When was Karius founded?

Karius was founded in 2014 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is Karius located?

Karius is headquartered in Redwood City, United States. It is registered at Redwood City, California.

How many employees does Karius have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Karius is 204.

Is Karius a funded company?

Karius is a funded company, having raised a total of $315M across 5 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Sep 20, 2016.

When was the latest funding round of Karius?

Karius' latest funding was a $***** Series C round on May 02, 2024, with participation from 10 investors.

Where does Karius rank among its competitors?

Karius ranks 9th amongst 414 active competitors, of which 100 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was HaystackAnalytics, which secured $4.28M in Sep, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Karius?

Karius' top competitors include Adaptive Biotechnologies, MeMed and HaystackAnalytics. Among them, HaystackAnalytics secured the most recent funding round in September, 2025.

Karius - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Provider of diagnostics for identifying infectious diseases using microbial DNA. It offers Karius Test that uses clinical metagenomics specifically microbial cell-free DNA, or mcfDNA plus AI and sequencing to detect pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites in the body from non-invasive samples.

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Registered Address: Redwood City, California

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2014

Location

Redwood City, United States

Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$315M in 5 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series C, May 02, 2024, $*****

Investors

Khosla Ventures & 17 more

Ranked

9^th among 414 active competitors

Employee Count

204 as on Mar 31, 2026

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Karius is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Karius, Inc. CIN: 471779950 , United States, Active	Aug 26, 2014	-	177 (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-

Karius has raised a total funding of $315M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 20, 2016. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on May 02, 2024 for $*****. 10 investors participated in its latest round. Karius has 18 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Karius:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
May 02, 2024	4953247	Series C	4162272	7584897	4201858	8075060
Feb 24, 2020	3071973	Series B	9527831	2589159	8665025	General Catalyst & 3 more
Nov 29, 2018	4484113	Conventional Debt	8593985	3127942	3667862	Oxford Finance

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The founders of Karius is Tim Blauwkamp. Alec Ford is the CEO of Karius.

Here are the details of Karius' key team members:

Tim Blauwkamp: Chief Scientific Officer, Co-founder of Karius.
Alec Ford: CEO of Karius.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Karius' employee count trend

Karius has 204 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Karius's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Karius include Adaptive Biotechnologies, MeMed and HaystackAnalytics. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Karius, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Adaptive Biotechnologies 2009, Seattle (United States), Public	Provider of clinical diagnostics, and drug discovery for immune diseases	$419M	Viking Global Investors, Matrix & 21 others	72/100
2nd	MeMed 2009, Tirat Carmel (Israel), Series D	Provider of machine learning based diagnostic solutions for infectious diseases	$163M	La Maison Partners, Ping An & 23 others	68/100
3rd	HaystackAnalytics 2018, Mumbai (India), Seed	Provider of genomics technology for personalized clinical decisions	$16.6M	SINE, Sun Pharma & 31 others	67/100
4th	OpGen 2002, Rockville (United States), Public	Developer of diagnostics and bioinformatics platforms for providers	$77.5M	Cross Creek, 180 Degree Capital & 12 others	65/100
5th	Inflammatix 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Provider of diagnostic solutions for systemic infections	$191M	Khosla Ventures, Think.Health & 16 others	64/100
6th	Day Zero Diagnostics 2016, Boston (United States), Series B	Developer of genome sequencing-based diagnostics for infectious diseases	$49M	Triventures, Sands Capital & 10 others	64/100
7th	Sophia Genetics 2011, Rolle (Switzerland), Public	AI-driven platform for clinicians to generate real-time insights for patients with cancer and rare disorders	$249M	Generation Investment Management, aMoon & 23 others	62/100
8th	NeuroKaire 2017, Kearny (United States), Series A	Platform offering personalized treatment for psychiatric and neurological conditions	$20M	GreyBird Ventures, Meron Capital & 6 others	60/100
9th	Karius 2014, Redwood City (United States), Series C	Provider of diagnostics for identifying infectious diseases using microbial DNA	$315M	Gilde Healthcare, SoftBank Vision Fund & 16 others	58/100
10th	Clear Labs 2014, Menlo Park (United States), Series D	Provider of food safety technologies for the identification of pathogens	$171M	Menlo Ventures, Redmile Group & 26 others	57/100