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 Exhibit 10.18 

LUCIRA HEALTH, INC. 

January 13, 2021 
 Tamanna Prashar 

Lucira Health, Inc. 
 1412 62nd Street 
 Emeryville, CA 94608 

Re: Amended and Restated Employment Agreement 
 Dear
Tamanna: 
 You are currently employed by LUCIRA HEALTH, INC. (the “Company”)
under the terms of an offer letter between you and the Company dated June 7, 2019, including the amended employment terms letter between you and the Company dated August 25, 2020 (the “Offer Letter”). The Company is
amending and restating the terms of the Offer Letter to reflect your new employment terms as set forth in this employment agreement (the “Agreement”). Once you accept this Agreement by signing and returning it to the Company,
this Agreement shall supersede and replace your Offer Letter in its entirety, and this Agreement shall then govern the terms of your employment with the Company. 

1. EMPLOYMENT BY THE COMPANY. 

(a) Position. You will continue to serve as the Company’s Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Operations and Quality. 

(b) Duties and Location. You will perform those duties and responsibilities as are customary for the position of Vice President Global
Supply Chain, Operations and Quality and as may be directed by Chief Executive Officer, to whom you will report. Your primary office location will be the Company’s offices in Emeryville, California. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
reserves the right to reasonably require you to perform your duties at places other than your primary office location from time to time, and to require reasonable business travel. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company may modify your
job title, duties, and reporting relationship as it deems necessary and appropriate in light of the Company’s needs and interests from time to time. 

(c) Outside Activities. Throughout your employment with the Company, you may engage in civic and not-for-profit activities so long as such activities do not interfere with the performance of your duties hereunder or present a conflict of interest with the Company. During your employment by the Company,
except on behalf of the Company, you will not directly or indirectly serve as an officer, director, stockholder, employee, partner, proprietor, investor, joint venturer, associate, representative or consultant of any other person, corporation, firm,
partnership or other entity whatsoever known by you to compete with the Company (or is planning or preparing to compete with the Company), anywhere in the world, in any line of business engaged in (or planned to be engaged in) by the Company;
provided, however, that you may purchase or otherwise acquire up to (but not more than) one percent (1%) of any class of securities of any enterprise (but without participating in the activities of such enterprise) if such securities are listed on
any national or regional securities exchange. 
 2. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. 

(a) Base Salary. You will continue to be paid a base salary at the rate of $320,000 per year. Effective commencing on the date of the
underwriting agreement between the Company and the underwriters managing the initial public offering of the Company’s common stock (the “IPO”), pursuant to which such stock is priced for the initial public offering (the “IPO
Date”), your base salary will be automatically increased to $375,000 per year. In all cases, your base salary will be paid on the Company’s ordinary payroll cycle, less applicable payroll deductions and withholdings. As an exempt salaried
employee, you will be required to work the Company’s normal business hours, and such additional time as appropriate for your work assignments and position, and you will not be entitled to overtime compensation. 

  
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 (b) Employee Benefits. As a regular full-time employee, you will be eligible to
participate in the Company’s standard employee benefits offered to executive level employees, as in effect from time to time and subject to the terms and conditions of the benefit plans and applicable Company policies. A full description of
these benefits is available upon request. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company may change your compensation and benefits from time to time in its discretion. 

(c) Annual Discretionary Bonus. You will also be eligible to earn an annual discretionary bonus with a target amount equal to 40% of
your annual base salary. The amount of this bonus will be determined in the sole discretion of the Company and based, in part, on your performance and the performance of the Company during the calendar year, as well as any other criteria the Company
deems relevant, as set forth in the Company’s Employee Bonus Program or any successor bonus program sponsored by the Company. 
 (d)
Equity Compensation. 
 (i) Outstanding Equity Awards. Any and all Company stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock
units or other Company equity awards previously granted to you will continue to be governed by the terms of the applicable equity plan, forms of award agreements and grant notices for such equity awards. For purposes of this Agreement, “equity
awards” shall mean all stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and any other Company equity awards. 
 (ii)
IPO Option Grant. In the event that the Company completes an IPO, on the IPO Date you will be granted an option to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Option”). The Option will have an exercise price equal
to the per share price that the Company’s Common Stock is sold on the IPO Date in its initial public offering. The Option will be for a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock so that the Option will have a grant date fair value for
financial accounting purposes equal to $765,000. The Option will be granted pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, which will automatically become effective on the IPO Date, and its standard form of
Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement. The Option will vest subject to your continued services with the Company over a four-year period, whereby twenty-five percent (25%) of your Option shares will vest on the one year anniversary of the
IPO Date, with the remaining shares subject to the Option vesting in thirty-six (36) equal monthly installments thereafter, in each case subject to your continued services with the Company through the
applicable vesting dates. 
 (e) Officer Severance Benefit Plan. You will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Officer
Severance Benefit Plan (the “Severance Plan”) subject to the terms and conditions of the Severance Plan. A copy of the Severance Plan has been provided to you concurrently with this Agreement. 

(f) Expenses. The Company will reimburse you for reasonable travel, entertainment or other expenses incurred by you in furtherance of or
in connection with the performance of your duties hereunder, in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policies and practices as in effect from time to time. 

3. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

(a) Confidentiality Agreement. As a Company employee, you will be expected to continue to abide by Company rules and policies including
those rules and policies regarding the protection of the Company’s confidential information. You will remain subject to the terms of the attached Employee Confidential Information and Inventions Assignment Agreement that you signed when you
joined the Company, which prohibits unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s proprietary information, among other obligations (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), and which is incorporated herein by reference. 

  
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 (b) Conflicting Obligations. By signing this Agreement, you are representing that you
have full authority to accept this position and perform the duties of the position without conflict with any other obligations and that you are not involved in any situation that might create, or appear to create, a conflict of interest with respect
to your loyalty or duties to the Company. You specifically warrant that you are not subject to an employment agreement or restrictive covenant preventing full performance of your duties to the Company. You agree not to bring to the Company or use in
the performance of your responsibilities at the Company any information, materials or documents of a former employer that are not generally available to the public, unless you have obtained express written authorization from the former employer for
their possession and use. You also agree to honor all obligations to former employers during your employment with the Company. 
 4.
AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP. Your employment relationship with the Company is at will. Accordingly, you may terminate your employment
with the Company at any time and for any reason whatsoever simply by notifying the Company; and the Company may terminate your employment at any time, with or without Cause or advance notice. If your employment is terminated by you or the Company
for any reason, you agree to resign from any position you hold on the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”), to be effective no later than the date of your termination (or such other date as requested by the Board).

 5. COMPLIANCE WITH OR EXEMPTION FROM
SECTION 409A. It is intended that the benefits set forth in this Agreement satisfy, to the greatest extent possible, the exemptions from the application of Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”) (Section 409A, together with any state law of similar effect, “Section 409A”) provided under Treasury Regulations 1.409A-1(b)(4), 1.409A-1(b)(5) and 1.409A-1(b)(9). With respect to reimbursements or in-kind
benefits provided to you hereunder (or otherwise) that are not exempt from Section 409A, the following rules shall apply: (i) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits
provided, during any one of your taxable years shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefit to be provided in any other taxable year, (ii) in the case of any reimbursements
of eligible expenses, reimbursement shall be made on or before the last day of your taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred, (iii) the right to reimbursement or in-kind
benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. 
 6. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. 

(a) Arbitration Agreement. To ensure the rapid and economical resolution of disputes that may arise in connection with your employment
with the Company, you and the Company agree that any and all disputes, claims, or causes of action, in law or equity, including but not limited to statutory claims, arising from or relating to the enforcement, breach, performance, or interpretation
of this Agreement, your employment with the Company, or the termination of your employment, shall be resolved pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1-16, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, by final, binding and confidential arbitration conducted by JAMS, Inc. or its successor (“JAMS”), under JAMS’ then applicable rules and procedures for employment disputes before a single arbitrator (available upon
request and also currently available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-employment-arbitration/). You acknowledge that by agreeing to this arbitration procedure, both you and the Company waive the right to resolve any such dispute through a
trial by jury or judge or administrative proceeding. 
 (b) Individual Claims. All claims, disputes, or causes of action under
this section, whether by you or the Company, must be brought in an individual capacity, and shall not be brought as a plaintiff (or claimant) or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding, nor joined or consolidated with the
claims of any other person or entity. The arbitrator may not consolidate the claims of more than one person or entity, and may not preside over any form of representative or class proceeding. To the extent that the preceding sentences regarding
class claims or proceedings are found to violate applicable law or are otherwise found unenforceable, any claim(s) alleged or brought on behalf of a class shall proceed in a court of law rather than by arbitration. This paragraph shall not apply to
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a matter of law, including, without limitation, claims brought pursuant to the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, as amended, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, as
amended, and the California Labor Code, as amended, to the extent such claims are not permitted by applicable law to be submitted to mandatory arbitration and such applicable law(s) are not preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act or otherwise
invalid (collectively, the “Excluded Claims”). In the event you intend to bring multiple claims, including one of the Excluded Claims listed above, the Excluded Claims may be publicly filed with a court, while any other
claims will remain subject to mandatory arbitration. 
 (c) Process. You will have the right to be represented by legal counsel at any
arbitration proceeding. Questions of whether a claim is subject to arbitration under this agreement shall be decided by the arbitrator. Likewise, procedural questions which grow out of the dispute and bear on the final disposition are also matters
for the arbitrator. The arbitrator shall: (a) have the authority to compel adequate discovery for the resolution of the dispute and to award such relief as would otherwise be permitted by law; and (b) issue a written statement signed by
the arbitrator regarding the disposition of each claim and the relief, if any, awarded as to each claim, the reasons for the award, and the arbitrator’s essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. The arbitrator shall be
authorized to award all relief that you or the Company would be entitled to seek in a court of law. The Company shall pay all JAMS arbitration fees in excess of the administrative fees that you would be required to pay if the dispute were decided in
a court of law. 
 (d) Injunctive Relief. Nothing in this letter agreement is intended to prevent either you or the Company from
obtaining injunctive relief in court to prevent irreparable harm pending the conclusion of any such arbitration. Any awards or orders in such arbitrations may be entered and enforced as judgments in the federal and state courts of any competent
jurisdiction. 
 7. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement, together with your Confidentiality Agreement, forms the complete and
exclusive statement of your employment agreement with the Company. It supersedes any other agreements or promises made to you by anyone, whether oral or written, including but not limited to the Offer Letter. Changes in your employment terms, other
than those changes expressly reserved to the Company’s or the Board’s discretion in this Agreement, require a written modification approved by the Company and signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company (other than you). This
Agreement will bind the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of both you and the Company, and inure to the benefit of both you and the Company, their heirs, successors and assigns. If any provision of this Agreement is determined
to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, this determination shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement and the provision in question shall be modified so as to be rendered enforceable in a manner consistent with the intent of
the parties insofar as possible under applicable law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to conflicts of law principles. Any ambiguity in this Agreement shall not be
construed against either party as the drafter. Any waiver of a breach of this Agreement, or rights hereunder, shall be in writing and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any successive breach or rights hereunder. This Agreement may be delivered
and executed via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or other applicable law) or other transmission method and shall be deemed
to have been duly and validly delivered and executed and be valid and effective for all purposes. 
 SIGNATURE
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 Please sign and date this Agreement and return a signed copy to me on or before
January 14, 2021 to confirm your acceptance of this Agreement. 
  

							
	LUCIRA HEALTH, INC.	 		  		  	
				
	 /s/ Erik T. Engelson
	 		  		  	
	Erik T. Engelson	 	            	  		  	
	President and Chief Executive Officer	 		  		  	
				
	Accepted and Agreed:	 		  		  	
				
	 /s/ Tamanna Prashar
	 		  	 January 14, 2021
	  	
	Tamanna Prashar	 		  	Date	  	


  
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