Unima
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Unima was a Zapopan, Mexico health-tech company founded in 2015 by Jose Luis Nuno, Rodrigo Nuno, Maria Laura Mendoza, and Alejandro Nuño Ayala. Its Find platform used biotechnology and AI to deliver 15-minute point-of-care diagnostic tests without lab equipment, uploading results to the cloud for real-time disease surveillance. Products included a tuberculosis rapid test approved in Mexico and Indonesia and a CE-marked saliva antigen test for COVID-19 launched in Chile, Malaysia, and Germany. Y Combinator's Winter 2016 batch company is now listed as inactive.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Unima is founded in Zapopan, Mexico to build 15-minute lab-free diagnostic tests with real-time disease surveillance.
- Product launch
The company joins Y Combinator's Winter 2016 batch, gaining validation through MassChallenge and early partnerships.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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