At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 71 Bioinformatics companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Bioinformatics Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Zymergen
Zymergen is a biotechnology company that specializes in machine learning, big data, and artificial intelligence.
Founder(s): Jed Dean, Joshua Hoffman, Zach Serber
Location: Emeryville, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Machine Learning, Robotics
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Unlearn.AI
Unlearn.AI develops a platform to accelerate clinical trials for Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and other complex diseases.
Founder(s): Charles Fisher
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Biopharma, Clinical Trials, Life Science, Machine Learning, Software
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LatchBio
Latch Bio builds and disseminates free to use data infrastructure for the the biocomputing revolution.
Founder(s): Alfredo Andere, Kenny Workman, Kyle Giffin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Biopharma, Biotechnology, Machine Learning
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Biome Makers
Biome Makers develops neural biocomputing applications that enable sustainable and productive farming.
Founder(s): Adrian Ferrero, Alberto Acedo
Location: West Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Data Visualization, Farming, Sustainability
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Fabric Genomics (formerly Omicia)
Global healthcare platform for genomics-driven precision medicine. Fabric’ proven AI algorithms power genomic insights.
Founder(s): Edward S. Kiruluta, John Stuelpnagel, Martin G. Reese, Paul Billings
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care
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StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
StartX is an educational non-profit that helps Stanford’s top entrepreneurs.
Founder(s): Cameron Teitelman, Christopher Morace, Dan Ha, Jonathan Golden, Karen Katz, Matt Man, Richard Rabbat, Steve Petersen
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Big Data, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Computer Vision, Consumer Software, E-Commerce, Education, Enterprise Software, Finance, Financial Services, Hardware, Internet, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Medical Device, Non Profit, Venture Capital
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Quantgene
Genomics, A.I., Cancer Diagnostics, Liquid Biopsy
Founder(s): Dr. Monika Hagen, Johannes Bhakdi
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Health Diagnostics
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Mission Bio
Mission Bio develops only single-cell multi-omics platform integrating genotype and phenotype for cancer research and biomarker development.
Founder(s): Adam Abate, Adam Sciambi, Charlie Silver, Dennis Eastburn
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care
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Syapse
Syapse is a real-world evidence company dedicated to extinguishing the fear and burden of serious disease by advancing real-world care
Founder(s): Jonathan Hirsch, Tony Loeser
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Bioinformatics, Cloud Computing, Health Care, Information Services, Information Technology
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Phylagen
Phylagen is digitizing the global microbiome to create a more transparent world
Founder(s): Harrison Dillon, Jessica Green
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Life Science, Machine Learning
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Swiftscale Biologics
Swiftscale Biologics uses cell-free protein synthesis to enable the next generation of protein therapeutics.
Founder(s): David Mace, Matthew Delisa, Michael Jewett
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Bioinformatics, Biopharma, Biotechnology, Therapeutics
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MicroByre
MicroByre is a biotechnology company that specializes in microbiology, synthetic biology, molecular biology, and computational biology.
Founder(s): Jeff Anderson, Margaret Brown, Sarah Richardson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics
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Centrillion Technologies
Centrillion Biosciences develops genomics and DNA analyses technology for personalized medicine, life sciences research, and bioinformatics.
Founder(s): Wei Zhou
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Life Science
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JADBio
JADBio’s robust AutoML automates the machine learning process, making it easy for life-science professionals to discover knowledge.
Founder(s): Ioannis Tsamardinos, Pavlos Charonyktakis
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Bioinformatics, Enterprise Software, Life Science, Machine Learning, Pharmaceutical, Predictive Analytics
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Predictiv
Predictiv is the first DNA-base Digital Twin to predict and prevent over 22,000 diseases and simulate personalized reactions on 750+ drugs
Founder(s): Alex Rochegude, Sajung Yun, Sijung Yun
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Medical
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Sentieon
Enable Precision Data for Precision Medicine
Founder(s): Jun Ye
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Consumer
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Chimera Bioengineering
Chimera solves the challenges of CARs with drug-responsive gene regulators, which allow us to re-program of the immune system.
Founder(s): Benjamin Wang, Christina Smolke, Gusti Zeiner
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care
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Genapsys
Transform the human condition by building a scalable, affordable genomic sequencing ecosystem that will support research and diagnostics
Founder(s): Hesaam Esfandyarpour
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Diagnostics, Life Science
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NuCicer
NuCicer is a crop genetics company expertise, pioneering ultra-high protein varieties of chickpea.
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Location: Davis, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Genetics
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Serotiny
Serotiny invents multi-domain therapeutic proteins
Founder(s): Colin Farlow, Justin Farlow
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Therapeutics
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Assertio Therapeutics
Assertio reflects an aspirational mindset that is forward thinking, energetic, and entrepreneurial in spirit.
Founder(s): John W. Shell
Location: Newark, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Pharmaceutical
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Sampling Human
On a mission to elevate societal health with living diagnostics.
Founder(s): Daniel Georgiev, Hynek Kasl, Martin Cienciala
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Health Care, Health Diagnostics
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Invenio Imaging
INVENIO IMAGING is a privately held corporation
Founder(s): Christian Freudiger
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical
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PathoGene
MedTech startup developing an automated IVD medical device for detecting and identifying all human pathogens & AMR genes on one test panel.
Founder(s): Chris Pham, Dr. Mike Fang, John Mickel, Joseph Mickel, Paul Spiegel Esq.
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Information Technology, Medical Device
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Aptah Biosciences
Aptah is a biotech company that aims to support medical advancements by introducing innovative technologies into the drug discovery process.
Founder(s): Caio Bruno, Rafael Mantovani Bottós
Location: San Carlos, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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Seragon Pharmaceuticals
Seragon Pharmaceuticals is a research-based company dedicated to improving human and animal health through innovative science.
Founder(s): Richard Heyman
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Inflammatix
Inflammatix develops novel molecular diagnostics for acute infections and sepsis that work by reading the immune system.
Founder(s): Jonathan Romanowsky, Purvesh Khatri, Tim Sweeney
Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Health Care, Health Diagnostics
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Prospect Bio
Prospect Bio is a synthetic biology company that specializes in building biosensors (living cells) that can measure chemicals.
Founder(s): Cameron Strachan, Giles Ochs
Location: Brisbane, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Neuroscience
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SOMOS
SOMOS is offering genetic solutions that put at your disposal tests of global ancestry and Latin American ancestry.
Founder(s): Arthur Garcia
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care
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Astalake Biosystems
Botanical Solutions for Healthy Living, Sustainable Approach for Green Environment
Founder(s): Ai Oikawa
Location: Emeryville, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Nutrition, Therapeutics
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Genoa Ventures
Genoa Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage life sciences technology companies.
Founder(s): Jenny Rooke
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Diagnostics, Life Science
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Maverix Biomics
Maverix Biomics specializes in biologic research, bioinformatics, and enterprise application software development.
Founder(s): Dave Mandelkern
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Software
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Rosalind
Rosalind.info — a platform for learning programming and bioinformatics by solving problems (analogue — Codecademy)
Founder(s): Phillip Compeau
Location: La Jolla, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Education, Internet
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Cureseq
CureSeq’s mission is to revolutionize next-generation sequencing in the oncology space by making it more affordable.
Founder(s): IL-JIN KIM
Location: Brisbane, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics
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Koliber Biosciences
Koliber Biosciences provides data science services including the development of predictive models for customers.
Founder(s): Ewa Lis, Leonard Dieguez
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology
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Cannformatics
Biotechnology
Founder(s): Ken Epstein
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Cannabis, Health Care, Wellness
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dRISTi
dRISTi is a cognitive computing company with focus on AI-driven solutions for media, marketing and healthcare sectors.
Founder(s): Jinesh Radadia
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Marketing, Video Advertising
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Highline Sciences
Highline Sciences is a consulting and CRO firm that offers Oncology treatment services.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Consulting, Life Science
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Biota Technology
Biota is pioneering biosurveillance across industrial sectors
Founder(s): Ajay Kshatriya, Rob Knight, Robert Chess, Ryan Gill
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Energy, Predictive Analytics, Renewable Energy
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Oshun Medical
Oshun Medical is an early-stage diagnostics and personalized medicine company.
Founder(s): Barbara Levy, Stevie Cline
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Genetics, Health Care, Health Diagnostics
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BatchX
End-to-end bioinformatics platform for your custom analyses.
Founder(s): David Castillo Rodríguez, Ignacio Del Valle Alles, Prathik Gadde
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Cloud Computing, Software
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GeneDrop
GeneDrop develops bioinformatics software to help in the analysis of genetic data.
Founder(s): Mo Rahman
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology
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DataSet Analysis
DSA is an early stage medtech startup company that aims to bring research and diagnostics software to the business market.
Founder(s): Alex Matov, Andreas Niethammer, George Harb, Olga Samarina
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Augmented Reality, Bioinformatics, Data Mining, Enterprise Software, Image Recognition, Personal Health
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Kinetic Diagnostics, Inc.
Their mission is maximize performance and minimize injury for all athletes and fitness enthusiasts using cutting edge genomics, science
Founder(s): Jim Valentine, Trish Brown
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Fitness, Genetics, Sports
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Silver Lake Research
Silver Lake Research is a biotech laboratory that produces innovative antibody-based products.
Founder(s): Erik Serrao
Location: Azusa, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Life Science, Medical
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Double Helix LLC
Expert Advisors and Resources for Personalized Medicine
Founder(s): Ken Stineman, Molly Ryan
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Consulting, Privacy, Recruiting, Security, Staffing Agency
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AmCell Biosciences
AmCell Biosciences is a competitive bio-supplier focused on basic and clinical research for cell therapy and biologics safety.
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Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Consulting
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Avirmax
Avirmax is a Delaware corporation that focuses on adeno-associated virus research, development, and manufacturing.
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Location: Hayward, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
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CureScience
Translational Institute
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biopharma, Biotechnology, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Life Science, Medical, Neuroscience
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Crystal Genetics, Inc.
Crystal Genetics is a high-quality genetic testing with a primary focus on predisposition to and early detection of cancer.
Founder(s): Bahram Kermani
Location: California City, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Information Technology
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ScienCell Research Laboratories
ScienCell Research Laboratories is an expanding biotechnology company whose mission is the research and development of cell.
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Location: Carlsbad, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Product Research
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Koonkie Cloud Services
Koonkie is a Computational intelligence company that designs bioinformatics tools and services to process large microbiome data sets.
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Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Intelligent Systems
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Accelero Biostructures
Accelero Biostructures offers structure-based drug discovery and structural biology solutions.
Founder(s): Ashley M Deacon, Debanu Das
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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Anitoa Systems
Anitoa Systems is developing a new generation of highly-integrated silicon lab-on-chip device for medical diagnostics at point-of-care.
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Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Health Diagnostics
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InCaptus, LLC
InCaptus aims to revolutionize the collaboration between leading physicians and the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries.
Founder(s): Juliana Yeomans, Mariam Alexanian, Subhransu Ray, MD, PhD.
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Enterprise Software, Health Care
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yuFlu
yuFlu is a social impact, biotech startup focused on reducing “flu-like” illness.
Founder(s): Dawn Verdugo, Paul Mangiamele
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Home Health Care, Life Science, Wellness
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Distributed Bio
Distributed Bio is an immuno-engineering company that provides computational tools, antibody libraries, and more.
Founder(s): Giles Day, Jacob Glanville
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Cloud Computing, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
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Sedna.bio
Sedna is a health innovation company that will accelerate the next revolution in drug development.
Founder(s): David Schuster, Julie Cloutier
Location: La Jolla, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Data Mining, Genetics, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics
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PROTEIN LOUNGE
Protein Lounge is a gene-centric web portal that offers databases of model organisms and molecular and bioinformatics research tools. It has the largest database of Signaling and Metabolic Pathways(more than 820 numbers)
Founder(s): Samik Singh
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Database, Pharmaceutical
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Phoenix
Phoenix is a bioinformatics company that delivers research, software solutions, licensing, marketing, sales and account management services.
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Location: Newark, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Database, Software
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Micro Paradox
Micro Paradox is a biotechnology company that provides materials to domestic and international fruit and nut tree nurseries.
Founder(s): Parm Randhawa
Location: Pleasant Grove, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Life Science
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Qiagen Digital Insights
Qiagen Digital Insights offers a bioinformatics based analytical software platform, an extensive database, and related analytical solutions.
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Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Database, Software
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Clarity Synergy Solutions
Doctors led consulting group helping startups and venture capitalists navigate medical device & biotech innovation & investment decisions.
Founder(s): Faisal Mirza
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Wearables
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Solivar Labs
Next Generation Genomics: Helping find cure for cancer in their lifetimes
Founder(s): Venkatesh Tadinada
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Bioinformatics, Health Care
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eBioinformatics
eBioinformatics provides bioinformatics services to the worldwide bioscience research efforts.
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Location: Pleasanton, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Information Services
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Biomedical Equipment Solutions
Biomedical Equipment Solutions is a biometrics company located in Encinitas.
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Location: Encinitas, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biometrics, Biotechnology
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TRex Bio
TRex Bio is a biotechnology company that treats diseases like cancer, fibrotic by studying human tissues.
Founder(s): Ravi Rao
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biopharma, Biotechnology
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InKaryo Corp.
InKaryo Corp provides cytogenetic analysis services.
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Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Life Science
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MolecularWare
MolecularWare develops data management software for high throughput biology.
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Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Software
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DNAnexus
DNAnexus develops a cloud platform and global network designed for scientific collaboration and accelerated discovery.
Founder(s): Andreas Sundquist, Arend Sidow, Serafim Batzoglou
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Cloud Computing, Medical
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Helix
Helix is a population genomics company that is working to advance genomics research and integrate genomic data into clinical care.
Founder(s): James Lu, Justin Kao, Scott Burke
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Personal Health
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