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Founded2022
Employees4
LocationBroomfield, CO
About
allumbra (formerly illumifyDx) is a liquid biopsy diagnostics company striving to be the leader in optical spectroscopy-based clinical diagnostics by identifying unmet clinical needs and engineering solutions that are rigorous, easy to use, and above all, improve patients’ quality of life. We are currently developing a blood and saliva-based test for the early detection of head and neck cancer.
Product
- Value proposition
- allumbra combines quantum sensing with AI to extract rich molecular information from blood to create powerful tests that detect cancer sooner
- Target customers
- healthcare providers, hospitals, clinics, diagnostic laboratories
Founders
- Maria Navas-Moreno, PhD — CEO & CO-FOUNDER
- Randy Carney, PhD — CSO & CO-FOUNDER
Categories
Products
Raman spectroscopy-based cancer diagnostics platformliquid biopsy testsextracellular vesicle analysis (research)
Key features
Fused Raman spectroscopy of bloodlabel-free Raman spectroscopyself-supervised ML for Raman spectroscopy-based liquid biopsyearly cancer detection
Technologies
quantum sensingRaman spectroscopymachine learning/AIself-supervised learningextracellular vesicle analysis
Target conditions
cancer
Care settings
hospitalcliniclaboratoryvirtual/remote possibly
News
- Maria Navas-Moreno's Post - LinkedIn · 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Startup Storytelling in Healthcare with Techstars AI Health Baltimore · 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Meet Allumia Ventures: Healthcare-focused fund backed by Providence eyes new investments – GeekWire · 2025-01-08T02:25:09.000Z
- Providence spins out venture capital arm, invests $150M in 3rd fund | Becker's · 2025-01-07T15:16:07.000Z
- Umbra Health Advocacy needs Gusto Impact Award to help Medicare recipients | Umbra Health Advocacy posted on the topic | LinkedIn · 2025-11-21T20:24:07.000Z
- Affect Therapeutics Raises $26 Million Series B — Allumia Ventures – Healthcare Venture Capital Firm · 2025-09-23T15:36:09.000Z


