Kraken Sense
Kraken Sense is dedicated to redefining pathogen detection, microbial monitoring, biosurveillance, and public health testing through innovative, real-time, autonomous detection systems. Their mission is to provide accessible, reliable, and advanced solutions for industries such as water, agriculture, aquaculture, food safety, environmental monitoring, bioprocessing, and biosecurity, ensuring safety and efficiency with cutting-edge technology. They develop all-in-one pathogen and chemical detection solutions to accelerate results by replacing lab testing with field-deployable devices, such as the KRAKEN system capable of detecting bacteria and viruses down to 1 copy. Their applications include epidemiology detection in wastewater and microbial contamination testing in food processing.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Products
Field-deployable autonomous pathogen and chemical detection system
Integrated instrument that autonomously collects and concentrates samples, performs multiplexed molecular detection on-board and transmits encrypted results to a cloud platform for remote monitoring, alerting and analytics.
Automated sequencing library preparation platform
Hands-free instrument that performs automated nucleic acid extraction and prepares sequencing libraries (metagenomic, pooled, whole-genome) for downstream sequencing workflows, reducing hands-on time and standardizing preparation.
KRAKEN™ - Autonomous qPCR Microbial Detection System
The KRAKEN™ system is an autonomous qPCR microbial detection system that provides rapid results in 1 hour with no labor or laboratory intervention. It monitors multiple bacterial, chemical, and viral targets simultaneously with controls to eliminate false positives and negatives, ensuring precise detection. The system autonomously takes samples at any interval and schedule without manual preparation and offers real-time monitoring through a user-friendly dashboard and customizable alerts.
CrAssphage detection sensors
Real-time sensors that detect crAssphage in wastewater, groundwater, beach water, and drinking water to identify fecal contamination in 60 minutes.
Campylobacter detection platform
Fully autonomous platform that continuously checks water sources for Campylobacter, alerting contamination before food and beverage products reach the market.
Listeria monocytogenes detection system
Rapid pathogen detection system that continuously monitors for Listeria monocytogenes, differentiating pathogenic strains from harmless ones to provide meaningful contamination data.
Field-deployable autonomous pathogen and chemical detection system
Integrated instrument that autonomously collects and concentrates samples, performs multiplexed molecular detection on-board and transmits encrypted results to a cloud platform for remote monitoring, alerting and analytics.
Automated sequencing library preparation platform
Hands-free instrument that performs automated nucleic acid extraction and prepares sequencing libraries (metagenomic, pooled, whole-genome) for downstream sequencing workflows, reducing hands-on time and standardizing preparation.
KRAKEN™ - Autonomous qPCR Microbial Detection System
The KRAKEN™ system is an autonomous qPCR microbial detection system that provides rapid results in 1 hour with no labor or laboratory intervention. It monitors multiple bacterial, chemical, and viral targets simultaneously with controls to eliminate false positives and negatives, ensuring precise detection. The system autonomously takes samples at any interval and schedule without manual preparation and offers real-time monitoring through a user-friendly dashboard and customizable alerts.
CrAssphage detection sensors
Real-time sensors that detect crAssphage in wastewater, groundwater, beach water, and drinking water to identify fecal contamination in 60 minutes.
Campylobacter detection platform
Fully autonomous platform that continuously checks water sources for Campylobacter, alerting contamination before food and beverage products reach the market.
Listeria monocytogenes detection system
Rapid pathogen detection system that continuously monitors for Listeria monocytogenes, differentiating pathogenic strains from harmless ones to provide meaningful contamination data.
Services
Design and development of bespoke molecular assays and physical sensors for biological and chemical targets with collaborative project design and integration support for deployed systems.
Site assessment, device installation, network integration (IoT connectivity), configuration of autonomous sampling and commissioning of remote alerting for water systems, process lines and environmental monitoring points.
Program design and operational support for community-level wastewater and environmental surveillance, including trend analysis, early-warning reporting and integration with public-health stakeholders.
Encrypted cloud platform for remote access to device data, trend visualization, device management, scheduling and customizable alerting with analytic interpretation and predictive models.
Deployment and monitoring services tailored for bioprocessing environments, including integration with manufacturing utilities, inline sampling schedules and contamination early-warning workflows linked to quality systems.
Design and development of bespoke molecular assays and physical sensors for biological and chemical targets with collaborative project design and integration support for deployed systems.
Site assessment, device installation, network integration (IoT connectivity), configuration of autonomous sampling and commissioning of remote alerting for water systems, process lines and environmental monitoring points.
Program design and operational support for community-level wastewater and environmental surveillance, including trend analysis, early-warning reporting and integration with public-health stakeholders.
Encrypted cloud platform for remote access to device data, trend visualization, device management, scheduling and customizable alerting with analytic interpretation and predictive models.
Deployment and monitoring services tailored for bioprocessing environments, including integration with manufacturing utilities, inline sampling schedules and contamination early-warning workflows linked to quality systems.
Expertise Areas
- Automated environmental pathogen detection
- Wastewater-based epidemiology and community biosurveillance
- Bioprocess contamination monitoring and manufacturing integration
- Automated nucleic acid extraction and sequencing library preparation
Key Technologies
- Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR)
- Automated nucleic acid extraction
- Sequencing library preparation (short- and long-read compatible)
- On-board filtration and sample concentration