URI Spinout Trace Sensing Technologies Raises More Than $2 Million to Advance Breath-Based Diagnostics

URI Spinout Trace Sensing Technologies Raises More Than $2 Million to Advance Breath-Based Diagnostics

Trace Sensing Technologies, a URI spinout built around licensed University intellectual property, has closed a Series Seed funding round of more than $2 million to advance TRACE-E, its non-invasive breath-based diagnostic platform. The technology is being developed to identify clinically meaningful disease biomarkers from exhaled breath, with an initial focus on chronic kidney disease and broader applications across complex health conditions.

URI Joins $15 Million NSF Seafood Engine Initiative

URI Joins $15 Million NSF Seafood Engine Initiative

The University of Rhode Island is part of the newly announced NSF Seafood Engine in New England, which received a $15 million award to strengthen the region’s seafood industry. URI Innovations supported the proposal by helping showcase URI’s industry connections and the relationships that will help move new research and technologies into use.