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Best Genomics Companies in Arizona, United States

The 32 best Genomics companies in Arizona, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Accelerate Diagnostics.

32companies tracked
$460.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
12have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GENOMICS × ARIZONA

Our analysis of 50 Genomics companies

$7.8b in tracked funding; 84% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
84%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2016median founding year

Ranked: Best Genomics companies in Arizona

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderEmployeesTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
13dbiosurfaces
Developer of a multiplex microarray plate
——DeadpooledBarry Beroth
Co-Founder & CEO
——3 patents
High-surface-area microarray substrates for enhanced biomolecule capture and retention
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2AexeRNA
Developer of mRNA therapeutics and lipid nanoparticle delivery technologies
——Funding RaisedDrew Weissman
Co-Founder
4———
3AllTests Online
Provider of personal DNA, paternity, STD, and drug tests
——UnfundedMichael Brand
Owner
————
4Applied Micro Arrays
Contract manufacturer of custom nucleic acid and protein microarrays
——Acqui-Hired—4———
5ARCTERUS
Provider of a diagnostic platform for medical professionals and clinicians
——UnfundedJake Crown
CEO
————
6Canary
AI-based personalized cancer diagnostics and treatment solutions
——UnfundedHarry Lander
CEO
—UbuntuSvelteAstro+11——
7DNASpectrum
Provider of DNA sequencing services
——DeadpooledPaul Yates
Founder & CEO
————
8Dropworks
Manufacturer of digital PCR instruments for laboratory use
——AcquiredChris Perkins
CEO
48—53 patents
Continuous emulsion manufacturing and narrow conduit flow control for pharma/chemical processes
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Top 12 Genomics companies in Arizona

#1
Seed · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2018 · 7 employees
$1.2Mraised
▾

Developer of gene-editing tool for dogs to fight against cancer. The company helps in editing the immune T cells of the dog with Chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) to form CAR T cells, which target the B-cell lymphoma in canine cancer.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Grant (prize money)$973.9K
  • 2023Grant (prize money)$225K
  • Mar 2022Grant (prize money)$337.4K
  • Apr 2021Seed$270.1K
Investors
SBIR, Ag Startup Engine, HHS, 321 Ridgeland Ventures
#2
Public · Tucson, Arizona · founded 1987 · 197 employees
$366.3Mraised
▾

Developer of diagnostic devices and test kits for the antibiotic resistant infections. The company's products include Accelerate Pheno system and Accelerate PhenoTest BC kit combine several technologies aimed at reducing the time clinicians must wait to determine the most optimal antibiotic therapy for deadly infections.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2021Post IPO$32M
  • Aug 2019Post IPO$1000K
  • Mar 2018Post IPO$171.5M
  • May 2017Post IPO$79.3M
Tech stack
NginxSucuri
#3
Public · Tucson, Arizona · founded 1997 · 47 employees
$47.3Mraised
▾

Developer of diagnostics and targeted therapeutics across a variety of disease areas. The company is a leading provider of molecular-based technology solutions for gene expression profiling, miRNA, siRNA, and mRNA measurement for translational medicine and diagnostic applications. Their automated HTG Edge platform is designed to quickly and simultaneously profile thousands of clinically relevant molecular targets from samples a fraction of the size required by current technologies. Also offers services (VERI/O Laboratory Services ) such as retrospective sample processing, pilot studies, custom assay development, disease-specific validation studies, and molecular profiling studies

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2020Post IPO$3M
  • Sep 2019Post IPO$3.5M
  • Jan 2018Post IPO$2.2M
  • Aug 2014Conventional Debt$16M
Investors
Alven, Point Nine, Fletcher Spaght, Solstice Capital, Novo Holdings, SR One
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCodeigniterExpressionengine
#4
Series B · Tucson, Arizona · founded 2014 · 31 employees
$11.6Mraised
▾

PathogenDX provides DNA-based pathogen testing kits. They offer Delivering Disruptive Testing Technology to the botanicals, food, and agriculture industries. The company focuses on food and agricultural microbial testing, cannabis testing, and botanical testing.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 100.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2020Grant (prize money)—
  • Aug 2020Grant (prize money)$1.1M
  • Sep 2019Series B$7.5M
  • Jul 2018Series A$3.4M
Founders & team
Milan PatelCEO and Co-FounderMichael HoganCo-Founder & CSO
Investors
NIH, Salveo Capital, Altitude Investment Management, Canopy Ventures, Entourage Effect Capital, Arcadian Investment Partners
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGoogle MapsNginxWpbakery
#5
Acquired · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2014 · 6 employees
$1.3Mraised
▾

Online casino and sports betting platform with diverse gaming options. This platform provides a wide array of casino games, including slots, live dealer options, poker, blackjack, baccarat, keno, and scratch cards. It also offers sports betting opportunities on live events. The platform supports multiple languages and currencies to cater to a global audience. It facilitates secure transactions through various payment systems, including bank cards, e-wallets, and cryptocurrencies. The platform prioritizes user experience with a user-friendly interface and customer support channels like live chat and Telegram. It is a comprehensive online gaming destination, offering both traditional casino experiences and modern sports wagering. The platform is known for its bonuses and promotions, aiming to enhance user engagement and satisfaction.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Seed$523.4K
  • Jul 2017Seed$750K
  • Jan 2016Grant (prize money)$226.3K
Investors
HHS, Black Dog Venture Partners, InvestU
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespaceStimulusGoogle Font ApiHsts
#6
Acquired · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2012 · 23 employees
$11Mraised
▾

Eradicating cancer through prevention, early detection, and personalized therapy guidance. The company is dedicated to fighting cancer every step of the way, bringing clarity to patients, providers, doctors, researchers, and caregivers. They offer tests that explore hereditary risks, screen for cancer's presence, and examine genomic alterations to guide treatment. Their focus is on improving patient outcomes through life-changing science, deep expertise, strong collaboration, and rigorous research. They are committed to making a lasting, positive impact on people's lives by providing innovative products and services in cancer prevention, screening, and therapy guidance. They offer login for patients and providers. They are involved in clinical studies and publications.

Funding rounds
  • May 2019Series B—
  • Nov 2018Series B$11M
Investors
New Science Ventures, Mesa Verde Venture Partners, Prairie Ventures, Gore Range Capital, BlueStone Venture Partners, Tech Coast Angels
Tech stack
SitecoreWistiaMicrosoft Asp.NetBootstrapAzureGoogle Tag Manager
#7
Acquired · Tucson, Arizona · founded 2006 · 23 employees
$15.9Mraised
▾

Developer of autologous cell therapies to enhance immune response for infectious diseases. The company's focus is on the development of AIDS therapies by targeting the CC5 proteins that are used by HIV to infect T-cells. It has been developed by the patient's own stem cells to reduce the production of CC5 proteins, in addition to modifying mature T-cells to block HIV entry.

Funding rounds
  • May 2015Series B$15.9M
Investors
Alexandria, RA Capital Management, AbbVie, Numenor Ventures, Cycad Group
Tech stack
Microsoft Asp.NetNginxSucuri
#8
Series A · Tempe, Arizona · founded 2007 · 18 employees
$3.8Mraised
▾

Early cancer detection through advanced nano-biotechnology and genome sequencing. The company focuses on developing innovative nano-biotechnology platforms and machine learning tools for high-accuracy, early-stage disease diagnostics. They aim to extract systems-scale information from complex disease biology to identify and detect disease-specific molecular biomarkers at pre-symptomatic stages. Their technology includes exponential nanosensors (FDEC) and advanced 3D nanopore-transistor devices for rapid, low-cost genome sequencing. This enables early cancer detection through simple blood tests, potentially eliminating the need for biopsies. The goal is to enable preemptive medicine by facilitating early personalized therapeutic intervention, ultimately improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs. This is a B2B tech company.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2018Series A$3.3M
  • Apr 2016Seed$427K
Tech stack
NginxOpenrestyHsts
#9
Funding Raised · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2015 · 3 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

Provider of technology for gene expression analysis of tumor samples. It's platform technology LightStream FloCell uses microfluidics and advanced analytic algorithms to create in situ expression profiles for tumor samples called the Tumor Heterogeneity Profile (THP). The THP enables researchers to study gene expression profiles in the context of intact tissue morphology.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2018Grant (prize money)$892.1K
  • Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$213.9K
  • Mar 2016Grant (prize money)$30K
Investors
Flinn, National Science Foundation, J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute
#10
Seed · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2020 · 10 employees
$200Kraised
▾

Developer of diagnosis & treatment solutions of diseases by using genome data science. It provides a genome platform combination of genomics, artificial intelligence, and computational biology to address the traditional pathogen tests of multiple therapeutic conditions. It also provides solutions for microbiome characterization, immune characterization, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2020Seed$200K
Founders & team
Oliver ElliottCo-FounderDo NamCo-FounderRaul RabadanFounder
Investors
Plug and Play Tech Center
#11
Seed · Tucson, Arizona · founded 2004
$837.4Kraised
▾

Provider of micro array technologies to bypass DNA purification and quantitation. The company offers HLA Chip technology based on HLA typing for tissue transplantation and stem cell therapeutics, as well as based on HLA analysis for vaccine development, personalized vaccine delivery, personalized treatment for autoimmune diseases, and personalized treatment of microbial infection.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2013Seed$837.4K
Founders & team
Krishna jayaramanCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Arizona Tech Investors
#12
Seed · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2016
$100Kraised
▾

Developer of an immune cell profiling technology designed to provide more optimal cancer treatments and groundbreaking immunotherapies to help improve cancer outcomes. The company's cell profiling technology identifies each patient's unique tumor signature and suggests key immune elements to exploit during immunotherapy, enabling physicians to better understand and tailor treatments around individual patients' disease and immune responses.

Founders & team
Gavin ChandlerCEO & Director

Funding & investor landscape

$460.5Mtotal disclosed funding
12companies funded
51disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
HHS4 rounds
321 Ridgeland Ventures1 rounds
AbbVie1 rounds
Ag Startup Engine1 rounds
Alexandria1 rounds
Altitude Investment Management1 rounds
Alven1 rounds
Arboretum Ventures1 rounds
Arcadian Capital1 rounds
Arcadian Investment Partners1 rounds

Notable founders

Milan Patel
CEO and Co-Founder · PathogenDX
Michael Hogan
Co-Founder & CSO · PathogenDX
Oliver Elliott
Co-Founder · Geno Twin
Do Nam
Co-Founder · Geno Twin
Krishna jayaraman
Co-Founder & CEO · GMSbiotech
Gavin Chandler
CEO & Director · Gemneo Bioscience
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,273,702 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Genomics coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN ARIZONA · Health & Bio

How research on Bioinformatics in Arizona is moving

A read on the academic research around Bioinformatics in Arizona — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 196 papers.

196 papers · stance +0.41 · 42% breakthrough · 22% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Mayo Clinic in Arizona75
  • University of Arizona57
  • Arizona State University49
  • Northern Arizona University14
  • University of Arizona Cancer Center5
leading researchers
Ivetka Noon · Rebecca Schomer · J. Gregory Caporaso · Simon Roux · William A. Walters · Amit Arora
prism intelligence · tone & topics
92% positive · 2% critical tone
Medical ResearchBiotechnologyHealthPharmaceuticalsGeneticsBiology
▲ Breakthroughs65 · 33%
▼ 36%→33% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations88% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (36%→33% of field), led by Gene.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Gene1→10
  • Genome1→7
  • Metagenomics1→4
Newly emergingGenomics 0→5 · Disease 0→4 · Gene expression 0→4
Landmark MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony M · 40,217 cites
◆ Advancements55 · 28%
▲ 14%→28% share
▲2.0× share momentum0 median citations89% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (14%→28% of field), led by Disease.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Disease10
  • Transcriptome7
  • Microbiome5
  • Computational biology4
  • Gene4
Newly emergingDisease 0→10 · Transcriptome 0→7 · Microbiome 0→4
Landmark Ultra-high-throughput microbial community analysis on the Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq platforms · 8,975 cites
▼ Concerns33 · 17%
▼ 21%→17% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations88% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (21%→17% of field), led by Immune system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Immune system6
  • Cancer4
  • Disease4
  • Biomarker3
  • Mechanism (biology)3
Newly emergingImmune system 0→6 · Cancer 0→4 · Disease 0→4
Landmark The Protein Folding Problem · 1,155 cites

Common questions

How many Genomics companies are there in Arizona, United States?
Radar tracks 32 indexable Genomics companies headquartered in Arizona, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Genomics companies in Arizona, United States?
The Genomics companies in Arizona, United States on this list have raised a combined $460.5M in disclosed equity funding across 12 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Genomics company in Arizona, United States?
Accelerate Diagnostics is the highest-funded Genomics company in Arizona, United States, with $366.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Genomics companies in Arizona, United States are funded?
12 of the 32 Genomics companies in Arizona, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Genomics unicorns are there in Arizona, United States?
None of the Genomics companies in Arizona, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Arizona, United States Genomics companies?
The most active investors in Arizona, United States Genomics companies on this list include HHS, 321 Ridgeland Ventures, AbbVie, Ag Startup Engine, Alexandria.
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