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Best Life Sciences Platforms and Tools Companies in Massachusetts, United States

The 299 best Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies in Massachusetts, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tessera Therapeutics.

299companies tracked
$7.2Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
180have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · LIFE SCIENCES PLATFORMS AND TOOLS × MASSACHUSETTS

Our analysis of 50 Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies

$4.8b in tracked funding; 68% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
68%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2013median founding year
487kcombined LinkedIn audience
42%of audience held by top 3
8companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies in Massachusetts

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFoundedFounderPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Tessera Therapeutics
Provider of new genome engineering technology for treating multiple diseases
$532M50 mo ago2032017Robert Citorik
Co-Founder & Director
——
2Repligen
Provider of services for manufacturing biological drugs
$389M106 mo ago841
841 → 1,460 (+74%) · sector median -11%
1981Paul Schimmel
Co-Founder
579 patents
Bioprocess analytics and purification: spectroscopic monitoring, chromatography media, affinity ligands.
1 launch
3CELLINK 🦄
Developer of 3D bioprinters and bioinks for research purposes
$389M63 mo ago65
65 → 71 (+9%) · sector median -11%
2016—64 patents
Flexible multilayer printed interconnects for battery modules and terminal‑free connectors
—
4Biocytogen
Provider of integrated solutions for next-generation antibody drug development
$301M59 mo ago852008Yuelei Shen
Founder & CEO
2 patents
Precise genome editing knock‑in technology for targeted DNA insertion
—
5LifeMine Therapeutics
Developer of novel drugs from fungi via genome mining and recombinant overexpression
$300M50 mo ago852016Weiqing Zhou
Co-Founder & COO
——
6ReNAgade
Developer of RNA-based medicines to treat multiple diseases
$300M36 mo ago1362021———
7Dewpoint Therapeutics
Developer of small molecule based therapeutics
53Funding top 17%Moat top 31%Talent top 38%News top 41%
All 7 signals ▾
Fundingtop 17%
Moattop 31%
Talenttop 38%
Newstop 41%
Markettop 45%
Globalbottom 45%
Techbottom 32%
Funding: Raised $287M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$287M9 mo ago1472018Richard Young
Co-Founder
—1 job opening
8ABclonal Biotechnology
Developer of protein and peptide reagents and kits for cell and molecular biology research
$281M54 mo ago122006———
9Emulate
Developer of in vitro models for drug development
78Funding top 15%Patents top 25%Moat top 26%Innovation top 34%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 15%
Patentstop 25%
Moattop 26%
Innovationtop 34%
Techtop 34%
Growthtop 40%
Markettop 45%
AItop 45%
Globalbottom 49%
Newsbottom 22%
Funding: Raised $225M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 12 yrs (0.8/yr)
Patents: 479 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 170 filings since 2022 vs 309 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100
$225M8 mo ago103
103 → 71 (-31%) · sector median -11%
2013—479 patents
Microfluidic organ‑on‑chip platforms for tissue modeling and drug screening
1 job opening
10Microbia
Developer of fine specialty chemicals
$224M231 mo ago—1998Brian Cali
Founder
226 patents
Microbial fermentation of therapeutic peptides and carotenoid production for GI drugs and food additives
—
11Remix Therapeutics
Developer of RNA processing therapeutics to treat multiple diseases
$211M29 mo ago56
56 → 50 (-11%) · sector median -11%
2019Peter Smith
Co-Founder
202 patents
Small-molecule modulators of RNA splicing targeting alternative splice site regulation
4 job openings
12SQZBiotech
Developer of cell therapies to treat multiple diseases
$168M50 mo ago1172013———
13KSQ
Drug discovery company employing functional genomics technology
$157M92 mo ago95
95 → 58 (-39%) · sector median -11%
2015Tim Wang
Co-Founder
——
14Life Biosciences
Biotechnology pioneering cellular rejuvenation therapies to reverse and prevent aging diseases
53Funding top 16%Growth top 28%Moat top 31%News top 43%
All 7 signals ▾
Fundingtop 16%
Growthtop 28%
Moattop 31%
Newstop 43%
Techtop 49%
Globalbottom 39%
Marketbottom 33%
Funding: Raised $150M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 8 yrs (1.1/yr)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$150M2 mo ago14
14 → 27 (+93%) · sector median -11%
2017———
15Quanterix
Developer of assay kits for ultra-sensitive biomarker detection
$97M50 mo ago1412007—138 patents
Ultra-sensitive digital immunoassays for protein biomarkers in clinical diagnostics
3 launchs · 2 partnerships
16RedShift
Provider of tools for analytical testing
57Moat top 22%Funding top 25%Product top 26%Growth top 32%
All 10 signals ▾
Moattop 22%
Fundingtop 25%
Producttop 26%
Growthtop 32%
Techtop 34%
Innovationtop 35%
Newstop 41%
Talentbottom 49%
Marketbottom 34%
Globalbottom 32%
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn
Funding: Raised $89.4M across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 20 yrs (0.6/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100
$89M12 mo ago28
28 → 26 (-7%) · sector median -11%
2005Eugene Ma
Co-founder & CTO
——
17SpectraWAVE
Provider of diagnostic photonic imaging
$80M21 mo ago36
36 → 29 (-19%) · sector median -11%
2012Gregg Stone
Co-Founder
35 patents
Intravascular and anatomical imaging systems for plaque assessment and optical fiber radiation control
—
18Hemanext
Developer of technologies to store blood and its products
67Patents top 15%Innovation top 17%Moat top 26%Funding top 28%
All 10 signals ▾
Patentstop 15%
Innovationtop 17%
Moattop 26%
Fundingtop 28%
Growthtop 40%
Talenttop 43%
Techtop 47%
Marketbottom 46%
Globalbottom 36%
Newsbottom 31%
Patents: 265 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 194 filings since 2022 vs 65 in 2017-21
Innovation: 265 patents (top 8% of patent-holders) · 194 filings since 2022 vs 65 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$67M11 mo ago53
53 → 36 (-32%) · sector median -11%
2004Martin Cannon
Founder
265 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
—
19Spear Bio
Developer of ultrasensitive immunoassays and proteomics platforms for detecting protein biomarkers
$49M22 mo ago212021Feng Xuan
Co-Founder & CEO
—3 launchs
20BICO
Provider of technologies, products, and services for life sciences research purposes
$49M41 mo ago955
955 → 897 (-6%) · sector median -11%
2016Erik Gatenholm
Co-Founder
—1 award
21NanoMosaic
Manufacturer of system for early disease detection and prognosis
53Innovation top 32%Patents top 33%Funding top 34%Moat bottom 49%
All 6 signals ▾
Innovationtop 32%
Patentstop 33%
Fundingtop 34%
Moatbottom 49%
Marketbottom 46%
Globalbottom 35%
Innovation: 19 patents (top 52% of patent-holders) · 14 filings since 2022 vs 5 in 2017-21
Patents: 19 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 14 filings since 2022 vs 5 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$41M7 mo ago372018—19 patents
Nanostructured biosensors for viral particle detection and unbiased proteomic analysis
—
22Nabla
Provider of synthetic biology platform to identify functional proteins
$37M25 mo ago102020Frances Anastassacos
Co-Founder
—1 job opening
23Lucy Therapeutics
Developer of drugs for treating neurological disorders
$36M24 mo ago62017Amy Ripka
CEO & Founder
——
24Quiver Bioscience
Developer of transformational medicines for neurological disorders
67Talent top 28%Funding top 31%AI top 35%Market top 50%
All 5 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 31%
AItop 35%
Markettop 50%
Globalbottom 29%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $28.9M across 16 rounds · 16 rounds over 8 yrs (2.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$29M2 mo ago482013Paul Roma
Co-Founder
——
25Cristcot
Pharmaceutical company developing a novel rescue drug for ulcerative colitis flares
$27M13 mo ago42008—73 patents
Rectal drug delivery devices and formulations for gastrointestinal therapeutic applications
1 job opening
26CytoTronics
Developer of cell-based assays for drug discovery
$23M26 mo ago12
12 → 8 (-33%) · sector median -11%
2015Vince Wu
Co-founder & CTO
7 patents
Semiconductor sensor platforms for high‑throughput multi‑well assay measurements.
—
27Bridge12 Technologies
Microwave and terahertz systems for nuclear fusion, DNP, NMR, EPR spectroscopy
$22M14 mo ago212009Thorsten Maly
Co-founder and Vice President Magnetic Resonance
——
28seqWell
Provider of NGS-based reagents and kits for life sciences research
$21M21 mo ago38
38 → 38 (+0%) · sector median -11%
2014Jack Leonard
Co-Founder & CTO
27 patents
Nucleic acid library preparation, normalization, and engineered transposase tools for NGS.
2 launchs
29Ginkgo
Provider of autonomous laboratory systems for biological engineering and experimentation
$20M15 mo ago—2009Austin Che
Co-Founder
—1 launch · 2 awards
30Fluent BioSciences
Developer of reagent for DNA analysis for genetic analysis
$19M16 mo ago482018Sepehr Kiani
Founder & CEO & President
145 patents
Microfluidic droplet platforms for single‑cell and multi‑omic analysis of biomolecules.
—
31Amide Technologies
Developer of automated peptide synthesis platform
$16M35 mo ago82017——1 launch
32Atantares
Developer of precision medicines & smart diagnostic devices by fusing biochip and AI technologies
$14M34 mo ago602020Xin Zhao
Founder & CEO
5 patents
Point‑of‑care micro platelet function and viscoelastic blood coagulation diagnostics
—
33TissueVision
Innovating whole tissue imaging and analysis solutions for life-saving therapies
22Patents top 40%Funding top 43%Moat top 45%Innovation top 48%
All 7 signals ▾
Patentstop 40%
Fundingtop 43%
Moattop 45%
Innovationtop 48%
Techbottom 42%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 26%
Patents: 41 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 15 in 2017-21
Funding: Raised $13.4M across 15 rounds · 15 rounds over 17 yrs (0.9/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100
$13M12 mo ago172005—41 patents
Automated digital pathology: tissue section handling, indexing, multiplex imaging, and serial staining.
—
34Parallel Fluidics
Provider of microfluidic chips for research labs
$13M19 mo ago72020Joshua G
Co-Founder & CEO
6 patents
Microfluidic device fabrication and modular platform integration with laser-welded components and embedded valves.
—
35iSpecimen
Provider of a biorepository of human clinical specimens
24News top 30%Tech top 36%Funding top 42%Partners top 45%
All 9 signals ▾
Newstop 30%
Techtop 36%
Fundingtop 42%
Partnerstop 45%
Growthbottom 44%
Moatbottom 41%
Marketbottom 38%
Globalbottom 32%
Fin. healthbottom 22%
News: 10 BI events in 12 mo (of 51 tracked, 5 types) · +0% YoY
Tech: 38 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100
$12M1 mo ago752009———
36Ark Biotech
Manufacturer of bioreactors for producing cultivated meat
$11M25 mo ago222021Yossi Quint
Founder & CEO
——
37Adeptrix
Developer of bead-assisted mass spectroscopy technology for proteomics
$10M13 mo ago72010—29 patents
Multiplexed bead-based immunoassay platforms for high-throughput protein/biomarker analysis
2 launchs
38Gel4Med
Bioinspired medical solutions company developing advanced biomaterials for unmet clinical needs
$10M14 mo ago42015—40 patents
Peptide-based self‑assembling hydrogels for regenerative medicine and targeted drug/cell delivery
1 partnership
39Hunterian
Provider of gene-editing platform based on CRISPR delivery technology
$8M16 mo ago62004Vinod Ranga
Founder & CEO
——
40PhagePro
Developing phage treatments to combat antibiotic resistance and promote health equity
$5M18 mo ago52016Minmin Yen
Co-Founder & CEO
——
41Safi Bio
Developer of developing cell therapies from hematopoietic progenitor cells
$5M20 mo ago72019———
42Assay Quant
Provider of SOX technology sensors for detection of protein kinase activity
$4M22 mo ago292015Erik Schaefer
Co-founder
—1 launch
43Parallel Bio
Limited information available
$4M12 mo ago82020——3 job openings · 1 expansion
44Outpost Bio
Developer of artificial intelligence to analyze microbial ecosystems for medicine
$4M3 mo ago—2025Alex Merwin
Co-Founder & COO
—1 award
45Expansion Technologies
Innovating brain research through advanced microscopy and simulation technologies
$4M16 mo ago22015Ed Boyden
Co-Founder
2 patents
Pipe/tube expansion devices for mechanical deformation and fabrication processes.
—
46Biological Lattice Industries
Provider of 3D bioprinting solutions for tissue repair and regeneration
$2M20 mo ago—2021Filippos Tourlomousis
Founder & CEO
——
47Codomax
Provider of cell engineering platform for enhanced recombinant protein production
$1M9 mo ago—2023Shane Byrne
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
——
48Pendar Technologies
Provider of a spectroscopic analytical instrument system
$1M21 mo ago54
54 → 46 (-15%) · sector median -11%
2015Greg Rhodes
Co-Founder
2 patents
Quantum cascade laser array-based infrared spectroscopy systems
—
49ScreenIn3D
Revolutionizing drug discovery with predictive 3D human disease models
$1M12 mo ago42018Alex Sim
CEO
——

Top 12 Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies in Massachusetts

#1
Series D · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2017 · 14 employees
$150.2Mraised
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Biotechnology pioneering cellular rejuvenation therapies to reverse and prevent aging diseases. The company is focused on targeting the biology of aging, which is the biggest risk factor for most chronic diseases. They are developing a novel partial epigenetic reprogramming platform that targets a key underlying mechanism of aging to prevent and reverse age-related diseases with significant unmet need to extend healthy human lifespan. This approach holds the promise of treating many of the most debilitating and chronic diseases. The platform builds on innovative science from world-leading researchers to partially reprogram the epigenome of aged and injured cells to restore cellular function to a younger state. This is a B2B model.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 16%
Growth
top 28%
Moat
top 31%
News
top 43%
Tech
top 49%
Global
bottom 39%
Funding: Raised $150M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 8 yrs (1.1/yr) · Last round Series D (Apr 2026)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 13k LinkedIn followers — 2.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series D$80M
  • Nov 2025Series C$31M
  • Jan 2022Series C$82M
  • Jun 2020Series B$18.2M
Investors
Alpha Wave Global, The Longevity Fund, National Science Foundation, Abundance Partners, Wynwood Projects, Globalive Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Hosted Libraries
#2
Series E · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2013 · 103 employees
$225Mraised
▾

Developer of in vitro models for drug development. The company has culture modules, organ-chips, and analytical software applications. The proprietary Organ-Chip models including the liver, intestine, kidney, and others contain tiny hollow channels lined with tens of thousands of living human cells and tissues are designed to predict human response.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%
Patents
top 25%
Moat
top 26%
Innovation
top 34%
Tech
top 34%
Growth
top 40%
Funding: Raised $225M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 12 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Sep 2025)
Patents: 479 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 170 filings since 2022 vs 309 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 479 patents · Soonicorn
Audience (LinkedIn): 30k LinkedIn followers — 6.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Business Development Executive
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Grant (prize money)$493K
  • Sep 2021Series E$82M
  • Mar 2020Conventional Debt$19.3M
  • Aug 2019Series C$28M
Investors
Cedars Sinai, OS Fund, ATEL Ventures, LabCorp, ALS, ND Capital
Tech stack
AddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBackbone.JsCloudflare
#3
Acquired · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2013 · 48 employees
$28.9Mraised
▾

Developer of transformational medicines for neurological disorders. The company combines advanced human cellular models, unique measurement engineering, artificial intelligence, and machine learning into a proprietary platform to discover new drugs for neurological disease. The company's lead candidate is UBE3A for Seizure and Neurodevelopment Disorders.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 31%
AI
top 35%
Market
top 50%
Global
bottom 29%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $28.9M across 16 rounds · 16 rounds over 8 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2026)
AI: Product described with: artificial intelligence, machine learning
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series B—
  • Dec 2025Grant (prize money)$3M
  • Jul 2025Grant (prize money)$2.1M
  • Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$2.2M
Founders & team
Paul RomaCo-FounderGraham DempseyCo-FounderDavid MarguliesCo-Founder and Chairman
Investors
NIH, HHS
#4
Series D · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2018 · 147 employees
$287.1Mraised
▾

Dewpoint Therapeutics is involved in development of small molecules based therapeutics. The company offers condensate biology to create dynamic, liquid compartments in cells for the treatment of neurodegeneration, cancer, and other diseases.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 17%
Moat
top 31%
Talent
top 38%
News
top 41%
Market
top 45%
Global
bottom 45%
Funding: Raised $287M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 7 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series D (Sep 2025)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 16k LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Associate Principal / Principal Computational Biologist
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series D$59.1M
  • Feb 2022Series C$150M
  • Sep 2020Series B$77.1M
  • Jan 2019Series A$60M
Founders & team
Richard YoungCo-FounderAmeet NathwaniChief Executive Officer
Investors
Polaris Partners, Samsara BioCapital, 6 Dimensions Capital, EcoR1, Alexandria, Leaps by Bayer
#5
Public · Lexington, Massachusetts · founded 2009 · 75 employees
$11.9Mraised
▾

iSpecimen is a supplier of human clinical specimens to the therapeutic, diagnostic, and academic research industries. The platform supply researchers with a range of liquid and solid specimens such as plasma, serum, whole blood, urine, CSF, and FFPE blocks and slides. Their customers include researchers in contract research organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 30%
Tech
top 36%
Funding
top 42%
Partners
top 45%
Growth
bottom 44%
Moat
bottom 41%
News: 10 BI events in 12 mo (of 51 tracked, 5 types) · +0% YoY · 5 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Tech: 38 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare · Devops: Nginx
Funding: Raised $11.9M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 14 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Post IPO (May 2026)
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Post IPO$2.5M
  • Dec 2025Post IPO$5.5M
  • Aug 2025Post IPO$1.8M
  • Nov 2021Post IPO$21M
Investors
MassChallenge
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAudioeyeBeaver BuilderBootstrapBootstrap IconsCdnjs
#6
Series A · Woburn, Massachusetts · founded 2018 · 37 employees
$40.8Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of system for early disease detection and prognosis

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 32%
Patents
top 33%
Funding
top 34%
Moat
bottom 49%
Market
bottom 46%
Global
bottom 35%
Innovation: 19 patents (top 52% of patent-holders) · 14 filings since 2022 vs 5 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware
Patents: 19 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 14 filings since 2022 vs 5 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Funding: Raised $40.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series A (Nov 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series A$3M
  • Feb 2025Series A$1M
  • Dec 2021Series A$40.8M
Investors
RA Capital Management, Insight Partners, Pura Vida Investments, Time BioVentures, Tiger Gene
#7
Series E · Burlington, Massachusetts · founded 2005 · 28 employees
$89.4Mraised
▾

Redshift uses microfluidics modulation systems along with a tunable laser to develop analytical instruments for the detection of the very low level of analytes in the fluid. The technology can be applied in protein therapeutics detection where measurement of low concentration of the protein is critical. The instrument called ProLaser is used for lead candidate selection, preformulation and formulation development, process development optimization, and measuring and predicting stability, as well as for routine analytics, process monitoring, and QC release.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 22%
Funding
top 25%
Product
top 26%
Growth
top 32%
Tech
top 34%
Innovation
top 35%
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn
Funding: Raised $89.4M across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 20 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series E (Jun 2025)
Product: 3 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series E
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series E$5.9M
  • Mar 2024Series E$5M
  • Oct 2021Series E$20M
  • Dec 2020Series D$6.4M
Founders & team
Eugene MaCo-founder & CTO
Investors
Technology Venture Partners, Waters Corporation, Alta Partners, Emerson, InterWest Partners, Vesbridge Partners
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare TurnstileCookie Script
#8
Series B · Lexington, Massachusetts · founded 2004 · 53 employees
$67Mraised
▾

Developer of technologies to store blood and its products. They have developed 2 distinctive technologies namely Hemanext and MicroVascular Analyzer (measures RBC deformability). Hemanext enables the storage of RBC under anaerobic conditions. It has applications in various therapeutic conditions such as hypercoagulability, inflammation, impaired perfusion, immuno-modulation, etc.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 15%
Innovation
top 17%
Moat
top 26%
Funding
top 28%
Growth
top 40%
Talent
top 43%
Patents: 265 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 194 filings since 2022 vs 65 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 265 patents (top 8% of patent-holders) · 194 filings since 2022 vs 65 in 2017-21
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 265 patents · Soonicorn
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series B$18.9M
  • Jan 2025Series B$20M
  • Nov 2024Series B$21.7M
  • Dec 2023Series B$5M
Founders & team
Martin CannonFounderAndrew DunhamCEO & CTO
Investors
HHS
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerComplianzCookieyesFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#9
Seed · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2025
$3.5Mraised
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Developer of artificial intelligence to analyze microbial ecosystems for medicine. It builds a closed-loop engine pairing wet lab science with machine learning. This creates foundational models and datasets to advance open science. It enables a new generation of predictive medicine through microbial interactions. The company seeks collaborators with pre/post-intervention datasets of the microbiome.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Alex MerwinCo-Founder & COOJenny YangCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Merantix Capital, Seedcamp, OpenSeed VC, Defined Capital
Tech stack
Framer SitesGodaddyGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHstsHttp/3
#10
Series C · Concord, Massachusetts · founded 2008 · 4 employees
$26.9Mraised
▾

Pharmaceutical company developing a novel rescue drug for ulcerative colitis flares. Focused on gastroenterology, the company addresses unmet needs in disease management with a low competitive landscape. Their lead product, completing Phase 3 trials, aims for clinical remission with mucosal healing in just four weeks, offering a unique rescue option for ulcerative colitis patients, alone or with maintenance therapies. The company's patented suppository, utilizing a novel hydrocortisone acetate formulation and applicator, ensures consistent drug delivery and eliminates leakage. With a strong IP portfolio extending market exclusivity, they are poised to provide relief from debilitating rectal symptoms and improve the quality of life for those living with ulcerative colitis. This innovative approach solves an unmet need in ulcerative colitis treatment.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series C$10.5M
  • Apr 2024Series B$7M
  • Oct 2019Series B$13.7M
  • Aug 2017Series A$411.4K
Investors
New Ventures Funds, Scientia Ventures
Tech stack
AngularApple Icloud MailCore-JsDocusignHstsMicrosoft 365
#11
Funding Raised · Framingham, Massachusetts · founded 2009 · 21 employees
$22Mraised
▾

Microwave and terahertz systems for nuclear fusion, DNP, NMR, EPR spectroscopy. The company develops high-power microwave, millimeter-wave, and terahertz systems and components. These systems are used for applications like electron cyclotron heating in nuclear fusion reactors, dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced NMR spectroscopy, EPR spectroscopy, material processing, and other scientific and industrial applications. They offer gyrotrons, electron guns, custom vacuum devices, transmission lines, and diagnostic systems. The company focuses on intelligent instruments for accelerating discovery in science and technology, providing solutions for plasma heating and diagnostics, and addressing the terahertz gap with advanced sources and components.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$199.9K
  • Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$2.6M
  • Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$1.7M
  • Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$400K
Founders & team
Thorsten MalyCo-founder and Vice President Magnetic Resonance
Investors
HHS, OSTI
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerBootstrapCloudflare
#12
Funding Raised · Somerville, Massachusetts · founded 2005 · 17 employees
$13.4Mraised
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Innovating whole tissue imaging and analysis solutions for life-saving therapies. The company is a life sciences imaging solutions provider, specializing in high-throughput 3D histology and whole tissue studies. They offer services, including study design, imaging, data analysis, and custom assay development. Their technology supports research in areas like Alzheimer's disease, brain mapping, biodistribution, tumor imaging, and liver fibrosis. They utilize platforms to produce high-fidelity multi-color images of whole organs and tissues, enabling quantitative analysis. They provide contract research services, assisting researchers and companies in developing new therapeutics for diseases. Their expertise lies in tissue imaging and analysis, offering both standard and custom data pipelines for processing large data volumes. They work with fixed tissues, providing imaging and processing through standard assays, and also develop custom assays, handling entire studies from tissue labeling through image analysis and final report.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 40%
Funding
top 43%
Moat
top 45%
Innovation
top 48%
Tech
bottom 42%
Global
bottom 37%
Patents: 41 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 15 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $13.4M across 15 rounds · 15 rounds over 17 yrs (0.9/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (May 2025)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 1/10 · IP moat: 41 patents
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2025Grant (prize money)$1.3M
  • Aug 2023Grant (prize money)$2.5M
  • Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$353.8K
  • Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$478.8K
Investors
NIH SBIR/STTR, HHS
Tech stack
WixReactGoogle CloudPolyfillLodashPriority Hints

Funding & investor landscape

$7.2Btotal disclosed funding
176companies funded
749disclosed rounds
3rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
HHS56 rounds
MassChallenge16 rounds
National Science Foundation16 rounds
Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives12 rounds
Arch Venture Partners11 rounds
NIH10 rounds
America’s Seed Fund8 rounds
Broadoak Capital Partners7 rounds
Flagship Pioneering7 rounds
Polaris Partners7 rounds

Notable founders

Paul Roma
Co-Founder · Quiver Bioscience
Graham Dempsey
Co-Founder · Quiver Bioscience
Richard Young
Co-Founder · Dewpoint Therapeutics
Ameet Nathwani
Chief Executive Officer · Dewpoint Therapeutics
Eugene Ma
Co-founder & CTO · RedShift
Martin Cannon
Founder · Hemanext
Andrew Dunham
CEO & CTO · Hemanext
Alex Merwin
Co-Founder & COO · Outpost Bio
Jenny Yang
Co-Founder & CEO · Outpost Bio
Thorsten Maly
Co-founder and Vice President Magnetic Resonance · Bridge12 Technologies
Gregg Stone
Co-Founder · SpectraWAVE
Guillermo Tearney
Co-Founder · SpectraWAVE
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,926,398 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Life Sciences Platforms and Tools coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN MASSACHUSETTS · Health & Bio

How research on Bioinformatics in Massachusetts is moving

A read on the academic research around Bioinformatics in Massachusetts — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 421 papers.

MIT, MGH, and UMass Chan lead Massachusetts bioinformatics research, predominantly advancing single-cell transcriptomics and CRISPR with a cautiously optimistic tone (stance 0.51).

421 papers · stance +0.51 · 58% breakthrough · 16% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Massachusetts General Hospital161
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology154
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School56
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst28
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary14
leading researchers
Philipp Schneider · Radhika Subramanian · Rebecca Sanon · Sharon K. Marr · Stefan Niekamp · Harini Narayanan
prism intelligence · tone & topics
90% positive · 4% critical tone
BiotechnologyMedical ResearchPharmaceuticalsHealthGeneticsBiology
▲ Breakthroughs199 · 47%
▼ 53%→45% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations71% since 2021mostly methods-led
Cell and Workflow research newly emerged (7 and 6 papers), while Gene breakthroughs rose from 9 to 15.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Disease1→10
  • Chromatin2→9
  • Transcriptome3→9
  • Gene9→15
  • Transcription factor1→5
Newly emergingCell 0→7 · Workflow 0→6 · Modular design 0→6
Landmark The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data · 29,447 cites
◆ Advancements92 · 22%
▲ 14%→25% share
▲1.8× share momentum0 median citations86% since 2021mostly empirical
Transcriptome advancements newly emerged at 7 papers as field-share nearly doubled from 14% to 25%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Disease1→9
  • Epigenetics1→5
  • Gene3→6
Newly emergingTranscriptome 0→7 · Immune system 0→6 · Cognition 0→6
Landmark Predicting effective microRNA target sites in mammalian mRNAs · 7,559 cites
▼ Concerns54 · 13%
▼ 19%→11% share
▼0.6× share momentum0 median citations65% since 2021mostly reviews
Immunotherapy and Synthetic biology concerns are newly emerging as overall concern field-share cooled from 19% to 11%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Disease2→6
  • Cancer1→3
Newly emergingImmunotherapy 0→4 · Synthetic biology 0→3 · Clinical trial 0→3
Landmark The 2016 revision to the World Health Organization classification of myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemia · 10,090 cites

Common questions

How many Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies are there in Massachusetts, United States?
Radar tracks 299 indexable Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies headquartered in Massachusetts, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies in Massachusetts, United States?
The Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies in Massachusetts, United States on this list have raised a combined $7.2B in disclosed equity funding across 176 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Life Sciences Platforms and Tools company in Massachusetts, United States?
Tessera Therapeutics is the highest-funded Life Sciences Platforms and Tools company in Massachusetts, United States, with $532M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies in Massachusetts, United States are funded?
176 of the 299 Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies in Massachusetts, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Life Sciences Platforms and Tools unicorns are there in Massachusetts, United States?
1 Life Sciences Platforms and Tools company in Massachusetts, United States on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Massachusetts, United States Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies?
The most active investors in Massachusetts, United States Life Sciences Platforms and Tools companies on this list include HHS, MassChallenge, National Science Foundation, Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives, Arch Venture Partners.
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