About.

Droplite Technologies SL is a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of in-vitro diagnostics and point-of-care testing. 

Established in 2018

Droplite was incorporated in 2018 in Barcelona, Spain, and is a spinoff of the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) and Cosingo. We are currently located at the vibrant Parc Cientìfic de Barcelona (PCB)​.

Our Goal

Our motivation is to continue developing novel solutions to make health testing and diagnostics easier, faster and more accesible to patient around the globe.

Our Team

André Guedes
CEO & Co-FOUNDER

With a background in Physics, PhD from the University of Lisbon and Postdoc from University of California, André spent a big part of his career in the vibrant San Francisco, where he co-founded two tech startups - Chirp Microsystems and Picosense. Droplite Technologies is his 3rd startup. He counts with more than 30 publications and 10 patents. 

Rafael Porcar
CTO & CO-FOUNDER

Rafael has a background in optics engineering from the Polytech of Paris. Briefly after moving to Barcelona he founded and directed Cosingo, a startup dedicated to optical engineering consulting services. He is leading and managing Droplite's engineering efforts.

João Trabuco
​​Biotechnology Scientist

João has a background in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, PhD from the University of Lisbon, and 5+ years of experience in R&D of point-of-care diagnostics technologies. He is in charge of developing and optimizing the immunoassays, sample preparation and, chemical conjugation on our platform.

ROMAIN QUIDANT
​ADvisor & CO-FOUNDER

PhD in Physics from the University of Dijon and currently a ICREA Professor and leader of the Plasmon Nano-Optics group at ICFO. Highly influential and well-respected scientist and classified as an 'High cited Researcher 2018' according to Clarivate Analytics. 140+ publications and 12 patents. Awarded with 4 ERC grants and over €8.0M in research funding.