Integrated Protein Technologies

Name

Integrated Protein Technologies

Legal name

Integrated Protein Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://iptinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mass Spectrometry Sample Preparation Instruments

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Liquid Handling & Laboratory Automation (Pipettes, Robots, Workstations) (HLAGAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Lab Automation, Instrument Control & Workflow Orchestration Software (HLAGAJAG), Laboratory Automation, Sample Prep & Liquid Handling (IVD Lab Diagnostics) (HLAHAAAN)

Keywords

• Protein sample preparation
• Oligonucleotide analysis automation
• Mass spectrometry workflows
• Biomolecular filtration platforms
• Laboratory workflow automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Evanston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Platform Sales: Sale of the SampleStream Platform including Flow Cell Module, Pump Box Module, and integration with CTC PAL 3 System. The platform is sold as integrated hardware with software capabilities for workflow automation in mass spectrometry laboratories.
2. Consumables: RFID-enabled consumables (membranes) that are single-use items replaced after >1,000 analyses. Provides recurring revenue stream for consumable replacement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Integrated Protein Technologies designs, manufactures, and sells the SampleStream Platform, a workflow automation system for intact biomolecule sample preparation. The platform uses molecular weight cutoff membrane technology to perform concentration, buffer exchange, and purification of proteins and oligonucleotides, integrating with CTC PAL 3 robotics for automated sample handling in mass spectrometry-based proteomics and oligonucleotide analysis. It also sells RFID-enabled single-use consumables that serve as a recurring revenue stream.

Product overview

Integrated Protein Technologies offers the SampleStream Platform as its core unified product for biomolecular sample preparation. The platform consists of modular hardware components (Flow Cell Module, Pump Box Module, and Intelligent Consumable) that integrate with the CTC PAL 3 System robotic automation platform via a Plugin System. Software control is provided through the SampleStream Plugin and Custom Scripting capabilities. The platform automates molecular weight cutoff filtration for proteins and oligonucleotides, enabling concentration, buffer exchange, and purification with throughput up to 4 samples/minute. Applications span biopharma clone selection screening, native mass spectrometry, high throughput analysis, rapid digestion, oligonucleotide analysis, and MALDI spotting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SampleStream Platform A workflow automation platform for intact biomolecule sample preparation that uses molecular weight cutoff membrane technology to perform concentration, buffer exchange, and purification. Integrates with the CTC PAL 3 robot for automated sample handling and supports both denaturing and native mass spectrometry modes with throughput up to 4 samples/minute. Targeted at biopharma, laboratory developed testing, and in vitro diagnostic laboratories.
• Intelligent Consumable Single-use disposable component for the SampleStream Platform featuring an RFID tag that automatically imports membrane type, minimum/maximum flow rates, sealing pressure, and other operational parameters upon insertion. Replaced after >1,000 analyses and provides a recurring revenue stream for Integrated Protein Technologies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 10x throughput increase for clone selection screening compared to LC-UV and LC-MS methods
• +6 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Beckman Coulter Life Sciences:
• SCIEX: SCIEX (Danaher) is a major mass spectrometry vendor with integrated LC-MS/MS systems used heavily in biopharma and clinical proteomics. Comparable because its bundled sample prep + MS workflows compete for the same biopharma and clinical laboratory budgets as IPT's SampleStream automation.
• Agilent Technologies: Agilent owns CTC Analytics (maker of the PAL 3 robot that IPT integrates with) and provides broad mass spectrometry and automated sample prep solutions. Comparable as the platform vendor whose installed base IPT leverages and whose broader workflow bundles could compete with or absorb SampleStream.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher is the dominant mass spectrometry and lab automation vendor, offering integrated LC-MS systems and sample prep consumables. Comparable because its mass spec instruments (Orbitrap, Q Exactive) plus automation offerings define the workflows IPT's SampleStream integrates with; also relevant because CEO Compton's prior ionization source was commercialized by Thermo.
• Waters Corporation: Waters is a leading mass spectrometry and chromatography vendor serving biopharma, clinical, and academic labs. Comparable because its BioAccord and related LC-MS systems plus automation accessories serve the same intact-mass and biologics characterization workflows IPT targets.

Direct peers

• Hamilton Company: Hamilton manufactures precision liquid handling robotics (Microlab STAR, Nimbus, Prep) widely used in MS sample preparation, biopharma screening, and clinical labs. Comparable because its automated pipetting workstations compete in the same high-throughput proteomics and biologics sample prep workflows that SampleStream addresses.
• Tecan: Tecan is a leading provider of laboratory automation instruments and consumables for biopharma, diagnostics, and life science research. Comparable because it similarly sells modular liquid handling and sample prep workstations (e.g., Fluent, Freedom EVO) integrated with third-party MS and analytical workflows, targeting the same biopharma and clinical laboratory customers.
• Brooks Automation: Brooks Automation (life sciences segment, including recently integrated Precise Automation) provides automated sample handling and liquid handling platforms used in biopharma and clinical workflows. Comparable because its automation hardware competes for the same MS-prep and biopharma workflow budget.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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