The brilliance of discovery
History
January 2000
Nobel Prize awarded for the discovery of conducting polymers
June 2002
Initial patents filed on Sirigen technology (conducting polymer biosensors)
February 2003
Sirigen founded by Professor Guillermo C. Bazan, Dr. Brent S. Gaylord, and Mr. Patrick J. Dietzen
May 2003
Awarded First place in the business plan competition at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)
February 2004
Mr. James B. McCarthy becomes first investor in Sirigen and joins the company's board of directors
January 2005
Completion of friends initial financing (convertible notes)
January 2005
Corporate office and laboratory facility established in Santa Barbara, CA
February 2005
Secured exclusive worldwide licenses on seven patents from UCSB
April 2005
Awarded $2,100,000 three year grant from the U.S. Army and the ICB
June 2005
CRADA agreement signed with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
December 2005
Dr. N A Kerton joins the Board
March 2006
Closing of Series A funding completed
September 2006
Sirigen files patent “Fluorescent Methods and Materials for Directed Biomarker Signal Amplification”
November 2007
Closed first Commercial deal
24 April 2008
Closed Series B funding from Seraphim Capital and Oxford Capital Partners
May 2008
Sirigen Group Ltd became the new legal identity
June 2008
Headquarters established in Dorset, UK
August 2008
Move from Santa Barbara to San Diego
Oct 2008
Sirigen opens new Headquarters in Ringwood, Hampshire, UK
May 2009
Sirigen inks commercial deals for Project Green
June 2009
Seraphim Capital Fund and Oxford Capital Partners invest further £1.2 million in Sirigen
December 2009
Major development deal signed in flow cytometry
April 2010
Second flow cytometry partner signed up for reagent development