Best Life Sciences Companies in Georgia, United States
The 314 best Life Sciences companies in Georgia, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Avanos.
Our analysis of 164 Life Sciences companies
$34.7b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Life Sciences companies in Georgia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avanos Manufacturer of medical devices for pain management and enteral feeding | $250M | 89 mo ago | 5,003 | 2014 | Joe Woody CEO | — | — |
| 2 | MiMedx Group Regenerative biomaterial products and bioimplants for wound, surgical, sports medicine and orthopedics | $213M | 71 mo ago | 735 735 → 789 (+7%) · sector median +52% | 1985 | — | 472 patents Placental-derived collagen wound healing matrices and grafts for tissue repair | 1 launch |
| 3 | CardioMEMS Wireless sensor-based cardiac implants | $167M | 189 mo ago | 63 | 2001 | — | 238 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 4 | AMB Developer of catheter system and technology for intensive care | $131M | 46 mo ago | 13 | 2007 | Frank Gehres CEO | — | — |
| 5 | EndoChoice Range of devices, systems and services for GI specialists | $116M | 131 mo ago | 414 | 2008 | Will Parks Co-Founder & VP Business Development | 513 patents Advanced multi-camera, optical, and control technologies for enhanced endoscopic imaging | — |
| 6 | Florence Provider of remote monitoring management for clinical trials | $116M | 47 mo ago | 295 | 2014 | Ryan Jones Co-Founder & CEO | 80 patents Power management, backup supply, and secure hardware for electronic devices | 1 launch |
| 7 | QSpex Polarized, anti-reflective and photochromic eye-glass lenses | $107M | 111 mo ago | 33 | 2007 | — | 42 patents Manufacturing anti‑reflective, photochromic, and polarized ophthalmic lenses and coatings. | — |
| 8 | GeoVax Developer of human vaccines for cancer and infectious diseases | $94M | 53 mo ago | 17 17 → 27 (+59%) · sector median +52% | 1988 | David Dodd Chairman | 100 patents Viral vector-based vaccines for infectious diseases, cancer antigens, and T‑cell priming | 1 launch |
| 9 | Sebacia Topical microparticle therapies for treatment of dermatological conditions | $73M | 81 mo ago | 14 | 2010 | — | 64 patents Nanoparticle-based drug formulations and targeted thermal therapy for medical applications | — |
| 10 | Femasys Developer of medical device solutions for womens healthcare | $69M | 7 mo ago | 25 25 → 61 (+144%) · sector median +52% | 2004 | Kathy Lee-Sepsick President & CEO (Founder) | 198 patents Medical imaging, drug delivery systems, and reproductive health devices. | 2 launchs |
| 11 | Alimera Sciences Developer of therapeutic solutions to treat diabetic macular edema (DME) | $67M | 36 mo ago | 79 | 2003 | Rick Eiswirth CEO | — | — |
| 12 | MiRus Developer of rhenium-based implants for spine surgeries 60Patents top 11%Innovation top 12%Funding top 21%Moat top 26% All 10 signals ▾Patentstop 11% Innovationtop 12% Fundingtop 21% Moattop 26% Producttop 30% Marketbottom 44% Growthbottom 44% Techbottom 44% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 27% Patents: 288 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 190 filings since 2022 vs 82 in 2017-21 Innovation: 288 patents (top 8% of patent-holders) · 190 filings since 2022 vs 82 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $65M | 1 mo ago | 94 94 → 135 (+44%) · sector median +52% | 2015 | — | 288 patents Medical implant alloys, coatings, and delivery accessories for cardiovascular and orthopedic devices | — |
| 13 | Celtaxsys Developing novel therapeutics to treat inflammatory diseases, including rare and orphan indications | $55M | 101 mo ago | 4 | 2005 | — | 112 patents Leukotriene A4 hydrolase inhibitor drug compounds and oral dosage forms. | — |
| 14 | CorMatrix Cardiovascular regeneration leader, healing hearts with innovative solutions | $55M | 58 mo ago | 50 | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Clearside Biomedical Developer of drug therapies to treat chronic, blinding diseases of the eye | $50M | 78 mo ago | 30 30 → 25 (-17%) · sector median +52% | 2011 | George Lasezkay President and Chief Executive Officer | 223 patents Ocular drug delivery systems and formulations for intravitreal therapeutic administration | — |
| 16 | OXOS Medical Developer of orthopedic imaging devices and software 57Funding top 24%Growth top 28%Tech top 43%Product top 47% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Growthtop 28% Techtop 43% Producttop 47% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $45.0M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 5 yrs (1.8/yr) Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $45M | 6 mo ago | 77 | 2001 | Evan Ruff CEO | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 17 | Altesa Biosciences Developer of drugs to treat RNA viruses 27Talent top 23%Funding top 27%Moat top 48%Global bottom 45% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 23% Fundingtop 27% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 45% Techbottom 31% Marketbottom 22% Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $35.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $35M | 4 mo ago | 8 | 2020 | John Clerici Co-Founder | — | — |
| 18 | MedShape Orthopedic implants using shape memory materials | $33M | 60 mo ago | 3 | 2007 | — | 83 patents Orthopedic compression and fixation devices, especially low-profile bone staples and dynamic compression systems. | — |
| 19 | Arunabio Developer of a neural exosome platform to design therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases 42Funding top 29%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 47%Global bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 29% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $33.1M across 20 rounds · 20 rounds over 9 yrs (2.2/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $33M | 10 mo ago | 40 | 2003 | Steven Stice Co-Founder Chief Scientific Officer | — | — |
| 20 | Vero Biotech Developer of inhaled nitric oxide delivery system for cardiopulmonary treatment | $30M | 41 mo ago | 268 268 → 218 (-19%) · sector median +52% | 2017 | Brent Furse CEO & President | 155 patents Medical nitric‑oxide generation and delivery systems for therapeutic applications | 1 award |
| 21 | Marizyme Developer of therapy for the treatment of chronic wounds, thrombolysis, and dental health | $30M | 37 mo ago | 11 | 2007 | Michael Handley CEO | 21 patents Pharmaceutical powder and preservation formulations for surgical and organ transplantation use | — |
| 22 | Mach5 Therapeutics Developer of therapeutics for immune-mediated inflammatory and fibrotic diseases | $23M | 19 mo ago | — | 2023 | Tatyana Touzova Co-Founder | — | — |
| 23 | Artelon Developer of regenerative medicine for the soft tendon ligament reconstruction | $20M | 36 mo ago | 72 | 1986 | Lars Peterson Founder | — | — |
| 24 | Nyra Medical Distributor of transcatheter heart valves | $20M | 43 mo ago | 8 | 2021 | Lori Chmura Chief Executive Officer | — | 1 award |
| 25 | Inhibikase Therapeutics Developer of host-targeted protein kinase inhibitors for infectious diseases | $20M | 40 mo ago | 6 | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 26 | Micron Biomedical Developer of microneedle patch technology for vaccines and drugs delivery | $17M | 17 mo ago | 11 11 → 26 (+136%) · sector median +52% | 2014 | — | — | 1 launch · 1 expansion |
| 27 | Lectenz Develops tools for biomarker discovery 35Innovation top 20%Funding top 44%Talent top 45%Product top 46% All 7 signals ▾Innovationtop 20% Fundingtop 44% Talenttop 45% Producttop 46% Techbottom 36% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 13% Innovation: 5 product lines Funding: Raised $15.3M across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 17 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $15M | 8 mo ago | 6 | 2007 | Robert Woods President | — | 1 partnership |
| 28 | Modify Health Provider of personalized diet focused meal services | $15M | 18 mo ago | 21 | 2007 | George Pratt Founder & CEO | — | 2 partnerships |
| 29 | BioCircuit Developer of non-invasive electrophysiology devices to monitor peripheral nerves | $14M | 13 mo ago | 20 | 2016 | Michelle Jarrard CEO & President | — | — |
| 30 | Lucid Scientific Developer of real-time cell analysers | $13M | 33 mo ago | 7 | 2012 | Walker Inman Founder | — | 1 launch |
| 31 | Lipogems Provider information platform about Lipogems | $13M | 41 mo ago | — | 2016 | Carl Llewellyn CEO & President | — | — |
| 32 | Expression Therapeutics Provider of gene therapy technology for the treatment of hemophilia A | $13M | 16 mo ago | 21 | 2005 | — | — | — |
| 33 | IMUNON Developer of immunotherapeutics for cancer treatment | $10M | 12 mo ago | 31 | 1982 | Corinne Goff CEO | 29 patents IL-12 gene immunotherapy combined with checkpoint inhibitors and nucleic‑acid delivery platforms | — |
| 34 | Annoviant Developer of a device for the treatment of congenital heart disease | $10M | 16 mo ago | — | 2018 | Naren Vyavahare Co-Founder | 3 patents Automated bioprocessing systems for tissue preparation and cell culture | — |
| 35 | safeBVM Provider of an ventilation technique for emergency conditions | $8M | 16 mo ago | 6 | 2017 | Haris Shekhani Co-Founder & CEO | 18 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 36 | Clinithink AI solutions unlocking healthcare insights from unstructured data, empowering better decisions | $7M | 26 mo ago | 43 | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 37 | Lena Biosciences Innovative 3D cell culture tools and services for drug discovery | $6M | 21 mo ago | 2 | 2008 | Jelena Vukasinovic President and Founder | — | — |
| 38 | BRIJ Medical Provider of a medical devices for post-surgical and trauma incision care | $6M | 5 mo ago | — | 2016 | Felmont Eaves Founder & CMO | — | 1 launch |
| 39 | NatGlycan Manufacturer of natural glycans for research purpose | $5M | 14 mo ago | — | 2017 | David Smith CEO | — | — |
| 40 | Andson Biotech Provider of process analytical technologies for advanced biomanufacturing | $4M | 8 mo ago | 8 | 2021 | Andrei Fedorov Co-Founder | — | 1 award |
| 41 | TendoNova Developer of minimally invasive products for orthopedic procedures | $3M | 23 mo ago | 8 | 2017 | Shawna Khouri Co-Founder | 6 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 42 | Nfant Developer of infant feeding monitoring device | $3M | 11 mo ago | 7 | 2012 | — | 20 patents Lactation measurement devices and oral motor strength assessment technologies | — |
| 43 | Moonlight Therapeutics Developer of therapies for people suffering from food allergies | $2M | 13 mo ago | 5 | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 44 | Cambium Oncology Developer of checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of solid tumors | $2M | 9 mo ago | — | 2019 | Edmund Waller Founder | 8 patents VIP receptor antagonists for oncology therapeutic applications | — |
| 45 | SanuWave Developer of Noninvasive devices, and biologics for wound healing | $1M | 24 mo ago | 38 38 → 80 (+111%) · sector median +52% | 2005 | — | 191 patents Catheter-based shock wave therapy devices for vascular and tissue medical treatments | — |
| 46 | Cyanvac Developer of vaccine for infectious diseases | $1M | 14 mo ago | 9 | 2017 | — | 19 patents PIV5 viral vector vaccine development and formulation for stable antigen delivery | — |
| 47 | ARMR Systems Provider of a portable hemorrhage control system for soldiers | $1M | 8 mo ago | 6 | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 48 | OrthoPreserve Developer of meniscus implant for knee pain treatment and joint preservation | $815K | 6 mo ago | — | 2021 | Jonathan Schwartz Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 49 | Targut Biotechnologies Developer of drugs to treat gastroenterological diseases | $383K | 17 mo ago | 3 | 2019 | Darren Browning Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 50 | NovAb Developer of monoclonal antibodies for multiple diseases | $375K | 2 mo ago | 6 | 2016 | — | 8 patents Engineered VLRB antibody therapeutics and multivalent glycan scaffold immunotherapies | — |
Top 12 Life Sciences companies in Georgia
#1
Series D · Marietta, Georgia · founded 2015 · 94 employees$65Mraised▾
Developer of rhenium-based implants for spine surgeries. The company has developed a MoRe, a proprietary molybdenum-rhenium superalloy for medical implants. This system can be used in adult spine deformity constructs.
- May 2026Series D$1.5B
- Jul 2021Series C$65M
#2
Public · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2004 · 25 employees$69.2Mraised▾
Developer of medical device solutions for womens healthcare. Its products include FemVue Saline-Air Device, which creates and delivers an alternating pattern of saline and air as a continuous stream, and enables physicians to assess their patients’ fallopian tubes; and FemChec Pressure Management Device, which limits the maximum applied pressure while performing hysterosalpingogram. It offers FemCerv, an endocervical curettage device to collect a non-contaminated tissue sample for cervical cancer screening.
- Nov 2025Post IPO$8M
- Jun 2025Post IPO$1.4M
- Nov 2023Post IPO$6.8M
- Jan 2017Series C$4M
#3
Series A · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2001 · 77 employees$45Mraised▾
OXOS Medical is a developer of orthopedic imaging devices and software. The company has developed a handheld fluoroscopy device called Micro C that enables surgeons and physicians to capture images of the extremities for orthopedic procedures.
- Dec 2025Series A$10.7M
- Apr 2023Series A$23M
- Feb 2022Series A$8.2M
- Feb 2021Series A$4.4M
#4
Series B · College Park, Georgia · founded 2020 · 8 employees$35Mraised▾
Developer of drugs to treat RNA viruses. The lead product of the company ALT-2023 is a broadly active nucleoside analog to address most Enteroviruses & Flaviviruses. Other drug candidate includes Vapendavir a capsid inhibitor with potent activity across Rhinovirus, Influenza, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).
- Feb 2026Series B$75M
- Dec 2022Series B$35M
#5
Series B · Athens, Georgia · founded 2003 · 40 employees$33.1Mraised▾
Developer of a neural exosome platform to design therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. The platform develops neural exosomes to cross the blood-brain barrier and enhance the body's anti-inflammatory, self-repair, and protective mechanisms to treat a range of neurodegenerative disorders. The lead candidate drug AB126 is developed to treat stroke, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis
- Aug 2025Grant (prize money)$400K
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)$679.4K
- Apr 2021Series B$10.8M
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$4.5M
#6
Funding Raised · Athens, Georgia · founded 2007 · 6 employees$15.3Mraised▾
Lectenz Biosis engaged in the discovery, detection, and analysis, of glycan biomarkers of significance. The company uses their proprietary technology for the discovery called Lectenz and GlycoSense technology platforms. Lectenz reagents are engineered from a carbohydrate-processing enzyme, forming a suite of the novel and highly specific reagents for glycan detection and/or enrichment and GlycoSense technology measures binding between glycans and glycan-specific reagents conjugated to multiplex microspheres using flow cytometry, These technologies enhance the glycoprofiling workflow.
- Sep 2025Grant (prize money)$2.3M
- Jul 2025Grant (prize money)$2M
- Jul 2025Grant (prize money)$313.8K
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$2M
#7
Seed · Marietta, Georgia · founded 2016$5.6Mraised▾
Provider of a medical devices for post-surgical and trauma incision care. The company offers BRIJJIT is a force-modulating tissue bridge to relieve tension around incisions, supporting beautiful healing and reducing wound complications.
- Jan 2026Seed—
- Feb 2025Seed$1.2M
- Dec 2023Seed$5.6M
#8
Series B · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2016 · 20 employees$13.7Mraised▾
Developer of non-invasive electrophysiology devices to monitor peripheral nerves. The company is developed a multielectrode array-based technology that uses proprietary algorithms to test peripheral nerve activity.
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$3.9M
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$2.1M
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Sep 2022Series B$9M
#9
Public · Lawrenceville, Georgia · founded 1982 · 31 employees$10Mraised▾
Developer of immunotherapeutics for cancer treatment. It offers a lead candidate GEN-1 DNA-based immunotherapy for ovarian cancer. It has TheraPlas platform for developing anti-cancer nucleic acid-based therapies and a PLACCINE platform for developing nucleic acid vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer.
- May 2025Post IPO$3.3M
- Aug 2024Post IPO$10M
- Jun 2015Post IPO$5.1M
- Jun 2014Post IPO$8.5M
#10
Series A · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2021 · 8 employees$3.7Mraised▾
Provider of process analytical technologies for advanced biomanufacturing. The company's flagship product is DynaCHIP, drops into existing mass spectrometry workflows that enables sample preparation exponentially. It also offers DynaMARK, which incorporates a data science module to generate on-demand measurements of the most important metrics for modern biopharma workflows.
- Oct 2025Series A$5M
- 2025Grant (prize money)—
- Mar 2024Series A$3.6M
- Mar 2022Seed$500K
#11
Seed · Tucker, Georgia · founded 2016 · 6 employees$375Kraised▾
Developer of monoclonal antibodies for multiple diseases. It offers monoclonal Variable Lymphocyte Receptors antibodies for targeting plasma cell-restricted cell surfaces to treat multiple myeloma, autoimmune disease, and transplant rejection. It also provides polymeric antibody diagnostic reagents that target the detection of infectious agents and biomedical research reagents.
- Apr 2026Seed$65K
- Jan 2026Seed$50K
- Jul 2025Seed$210K
- Jan 2025Seed$250K
#12
Series A · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2014 · 11 employees$17Mraised▾
Developed microneedle patch technology for vaccines and drug delivery. The patch targets skin with minimally invasive microneedle penetrates the upper layers of skin and dissolves rapidly.
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$2M
- Dec 2024Series A$16M
- Nov 2023Grant (prize money)$23.6M
- Apr 2023Series A$3M
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How research on Biotechnology in Georgia is moving
A read on the academic research around Biotechnology in Georgia — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 94 papers.
University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Georgia State lead Georgia's biotechnology research—focused on gut microbiota, food safety, and antibiotic environmental impacts—with a cautiously optimistic tone (mean stance 0.36).
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- Georgia Institute of Technology16
- Georgia State University15
- Georgia Southern University4
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- Antibody2
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- Population4
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- Agriculture3
- Antibiotic resistance3
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