Overdrive
Founded 2024 · 3 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
Overdrive Defense makes consumer drug testing kits, including fentanyl test kits and drink spike test kits, for personal safety in high-risk settings such as nightlife and street environments. The company markets its products directly to civilians and partners with nonprofits to distribute them.
Also known as Overdrive Defense
Investors · 3
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Overdrive Defense is a consumer products company that makes drug testing kits and related defense gear positioned for use in high-risk environments including nightlife, street, city and conflict settings. Its catalog consists of a Fentanyl Test Kit ($12.99), a Drink Spike Test Kit 2.0 ($14.99), a Party Pack Test Kit ($19.99), and bulk XL versions of both the fentanyl and drink spike kits ($84.99 each).
The Drink Spike Test Kit 2.0 contains two tests and uses a three-step Dip, Stab, Peel process with results in five minutes. The company states it detects GHB (at 500 µg/ml), ketamine (at 15 µg/ml) and flunitrazepam/Rohypnol (at 10 µg/ml), works on alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and is tested and approved by third-party labs, with claimed 99% accuracy when used as directed.
The company frames its positioning around making testing tools previously associated with institutions available to civilians, citing over 73,000 US fentanyl deaths in 2022 and survey figures indicating nearly one in ten college students have experienced drink spiking.
Business model
Direct-to-consumer sales of single-use and multi-pack drug and drink testing kits through the company's own online store, alongside retail distribution. The company states it donates 1% of net revenue to nonprofits and has reserved 3% of its equity for organizations working in the same field.
Product sales at fixed unit prices ranging from $12.99 for a Fentanyl Test Kit to $84.99 for XL fentanyl and drink spike kits.
Traction
Products are stocked nationwide at CVS and Walmart, the company was named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list for 2025, and it maintains partnerships with multiple harm-reduction nonprofits and a roster of affiliated creators dating from 2024.
Latest developments
The company markets a second-generation Drink Spike Test Kit (2.0) and highlights its inclusion in Fast Company's 2025 Most Innovative Companies list along with nationwide CVS and Walmart availability.
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Market position
Positions itself as a nightlife safety brand for consumer drug and drink testing, supported by national retail distribution and a 2025 Fast Company Most Innovative Companies listing.
Claims the most advanced drink spike test on the market, with detection of the three most common drink-spiking substances in a single kit, 99% claimed accuracy when used as directed, five-minute results, and third-party lab validation; product design emphasises discretion and ease of use.
Technology
Lateral-flow style consumer test kits. The Drink Spike Test Kit 2.0 uses a test blade dipped in a drink and inserted into a test pod, with a peel-away sticker revealing results in five minutes, and is specified to detect GHB, ketamine and flunitrazepam at stated concentration thresholds. Products are described as validated by third-party laboratories.
Go-to-market
Online direct sales via the company's storefront, national retail placement at CVS and Walmart, partnerships with harm-reduction nonprofits including SSDP, PAHRN, End Overdose and NHRC, and creator/influencer marketing through a roster of affiliated stunt performers, DJs and other personalities featured on the company's "Squad" page. The site cites coverage in Vogue, Fast Company, Paper, Nylon, The New York Times and Highsnobiety.
Civilians moving through nightlife and other environments where fentanyl exposure or drink spiking is a risk, including college-age consumers; nonprofit harm-reduction partners are used as a distribution channel.
Geography
United States, with nationwide retail distribution through CVS and Walmart and online sales priced in USD.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 2
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsThe company's site states it was included in Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list for 2025.
Company site states its kits are available at CVS and Walmart stores nationwide.
Company works with harm-reduction nonprofits to deploy its test kits, donating 1% of net revenue and reserving 3% of equity for such organizations.
Two-test kit detecting GHB, ketamine and flunitrazepam in alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, with results in five minutes.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Overdriveoverdrivedefense.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Overdrive do?
- Overdrive Defense sells consumer fentanyl and drink-spike test kits aimed at safety in nightlife and other high-risk settings.
- Who are Overdrive's investors?
- Overdrive's investors include Western Technology Investment, Worklife Ventures, Equal Opportunity Ventures.