Quartzy

Quartzy is a United States-based laboratory-management platform and scientific research supply marketplace. The company provides digital tools intended to organize the operational work that supports laboratory research, including collaborative purchasing requests, inventory tracking, supply management, product quotations, and price comparison. Its model combines software for research groups with access to laboratory products from external suppliers, positioning Quartzy as both a workflow platform and a procurement channel for life-science organizations. The company was founded in 2011 by Jayant Kulkarni and Adam Regelmann, who met while pursuing PhD studies at Columbia University. Kulkarni became chief executive officer and Regelmann chief operating officer, and both were identified as continuing in those leadership roles in the available reference material. The founders developed Quartzy around the practical administrative problems faced by laboratories: researchers need to know what supplies are available, coordinate requests among colleagues, obtain quotations, and maintain records of consumables and other materials without relying on disconnected spreadsheets, email threads, or manual purchasing processes. Quartzy’s software supports collaborative order requests and supply tracking for laboratories and research groups. Its inventory tools are designed to provide visibility into laboratory stocks and help teams manage supplies. The platform also includes access to product information and quotations, allowing users to compare options across suppliers. These functions make Quartzy relevant to academic laboratories, biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical research groups, and other scientific organizations, although the available source material does not provide a complete breakdown of its customer segments or commercial terms. In early 2018, Quartzy formally launched the Quartzy Shop, previously known as the Quartzy Catalog. The marketplace expanded the company’s role from laboratory-management software provider to an intermediary through which research organizations could locate and purchase scientific products. The shop was described as offering access to more than three million products from more than 1,000 suppliers across the life-science industry. Purchasing through the Quartzy Shop was reported as available to users based in the United States, while the software platform itself was used by scientists internationally. Following the 2018 marketplace launch, Quartzy expanded its physical operations with a warehouse in nearby Redwood City, California. The warehouse supported the company’s marketplace and supply operations, although the available material does not specify its current status or the extent of Quartzy’s logistics network. Quartzy has been described as serving more than 200,000 scientists worldwide. It has also received recognition in startup competitions, including Washington University’s Olin Cup during its beta period and Business Insider’s Startup 2011 competition. The company raised outside financing through a Y Combinator-backed seed round and subsequent Series A and Series B rounds. The supplied reference describes total financing as nearly $25 million, but no financial figure is included here because the available material does not provide sufficient time context and a directly attributable financial source. Quartzy remains an active privately held science-technology company in the available record. Its core proposition is to reduce procurement and inventory friction for research teams by combining laboratory operations software with a broad scientific-products marketplace.

Quartzy was established in 2011 by Jayant Kulkarni and Adam Regelmann, who met while studying for PhDs at Columbia University. Their academic and research backgrounds informed the company’s focus on the operational infrastructure of scientific work rather than on the production of laboratory instruments or research findings themselves. Quartzy developed as a digital service for research teams that needed to coordinate supply requests, track laboratory inventory, manage purchasing information, and compare product quotations. The company’s early development included participation in startup programs and competitions. The available reference records an Olin Cup win during Quartzy’s beta period in 2008, a date that predates the stated 2011 founding and is therefore retained only as an unresolved historical note rather than treated as a definitive company-founding milestone. In 2011, Quartzy won Business Insider’s Startup 2011 competition. The company also obtained venture financing through a Y Combinator-backed seed round, followed by Series A and Series B rounds. The supplied material does not establish the dates, investors, or detailed terms of those rounds. Quartzy’s initial proposition centered on laboratory-management software. Its tools enabled researchers and laboratory groups to submit and coordinate requests for supplies, monitor inventory, and maintain a shared view of operational needs. By combining collaboration and inventory functions, the platform addressed recurring administrative tasks that can otherwise be handled through fragmented spreadsheets, email, or institution-specific purchasing systems. A major product and business expansion occurred in early 2018, when Quartzy formally launched the Quartzy Shop. The service had previously been known as the Quartzy Catalog. The Shop extended Quartzy into online scientific-supplies commerce, giving users a marketplace through which they could browse and purchase products from suppliers across the life-science sector. The marketplace was described as including more than three million products and more than 1,000 suppliers. At the time covered by the reference, purchasing through the Shop was limited to Quartzy users in the United States. The marketplace launch also led Quartzy to expand its physical footprint. The company opened or expanded operations at a warehouse in Redwood City, close to its Hayward, California base. This move reflected the operational requirements of supporting a broader supply marketplace, although the available sources do not describe the warehouse’s exact functions, ownership, or continuing status. Quartzy has been described as having more than 200,000 scientist users worldwide. This reported reach indicates that the company’s software had an international user base even though the purchasing component of its marketplace was described as United States-only. The available information does not provide a detailed geographic revenue split, customer list, current product count, or current supplier count. The company remains privately held and active in the available record. Kulkarni and Regelmann are identified as continuing to lead Quartzy as chief executive officer and chief operating officer, respectively. Its overall evolution has been from a laboratory workflow application toward an integrated research-operations and procurement service, combining collaborative software, inventory visibility, supplier discovery, quotations, and marketplace purchasing.

• 2018

  Quartzy Shop launches

  [1]Quartzyen.wikipedia.org

  Quartzy officially launched its online marketplace, previously called the Quartzy Catalog, offering scientific products from life-science suppliers.

• 2018

  Redwood City warehouse expansion

  [1]Quartzyen.wikipedia.org

  Following the marketplace launch, Quartzy expanded its operations to a warehouse in nearby Redwood City, California.

• 2011

  Company founded

  [1]Quartzyen.wikipedia.org

  Jayant Kulkarni and Adam Regelmann founded Quartzy after meeting as PhD students at Columbia University.

• 2011

  Business Insider Startup 2011 winner

  [1]Quartzyen.wikipedia.org

  Quartzy won Business Insider’s Startup 2011 competition.

• 2008

  Olin Cup recognition during beta period

  [1]Quartzyen.wikipedia.org

  The available reference says Quartzy won Washington University’s Olin Cup while still in beta, defeating 44 other contestants. Because this date precedes the stated 2011 founding, the chronology requires verification.

A laboratory operations and procurement platform that connects collaborative research-management software with access to scientific supplies and supplier quotations.

• Laboratory-management software · 2011

  Quartzy platform

  Quartzy’s core software helps laboratories and research groups coordinate operational work. Available functions include collaborative order requests, laboratory-supply tracking, inventory management, and product quotation or price-comparison workflows. The platform is intended to give research teams a shared system for managing supplies and purchasing-related information rather than relying on disconnected manual records.

• Scientific-supplies marketplace · 2018

  Quartzy Shop

  The Quartzy Shop is Quartzy’s online marketplace for scientific and life-science products. It was formally launched in early 2018 under the Quartzy Shop name after previously being known as the Quartzy Catalog. The marketplace was described as providing access to more than three million products from over 1,000 suppliers. The reference states that purchasing was available to Quartzy users located in the United States.

• 2018

  Launch of the Quartzy ShopProduct launch

  Background

  Quartzy had established software for organizing laboratory supplies and research-team requests. The company expanded this software-centered proposition into scientific-supplies commerce by launching a marketplace formerly known as the Quartzy Catalog.

  Action taken

  Quartzy introduced the Quartzy Shop, connecting users with a large catalog of life-science products and a supplier community. The company also expanded its physical operations to a Redwood City warehouse.

  Aftermath

  The marketplace broadened Quartzy’s role from laboratory workflow software provider to a combined research-operations and procurement platform. The reference reported access to more than three million products and more than 1,000 suppliers, with purchasing limited to United States users.

  Source

• 2018

  Quartzy launches the Quartzy Shop[1]Quartzyen.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  Quartzy introduced its online scientific-products marketplace, formerly called the Quartzy Catalog, providing access to products from life-science suppliers.

• 2018

  Quartzy expands operations with a Redwood City warehouse[1]Quartzyen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  After launching its marketplace, Quartzy expanded its physical operations to a warehouse in Redwood City, California.

• 2011

  Quartzy is founded by Columbia University PhD students[1]Quartzyen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Jayant Kulkarni and Adam Regelmann founded Quartzy after meeting as doctoral students at Columbia University. The company focused on organizing laboratory operations and research-supply workflows.

• 2011

  Quartzy wins Business Insider Startup 2011 competition[1]Quartzyen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Quartzy received recognition in Business Insider’s Startup 2011 competition.

1. 1Quartzyen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Quartzy official websitequartzy.com