69 Best Biology Startups to Watch in 2024

Oral antifungal therapy developer to treat life-threatening rare fungal infections

Biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics with a machine learning-driven evolution engine.

Healx is a biotechnology therapeutics company for rare diseases founded in 2014 by Tim Guilliams.

Provider of tailor-made industrial solutions based on natural and genetically modified microorganisms.

Developer of fully interactive advanced lab simulations designed to create scalable science training software. The company's simulations offer a virtual laboratory based on mathematical algorithms that support open-ended investigations along with molecular three-dimension animations, quiz questions, and background theory.

RNA-guided regulatory genome targeting therapeutics developer for chronic diseases.

Hifibio - High Fidelity Biology is a single cell technologies for drug discovery founded in 2013 by Liang Schweizer, Jeff He and Robert Nicol.

A company in the insect processing, production, or supply industry.

Uncommon, formerly known as Higher Steaks, is a cellular agriculture company based in London, England founded in 2017 by Benjamina Bollag, Stephanie Wallis and David Hay working to develop pork and other meat products using cellular agriculture.

SOPHiA GENETICS is a healthcare technology company and developer of SOPHiA Artificial Intelligence for clinical genomics.

Formo is a manufacturer of animal-free cheese alternative products founded in 2019 by Raffael Wohlgensinger.

Anjarium is an early-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation, non-viral gene therapy therapeutics.

Platform using epigenetics to simplify routine diagnostic tests for common cancers to a simple blood draw.

Inari is a biotechnology and agricultural technology company

Indigo is an agricultural technology company utilizing natural microbiology and digital technologies to improve farmers' profitability, environmental sustainability and consumer health.

BenevolentAI is a bioinformatics company that develops and applies artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to analyze scientific data in order to create human health and bioscience applications.

Scienion is a Princeton, New Jersey-based life science company developing biosensors and diagnostic tools.

Noxxon Pharma is a company focused on oncology treatments founded in 1998.

Tropic Biosciences is a genome editing company founded in 2016 by Gilad Gershon.

A San Diego-based company that produces endomicrobial products for animals.

Platform for AI-driven drug discovery in clinical-stage development.

Automated biomarkers standardize MRI scan measurements to improve treatment procedures for neurological disorders.

Oncimmune is a Nottingham-based diagnostic company developing early cancer detection products.

BioAge Labs focuses on developing AI and systems biology-based solutions for slowing the aging process and treating age-related illnesses.

Developer of a liquid biopsy technology designed to revolutionize the early detection of cancer in pets.

Click Therapeutics, Inc. is a company founded in 2012.

Injectsense Inc. is a medical technological company.

Medical device compnay focused on improving outcomes for mothers and babies during childbirth and delivery.

Company for outsourced research through a network of scientific service providers.

Quartzy is a lab management platform company founded in 2011 by Jayant Kulkarni.

Opentrons is a company building robots to automate experiments of life scientists.

Soylent is a company that creates nutrition products.

Guardant Health is a Redwood City, California-based biotechnology company developing precision oncology treatments.

Modern Meadow is a biotechnology company using cellular agriculture and biofabrication to manufacture bioleather, "Zoa", out of cultured animal free collagen mixed with natural and man made materials.

An agricultural biotechnology company developing crop design platform to increase intrinsic crop yield

Envisagenics is a biotechnology company founded by Maria Luisa Pineda and Martin Akerman in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, New York using artificial intelligence and RNA sequencing to develop therapeutics to treat genetic diseases.

Wild Type is a San Francisco based company producing meat products like salmon using cellular agriculture lab techniques.

Locanabio is a San Diego, California-based biotechnology company developing RNA-targeting gene therapies.

Hangzhou Just Biotherapeutics is an Hangzhou-based company founded in 2015.

Orchard Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing gene therapies for rare diseases.

Bolt Threads is a biotechnology company that makes high performance fabrics and materials using biology.

Perfect Day Foods (formerly Muufri) engineered yeast capable of producing the proteins found in cows milk. They use these proteins to make their own line of animal-free dairy products.

Akili Interactive is a company founded in 2011.

Brightseed is a biotechnology company that uses Artificial Intelligence technology which discloses powerful compounds that are hidden in nature

A bioinformatics company in San Francisco building data collection methods and databases that will enable machine learning algorithms in healthcare. It was founded in 2018.

Glympse Bio is developing a powerful new paradigm in diagnostics to enable noninvasive and predictive monitoring of multiple human diseases.

Integra Holdings is a company founded in 2012.

Abiochem Biotechnology is a Shanghai-based company founded in 2015 by Xudong Qu.

Pivot Bio is a company that creates technology that is focused on nitrogen fixation in cereal crops through microbes.It was founded in 2010 and is located in Berkeley, California.

Arbor Technologies is a company in Cambridge, MA, focusing on biodiscovery using machine learning, genome sequencing, gene synthesis and high-throughput screening.

Agriculture company developing novel methods of pest control

The EVERY Company (formally Clara Foods) is a biotechnology company founded by two New Harvest community members David Anchel and Arturo Elizondo in 2014. The company is based out of San Francisco, California and manufactures animal- free proteins using using yeast bio-fermentation techniques fore use in food products.

Innovent Biologics is a monoclonal Antibodies, Biosimilars founded in 2011.

Apeel Sciences is a company that develops treatments to prevent spoilage of fruits and vegetables using molecules naturally found in peels, which maintain moisture and keep out oxygen.

Gracell Biotechnology is a developer of cancer immune therapies designed to treat cancer.

Upside Foods is a San Francisco-based company making cultured meat products. The company was founded by Uma Valeti, Nicholas Genovese, and Will Clem.

Pairwise uses CRISPR, gene editing and natural diversity in agricultural crops to address global food challenges. The company is working to develop new varieties of crops.

Calysta is a biotechnology company seeking to improve worldwide food security through making animal feed. The company is based out of Menlo Park, California and was founded in 2012 by Josh Silverman.

Impossible Foods is a plant-based meat company making meat and dairy products that are made to look and feel like animal products by manufacturing heme, the oxygen binding molecule found in blood, using engineered yeast grown in bioreactors.

A biotechnology and software company offering prescription digital therapeutics.

A genetic medicines company in Massachusetts that focuses on patients suffering from rare genetic diseases.

A clinical stage biopharmaceutical company in R & D and the industrialization of innovative drugs and high-end biological similar drugs. Clover Biopharmaceuticals is focused on tumor treatment and autoimmune diseases.

BioNTech is a German company that develops immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

Abbisko Therapeutics is an immunomodulators for cancer founded in 2016.

SQZ Biotech is a biotechnology company using their cell engineering platform for developing cell therapies for treating immune disorders.

Operator of a cellular agriculture company intended to offer clean fish and meat. The company leverages cellular agriculture technologies to address the pressing challenges of the generation like climate change, food security, and health, enabling customers to consume healthy meat alternatives.

Solugen is a speciality chemical manufacturing company developing aiming to replace petroleum-based chemicals with alternatives made from plant-based substitutes.

A biotechnology company developing t-cell immunotherapies therapies for the treatment of cancer. The company is headquartered in Singapore, and was founded by Malcolm Brenner and Andrew Khoo in 2011.

A personalized medicine company specializing in pharmacogenomics. It provides genetic information determine medication for patients suffering from neuropsychiatric and other medical conditions.