Biotech/Pharma
GovTech
Security

ANDE Corporation

Portable rapid DNA identification and microbial testing

CORE INFO

$19.75M
Total Funding
Series C
Round
2000
Founded
>28 employees
Team Size
Longmont, Colorado
Headquarters

ANDE develops automated DNA-identification systems for law-enforcement, forensic, military, disaster-response, and border-security teams, along with microbial-testing tools for energy companies. Its equipment is designed to produce identification results outside conventional laboratories, including in field and operational settings.

  • Series C funding totaled $19.75 million in April 2020; the lead investor was not publicly identified.preqin.com
  • Agency reach exceeds 100 local and federal organizations worldwide, according to ANDE.ande.com
  • Rapid DNA results are generated in under two hours without a conventional laboratory or highly trained laboratory technicians.ande.com
  • CODIS compatibility includes direct FBI database upload approval and the expanded 20-core-locus standard—the first Rapid DNA system described as achieving both milestones.ande.com

WHY WE WOULD WORK AT ANDE CORPORATION

Work With Purpose

Help make DNA identification available anytime, anywhere—not just in centralized labs. ANDE's systems support safer communities, faster investigations, and the exoneration of innocent people.

Build Life-Saving Speed

Work on the ANDE 6C Rapid DNA System, which generates identification profiles in under two hours. The technology has helped identify disaster victims, missing people, and unidentified human remains.

Advance Frontier Science

Contribute to Rapid DNA, STR profiling, proprietary chips, SmartSwabs, HMAC focused sequencing, and microbial identification. The work spans forensic science, biosurveillance, and energy-sector testing.

Solve Global Challenges

ANDE technology serves law enforcement, defense, border security, medical examiners, energy companies, and public-health applications. Its systems are designed for demanding environments from pipelines to military and disaster-response operations.

Make Visible Impact

ANDE reports deployments with more than 100 local and federal agencies and over 50 validations worldwide. Its work has supported identification efforts after the Camp Fire, Conception boat fire, Maui fires, and other major events.

Grow With a Focused Team

Join a compact company with more than 28 employees, corporate headquarters in Longmont, and an R&D headquarters in Waltham. With Series C funding reported at $19.75 million, ANDE offers the chance to shape technology with real-world government and enterprise customers.

MARKET AND TRACTION

GROWTH TACTICS

  • Sells or leases portable Rapid DNA instruments alongside proprietary chips, SmartSwabs, reagents, maintenance, support and service contracts.

  • Expands beyond human identification into disaster response, border security, defense, energy-sector microbial testing and biosurveillance.
  • NOTABLE CUSTOMERS

  • Documented government and public-sector customers include the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Cook County Medical Examiner.

  • ANDE also serves state and local law-enforcement agencies, medical examiners, coroners and energy companies.
  • KEY METRICS

    ✦ KEY METRIC
  • ANDE reports more than 100 local and federal agency users worldwide and more than 50 validations with scientific and public-safety organizations.

  • Its Rapid DNA systems generate identification profiles in under two hours, while ANDE HMID is designed to detect 99 microbial targets and produce results in minutes.

  • The company has reported $19.75 million in total funding, a Series C funding stage and a team of more than 28 employees.
  • COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

  • Portable, automated systems bring DNA identification out of conventional laboratories and into field environments without requiring highly trained laboratory technicians.

  • ANDE states that its Rapid DNA system was the first to receive FBI/NDIS approval for direct CODIS uploads and the first to meet the expanded core-locus standard.
  • SERVICES

  • Offers the ANDE 6C Rapid DNA System, proprietary chips and SmartSwabs, and ANDE UHR identification services for unidentified human remains.

  • Provides microbial identification for energy infrastructure through ANDE HMID and focused-sequencing technology for biosurveillance and pathogen detection through HMAC.
  • PRODUCT AND TECH

    Rapid DNA Systems

    ANDE 6C portable, automated systems generate CODIS-compatible STR DNA identification profiles in under two hours, enabling field-based analysis without conventional laboratories or highly trained technicians.

    Proprietary Sampling Platform

    ANDE SmartSwabs, single-use chips—including the ANDE F7 Chip—and associated reagents support automated, electronically encoded sample collection and processing with chain-of-custody controls.

    UHR Identification Service

    ANDE UHR processes bone, tissue, and familial-reference samples for unidentified-human-remains investigations, helping coroners and medical examiners obtain identifications in days.

    Microbial Identification

    ANDE HMID identifies and quantifies up to 99 microbial targets in hydrocarbon samples, delivering field-ready results in minutes to support microbial-influenced corrosion management and biocide optimization.

    HMAC Biosurveillance

    ANDE's HMAC focused-sequencing technology interrogates multiple pathogens and genomic sites in a single test for biothreat detection, pandemic surveillance, forensic attribution, and other field biosurveillance applications.

    COMPANY CULTURE

    Values

  • Speed and responsiveness in critical situations

  • Public-safety and humanitarian impact

  • Scientific validation and reliability

  • Privacy and data security

  • Field accessibility and operational usefulness
  • Operating Principles

  • Make DNA identification available anytime, anywhere, and for anyone who needs it

  • Replace laboratory-dependent workflows with automated, point-of-need solutions

  • Design for rugged, real-world deployment

  • Protect chain of custody and sensitive data through encryption and encoded consumables

  • Use validated science to support high-consequence decisions
  • Work Style

  • Mission-driven work spanning engineering, life sciences, public safety, and government operations

  • Practical, field-oriented product development

  • Collaboration with law-enforcement, defense, forensic, medical-examiner, and energy organizations

  • Lean-company environment suited to cross-functional ownership

  • Focus on dependable execution in demanding operating environments
  • Mission And Impact

  • Accelerate investigations and improve public safety

  • Help identify disaster victims and unidentified human remains

  • Support missing-person investigations and family reunification

  • Enable microbial monitoring and more efficient energy-sector operations

  • Expand biosurveillance and pathogen-detection capabilities beyond traditional laboratories