Best Life Sciences Tech Companies in Austin, United States
The 34 best Life Sciences Tech companies in Austin, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Digital Pharmacist.
Our analysis of 50 Life Sciences Tech companies
$9.6b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Life Sciences Tech companies in Austin
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digital Pharmacist Platform offering CRM software for pharmacies | $106M | 91 mo ago | 213 | — | WordPressSentryAtlassian Statuspage+36 | Top 1M | — | — |
| 2 | L7 Informatics Provider of a clinical trail workflow management software for laboratories | $55M | 52 mo ago | 126 126 → 112 (-11%) | Vasu Rangadass President & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | Top 5M | 5 patents Semantic knowledgebases and intelligent object-based data integration platforms with remote access | — |
| 3 | SubjectWell Provider of clinical trials marketplace offering solutions for patient recruitment | $47M | 48 mo ago | 195 | Fred Martin CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+34 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 4 | Form Bio Cloud-based data management tool for providers | $30M | 49 mo ago | 49 | Kent Wakeford Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+18 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 5 | NextDocs Document Management Software | $29M | 157 mo ago | 48 | — | — | — | 6 patents Clinical trial management software platforms for data capture and workflow automation. | — |
| 6 | QbDVision Provider of a platform for process management software for pharma manufacturing 42Funding top 36%Talent top 38%Moat top 39%Growth top 45% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 36% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Growthtop 45% Techtop 49% Marketbottom 39% Globalbottom 29% Newsbottom 27% Funding: Raised $20.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 8 yrs (0.5/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $20M | 18 mo ago | 43 | Ryan Shillington Co-Founder and CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+40 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 7 | MedScout Provider of sales enablement platform to life sciences companies 22Funding top 34%Moat top 48%Talent bottom 49%Product bottom 48% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 34% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 48% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 29% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $5.8M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $6M | 8 mo ago | 17 | Skylar Talley Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowSegmentHubSpot+15 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 8 | Seralogix Streamlining preclinical research with innovative technology and solutions for enhanced results | $5M | 127 mo ago | — | Kenneth Drake Founder/CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Nurocor Developer of a clinical platform designed to accelerate clinical development 40Innovation top 29%Patents top 31%Moat top 32%Funding top 36% All 9 signals ▾Innovationtop 29% Patentstop 31% Moattop 32% Fundingtop 36% Producttop 36% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 36% Techbottom 35% Globalbottom 31% Innovation: 24 patents (top 39% of patent-holders) · 24 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Patents: 24 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 24 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $5M | 15 mo ago | 43 | Alex Lazar Founder & President | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+16 | Top 50M | 24 patents Clinical trial software: UI, code generation, and specimen management tools | — |
| 10 | Autonomize AI-based drug discovery tool for researchers 53Talent top 31%Growth top 35%News top 38%Tech top 39% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 31% Growthtop 35% Newstop 38% Techtop 39% Fundingtop 43% AItop 45% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 29% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $4M | 17 mo ago | 18 | Ganesh Padmanabhan Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 11 | CherryCircle Software Quality By Design (QbD) software for pharma & medical devices manufacturing | $3M | 73 mo ago | — | Yash Sabharwal Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Atomo Provider of an AI-based patient and population health analysis tool for the healthcare industry and payers | $2M | 49 mo ago | 5 | Kelly Myers CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | NeuroX1 Computational drug design platform for neurological conditions | $2M | 28 mo ago | 7 | Lucas Myers Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Litmus Health Provider of infrastructure for real world data capture and analysis | $225K | 95 mo ago | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Macromoltek Provider of an antibody modeling & analysis tool for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries | $120K | 100 mo ago | 5 | — | — | — | 5 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
Top 12 Life Sciences Tech companies in Austin
#1
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2021 · 17 employees$5.8Mraised▾
Provider of sales enablement platform to life sciences companies. The platform enables members to find and prioritize the physicians and facilities, send representatives into every conversation, build the strategy on detailed insights, build and manage prospect lists and territories and manage the information in the CMS platform.
- Feb 2026Series A$10M
- Jul 2024Series A$15M
- Jun 2023Seed$5M
- Jun 2021Seed$800K
#2
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2016 · 43 employees$20Mraised▾
Provider of a platform for process management software for pharma manufacturing. The software helps to create manufacturing processes for improved product quality. The platform follows Quality-by-Design (QbD) and Data Integrity-by-Design (DIbD) principles to enable the development of drugs, medical devices, and software. The platform also helps in identifying, ranking, and tracking risk factors.
- Apr 2025Series A$13M
- Feb 2022Series A$15M
- Oct 2020Series A$2.1M
- Sep 2018Seed$500K
#3
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2017 · 43 employees$5Mraised▾
Developer of a clinical platform designed to accelerate clinical development. The platform provides functional capabilities supporting data standards, clinical lifecycle activities, and processes. It focuses on data, eliminates amendments, and automates data collection and analysis. The platform leverages a microservice architecture, allowing users to take advantage of applications.
- Jul 2025Series A$1M
- Apr 2025Series A$460K
- Sep 2023Series A$5M
#4
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2021 · 18 employees$4Mraised▾
AI-based drug discovery tool for researchers. The company has developed software that assists with drug targeting and clinical trial management. It has features for drug toxicity, clinical and biomedical data, workflow management, and more.
- May 2025Series A$28M
- Apr 2023Seed$4M
#5
Series C · Austin, Texas · founded 2012 · 126 employees$55Mraised▾
L7 Informatics provides centralized lab data management solutions to bring transparency and facilitate common tasks. It offers sample tracking, data processing, pipeline analysis, protocol management. The company's sequencing platform allows scientists to view reports from pipelines and display genomic content and annotations. The genome browser supports various file formats including FASTA, BAM, BED, GFF, VCF, Wig, and more. Local data, data in pipelines, and remote data can be combined for analysis.
- Jun 2022Series C$38M
- Mar 2021Series B$13M
- Oct 2016Series A$3M
- Jun 2016Conventional Debt$215K
#6
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2012 · 195 employees$46.8Mraised▾
Provider of clinical trials marketplace offering solutions for patient recruitment. It offers a technology platform that identifies patients who are interested and gives them an easy introduction to clinical trials. It alerts interested candidates to clinical trials and also offer quality referrals through prescreening.
- Oct 2022Series B$35M
- Jun 2019Series A$10M
- Feb 2018Seed$1.8M
#7
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2022 · 49 employees$30Mraised▾
Cloud-based data management tool for providers. The company has developed software that assists with data workflow management and optimization. It has features for data processing, collaboration tools, data visualization, and more.
- Sep 2022Series A$30M
#8
Series D · Austin, Texas · founded 2010 · 213 employees$106.5Mraised▾
Platform offering CRM software for pharmacies. It is a provider of SaaS solutions to community pharmacies to manage customer relations and increase online presence. The company provides mobile app and website development tools for making the pharmacy branded app and website and provides a dashboard for social media management. The company patients engagement app for pharmacies allows patients to manage their medications, complete digital refills, and engage with medication adherence programs.
- Mar 2019Series D$100M
- Jun 2017Series B$6.5M
#9
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2021 · 7 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Computational drug design platform for neurological conditions. The company leverages proprietary generative AI algorithms to screen and design drug molecules focusing on neurodegenerative diseases.
- 2024Seed$20K
- Mar 2023Seed$500K
- Jan 2022Seed$315K
- Dec 2021Seed$1M
#10
Acqui-Hired · Austin, Texas · founded 2006 · 48 employees$28.8Mraised▾
NextDocs provides Microsoft Office SharePoint Server-based document, quality and compliance management software for life sciences companies. It enables businesses in regulated industries to achieve compliance with FDA, EMA and other agencies.NextDocs provides solutions for managing regulatory documents, SOPs and clinical documents and a full set of quality processes from CAPA to complaints. All solutions are web-based and available both as Saas and On-premises deployment.
- Sep 2013Series C$13.5M
- Jul 2013Series B$5M
- Aug 2011Series A$10.3M
#11
Funding Raised · Austin, Texas · founded 2014 · 5 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Provider of an AI-based patient and population health analysis tool for the healthcare industry and payers. The company has designed an automative tool that has the ability to analyze and identify individuals with disease conditions and provide re-diagnostic analysis. The AI technology used in the software by the company to find the critical, hidden patterns in digital healthcare records in order to identify high-risk individuals.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$1.9M
#12
Funding Raised · Austin, Texas · founded 2003$5Mraised▾
Streamlining preclinical research with innovative technology and solutions for enhanced results. They are dedicated to transforming preclinical research through their cloud-based platform, designed to standardize workflows, enhance data quality, and improve study reproducibility. From experimental design and electronic data capture to reporting and collaboration, they empower researchers and teams of all sizes to achieve cleaner, more reliable results. With a focus on scalability, usability, and advanced computing power, they provide tools that simplify complex processes while maintaining the highest standards of scientific rigor. Their Study Manager software supports study management, intelligent experimental design, automated electronic data capture, dynamic reporting tools, collaborative team support, and personal assistance with AI. They offer professional services and a help center, ensuring users can effectively utilize the platform for their research needs. The platform supports features like automated blinding, randomization, real-time alerts, and secure cloud storage.
- Mar 2016Grant (prize money)$2.2M
- Sep 2010Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Jul 2009Grant (prize money)$134.4K
- Jun 2009Grant (prize money)$134.4K
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What Austin researches in biotechnology
- The University of Texas at Austin31
- Austin Health2
- Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión1
- Austin Hospital1
- Austin College1
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