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Warrant expiration date.

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Write off unamortized debt discount and deferred financing costs.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Debt Obligations - Additional Information (Details)		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Debt Obligations - Additional Information (Details)	Dec. 30, 2014 USD ($) Agreement	May 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2014 USD ($) Institution $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Institution	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2015	Aug. 22, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Investment income, amortization of premium				$ 273,786	$ 158,707
Debt instrument, amortization expense				206,985	281,013
Deferred financing costs				24,909	52,377
Amortization of deferred financing costs				27,468	22,754
Amortization of warrant discount					127,616
Conversion of stock, amount converted					4,544,384
Percentage of possible outcomes in debt note agreements issued		50.00%
Write off unamortized debt discount and deferred financing costs					705,217
Convertible Debt
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Amortization of warrant discount				$ 0	112,134
Growth Term Loan
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Number of loan lending institutions \| Institution			2	2
Final Payment Percentage							4.75%
Debt instrument, amortization expense				$ 249,868	170,954
Deferred financing costs				24,909	52,377
Amortization of deferred financing costs				27,468	22,754
Growth Term Loan \| Scenario Forecast One
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
prepayment fee Percentage							2.00%
Growth Term Loan \| Scenario Forecast Two
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
prepayment fee Percentage							1.00%
Growth Term Loan A
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Term loan payable								$ 11,000,000
Debt instrument, fixed rate			8.50%
Debt instrument, maturity date			Sep. 30, 2018
Investment income, amortization of premium				522,500
Debt issuance costs			$ 300,000
Debt instrument, amortization expense				238,469	352,415
Growth Term Loan A \| Series E Stock
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Financial institution warrant issued, share \| shares			2,512,562
Convertible preferred stock, price per share \| $ / shares			$ 0.2189
Warrants issued to acquire shares \| shares		23,396
Warrants exercise price \| $ / shares		$ 23.51
Warrant Expiration Date			Aug. 22, 2024
Growth Term Loan B
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Term loan payable			$ 5,000,000
Debt instrument, fixed rate			8.75%
Debt instrument, maturity date			Sep. 30, 2018
Investment income, amortization of premium				237,500
Fair value of warrants						$ 122,460
Debt instrument, amortization expense				238,469	$ 352,415
Growth Term Loan B \| Oxford Finance LLC
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Warrants exercise price \| $ / shares						$ 2.759
Financial institution warrant issued, share \| shares						45,307
Growth Term Loan B \| Silicon Valley Bank
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Warrants exercise price \| $ / shares						$ 23.51
Financial institution warrant issued, share \| shares						5,317
Convertible Notes
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants				741,828
Deferred financing costs				$ 75,520
Number of convertible promissory note agreements \| Agreement	2
Conversion of stock, shares converted \| shares		324,591
Conversion price per share \| $ / shares		$ 14.00
Conversion of stock, amount converted		$ 4,500,000
Convertible Notes \| Minimum \| Private Placement
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of preferred stock, net of issuance costs	$ 20,000,000
Convertible Note One
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Convertible note draws		4,500,000
Convertible Note Two
Debt Obligations [Line Items]
Convertible note draws		$ 0