Exum Instruments strives to give scientists and professionals the tools and experience they deserve. We leverage new technologies with modern design sensibilities to change the scientific instrumentation market. Massbox® is only the first step in the creation of a new standard in your lab.
The Exum team, combined with our industry partners, have decades of experience and have utilized every common analytical technique available in modern labs. These experiences inspired us to create something different—an instrument that answers the headaches of users everywhere.







After years of development, we delivered our first commercial product to an amazing team of people - ELEMENTUM 3D!
Exum demonstrated commercial traction including Phase I SBIR Grant from NIST, Gold Prize from MassChallenge Startup Accelerator, and AFWERX Phase I SBIR 21.2B Cohort
The Massbox was redesigned from the ground up to be more robust, reliable, portable and useable and it was released publicly at Pittcon 2020!
Exum used the success of this first instrument to raise a larger series seed round of funding to take this prototype and transform it into a product. During this time, Exum also built a team that made this possible. The first product ready prototype was built, delivered and tested.
TOFwerks and ESI joined as equity partners to design and produce the first instrument. Free Radical Ventures joined as investing partners to make this idea a reality.
The first prototype instrument was built in a garage and tested to show a 7x near order of magnitude increase in ionization efficiency over plasma produced from Laser Ablation alone.
Exum was founded with the idea of Laser Ablation Laser Ionization (LALI).
The Exum team, combined with our industry partners, have decades of experience and have utilized every common analytical technique available in modern labs. These experiences inspired us to create something different—an instrument that answers the headaches of users everywhere.







After years of development, we delivered our first commercial product to an amazing team of people - ELEMENTUM 3D!
Exum demonstrated commercial traction including Phase I SBIR Grant from NIST, Gold Prize from MassChallenge Startup Accelerator, and AFWERX Phase I SBIR 21.2B Cohort
The Massbox was redesigned from the ground up to be more robust, reliable, portable and useable and it was released publicly at Pittcon 2020!
Exum used the success of this first instrument to raise a larger series seed round of funding to take this prototype and transform it into a product. During this time, Exum also built a team that made this possible. The first product ready prototype was built, delivered and tested.
TOFwerks and ESI joined as equity partners to design and produce the first instrument. Free Radical Ventures joined as investing partners to make this idea a reality.
The first prototype instrument was built in a garage and tested to show a 7x near order of magnitude increase in ionization efficiency over plasma produced from Laser Ablation alone.
Exum was founded with the idea of Laser Ablation Laser Ionization (LALI).
The Exum Instruments team, combined with our industry partners, have decades of experience and have utilized every common analytical technique available in modern labs. These experiences inspired us to create something different—an instrument that answers the headaches of users everywhere.











Exum Instruments announce the launch of next generation Massbox in a significant advancement of its proprietary LALI-TOF-MS platform.
Exum Instruments and Thermo Fisher Scientific enter into commercial agreement for the sales, distribution, and customer support for Massbox in Europe and China.
Exum Instruments and Edge Scientific announce strategic partnership to help equip more labs and facilities with state-of-the-art technology.
Exum Instruments delivered its next 5 commercial instruments! Each time, Massbox was up and running within a few hours and users were trained within a day.
After years of development, Exum Instruments delivered their first commercial product to an amazing team of people - ELEMENTUM 3D!
Exum Instruments demonstrated commercial traction including Phase I SBIR Grant from NIST, Gold Prize from MassChallenge Startup Accelerator, and AFWERX Phase I SBIR 21.2B Cohort.
Massbox was redesigned from the ground up to be more robust, reliable, portable and useable and it was released publicly at Pittcon 2020.
Exum Instruments used the success of this first instrument to raise a larger series seed round of funding to take this prototype and transform it into a product. During this time, Exum Instruments also built a team that made this possible. The first product ready prototype was built, delivered and tested.
Built in a garage, the first prototype successfully demonstrated the LALI concept. This attracted equity partners, TOFWerk and ESI, to design and produce the first instrument, and investment from Free Radical Ventures turned the idea into a reality.
Exum Instruments was founded with the idea of Laser Ablation Laser Ionization (LALI).
This team is made up of hard-working, talented individuals who understand what work life balance looks like. Having created a tool that works every time allows them to take advantage of the great outdoors around Exum’s two offices in Denver and Albuquerque.