EIO Diagnostics

What EIO Diagnostics does

EIO Diagnostics is an agricultural-technology company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, that builds a non-invasive diagnostic system combining infrared image capture with machine learning to detect subclinical mastitis in dairy cows before visible symptoms appear. The intended end users are dairy operations seeking earlier intervention, reduced antibiotic usage, and improved milk yield. The product integrates hardware sensing (infrared imaging of the udder) with an ML inference layer trained to classify mastitis risk, and is positioned as a routine, on-farm screening tool rather than a lab-based test.

The company has raised approximately $3.4 million across seven funding rounds from 2017 through 2024, drawing capital from a syndicate anchored by SOSV (lead in multiple rounds) and including Techstars, Food-X, The Yield Lab, Hemisphere Ventures, Bread and Butter Ventures, Gaingels, Invest Nebraska, and Koan Capital. The leadership team is small and stable, with Tamara Leigh as CEO and co-founder, Andrew Cohen as CTO, Shannon Mason-Thacker as COO, and Cory Spencer as Founder and Technical Advisor.

Business model mechanics — including pricing, sales motion, customer segmentation, deployment model, and revenue recognition — are not disclosed in available sources. The company's website currently displays only a verification/loading page, and there are no publicly available press releases, product launch announcements, customer references, or financial disclosures that would substantiate current commercial scale. Operating status is therefore difficult to confirm from public information, and any diligence should prioritize verifying live deployments, contracted pilots, and revenue traction.

Name

EIO Diagnostics

Website

https://eiodiagnostics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

EIO Diagnostics, founded in 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska, develops infrared imaging combined with machine learning for early, non-invasive detection of mastitis in dairy cows, serving dairy operations seeking earlier intervention and reduced antibiotic use.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Livestock Health Diagnostics

NAICS

Dairy Cattle and Milk Production (112120)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Livestock Precision Monitoring Software (Herd/Flock Analytics, Health Alerts) (AFAAAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dairy Farm Data, Monitoring & Precision Dairy Operations (AFAEACAO), Milk Quality Testing & Sampling Equipment (SCC, Conductivity, Analyzers) (AFAAAIAD), Food Animal & Herd Health Diagnostics (Surveillance, Production Medicine Lab Testing) (HLAMADAL)

Keywords

• Mastitis detection systems
• Dairy cattle health monitoring
• Infrared imaging sensors
• Livestock disease detection
• Machine learning agriculture

Headquarters

HQ city

Lincoln

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

EIO Diagnostics provides an early-detection system for mastitis in dairy cows that combines infrared image analysis with machine learning. The offering enables dairy farmers to identify udder infections before clinical signs appear, supporting herd health management and reducing treatment costs. The solution is targeted at commercial dairy operations seeking non-invasive, automated udder health screening.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mastitis Early Detection System

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Moonsyst: Specialist in mastitis and milk-quality monitoring using in-line sensors and analytics. A direct peer with a narrower but overlapping mastitis-detection value proposition.
• Cainthus: Computer-vision and AI platform for dairy monitoring (cows, behavior, health). Closest direct peer to EIO's IR + ML approach; both target non-invasive herd analytics on commercial dairies.
• Connecterra: AI-powered dairy cow monitoring platform (IDA) that turns sensor and farm data into actionable health and productivity insights. Direct peer in the AI-for-dairy category serving commercial dairy operations.

Broad incumbents

• Afimilk: Established Israeli supplier of dairy farm management systems, milking sensors, and herd-health analytics. Broad incumbent with overlapping udder-health monitoring functionality and deep global installed base.
• DeLaval: Global dairy equipment incumbent offering milking systems, sensors, and farm management software. Competes with EIO at the parlour-integration layer where health monitoring data is captured.
• BouMatic: Dairy milking equipment and herd management solutions provider. Broad incumbent offering parlor equipment plus herd-monitoring software relevant to udder health.
• Allflex Livestock Intelligence (MSD Animal Health): Leader in livestock identification and monitoring sensors, including SCR dairy cow monitoring. Broad incumbent with sensor-based heat, health, and rumination monitoring that overlaps with EIO's herd-health focus.
• GEA Farm Technologies: Large dairy equipment manufacturer offering milking parlours and herd management software. Competes as part of an integrated milking-system sale that increasingly bundles health monitoring.
• Lely: Major dairy robotics and farm management supplier (Astronaut milking robots, Horizon farm management). Broad incumbent with growing focus on data-driven udder health and sensor integration.

Emerging players

• HerdDogg: Emerging livestock traceability and health-monitoring platform using smart tag sensors and analytics. Adjacent emerging player applying sensor + data analytics to animal health, comparable in stage and category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EIODiagnostics

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors10 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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