Strug­gling poo-test­ing start­up uBio­me files for bank­rupt­cy, months af­ter FBI kicks off in­ves­ti­ga­tion

Months af­ter the FBI launched a probe in­to its billing prac­tices, be­lea­guered poo-test­ing start­up uBio­me has filed for bank­rupt­cy.

Jes­si­ca Rich­man and Zach Apte launched uBio­me in 2012, af­ter rais­ing $350,000 from a crowd­fund­ing cam­paign to fa­cil­i­tate a mi­cro­bio­me study. The com­pa­ny — which maps the ecosys­tem of mi­crobes in the body to de­vel­op tests eval­u­at­ing gut and vagi­nal health — has since hauled in more than $100 mil­lion in ven­ture cap­i­tal from Y Com­bi­na­tor, An­dreessen Horowitz, and 8VC.

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