What Peak Serum does

Peak Serum Inc is a privately held life science laboratory supplier headquartered in Bradenton, Florida, specializing in fetal bovine serum (FBS), treated FBS variants, other animal sera, and cell culture media. The company manufactures in ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified facilities and provides a full 9 CFR Certificate of Analysis with batch-level traceability for every product, positioning itself as a quality-focused supplier for regulated research and biomanufacturing workflows. Its product portfolio spans four categories: standard FBS (US Origin, USDA-Approved, USDA Premium, US Premium Research Grade), treated FBS (lipid-depleted, dialyzed, charcoal-stripped, exosome-depleted, TET-system approved), other animal sera (rabbit, mouse, goat, horse, donkey, porcine, calf, newborn calf, adult bovine), and cell culture media (DMEM, IMDM, EBSS, PBS, HEPES buffer), with SKUs priced from $30 to $1,120 and frozen products shipped at a flat $250 dry-ice fee.

The business operates a direct-to-customer self-serve e-commerce model on peakfbs.com built on WooCommerce, with request-a-quote functionality for bulk and enterprise orders and stated global shipping capability. Customers include research laboratories, biotechnology companies, academic institutions, and pharmaceutical companies in biotech, pharma, and academic research, with use cases ranging from primary cell culture and stem cell research to vaccine development, hybridoma production, and exosome research. Pricing is unit-based and pay-as-you-go, with no subscription tiers, recurring contracts, or disclosed enterprise agreements in the available data. The company is small (1-10 employees), independent, and has no disclosed external investors, parent entity, or acquisition history.

Name

Peak Serum

Legal name

Peak Serum Inc

Website

https://peakfbs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Peak Serum Inc is a Bradenton, Florida-based supplier of fetal bovine serum, treated FBS variants, other animal sera, and cell culture media, manufactured in ISO-certified facilities for biotech, pharmaceutical, and academic research laboratories worldwide via direct e-commerce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Life Science Reagents

NAICS

Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing (325414)

SIC

Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047)

akta.pro primary industry

Reagents, Chemicals & Assay Kits (Buffers, Antibodies, ELISA, Enzymes) (HLAGAIAI)

Keywords

• Fetal bovine serum
• Cell culture media
• Animal serum products
• Life science reagents
• Cell culture supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Bradenton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Direct e-commerce sales of fetal bovine serum, treated fetal bovine serum, other animal sera, and cell culture media products. One-time purchase model with per-unit pricing. Frozen products require specialized shipping with dry ice at $250 flat fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Peak Serum manufactures and supplies fetal bovine serum (FBS), specialty treated FBS variants (lipid-depleted, dialyzed, charcoal-stripped, exosome-depleted, TET-system approved), other animal sera (rabbit, mouse, goat, horse, donkey, porcine, calf, adult bovine), and cell culture media (DMEM, IMDM, EBSS, PBS, HEPES buffer) for biotech, pharmaceutical, and academic research laboratories. Products are sold as standardized 500mL (and select 50mL/250mL) units via self-serve e-commerce, with frozen products shipped on dry ice for a flat $250 fee.

Product overview

Peak Serum is a supplier of fetal bovine serum (FBS), other animal sera, and cell culture media for biotech, pharma, and academic research laboratories. The product portfolio consists of four main product categories: (1) Standard Fetal Bovine Serum products including US Origin, USDA-Approved Sourcing, USDA Premium Research Grade, and US Premium Research Grade variants (PS-FB1 through PS-FB4); (2) Treated Fetal Bovine Serum products including Lipid-Depleted, Dialyzed, Charcoal-Stripped, Exosome-Depleted (in 50mL and 250mL sizes), and TET-System Approved variants (PS-FBL, PS-FBD, PS-FBC, PS-FBX, PS-FBX-1, PS-FB5); (3) Other Animal Sera including Rabbit, Mouse, Donor Goat, Donor Horse, Donor Donkey, Porcine, Newborn Calf, Calf, and Adult Bovine Sera (PS-RS, PS-MS, PS-DG, PS-DH, PS-DD, PS-PS, PS-NB1, PS-BCS, PS-ABS); and (4) Cell Culture Media including DMEM High Glucose, HEPES Buffer, IMDM, DMEM without various components, Earl's Balanced Salts Solution, and Phosphate Buffered Saline (PS-M1 through PS-M6). The company manufactures in ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified facilities with full traceability and regulatory compliance.

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Products and services

• Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) – US Origin Premium fetal bovine serum sourced from US-origin cattle, designed to support consistent cell growth, viability, and reproducibility for primary cell culture, stem cell research, sensitive or fastidious cell lines, and biopharmaceutical R&D. SKU PS-FB1, 500mL, $515.
• Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) – USDA-Approved Sourcing Fetal bovine serum sourced from USDA-approved countries, suitable for sensitive cell culture, primary cells, iPSC/ESC work, and reproducibility-critical research. SKU PS-FB2, 500mL, $290.
• Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) – USDA Premium Research Grade Cost-effective fetal bovine serum sourced from USDA-approved countries for routine cell culture, general biotechnology research, immunology studies, and established robust cell lines. SKU PS-FB3, 500mL, $215.
• Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) – US Premium Research Grade US-origin fetal bovine serum for routine cell culture requiring origin documentation for regulatory or international workflows. SKU PS-FB4, 500mL, $315.
• Lipid-Depleted Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) Processed to reduce lipid content while preserving proteins and nutrients, suitable for lipid metabolism studies, membrane biology, and lipid-sensitive signaling pathways. SKU PS-FBL, 500mL, $327.
• Dialyzed Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) Dialyzed to reduce low-molecular-weight components including hormones and small peptides while retaining key proteins and growth factors, suitable for stem cell culture and protein expression research. SKU PS-FBD, 500mL, $327.
• Charcoal-Stripped Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) Processed using charcoal treatment to reduce hormones and small bioactive molecules for hormone-sensitive studies, receptor binding assays, and endocrine research. SKU PS-FBC, 500mL, $327.
• Exosome-Depleted Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) Processed to reduce extracellular vesicles including exosomes while retaining essential nutrients for exosome-mediated signaling, extracellular RNA, and vesicle biology research. SKU PS-FBX (50mL, $224) and PS-FBX-1 (250mL, $1,120).
• TET-System Approved Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) Developed for cell culture applications requiring accurate tetracycline-controlled systems, tested to support low tetracycline research requirements for Tet-On/Tet-Off inducible gene expression systems. SKU PS-FB5, 500mL, $426.
• Rabbit Serum Sterile-filtered serum for immunological research including antibody production, complement fixation assays, and hybridoma growth workflows. SKU PS-RS, 500mL, $37.
• Mouse Serum Species-specific serum for immunological research with mouse-derived cell lines and hybridoma systems, suitable for monoclonal antibody production and immunoassays. SKU PS-MS, 500mL, $429.
• Donor Goat Serum Specialty serum for immunological and cell culture applications where goat-derived proteins are required, commonly used in antibody production and ELISA workflows. SKU PS-DG, 500mL, $89.
• Donor Horse Serum Specialty serum for organotypic brain slice culture, glial cell maintenance, PC12 cell differentiation, and select veterinary and vaccine-related applications. SKU PS-DH, 500mL, $42.
• Donor Donkey Serum Serum for immunological workflows to reduce background signal in ELISA, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry assays as an effective blocking agent. SKU PS-DD, 500mL, $86.
• Porcine Serum High-quality sterile-filtered serum from healthy pigs for cell culture, providing essential nutrients, growth factors, and hormones for various cell types. SKU PS-PS, 500mL, $55.
• Newborn Calf Serum Cost-effective FBS substitute containing proteins, growth factors, and nutrients supporting cell proliferation, differentiation, and viability, commonly used in vaccine production and hybridoma culture. SKU PS-NB1, 500mL, $49.
• Calf Serum Alternative to Fetal Bovine Serum for applications where high FBS growth factor levels are not required, supporting general cell maintenance, immune system research, and diagnostic applications. SKU PS-BCS, 500mL, $52.
• Adult Bovine Serum Cost-effective alternative to fetal bovine serum for research involving differentiated or mature cell types, veterinary diagnostics, and industrial cell culture workflows. SKU PS-ABS, 500mL, $52.
• DMEM High Glucose (without L-Glutamine, without Sodium Pyruvate) Cell culture medium for broad range of mammalian cells with higher energy requirements, containing 4.5 g/L glucose, without L-Glutamine or sodium pyruvate. SKU PS-M1, 500mL, $44.
• HEPES Buffer 1M Sterile-filtered buffering agent providing stronger buffering capacity than sodium bicarbonate at physiological pH 7.2-7.4 at 37°C, for cell culture media and biochemical assays. SKU PS-M2, 500mL, $121.
• IMDM (without L-Glutamine, without HEPES) Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium for support of murine B lymphocytes, bone marrow hematopoietic tissue, T lymphocytes, and hybrid cell lines. SKU PS-M3, 500mL, $47.
• DMEM (without L-Glutamine, HEPES, Glucose) Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium formulated without L-Glutamine, HEPES, and glucose for cancer metabolism and glucose-replacement studies. SKU PS-M4, 500mL, $32.
• Earl's Balanced Salts Solution (EBSS) 10X Chemically defined solution for maintaining mammalian cells in vitro, 10X concentrated with calcium, magnesium, and phenol red, without sodium bicarbonate. SKU PS-M5, 500mL, $40.
• Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) Sterile-filtered buffer for cell culture and cellular assays, used as diluent for cell enumeration, cell rinsing, and general assay buffer. SKU PS-M6, 500mL, $30.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Recent moves5 records

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Broad incumbents

• Thermo Fisher Scientific (Gibco): Gibco is the global market-leading brand of fetal bovine serum and cell culture media, sold by Thermo Fisher to the same biotech, pharma, and academic research labs that Peak Serum targets. While far larger and broader in scope, Gibco is the primary benchmark competitor in FBS pricing and grade segmentation.
• Merck KGaA / Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich (now part of Merck's Life Science sector) supplies FBS, treated sera, and cell culture reagents to research laboratories worldwide - directly overlapping Peak Serum's product categories and customer base of academic, biotech, and pharma researchers.
• Cytiva (HyClone): Cytiva's HyClone brand is one of the largest FBS suppliers globally, with a long-standing presence in bioprocess and cell culture sera. It competes head-to-head with Peak Serum in FBS grades (US Origin, USDA-Approved) and serves an overlapping customer base in biopharma R&D and academic research.
• Corning Life Sciences: Corning supplies cell culture media, sera, and laboratory consumables directly to research and bioprocess customers, with product categories that directly overlap Peak Serum's FBS and cell culture media offering.
• Bio-Techne: Bio-Techne (R&D Systems and Tocris brands) supplies cell culture reagents and specialty sera to research laboratories - an overlapping catalog serving the same academic and biopharma R&D customers that Peak Serum targets with its cell culture media and treated sera.
• Avantor: Avantor is a large-scale life science product and services distributor that supplies bioreagents, sera, and consumables to academic, pharma, and biotech customers - serving a broader portfolio but with overlapping SKU categories and customer segments as Peak Serum.

Direct peers

• Atlas Biologicals: Atlas Biologicals is a specialty animal serum supplier offering multiple FBS grades and treated variants to the same research, biotech, and academic customers as Peak Serum - the closest mid-sized private peer in product mix and go-to-market.
• RMBIO: RMBIO manufactures and distributes FBS and other animal sera for cell culture and bioprocessing applications, with a product portfolio and customer base that directly overlap Peak Serum's offerings and e-commerce GTM.
• Biosera: Biosera specializes in animal sera (FBS, adult sera, specialty donor animal sera) and cell culture media for research and biopharmaceutical applications - directly comparable to Peak Serum's product mix and academic/SMB customer focus.

Emerging players

• CellGenix: CellGenix develops cell culture reagents including sera and media targeted at cell therapy, regenerative medicine, and biopharma R&D customers - serving a more specialized segment of Peak Serum's customer base with a regulated-therapy focus.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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