Keeping a constant supply of clean socks in the drawer can prove a challenge for most of us. Imagine the lengths scientists must go to keep the thousands of tools of their trade–especially chemicals–in stock at their labs.

Quartzy believes it can help. The company, which told VentureWire it closed a $1.2 million seed round led by the New York-based Life Sciences Angel Network in December, has developed a free web app to help life scientists manage their labs, inventories and orders.