SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2005--Celerus Diagnostics, the rapid cancer diagnostics company, today announced the completion of $2.7 million in first-round financing by private investors. “We are very pleased with the outcome,” said Page Erickson, CEO and Founder of Celerus Diagnostics. “The fact that we were oversubscribed allows us to expedite our developmental efforts.”