Scentian Bio: - About the company
Scentian Bio: is a seed company based in Auckland (New Zealand), founded in 2020. It operates as a Developer of biosensor technology using insect odorant receptors for real-time sensing. Scentian Bio: has raised $10.1M in funding from investors like Finistere Ventures, OurCrowd and Callaghan Innovation. The company has 16 active competitors, including 7 funded and 2 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Aroma Bit, Noze and Canaery.
Company Details
Developer of biosensor technology using insect odorant receptors for real-time sensing. The company synthesizes insect odorant receptors to create biosensors. These biosensors measure the concentration of compounds. The technology provides insights for food, health, and environmental monitoring. The company combines synthetic biology with artificial intelligence for sensing applications.
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- www.scentianbio.com/
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
2020
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$10.1M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
2nd among 16 active competitors
Employee Count
18 as on Apr 30, 2026
Legal entities associated with Scentian Bio:
Scentian Bio: is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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Scentian Bio Limited CIN: 7874703 , New Zealand, Active | Jan 29, 2020 | - | - |
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Scentian Bio:'s funding and investors
Scentian Bio: has raised a total funding of $10.1M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 27, 2021. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Apr 07, 2026 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Scentian Bio: has 12 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Scentian Bio::
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Apr 07, 2026 | 7699150 | Seed | 5752486 | 8017672 | 7317454 | 5966729 |
Sep 27, 2023 | 6873670 | Seed | 1612610 | 9448430 | 2756698 | |
Nov 03, 2022 | 2699460 | Grant (prize money) | 1272161 | 2695985 | 7771660 |
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Scentian Bio:'s founders and board of directors
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Scentian Bio: has 18 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Scentian Bio:'s employee count trend over the years:
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Scentian Bio:'s Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Scentian Bio: include Aroma Bit, Noze and Canaery. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Scentian Bio:, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Developer of odor imaging sensors | $6.76M | 56/100 | ||
2nd |  Scentian Bio: 2020, Auckland (New Zealand), Seed | Developer of biosensor technology using insect odorant receptors for real-time sensing | $10.1M | 53/100 | |
3rd | Developer of a breath-based diagnostic platform to detect disease markers noninvasively | $6.8M | 43/100 | ||
4th | Canaery 2020, Alachua (United States), Seed | Provider of nose-computer interface to digitize the sense of smell | $4.25M | 43/100 | |
5th | Koniku Inc 2015, San Rafael (United States), Series A | Developer of neuron electronics interfacing processors - smell cyborgs | $1.65M | 40/100 | |
6th | Developer of scent recognition solutions for quality control and process monitoring | - | 38/100 | ||
7th | Yesse Technologies 2016, New York City (United States), Seed | Developer of nanochip based olfactory system | $9.5M | 36/100 | |
8th |  SmartNanotubes Technologies 2020, Freital (Germany), Series A | Manufacturer of smell detector chips for diverse applications and IoT solutions | $2.74M | 36/100 | |
9th | Developer of silicon CMOS based smell sensor | - | - | 28/100 | |
10th | Manufacturer of sensor device to measure freshness of meat and fish | - | 28/100 |
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Scentian Bio:'s Investments and acquisitions
Scentian Bio: has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to Scentian Bio:
Media has covered Scentian Bio: for a total of 2 events in the last 1 year.
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Toyota Ventures invested additional $300 M to build evolutionary startupsIncubees•Apr 13, 2024•Toyota, Toyota Ventures, Frontier Airlines, Starfish Space and 4 others
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Biosensor platform employs AI to mimic insects’ sense of smell to boost food safetyFoodIngredientsFirst•Oct 04, 2023•Scentian Bio:, Finistere Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Icehouse Ventures and 2 others
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