# Sanjeev Saxena

> Sanjeev Saxena is a serial medical-device entrepreneur and engineer who has spent more than 30 years trying to move cancer screening out of expensive central labs and into villages, clinics and pop-up sites. He is founder, CEO and CTO of Harae Dx Corp., a Pleasanton, California startup building a low-cost, portable, automated cancer detection system based on lab-on-a-disc microfluidics. Earlier he founded POC Medical Systems, whose MammoAlert and Pandora CDx platforms brought portable breast-cancer screening to emerging markets, and he co-founded Scanis, Actis Biologics and Telesto Diagnostics. He has raised more than $70 million across his ventures and sits on the board of the Texas Tech Research Park.

- **Role:** Founder, CEO & CTO at Harae Dx Corp.
- **Organizations:** Harae Dx Corp., POC Medical Systems, Scanis, Actis Biologics, Telesto Diagnostics, Sepragen, Texas Tech Research Park
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Known for:** Founded and led four+ medical-device and biotech companies over three decades, Raised more than $70 million across his ventures, Raised $21M Series A for POC Medical Systems (2017)

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Founded POC Medical Systems, developing portable point-of-care breast cancer screening (MammoAlert, Pandora CDx).
- **2017** — POC Medical Systems raised $21M in Series A funding to advance rapid, portable breast cancer screening.
- **2021** — Founded Harae Dx Corp. and became CEO & CTO, backed by SOSV / HAX accelerator.
- **2022** — Harae Dx closed a Series A round (last raised December 2022).

## Achievements

- Founded and led four+ medical-device and biotech companies over three decades
- Raised more than $70 million across his ventures
- Raised $21M Series A for POC Medical Systems (2017)
- Co-founded Actis Biologics and raised over $15M for its Indian operations
- Co-founded Scanis, a breast-cancer detection company using computer-aided detection (CAD)
- Key contributor to Sepragen's public offering
- Board / Vice Chairman, Texas Tech Research Park
- Recipient of the Udhog Lagu award and a European Science award
- Nominated by Ernst & Young for Entrepreneur of the Year (India, 2011)

## Latest updates

- **2022-12** — Harae Dx closed its most recent funding round (Series A) to advance its portable automated cancer-detection system.

## Links

- Website: https://haraedx.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjeevsaxena0123
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh0jCCbHH4o

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