Briefcase Biotec GmbH was founded in Graz, Austria in 2014 by Alexander Murer, Martin Jost and Bernhard Tittelbach with the aim to develop Kilobaser - the 'Nespresso machine of DNA primer synthesis'. CEO Alexanders study in molecular biology was accompanied by his rising interest in lab automation. Following several smaller projects such as bioreactor developments with Martin & Bernhard and his work in a lab measurement company, the team also founded the community biohackerspace 'Open Biolab Graz Austria' in 2013. Soon after, the idea for 'Kilobaser' was born due to their own frequent need for DNA primers.

Martin Jost co-founder ...... Alexander Murer CEO, co-founder ...... Bernhard Tittelbach co-founder

2018

SynBioBeta 2018

September: [Link] CEO Alex is speaking at the global synthetic biology community meeting in San Francisco, USA.

Achema 2018
June: The lastest Kilobaser pre-series device is exhibited at Achema chemical industry faire at Frankfurt, Germany.

Reservation campaign

June: We celebrate the launch of our reservation campaign for the 50 first series devices.

Fifteen Seconds Festival 2018
June: Kilobaser exhibits at the Fifteen Seconds Festival in Graz.

Singularity university

Mai: CEO Alex spoke at Singularity Universities 'Digital Health' salon.

Analytica 2018

April: Kilobaser is presented and exhibited to the public for the first time at the Analytica faire in Munich, Germany.

Der Brutkasten

April: German article - [Link]

Science Park Graz

February: Kilobaser signs a cooperation agreement with Science Park Graz, the 'High Tech Incubator' of the technical University Graz.

2017

Visegrad in the Ring - General Electric

December: Kilobaser was chosen by General Electric Hungary to be one of their two finalists at Visegrad in the Ring.

ESIB - European Summit of Industrial Biotechnology

November: CEO Alex is a panelist at the 'Start-up, Start-through, Start-now' session of ESIB conference in Graz [Link]

GoHongkong

July: CEO Alex joins a month long business program by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce in Hongkong.

Wiener Zeitung

June: German article [Link]

Spirit of Styria

March: German article [Link]

Patent

January: Kilobaser applies for a patent.

2016

....busy developing

2015

FFG Basisprojekt
May: Kilobaser gets accepted by the federal science funding agency 'FFG', receiving roughly € 1M of funding during the next 3 years.

Seed round by SOS Ventures

January: Kilobaser receives a seed funding round of $ 500.000 from SOSv.

2014
 

Pioneers Festival
October: Kilobaser is amongst the 50 chosen best start-ups and pitches at Pioneers festival in Vienna, Austria.

DiePresse

August: German Article [Link]

Rebel Bio
May: Kilobaser joins Rebel Bio's incubator program (formaly known as Indie.bio & Synbioaxlr8r), receives it's first small funding round and spends 4 months in Ireland at the Cork University. [Link]