Botanacor Laboratories

What Botanacor Laboratories does

Botanacor Laboratories, doing business as SC Labs, is a multi-state cannabis and hemp analytical testing laboratory headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 2013, the company operates accredited testing facilities across five U.S. states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, and Oregon — providing compliance, potency, and safety testing services to licensed cannabis cultivators, processors, manufacturers, and retailers, as well as hemp companies selling into national retail distribution channels. Botanacor/SC Labs reports serving more than 8,900 customers and issuing over 740,000 Certificates of Analysis (COAs) cumulatively, positioning it as one of the longer-tenured multi-state operators in the U.S. cannabis testing market, with over 15 years of regulatory expertise per its operating company history.

The company's service portfolio is organized into three tiers: profile testing (cannabinoids, trace THC, terpenes, homogeneity, moisture content), contaminant screening (pesticides, residual solvents, heavy metals, mycotoxins, microbial impurities including HLVd/viroids, foreign material), and specialty services including CBD/THC beverage testing, Kratom testing, environmental monitoring, Vitamin E acetate testing, and smoke taint analysis. A notable proprietary offering is its chemometric reporting system, which categorizes terpene and cannabinoid profiles to suggest product effects beyond the traditional indica/sativa classification, with stated applications for consumer purchasing decisions and brand differentiation. Supporting infrastructure includes a Client Service Portal for digital COA delivery and verification, courier and sampling services, technical and data support, and outsourced laboratory services (SVS), with a stated turnaround of approximately three days for most tests.

Botanacor/SC Labs generates revenue on a transaction-fee, per-test basis with quote-based pricing typical of B2B laboratory services. Its go-to-market is enterprise-focused, with named customers including Papa & Barkley, Glass House Farms, Jetty Extracts, Joy Organics, CBDFx, Lazarus Naturals, Mercy Wellness, Space Gem, and Extractioneering Oregon, spanning both cannabis Multi-State Operators and hemp/CBD brands. The company is privately held and founder-owned — Alec Dixon (Executive VP), Jeff Gray (Chief Innovation Officer), and Josh Wurzer (Chief Operating Officer) — with no disclosed institutional investment, M&A activity, or public-company signals. Marketing and demand generation rely on content (insights blog, eBooks, podcasts, webinars), email newsletter, and earned media coverage in outlets including Forbes, Politico, LA Weekly, Leafly, Cannabis & Tech Today, and Marijuana Venture.

Name

Botanacor Laboratories

Legal name

SC Labs

Website

https://botanacor.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Botanacor Laboratories (dba SC Labs) is a multi-state cannabis and hemp analytical testing laboratory operating across Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, and Oregon, providing compliance, potency, contaminant, and specialty testing services to licensed cannabis operators and hemp brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cannabis and Hemp Analytical Testing Laboratory

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Release Testing & Batch Certification (QC) (HLAGADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Central Laboratory Services (Core Lab Operations) (HLAGAEAA)

Keywords

• Cannabis compliance testing
• Hemp analytical testing
• Cannabinoid potency testing
• Terpene profiling services
• Contaminant screening laboratory

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Cannabis Testing Services: Compliance testing, potency testing, contaminant testing (pesticides, heavy metals, microbial, residual solvents, mycotoxins), terpene profiling, and R&D testing services for cannabis companies across multiple states.
2. Hemp Testing Services: Compliance testing for hemp including state-specific, national, and USDA compliance. Expanded cannabinoid testing for hemp products targeting national retail distribution.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Botanacor Laboratories (operating as SC Labs) is a multi-state cannabis and hemp analytical testing laboratory providing regulatory compliance, potency (cannabinoid), terpene, and contaminant testing services across Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, and Oregon. The laboratory delivers results through a proprietary Chemometric Reporting system and a Client Service Portal that provides digital Certificate of Analysis (COA) access and verification to cannabis cultivators, processors, manufacturers, retailers, and hemp producers.

Product overview

Botanacor Laboratories (operating as SC Labs) provides a comprehensive suite of cannabis and hemp testing laboratory services organized as a unified platform with multiple testing categories. The core offerings include cannabis compliance testing and hemp compliance testing across multiple U.S. states. Testing services are organized into Profile Testing (cannabinoids, trace THC, terpenes, homogeneity, moisture content), Contaminant Testing (pesticides, residual solvents, heavy metals, mycotoxins, microbial impurities, foreign material), and Specialty Testing Services (CBD/THC beverages, Kratom, environmental, Vitamin E, smoke taint, HLVd and viroids). Supporting services include chemometric reporting, courier and sampling services, technical data support, COA verification, and an outsourced lab services program. The company operates a Client Service Portal for digital result delivery and reporting. The testing portfolio serves MSOs, national retail distribution, R&D, and quality control needs across Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, and Oregon.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cannabis Compliance Testing State-regulated compliance testing service for licensed cannabis producers, processors, manufacturers, and retailers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, and Oregon. Delivers Certificates of Analysis required by state cannabis regulators.
• Hemp Compliance Testing Hemp compliance testing for state, national, and USDA hemp programs, covering biomass and finished hemp/CBD products. Tests for trace THC, cannabinoids, moisture content, homogeneity, and contaminants to demonstrate compliance with the 0.3% THC legal threshold.
• Cannabinoid Profile Testing Quantitative profiling of cannabinoids (THC, CBD, CBG, CBN, and others) in cannabis and hemp samples using validated analytical methods.
• Trace THC Testing High-sensitivity quantification of trace THC levels in hemp and CBD products to confirm compliance with the 0.3% THC threshold.
• Terpene Testing Quantitative profiling of terpene content in cannabis samples for strain identification, product differentiation, and consumer-facing reporting.
• Homogeneity Testing

Quantifiable outcome

• 8,900+ customers served worldwide
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Eurofins Scientific: Global testing services giant that has expanded into cannabis, hemp, and CBD testing; broad incumbent with overlapping capability in analytical chemistry and contaminant testing, but cannabis is one of many verticals.
• SGS: Global testing, inspection, and certification company with cannabis and hemp testing capabilities — comparable analytical techniques and accreditation posture but operates across many unrelated verticals.
• Mérieux NutriSciences: Food and agricultural testing services firm with growing cannabis and hemp practice — comparable laboratory service model and quality systems, but cannabis is an emerging rather than core vertical.

Direct peers

• Steep Hill: Pioneer cannabis testing laboratory with multi-state operations and a focus on cannabinoid and terpene profiling plus analytics — directly comparable in analytical offering and category heritage.
• Kaycha Labs: Multi-state cannabis testing operator with national ambitions, focused on MSO and brand customers; comparable in geographic strategy, customer segmentation, and compliance-plus-R&D testing menu.
• CW Analytical: Cannabis-focused analytical laboratory providing regulatory compliance testing in California and adjacent markets — overlapping service portfolio, customer type, and regulatory expertise.
• ACS Laboratory: Multi-state cannabis and hemp testing laboratory with a similarly broad service portfolio (cannabinoids, terpenes, contaminants) and chemometric/analytics style reporting layered onto compliance COAs — directly comparable in product offering and customer base.
• Anresco Laboratories: Independent testing lab offering cannabis and food safety testing (potency, contaminants, microbiology) with ISO accreditation; comparable service menu and B2B laboratory business model.
• Green Leaf Lab: Cannabis testing laboratory serving Oregon and adjacent markets with full-panel compliance and R&D testing — direct competitor in the Pacific Northwest and overlapping customer base.
• BelCosta Labs (formerly CannaSafe): California-headquartered cannabis testing lab serving cultivators, manufacturers, and brands with compliance and R&D testing — direct competitor in the largest U.S. cannabis market and overlapping customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/botanacor
• Facebookfacebook.com/botanacor
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/botanacor

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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