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.

With...