Perlstein | Oct 8, 2016 | Start-ups |
Last month at the 5th annual Global Genes Patient Summit, we announced our rebrand from Perlstein Lab PBC to Perlara PBC. Together with our partners at Valley Design Group, we created a new logo/mark that embodies the excitement and hope of scientific discovery. To go...
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by Tom Ruginis | Nov 10, 2015 | Start-ups |
Back in 2014 when PLab was first funded, one of the first hires wasn’t an employee, but a contractor….HappiLabs. Bootstrapping their way into existence, HappiLabs provides a service called the Virtual Lab Manager, specializing in purchasing lab supplies...
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by Tom Ruginis | Feb 6, 2015 | Start-ups |
Tracking expenses by the day and month is critical to estimating your runway as a startup. Unfortunately, scientists are not fully trained to manage finances in a lab. In academia, most of operational duties are handled by the university, and therefore, scientists...
