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Jan 2017After an unsuccessful Series B fundraising attempt, Labdoor shrank its team, closed its physical lab, and rebuilt as a remote operation.
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Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Labdoor is an independent, mission-driven, for-profit supplement testing and certification company. It buys vitamins and supplements from retail shelves and online, tests them in labs, publishes free rankings/reports, and also sells B2B testing/certification services.
Primary product
Supplement ratings, reviews, and certifications
Founded
2012
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Health, Wellness & Fitness
Sub-industry
Dietary supplements; independent product testing and certification
Offices
South San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
consumer marketplace / affiliate commerce
B2B testing services
certification and licensing
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$10.9M
Latest round
Series A · Nov 2016
Latest amount
$3.4M
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Technology Officer
David Apple
Director of Information Systems
Founders
Tercio Agra Junker
Co-Founder
Work & culture
Public career/profile pages describe a fast-paced, experiment-driven team where employees own projects end-to-end and ad-hoc teams collaborate closely.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
No public salary bands were found. Built In shows an employer rating of 2.9/5 overall, with compensation rated 3.5/5, suggesting mixed employee sentiment rather than disclosed pay ranges.
Product & market
Pricing
Free consumer reports and rankings, funded by affiliate commerce plus enterprise testing/certification fees.
Differentiators
- —Buys products anonymously off retail shelves instead of testing manufacturer-submitted samples
- —Publishes free public reports and rankings
- —States it does not accept manufacturer payments to influence rankings
- —Combines consumer-facing rankings with B2B testing and certification services
- —Uses lab testing across multiple quality dimensions, not just a single pass/fail badge
Technology
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
JavaScript
Redis
MongoDB
Elastic
HTML
MySQL
Java
Nginx
CSS
Play Framework
Spring Boot
Git
Datadog
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Linux
Jenkins
Helm
Customers
supplement shoppers / consumers
dietary supplement brands and manufacturers
athletes and sport-focused consumers
Competitors
ConsumerLab
NSF International
USP (United States Pharmacopeia)
Informed Choice
Trustified
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Reported annual revenue of about $7.5M; broader public profile range is $1M-$10M.
Estimated monthly visits
104.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
Labdoor Magazine · May 2022
Labdoor said it would shift toward community fundraising, remain independent, and continue supplement/CBD testing after a prior failed Series B effort and a remote rebuild.
Labdoor Magazine · Feb 2021
Announced an enterprise certification offering aimed at Amazon supplement sellers.
Labdoor Magazine · Jul 2020
Launched updated ranking methodology/precision rankings for supplement categories.
Labdoor Magazine · Apr 2019
Published new CBD/hemp testing results and expanded CBD-related rankings.
Labdoor Magazine
Company guidance post on COVID-19-related supplement claims and consumer caution.
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