Rapidemic

About Rapidemic

Rapidemic is a Dutch-Danish diagnostic company based in Leiden, the Netherlands. The company was spun out of an MIT-award winning international synthetic biology competition in 2021.

Rapidemic is on a mission to make quality diagnostics accessible to all worldwide and revolutionize molecular diagnostics with RapiDetect™️, world's first equipment-free molecular diagnostic test platform for infectious diseases. Our first test under development is a 15-minute test for reliable diagnosis of highly prevalent sexually transmitted infections.

Rapidemic is backed by the prestigious BioInnovation Institute in Copenhagen and has received over 2,7M$ from the Gates Foundation to respond to the urgent need for better diagnostics for sexual and women's health.

Address

• Headquarters

  LeidenZuid-Holland, Netherlands

Team by function

Based on 15 public job profiles as of 3 September 2026.

• Research / R&D7
• Executive / C-Suite3
• Engineering / Software Development1
• Founder / Owner1
• Marketing1
• Operations1
• Sales1