Cavidi
Cavidi at a glance
Cavidi is a company developing assays and an automated instrument for HIV viral load monitoring. The Ziva™ system, targeting district hospitals and regional laboratories (the mid-market segment) in the African market, is built on the comany’s long-standing chemistry solution used in its manual testing product
Cavidi facts
MedTech
February 2018
2020
Uppsala, Sweden
Fredrik Strömholm
Martin Fagerlund
Acquired by the original founders
Investment thesis
- Large unmet market need for suitable technology for viral load (VL) monitoring in the mid-segment in Africa; a segment currently not the focus of Cavidi’s competitors and that the Ziva™ solution is tailored for
- Big and rapidly growing market; The African HIV viral load market in Africa is c. USD 130m and growing 15%+
- Global funding expected to drive adoption of VL technology; a priority for WHO/other global organizations
UN SDG Goals
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