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GelTech Labs

About GelTech Labs

GelTech is an early-stage startup building automated laboratory systems to accelerate hydrogel research, a field with growing importance across biotech, medicine, and materials science. Hydrogels, which are water-rich materials that can mimic biological tissue, are used in applications like drug delivery, wound care, and regenerative medicine, but testing their properties has traditionally been slow and manual. GelTech addresses this bottleneck by developing robotic platforms that automate key experiments such as swelling and degradation, enabling faster, more consistent, and high-throughput testing. By turning repetitive lab work into a data-driven process, the company positions itself as a foundational infrastructure layer for the hydrogel ecosystem, helping researchers and companies move more quickly from experimentation to real-world applications.