66 indexable Biopharma Outsourcing companies headquartered in Illinois, United States, ranked by total equity funding and recent funding momentum. Combined disclosed equity funding of $582.8M across 11 funded companies, including 1 unicorn.
| # | Company | Funding | Valuation | Stage | Latest round | Employees | Founded | Momentum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Turner Scientific
Hearing research innovator providing preclinical services for biotech, pharma, and academia |
$2.8M | — | Funding Raised | Grant (prize money) Jul 2025 | — | 2017 | ↑ Active |
| 2 |
Avenacy
Specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and manufacturing critical medications. |
$26M | — | Series B | Series B Nov 2024 | — | 2023 | ↑ Active |
| 3 |
Syenex
Developer of cell-specific delivery systems and programmable cell engineering payloads |
$5M | — | Series B | Series B Jan 2025 | 9 | 2022 | ↑ Active |
| 4 |
Boston Bioprocess
Offers full-suite fermentation and downstream processing services at benchtop and pilot-scale |
$6.4M | — | Series A | Series A Jul 2024 | 8 | 2022 | ↑ Active |
| 5 |
VectorBuilder
Unicorn Online platform for designing vectors |
$57.2M | — | Series C | Series C Oct 2022 | — | 2014 | — |
| 6 |
Aptar
Provider of regulatory support, brand differentiation, and prototyping services |
$475M | — | Public | Venture Debt Dec 2014 | 13,500 | 1992 | — |
| 7 |
Midwest Bioprocessing Center
Provider of pharmaceutical manufacturing, organic chemicals, and bioprocess services |
$1.8M | — | Funding Raised | Grant (prize money) Dec 2023 | 9 | 2019 | — |
| 8 |
Pfanstiehl
GMP injectable excipients for biopharmaceutical and vaccine stabilization, protection, and delivery |
$6.7M | — | Acquired | Series A 2013 | 99 | 1919 | — |
| 9 |
Patrin Pharma
Provider of custom-designed cakes and baked goods with nationwide delivery |
$1M | — | Seed | Seed Jan 2017 | — | 2005 | — |
| 10 |
Richmond Chemical Corporation
Company enagegd in the development of biofuels, small molecules and nanomedicines |
$846.4K | — | Deadpooled | Grant (prize money) Jul 2009 | — | 2000 | — |
| 11 |
Shamrock Structures
Accelerating structure-based drug discovery through protein crystallography, medicinal chemistry, and cell biology |
$200K | — | Series A | Grant (prize money) Jul 2009 | 13 | 2003 | — |
| 12 |
Arbour Group
Life sciences regulatory compliance and validation solutions provider |
— | — | Acquired | PE Jan 2018 | 18 | 1990 | — |
| 13 |
Sterigenics
Provider of comprehensive sterilization solutions and expert consulting services |
— | — | Public | PE 1993 | 785 | 1978 | — |
| 14 |
3S Consulting Group
Provider of market research services for biopharma sector |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2001 | — |
| 15 |
Abbvie Contract manufacturing
CDMO offering a suite of development and manufacturing services for small molecules and biologics |
— | — | Public | — | — | 2013 | — |
| 16 |
Advanced Clinical
Full and functional service CRO,also offering risk based monitoring services |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 125 | 2009 | — |
| 17 |
Affinity Health
Provider of clinical research sites which conduct clinical trials on behalf of sponsors and CROs |
— | — | Acquired | — | 22 | 2015 | — |
| 18 |
American Molecular Laboratories
Provider of molecular diagnostic testing services focused on infection and disease |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 22 | 2015 | — |
| 19 |
Antylia
CRO focused on providing bioanalytical services for clinical development |
— | — | Funding Raised | — | 452 | 1955 | — |
| 20 |
Apex Medical Research
Provider of Phase I-IV clinical trials across multiple therapeutic areas |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2005 | — |
| 21 |
Avatar
Manufacturer of products for the food, drug, and personal care industries |
— | — | Acquired | — | 55 | 1982 | — |
| 22 |
biostrategies group
BioStrategies Group provides marketing consultancy services focusing on the biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. |
— | — | Acquired | — | 24 | 1995 | — |
| 23 |
BioTechLogic
Expert consulting partner providing CMC, regulatory, and quality & compliance services |
— | — | Acquired | — | 37 | 2003 | — |
| 24 |
Capstone Development Services
Shared services development company specializing in complex generics and medical devices |
— | — | Funding Raised | — | — | 2015 | — |
| 25 |
Celegence
Provider of regulatory services |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 103 | 2017 | — |
| 26 |
CertAlert
Provider of drug research & development, software development, and data management services |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2022 | — |
| 27 |
CIS
Clinical research center conducting phases I-IV clinical studies for investigational medicines |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2000 | — |
| 28 |
Continuum Clinical
Services for patient recruitment, late stage research and medical communications |
— | — | Acquired | — | 135 | 2014 | — |
| 29 |
CorDynamics
Preclinical CRO focused on cardiovascular drug discovery and safety solutions |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 28 | 2002 | — |
| 30 |
dtxl
DTxL builds, validates, operates and commercializes Digital Therapeutic and Digital Medicine solutions for Pharma & Medtech clients. |
— | — | Private | — | 1 | 2020 | — |
| 31 |
EdgeOne Medical
Combination product development and testing partner for pharma and biotech companies |
— | — | Deadpooled | — | 21 | 2012 | — |
| 32 |
Empeek
Provider of software development, telemedicine, healthcare CRM, and other services |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2015 | — |
| 33 |
Espee Group
Clinical trial and bioequivalence study support, specialty distribution, and service provider |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 1985 | — |
| 34 |
Experimur
Comprehensive CRO providing drug development, laboratory testing, and manufacturing services |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 29 | 2000 | — |
| 35 |
Firma Clinical Research
Full-services CRO also offering remote visit services to improve patient recruitment, support, and retention |
— | — | Acquired | — | 112 | 2017 | — |
| 36 |
GForce Life Sciences
Life sciences staffing and consulting firm delivering top talent and solutions |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 54 | 2013 | — |
| 37 |
GlobalCare Clinical Trials
Lab R&D drug testing for biopharma, advancing therapeutic development |
— | — | Acquired | — | 24 | 2010 | — |
| 38 |
Great Lakes Clinical Trials
Provider of phase I-IV clinical trials studies |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 32 | 2013 | — |
| 39 |
Hematogenix
Service provider in pharma |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 125 | 2007 | — |
| 40 |
iBio
Association promotes life sciences through advocacy, connection, education, and business solutions |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2001 | — |
| 41 |
Innovo Research
Provider of clinical research services |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 9 | 2017 | — |
| 42 |
International Health Management Associates
Global antimicrobial drug development support: discovery, clinical, regulatory, and commercialization |
— | — | Funding Raised | — | 132 | 1992 | — |
| 43 |
KMR Group
Benchmarking, analytics, and consulting for pharmaceutical and clinical research organizations |
— | — | Acquired | — | 29 | 1991 | — |
| 44 |
medspan research
MedSpan Research is a market research firm that manages market issues. |
— | — | — | — | — | 1996 | — |
| 45 |
medsphere
MedSphere offers health and life science research and consulting services. |
— | — | — | — | 46 | 2002 | — |
| 46 |
Moali Corp
Provider of validation and quality management system services for FDA industries |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 9 | 2009 | — |
| 47 |
Newmedical Technology
Global medical products: advanced wound care, scar management, and skin care |
— | — | Unfunded | — | 51 | 2003 | — |
| 48 |
Obiter Research
Chemistry research and manufacturing: rediscovering lost supply chains with innovative solutions |
— | — | Unfunded | — | — | 2001 | — |
| 49 |
OneSource Regulatory
Global life science consulting: regulatory, clinical, quality, pharmacovigilance, and medical information |
— | — | Acquired | — | 34 | 2009 | — |
| 50 |
PEPtrials
Patient recruitment services for clinical trials |
— | — | Deadpooled | — | — | 2017 | — |
Hearing research innovator providing preclinical services for biotech, pharma, and academia. They are a contract research organization (CRO) specializing in hearing research and ethical animal treatment. They offer preclinical research services, including behavioral testing, audiometric testing, cytocochleograms, cochlear explant studies, otic histopathology, and ototoxicity studies. They focus on addressing hearing
Avenacy is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and manufacturing critical medications. They aim to deliver high-quality FDA approved products to treat patients in acute care hospitals, outpatient clinics, and physician offices.
Developer of cell-specific delivery systems and programmable cell engineering payloads. It focuses on creating delivery systems compatible with various programmable cell engineering payload types. It offers optimized enveloped vector surface compositions for high-efficiency, cell-type-specific delivery.
It is a biotechnology company that provides full-suite fermentation and downstream processing services at benchtop and pilot-scale. They offer their clients equipment and solutions for their fermentation projects.
Online platform for designing vectors. The platform can be used for vector design, custom cloning, and virus packaging in lentivirus, adenovirus, adeno-associated virus (AAV), MMLV & piggyBac.
Provider of regulatory support, brand differentiation, and prototyping services
Provider of pharmaceutical manufacturing, organic chemicals, and bioprocess services. The specialize in production of fine chemicals, speciality chemicals, nutraceuticals, and more. Their portfolio of bioprocess services includes biocatalyst development, engineering, fermentation, strain development, and more.
GMP injectable excipients for biopharmaceutical and vaccine stabilization, protection, and delivery. The company manufactures high-purity, low-endotoxin, low-metals GMP injectable grade excipients, ensuring the safety and stability of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines. They offer solutions for vaccine and biologic stabilization, protein aggregation reduction, viscosity reduction, high concentration formulations, and po
Provider of custom-designed cakes and baked goods with nationwide delivery. They specialize in creating unique novelty and celebration cakes, including elaborate themed designs. The company also offers a selection of standard cakes, pastries, breads, and other baked goods. Buffets and platters are available for events, catering to various sizes and dietary needs, including vegan options. Orders can be placed for both
Richmond Chemical Corporation, founded by former Monsanto employees is engaged in the development and manufacturing of pharmaceutical and chemical intermediates. The company also specializes in areas such as biofuels and nanomedicine development. Richmond Vivek Laboratories (RV Labs), the India-based unit of RC Corp, is engaged in organic synthesis, process development and preparation of intermediates from g to multi
Accelerating structure-based drug discovery through protein crystallography, medicinal chemistry, and cell biology. The company offers research services to reduce the time from protein target to lead compound generation. They provide access to technologies and expertise for three-dimensional protein structure determinations through X-ray crystallography. The team synthesizes a wide variety of small molecules for stru
Life sciences regulatory compliance and validation solutions provider. They deliver warranted solutions for managing global compliance across the end-to-end supply chain. Services include software testing, validation, verification, IT policies, FDA compliance, GxP compliance, laboratory systems compliance, and cloud infrastructure qualification. They offer quality assurance, managed services, testing, and certificati
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Rankings are computed by Radar (Fliar BI) from the Radar company master and are updated periodically. Funding and momentum scores use disclosed equity-funding data only. Figures may lag private rounds. Last updated 2026-06-24.