Marama Labs

New Zealand - Wellington

• 31/01/2024
• Seed
• $2,850,000

MaramaLabs are developing cutting edge spectroscopy technologies that provide solutions to a wide range of industries.

Our flagship product - the CloudSpec - heralds a new era for UV-Vis spectroscopy. The CloudSpec is able to analyse cloudy liquids, that were once a major stumbling block for UV-Vis. This new ability to obtain chemical information on cloudy liquids with unprecedented ease has the potential to transform the way industries analyse their samples.

MaramaLabs is targeting winery production as the initial application for the CloudSpec, where cloudy samples pose a challenge for rapid analysis of products during production.

The CloudSpec has potential applications in industries ranging from food & beverage, to wastewater and pharmaceuticals, all of which face cloudy liquids during their processes.

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Brendan DarbyFounder

New Zealand - Wellington Region

CEO and co-founder of Marama Labs, a deep-tech startup founded in New Zealand. Marama Labs develop patented spectroscopy and cloud software, enabling innovative solutions to tough industrial problems in liquid analysis.

Commercialised the company's flagship technology from academic inception, IP protection, early proof-of-concept and validation, through to spin-out, founding Marama Labs with co-inventors in 2019.

Raised two rounds of venture capital, secured first pilot customers and grew Marama Labs' team from 2 to 8 in ~two years.

Passionate about solving really hard problems using science, scaling deep-tech companies, and supporting New Zealand's future scientist-entrepreneurs.

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