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Throne Science announced a $10M raise to develop a “smoke detector for colon…

Brief

Scott Hickle of Throne Science announced a $10M funding round on 2026-07-28 to advance a device he calls a “smoke detector for colon cancer.” Founded three years ago, Throne has built a health-tracking product likened to Apple’s; Hickle named multiple investors and framed the mission as capable of saving a million lives.

Why it matters

Throne Science announced a $10M raise to develop a “smoke detector for colon cancer,” according to Scott Hickle’s post published 2026-07-28; the company was founded three years ago and has built a health tracker Hickle says members compare to Apple.

Key details

  • Hickle thanked investors and early backers by name — BennyG49/Will Ventures, KatieS (Day One), Fern Mandelbaum, Warren Shaeffer, Max Mullen, Tara Viswanathan, Justin Driscoll, Justin Mares — and claimed Throne has the opportunity to save a million lives, predicting that in 20 years a toilet camera will be commonplace.
Source evidence

We raised some money, lots of work left to do!

Scott Hickle - Poop Guy (@ScottHickle)

I'm thrilled to share that @ThroneScience has raised $10M to advance our vision of building a smoke detector for colon cancer.

We started this company three years ago, and in that short period of time we built a world-class health tracker that our members often compare to Apple.

That's exactly what we were going for, and we're just getting started.

I am incredibly grateful for the support of our investors, my co-founders, our team, and, most importantly, our members.

In particular, I want to thank @BennyG49 and the team at Will Ventures, @KatieS for being our Day One, Fern Mandelbaum, Warren Shaeffer, Max Mullen, Tara Viswanathan, Justin Driscoll, Justin Mares, and all those whose belief have made this next chapter possible.

My younger brother recently said it best: twenty years ago, it was a crazy idea to sleep in a stranger's home or ride in a stranger's car.

In twenty years, it will be crazy not to have a camera in your toilet.

Throne has the unique opportunity to save a million lives. I cannot imagine a more meaningful way to spend my life than to work in the service of this mission.

— https://nitter.net/ScottHickle/status/2082101147720937970#m