Company · Foodtech & Agtech

iMICROQ

imicroq.com ↗ ·Tarragona ·Series A

iMICROQ is a Spanish biotechnology company based in Tarragona, spun off in 2010 from Universitat Rovira i Virgili, that develops rapid detection platforms (QFast) for pathogens, DNA, viruses, allergens and mycotoxins in food and agri-food safety applications. It has raised roughly €3-8M across several rounds and EU grants, distributes internationally (including via PALEX Medical for Spain/Portugal), and has around 6-14 employees.

Founded

2010

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SectorsFoodtech & Agtech, Healthtech & Bio, Deeptech & Hardware Start-up MapFoodtech & Agtech › Food ingredients & manufacturing

Profile updated 1 Aug 2026

Founders

Carlos Arias

CEO & Co-Founder

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Diego Bejarano Nosas

Co-Founder & Quality Director

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Ioanis Katakis

Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor

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Maria Viviana Duarte

Co-Founder

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Pablo Lozano Sánchez

Co-Founder & R&D Director

Global models 5

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$17.5MComparable

Nima (6SensorLabs)

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Portable biosensor devices for detecting allergens (gluten, peanut) in food, matching iMICROQ's allergen-detection product line.

$15MComparable

PathogenDx

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DNA microarray-based platform for rapid multi-pathogen detection in food, agriculture and cannabis, similar multiplexed detection approach to iMICROQ.

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