SafetySpect

What SafetySpect does

SafetySpect is a private, Grand Forks, ND-based platform company founded in 2016 that builds handheld optical sensing products combining advanced multimodal, multispectral spectroscopy with on-device artificial intelligence. The technology stack detects invisible biological contamination (feces, blood, fat, biofilms), performs food quality and adulteration analysis via fluorescence plus VIS-NIR and SWIR reflectance modes, and — following its 2026 acquisition of HyperView — adds FDA-cleared tissue oxygenation imaging for clinical wound care and surgical monitoring applications. Core branded products are CSI (Contamination Sanitization Inspection), CSI-D+ (CSI with integrated UVC disinfection), QAT (Quality, Adulteration and Traceability), and HyperView. CSI-D+ is registered with the EPA, and HyperView holds FDA 21 CFR Part 11 clearance.

Name

SafetySpect

Legal name

SafetySpect, Inc.

Website

https://safetyspect.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SafetySpect builds AI-powered handheld multispectral spectroscopy devices that detect invisible contamination, food adulteration, and tissue oxygenation for hospitals, food processors, senior care, military, and food service customers, sold on a subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Optical Contamination Detection Systems

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (334517), Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (3391)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Disinfection & Surface Decontamination (Wipes, Sprays, Fogging, UV Robots) (HLAHANAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Microscopy, Imaging & Flow Cytometry Instruments (HLAGAIAE)

Keywords

• Multispectral contamination detection
• Handheld spectroscopy devices
• Food safety inspection
• UVC surface disinfection
• Tissue oxygenation imaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Forks

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Device Sales: Sale of handheld CSI, CSI-D+, QAT, and HyperView devices with subscription pricing model for software and cloud services.
2. Software Subscription: Monthly subscription pricing ($20/month) for software features, cloud database access, automated recordkeeping, and AI monitoring capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SafetySpect designs and manufactures handheld multimodal, multispectral spectroscopy devices integrated with AI/edge machine learning to detect invisible biological contamination on surfaces (CSI, CSI-D+), food adulteration and freshness (QAT), and tissue oxygenation in clinical settings (HyperView). The CSI-D+ adds integrated UVC LED disinfection. Products are sold with a $20/month software subscription and serve food processing, healthcare, defense, and commercial cleaning markets.

Product overview

SafetySpect is a platform company combining advanced spectroscopy with AI to create handheld multimodal sensing products. The portfolio consists of two core product lines: (1) CSI/CD-D+ family for contamination detection and UVC disinfection using multispectral fluorescence imaging, and (2) QAT for food quality, adulteration detection, and supply chain traceability using multi-mode spectroscopy (fluorescence + VIS-NIR + SWIR). The company also acquired HyperView, an FDA-cleared tissue oxygenation imaging device for healthcare diagnostics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CSI (Contamination Sanitization Inspection): Handheld contamination detection device for real-time cleanliness inspection and optional UV-C disinfection.
• QAT (Quality Adulteration and Traceability)
• HyperView

Products and services

• CSI (Contamination Sanitization Inspection) Handheld device that detects invisible biological contamination (food residue, feces, blood, fat, biofilms, bacteria) on surfaces in real-time using multispectral fluorescence imaging, replacing ATP swabs with instant visual inspection and automated documentation. Designed for food processing plants, hospitals, senior care facilities, restaurants, military, and commercial cleaning operations.
• CSI-D+ Enhanced CSI model with integrated UVC LED disinfection capability that detects contamination and neutralizes pathogens (E. coli, Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Aspergillus fumagatus) in seconds using proximity-sensor-controlled UV dosage. Targets hospitals, senior care, and food processing environments needing combined detection and sanitization.
• QAT (Quality Adulteration & Traceability) Handheld, battery-operated device that identifies food composition, detects adulteration, monitors freshness, and enables supply chain traceability using multi-mode spectroscopy combining multispectral fluorescence with VIS-NIR and SWIR reflectance. Supports FSMA and FSIS compliance including HACCP and HARPC, with blockchain, RFID, and geotagging integrations for traceability across the food supply chain.
• HyperView FDA-cleared portable tissue oxygenation imaging system that analyzes light absorption to provide oxygen saturation, oxyhemoglobin, and deoxyhemoglobin levels in superficial tissue. Used for diabetic foot ulcer assessment, vascular evaluation, and surgical monitoring in wound care clinics and clinical environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% Positive Predictive Value for diabetic foot ulcer prediction (Nouvong, 2009)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• University of North Dakota (UND)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2025UND and SafetySpect collaborating on NASA-funded MoonLight project to develop autonomous plant sensing platform for monitoring crop health in extraterrestrial environments. SafetySpect leads the $150,000 SBIR Phase I award with UND as research partner, integrating hyperspectral imaging, LiDAR, and AI technologies.
• NASAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASA contracts supporting MoonLight project for space agriculture technology development. SafetySpect is one of three companies actively developing space agriculture technology under NASA contracts for food production on the moon.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hygiena (ATP testing): Hygiena sells ATP swab-based contamination detection systems and is the de facto incumbent in the food-safety and cleaning-validation space that SafetySpect's CSI device is explicitly designed to replace. Both compete for the same food processing, hospitality, and healthcare cleanliness-verification budgets.
• Xenex Disinfection Services: Xenex provides pulsed-xenon UV disinfection robots used in hospitals for pathogen deactivation—a direct functional competitor to SafetySpect's CSI-D+ UVC LED handheld for healthcare infection control, attacking the same hospital-acquired infection problem from a different form factor.
• Modulim: Modulim makes the Clarifi imaging system for noninvasive tissue oxygenation assessment in diabetic foot care and peripheral vascular disease—the closest clinical competitor to SafetySpect's FDA-cleared HyperView device.
• UVD Robots (Blue Ocean Robotics): UVD Robots builds mobile UV-C disinfection robots used in hospitals, cleaning services, and food processing for pathogen kill—the same value proposition SafetySpect's CSI-D+ targets, and an explicit head-to-head competitor in UVC hardware.

Broad incumbents

• 3M (Clean-Trace): 3M's Clean-Trace ATP hygiene monitoring system is an entrenched incumbent for surface cleanliness verification in food and healthcare. As a diversified conglomerate with global distribution, 3M is the broad incumbent whose installed base SafetySpect must displace.
• Bruker Corporation: Bruker manufactures laboratory and handheld spectroscopy/NIR instruments across pharma, food, and life-science markets. Its food authenticity and quality analyzers (e.g., NIR/FT-NIR systems) compete technologically with SafetySpect's QAT multi-mode spectroscopy platform.
• Agilent Technologies: Agilent is a leading manufacturer of analytical laboratory instruments including spectroscopy and chromatography platforms serving food safety, pharma, and environmental testing. It is a broad incumbent in the analytical instrument category SafetySpect operates in.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher is a global leader in analytical instruments (spectroscopy, mass spectrometry) and food/pharma testing services. Its analytical platforms and food safety testing services target the same buyer as SafetySpect's QAT.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories: Bio-Rad manufactures analytical and life-science instruments (spectroscopy, chromatography) and is a broad incumbent in clinical diagnostics and food/environmental testing laboratories—an indirect competitor in the analytical instrument segment SafetySpect's platforms address.

Emerging players

• SpectralMD: SpectralMD applies hyperspectral imaging to wound healing and tissue characterization for clinical and military/burn applications—an emerging direct peer to HyperView's tissue oxygenation imaging thesis and adjacent to SafetySpect's defense work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/safetyspect

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds24 records

Investors2 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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