Dubendorf, Switzerland
April 18, 2014

QualySense, an EMPA based startup company focused on innovative grain and seed-sorting technology, announced today that is has closed a financing round and raised CHF 1.3 Million from existing and new investors. Investors include a selected number of well-known Swiss and international business angels.

During the last year, the company has been able to consolidate the performance of its first product, the QSorter Explorer, and to acquire relevant customer references in Europe as well as in the United States of America. The financing round will enable the company to build up the sales network and continue its innovation effort into the world of analytical sorting technologies for grains, seeds, and beans.

Alberto Romaneschi, chairman of the QualySense board of directors says: “We are very pleased about this innovative financing round. The proceeds will enable us to boost our commercial efforts and to scale up our sorting devices to industrial capability.”

QualySense has pioneered high-speed single kernel technologies since 2010 and it is now proud to offer the QSorter Explorer, the life science single kernel robot for high-speed accurate analysis and sorting of grains, seeds, and beans. The proprietary and state-of-the-art technology of the QSorter Explorer is the successful outcome of a long collaboration between QualySense and leading academic institutions such as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Swiss Breeding Research Institute (AGROSCOPE), and EMPA, the Swiss Research Institute for Material Research.

Website: http://www.qualysense.com

Published: April 18, 2014