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News

August 2020

Pre-seed investment round


Level Diagnostics (LDx) closes € 380,000 seed-round investment with Libertatis Ergo Holding for the development of accurate and first in class diagnostic kit for early-stage prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

Jan 2021

Awarded MIT R&D grant 


Levels Diagnostics was awarded the MIT R&D grant by the Provide of South Holland. Together with Omnigen and SG papertronics the consortium will develop a test that can quickly identify early signs of liver damage in patients.

August 2020

Awarded Digi-B-Cube grant 


Levels Diagnostics was awarded the Digi-B-Cube grant which is part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme, under Grant Agreement nº 824920. Together with IT company Landscape BV and SciTech Diagnostics this subsidy will be the first step towards identfication of biomarkers for easy diagnostics of liver disease.

June 2020

Awarded MIT Feasibility Grant


Levels Diagnostics was awarded the big MIT Feasibility Study Subsidy for Growth, Sustainability and Innovative Economy by the provincial government Zuid-Holland. With this subsidy, we will be able to fund more research into the details of easy diagnostics of Liver disease.

February 2020

Start clinical study in collaboration with the LUMC and Spaarne Gasthuis Haarlem 


Levels diagnostics the LUMC and Spaarne Gashuis have started a clinical study to identify novel proteins that differentiate bacterial from viral respiratory tract infections.  


January 2020

JLABS combating infectious diseases


Last week, Levels Diagnostics was one of the Panel members of the JLABS event: Combatting infectious diseases

October 2019

Awarded INNOWWIDE Grant


Levels Diagnostics has been awarded the INNOWWIDE grant to further develop rapid diagnostic tools, in collaboration with Scitech Diagnostics in Kenya.

September 2019

Signed Partnership with Merck KGaA


Merck KGaA is supporting and funding Levels Diagnostics. 

September 2019

Finalization clinical study in collaboration with CHDR


Levels Diagnostics and the CHDR have finalized a clinical study (LPS challenge) to identify biomarkers that could diagnose bacterial infections. 

September 2019

Venture Challenge


Levels Diagnostics has been selected to participate in the Venture Challenge, organized by Health Holland. 

May 2019

Academic startup competition


Levels Diagnostics has been nominated for the most groundbreaking innovation of Science in the Netherlands. 

AMR Conference - Novel antimicrobials and AMR diagnostics


Coen Breedveld had the privilege to present our work at the Novel antimicrobials and AMR diagnostics 2019 #AMRconference in Berlin. We were happy to connect to the AMR network and receive feedback on our work.

Arpil 2019

January 2019

Start clinical study in collaboration with the LUMC


Levels diagnostics and the LUMC have started a clinical study to identify novel proteins that differenciate bacterial from viral respiratory tract infections.  


Accelerator program - Merck KGaA


Levels diagnostics was selected for the accelerator program of MERCK 2019. Together with MERCK we will make easy and quick diagnosis possible anywhere in the world.

January 2019

December 2018

Awarded - MIT "R&D"


Starting 2019 Levels Diagnostics and Digi.bio will start a great collaboration made possible by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) MIT R&D funding. Together we will research, explore and make new things possible in the world of easy and quick diagnostics.


Awarded - MIT "Knowledge Voucher"


Thanks to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) for granting us the MIT "Knowledge Voucher", aimed at allowing Levels Diagnostics to answer yet another one of the many questions surrounding worldwide Antimicrobial Resistance into the details of easy diagnostics of bacterial infections!

November 2018

July 2018

Awarded - MIT feasibility


Levels Diagnostics was awarded the big MIT Feasibility Study Subsidy for Growth, Sustainability and Innovative Economy by the provincial government Zuid-Holland. With this subsidy, we will be able to fund more research into the details of easy diagnostics of bacterial infections!


Winner - Sustainable Healthcare Challenge


During the 2018 Sustainable Healthcare Challenge, Levels Diagnostics was chosen by the involved contributors as one of the winning start-ups from a group of groundbreaking innovators in the healthcare field. In addition to a financial prize, help from multiple sides of the sector was offered to us!

June 2018

March 2018

Awarded Start-up Fonds - Enterprise Leiden Fund

The Enterprise Leiden Fund (ELF) has selected Levels Diagnostics as promising start-up and supports us by means of a substantial contribution! The goal: supporting local start-ups from the Leiden area with innovative ideas to grow into a solid enterprise.

Start-up of the week - Sprout Magazine


Sprout Magazine, the biggest start-up and entrepreneurship magazine in the Netherlands wrote a great article on Levels Diagnostics. 

June 2017

May 2017

Winner Rough Diamond League - Philips Innovation Awards

On the 8th of may, Levels Diagnostics took home the grand prize as well as €10.000 in the Rough Diamond league of 2017's Philips Innovation Awards.

Winner Luris Audience Award - ScienceMeetsBusiness Plan Competition


On the 20th of April, Levels Diagnostics won the Luris Audience Award for best business plan presentation in the Leiden Center for Human Drug Research (CHDR). The grand prize went to the people of  Viriditec, who are creating new biologics to preserve the bee population. 

April 2017

May 2017

Most Promising Startup - Holland Bio

At the spring edition of Show Me The Money, three Leiden based life sciences startups won a very cool prize: a HollandBIO membership for 2017. Levels Diagnostics was one of the three companies lucky enough to obtain this membership