India, Nov. 25 -- Biotech startup CrisprBits has secured $3 Mn (INR 26.8 Cr) in a pre-Series A funding round led by Spectrum Impact and the family office of Aarti Industries chairman and managing director Rajendra Gogri.

The round also saw participation from the promoter family of HBL Engineering and C-CAMP (Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms), alongside existing investors Vijay Alreja Family Office (VJ Technologies Group) and CrisprBits founders Vijay Chandru, Sunil Arora, Rajeev Kohli, Bharat Jobanputra and Aditya Sarda.

The company plans to use the capital in commercialising its PathCrisp molecular diagnostics platform and augmenting the production capacity for high-impact tests in food safety, animal health and human health...