PURE Bioscience
PUREPrivate Company
Total funding raised: $9.4M
Overview
PURE Bioscience's mission is to elevate cleanliness and safety standards in the food industry through its proprietary Silver Dihydrogen Citrate (SDC) technology. The company has achieved commercial success with multiple EPA-registered and FDA-approved products, securing notable customers like Chipotle Mexican Grill. Its strategy focuses on direct sales and distributor partnerships to penetrate the food safety market, leveraging SDC's unique dual mechanism of action and favorable safety profile to displace traditional, harsher chemicals.
Technology Platform
Patented Silver Dihydrogen Citrate (SDC), an ionic silver complex with a dual mechanism of action designed for broad-spectrum antimicrobial efficacy while mitigating resistance.
Funding History
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Risk Factors
Competitive Landscape
Competes against large producers of traditional chemicals (quats, chlorine) and alternative technologies like electrochemically activated water. PURE's differentiation lies in SDC's combined efficacy, material safety, and no-rinse approvals, but it lacks the sales and marketing scale of its rivals.
Company Timeline
Founded in El Cajon, United States
IPO — $6.9M
PIPE: $2.5M