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Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Dendi provides a cloud-based laboratory information system platform designed to manage and modernize clinical lab operations. The software-as-a-service platform serves as an operational hub for healthcare providers, offering direct integrations with electronic health records, billing systems, and testing instruments across multiple modalities including blood work, toxicology, clinical chemistry, and genomics. Operating with a workforce of 21 to 50 employees, the enterprise currently supports approximately 40,000 users and previously processed critical testing workflows for over 70,000 patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dendi has secured $5.2 million in total capital across two funding rounds, achieved seven-figure annual revenue growth, and was previously recognized as a finalist for seed grant funding from the economic development organization NC IDEA. The company was founded in 2018 by Jihoon Baek, George Zhao, and Simon Jung.
Dendi has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round.
Dendi has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Dendi is a healthcare technology company developing Dendi LIS, a cloud-native Laboratory Information System (LIS) for clinical labs. It supports diverse testing modalities like blood, toxicology, clinical chemistry, molecular, genomics, PGx, and CGx, enabling high-volume and novel workflows through configurable tools, automation, and seamless integrations with instruments, EHR/EMRs, and billing systems.[1][2][3][4] Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, Dendi serves hospitals, diagnostic labs, and healthcare providers with 11-50 employees and under $5 million in revenue, ranking #1 in customer satisfaction among clinical LIS platforms.[1][2][4] The platform solves operational inefficiencies by streamlining sample tracking, result reporting, quality control, and customizable workflows, reducing errors and accelerating diagnostics to improve patient outcomes.[3][4]
Dendi was founded by a team blending medical lab experts and modern software developers, with the Founder & CEO leading the effort, though specific founding year and names beyond executive roles like Director and Director of Marketing are not detailed in available sources.[2] The idea emerged from recognizing the need to future-proof clinical labs against legacy systems, focusing on flexibility for evolving modalities like genomics and toxicology.[1][2] Early traction built on in-house integrations and end-to-end support—including transitions from old systems, training, and consultations—earning trust from hundreds of lab professionals for high-volume testing.[1][2][4]
Dendi rides the wave of digital transformation in diagnostics, where labs face pressure to scale for precision medicine trends like genomics and PGx amid rising testing volumes and regulatory demands.[1][3] Timing aligns with cloud adoption in healthcare, enabling remote access, data interoperability, and faster turnaround to support value-based care and post-pandemic lab backlogs.[2][4] Market forces like EHR integration mandates and labor shortages favor Dendi's automation, positioning it to influence the ecosystem by empowering smaller labs to compete with enterprise players and accelerating accurate diagnostics industry-wide.[1][3]
Dendi is poised to expand as labs modernize, leveraging its top satisfaction rankings and integration strengths to capture share in the growing $5B+ LIS market driven by AI-enhanced testing and telehealth. Upcoming trends like advanced analytics for predictive diagnostics and deeper AI for workflow optimization will shape its path, potentially through new modules or partnerships. Its influence may evolve by setting standards for agile, connected LIS, enabling more labs to "simplify, integrate, scale" and ultimately transforming clinical labs from bottlenecks to healthcare accelerators—echoing its core promise of future-proofing diagnostics.[3][4]
Dendi has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Seed in August 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2022 | $2M Seed | — | EXE, FJ Labs, Forefront Venture Partners, Gutter Capital, Matrix, Pareto Holdings, Teamworthy Ventures, Jawed Karim, Matt Turk, Michael Birch, Rand Hindi, Roger Dickey, TIM Lenardo | Announced |
Dendi has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Dendi's investors include exe, FJ Labs, Forefront Venture Partners, Gutter Capital, Matrix, Pareto Holdings, Teamworthy Ventures, Jawed Karim, Matt Turk, Michael Birch, Rand Hindi, Roger Dickey.
