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Radar · Life Sciences Tech in New York

Best Life Sciences Tech Companies in New York, United States

The 167 best Life Sciences Tech companies in New York, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Formation Bio.

167companies tracked
$4.1Bdisclosed funding
2unicorns
90have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · LIFE SCIENCES TECH × NEW YORK

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.

50companies analysed
89%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
8unicorns
2018median founding year
558kcombined LinkedIn audience
37%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Life Sciences Tech companies in New York

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Formation Bio 🦄
Provider of AI-powered drug discovery platform for various diseases
$608M24 mo agoSeries DBenjamine Liu
Co-Founder & CEO
2Komodo Health 🦄
AI and cloud-based platforms provide data-driven insights to healthcare providers
$514M43 mo agoSeries E269Arif Nathoo
Co-Founder & CEO
1 partnership · 1 expansion
3Recursion Pharmaceuticals
AI-enabled drug discovery and development platform for novel therapeutics
$452M35 mo agoPublic400Dean Li
Co-Founder and Board Member
203 patents
AI-driven drug discovery: ML models for bioactivity, phenomics, and active learning
4H1
Provider of medical affair services for biopharma and medical device industry
$302M48 mo agoSeries C480Ian Sax
Co-Founder
1 launch · 1 award
5PAIGE
Developer of AI applications and foundation models for cancer diagnostics
$239M41 mo agoAcquired133David Klimstra
Co-Founder
540 patents
AI-driven digital pathology and image analysis for cancer biomarker detection
6Paradigm
Provider of clinical research healthcare services
$203M40 mo agoSeries A99Kent Thoelke
Chief Executive Officer
29 patents
Secure digital credential issuance and verification for government, construction, and IoT devices.
7Schrodinger
Provider of a web-based simulation and modelling tool
$162M55 mo agoAcquired625
625 → 1,003 (+60%)
William Goddard
Co-Founder
79 patents
Computational chemistry tools for drug design, free‑energy calculations, and molecular modeling
1 partnership
8EvolutionaryScale
Provider of an AI models for protein design
$142M23 mo agoSeedThomas Hayes
Co-Founder
9Excelsior Sciences
Developer of chemistry for automated small molecule discovery and manufacturing
72Funding top 21%Talent top 38%AI top 45%Global bottom 48%
All 4 signals ▾
Fundingtop 21%
Talenttop 38%
AItop 45%
Globalbottom 48%
Funding: Raised $95.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$95M6 mo agoSeries AMichael Foley
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
10Accutar Biotechnology
Provider of artificial intelligence-based solutions for accelerating drug discovery and development processes
$91M62 mo agoSeries C37Jie Fan
Founder & CEO
145 patents
Design of small‑molecule kinase degraders and computational docking for oncology drugs
11Proxima
Developer of a platform for programmable protein interaction-based drug discovery
42Funding top 24%Talent top 38%AI top 45%Tech bottom 45%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 24%
Talenttop 38%
AItop 45%
Techbottom 45%
Globalbottom 33%
Marketbottom 31%
Funding: Raised $86.3M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100
$86M5 mo agoSeedLuca Naef
Co-Founder & CTO
12Koneksa Health
Digital remote health monitoring tool for providers
$71M52 mo agoSeries C104Chris Benko
CEO
3 launchs · 1 partnership
13Castor
Electronic Data Capture (EDC), eCRF, ePRO application for online data collection for medical research
$65M59 mo agoSeries B230Derk Arts
Founder & CEO
14Tandem AI
AI-based drug discovery tool for researchers
62Funding top 27%Moat top 32%Patents top 33%Talent top 38%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 27%
Moattop 32%
Patentstop 33%
Talenttop 38%
Innovationtop 41%
Newstop 44%
AItop 45%
Marketbottom 49%
Techbottom 46%
Globalbottom 37%
Funding: Raised $60.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 34 patents
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100
$60M7 mo agoSeries A200Jeff He
Co-Founder & CEO
34 patents
Optimized photovoltaic modules with parameter matching and UV filtering for solar power systems
1 job opening · 1 launch
15AiCure
Developer of an AI platform for patient engagement in clinical trials
$52M28 mo agoSeries C16
16 → 39 (+144%)
Gordon Kessler
Co-Founder
16Manas AI
Provider of a platform for drug discovery for the treatment of cancer and rare diseases
62Funding top 24%Growth top 35%Tech top 42%AI top 45%
All 7 signals ▾
Fundingtop 24%
Growthtop 35%
Techtop 42%
AItop 45%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 48%
Marketbottom 40%
Funding: Raised $50.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100
$51M8 mo agoSeedSiddhartha Mukherjee
Co-Founder & CEO
17Code Ocean
Provider of cloud based platform for the development of algorithms
$49M48 mo agoSeries B57
18Circuit Clinical
Research site network platform focuses on patient identification, enrollment, recruitment & retention
$48M27 mo agoSeries C96Ray Stapell
Co-Founder & Special Legal Advisor
1 partnership
19Linus Biotechnology
Developer of diagnostic tests for central nervous system and gastrointestinal disorders
$48M22 mo agoSeries A12Paul Curtin
Co-Founder
15 patents
Molecular exposomics platforms and bio-surface topographic imaging for health monitoring
20Envisagenics
AI-driven biotechnology company that focuses on the discovery and development of novel RNA splicing…
$47M24 mo agoSeries B40Martin Akerman
Co-Founder & CTO
19 patents
Cancer immunotherapy via neoantigen discovery and splicing‑based biomarker platforms
21PreciseDx
Provider of an AI-based medical image analysis software for healthcare professionals
48Talent top 23%AI top 30%Funding top 32%Moat top 48%
All 8 signals ▾
Talenttop 23%
AItop 30%
Fundingtop 32%
Moattop 48%
Growthbottom 42%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 32%
Newsbottom 18%
Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100
$32M12 mo agoSeries B12Michael Donovan
Co-Founder
22Phosphorus
Provider of next-generation diagnostics and tools for clinicians and researchers
$31M70 mo agoDeadpooled28
23Atommap
Provider of physics-based and ML-augmented computational drug discovery platform
65Funding top 28%Talent top 35%Global bottom 25%
All 3 signals ▾
Fundingtop 28%
Talenttop 35%
Globalbottom 25%
Funding: Raised $31.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 65/100
$31M3 mo agoSeries CYujie Wu
Co-Founder & CTO
24Belong
Provider of an AI-based patient engagement platform for healthcare providers and clinical trail researchers
$30M83 mo agoSeries B61Irad Deutsch
Co-Founder & CTO
25Lokavant
Provider of clinical data analytics and trial management platform for CRO
$29M32 mo agoAcquired38Rohit Nambisan
Co-Founder & CEO
26Leal
Provider of an AI-powered platform matching cancer patients with treatment options.
$28M52 mo agoAcquired52Guy Gildor
Chief Technology Officer and co-founder
27One bio
Online tools for partner management and opportunity screening.
$27M18 mo agoSeries AMatt Barnard
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
28Anju Software
Life science software platform
$26M92 mo agoAcquired7
29Datacubed
Provider of solutions for patient engagement and data management in clinical trails
$22M40 mo agoSeries A64Paul Glimcher
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
30Medidata
AI-based clinical trial management software for researchers
$22M31 mo agoAcquired1,677Tarek Sherif
Co-Founder
228 patents
AI‑driven clinical trial data management and remote physiological monitoring platforms
31Ordaos
Provider of an AI accelerator for biomedical research and drug discovery
$21M16 mo agoSeed24Ulo Palm Md
Cofounder
32Whiz
Provider of data, analytics, and technology solutions for healthcare industries
$21M43 mo agoAcquired106Amitabh Patil
Co-Founder & CTO
33Auxilius
Online platform for clinical trial finance management
$20M28 mo agoSeries A30
34Scope Security
Cloud and AI-based cyber threat identification software for medical organizations
$20M54 mo agoDeadpooled5
35Redesign Science
Developer of protein-based small molecule drugs
$17M54 mo agoSeed32David Rooklin
Co-Founder & CEO
36Dandelion Health
Provider of AI-powered real-world data platform for clinical development
37Talent top 28%Funding top 34%Moat top 39%AI top 45%
All 6 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 34%
Moattop 39%
AItop 45%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 24%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $15.9M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$16M1 mo agoSeries A7Elliott Green
Co-Founder & CEO
1 partnership
37ProofPilot
Platform for the development & execution of research studies
48Product top 26%Talent top 28%Innovation top 38%Moat top 39%
All 9 signals ▾
Producttop 26%
Talenttop 28%
Innovationtop 38%
Moattop 39%
Fundingtop 41%
Techbottom 47%
Marketbottom 38%
Globalbottom 36%
Newsbottom 17%
Product: 3 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D
Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100
$16M9 mo agoSeries D191 launch
38Massive Bio
Provider of AI-based clinical trial management tool
$16M48 mo agoSeries B100Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla Md
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer
1 partnership
39BEKHealth
Provider of patient screening, recruitment, and analytics solution
$15M21 mo agoSeries C42Jason Baumgartner
Founder & CEO
2 patents
AI-driven patient identification and recruitment for clinical trial eligibility matching.
40Imprint
Developer of forensic immunology research tools
$15M13 mo agoSeries BVictor Greiff
Co-Founder
41Waypoint
Digital cell therapy platform for providers
$14M23 mo agoSeed9David Phizicky
Co-founder and CSO
42Yseop
Provider of automated natural language generation software for regulatory writing
$13M30 mo agoSeries A84Alain Kaeser
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer​
2 awards
43nemedio
Provider of a quality management software for healthcare professionals
$9M31 mo agoSeries A9Sabrina Varanelli
Founder & CEO
2 patents
Dynamic configuration software for external hardware devices
44ViuHealth
Provider of home healthcare services
$8M31 mo agoSeries A20
45Argon AI
AI-powered insights and workflow automation for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and life sciences industries
$6M11 mo agoSeedSamy Danesh
Co-Founder & CEO
20 patents
Inflatable cushioning pads and gas‑filled insulating foams; GNSS multipath interference mitigation systems.
46Applied XL
AI-based clinical record tracking and documentation tool
$6M39 mo agoSeed10Scott Cohen
Co-Founder
47Inductive Bio
Developer of machine learning-based platform for drug discovery and development
$4M14 mo agoSeries AJosh Haimson
Co-Founder & CEO
1 launch · 1 partnership
48RUMI Scientific
Provider of proprietary human stem cell platform for screening genetic diseases
$2M25 mo agoFunding Raised6Ali Brivanlou
Co-Founder
49Drug Hunter
Online platform provides information related to drug discovery
$748K9 mo agoSeed33
50CellType
AI-driven platform focused on drug discovery through biological simulation
$500K5 mo agoSeedIvan V
Co-Founder

Top 12 Life Sciences Tech companies in New York

#1
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2019
$86.3Mraised

Developer of a platform for programmable protein interaction-based drug discovery. The company offers technologies to discover proximity modulators, including inducers, modulators, and blockers. It focuses on advancing artificial intelligence drug discovery through data generation.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 24%
Talent
top 38%
AI
top 45%
Tech
bottom 45%
Global
bottom 33%
Market
bottom 31%
Funding: Raised $86.3M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Jan 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Product described with: artificial intelligence
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Seed$86.3M
Founders & team
Luca NaefCo-Founder & CTOZachary CarpenterCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
DCVC, NVentures, Braidwell, Roivant Sciences, AIX Ventures, Yosemite
Tech stack
Google WorkspaceHeadless UiHstsNext.JsNext.Js App RouterNode.Js
#2
Series A · New York · founded 2024
$95Mraised

Developer of chemistry for automated small molecule discovery and manufacturing. It offers technology that transforms small-molecule innovation into a modular, iterative process. The technology facilitates automation, artificial intelligence integration, and use by non-specialists. It enables scaling from discovery to manufacturing. The offering includes chemical building blocks that allow automation to drive synthesis and accelerate discovery. It also provides AI-guided automated iterative synthesis and testing to maximize accuracy of models.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%
Talent
top 38%
AI
top 45%
Global
bottom 48%
Funding: Raised $95.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Dec 2025)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Product described with: artificial intelligence
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Series A$70M
  • Dec 2025Grant (prize money)$25M
Founders & team
Marc FeiglinChief Technology OfficerMichael FoleyCo-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Investors
Deerfield, Khosla Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, Cornucopian Capital, Lilly, Illinois Ventures
#3
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2020 · 7 employees
$15.9Mraised

Provider of AI-powered real-world data platform for clinical development. It combines proprietary AI tools with extensive real-world patient data to accelerate clinical development and commercialization. The platform offers solutions across the product lifecycle, from early clinical research to post-approval market access. This includes tools to identify therapeutic targets, optimize patient pools for trials, generate regulatory-grade evidence, and quantify clinical and economic impact. The platform also provides AI algorithm training and validation services using diverse, multi-site datasets.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 34%
Moat
top 39%
AI
top 45%
Global
bottom 37%
Market
bottom 24%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $15.9M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series A (May 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. InVision Medical Technology) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Series A$14M
  • Dec 2023Seed$15.9M
Founders & team
Elliott GreenCo-Founder & CEOZiad ObermeyerCo-FounderSendhil MullainathanCo-Founder
Investors
Primary Venture Partner, Sharp HealthCare, Moxxie Ventures, Phoenix Venture Partners, Floating Point, Healthier Capital
#4
Series C · New York City, New York · founded 2023
$31.1Mraised

Provider of physics-based and ML-augmented computational drug discovery platform. It offers Silicon Therapeutics and Roivant Discovery to deliver STING agonist, potent inhibitors against oncology target, and active molecules for therapeutic degradation of target proteins.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 65how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%
Talent
top 35%
Global
bottom 25%
Funding: Raised $31.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series C (Mar 2026)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series C$31.1M
Founders & team
Yujie WuCo-Founder & CTOHuafeng XuFounder and CEOJesus IzaguirreCo-Founder
#5
Series A · New York, New York · founded 2021 · 200 employees
$60Mraised

AI-based drug discovery tool for researchers. The company offers a proprietary web-based platform to increase the speed of drug discovery and deliver cost-effective opportunities to the global scientific community.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 27%
Moat
top 32%
Patents
top 33%
Talent
top 38%
Innovation
top 41%
News
top 44%
Funding: Raised $60.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series A (Nov 2025)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 34 patents · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Patents: 34 patents matched (strict assignee match) · Lead CPC: H10F19/40 (+2 more areas)
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Principal Al/Machine Learning Scientist, Drug Discovery
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series A$22M
  • Mar 2023Series A$35M
  • Dec 2021Seed$25M
Founders & team
Jeff HeCo-Founder & CEOTom TangCo-Founder
Investors
Orbimed, Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, Chengwei Capital, V-Capital
Tech stack
AosCivicthemeCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#6
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2025
$50.6Mraised

Provider of a platform for drug discovery for the treatment of cancer and rare diseases. It utilizes artificial intelligence, generative computational chemistry, and leading biology to accelerate the drug development. It customise chemical libraries and utilizes advanced AI filters to identify therapeutic candidates.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 24%
Growth
top 35%
Tech
top 42%
AI
top 45%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 48%
Funding: Raised $50.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Sep 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 23 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Seed$26M
  • Jan 2025Seed$24.6M
Founders & team
Siddhartha MukherjeeCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
General Catalyst, Greylock Partners, The General Partnership, Blitzscaling Ventures, Westbound Equity, Mosaic Ventures
Tech stack
GodaddyGoogle WorkspaceHstsNext.JsNext.Js App RouterNode.Js
#7
Series D · New York City, New York · founded 2012 · 19 employees
$15.7Mraised

ProofPilot is an online platform for the development & execution of research studies. Researchers can use ProofPilot’s comprehensive solution to design their study, recruit participants, engage participants, manage tasks, and collect study data. Studies can now be developed four times faster and require less investment of time & money. Researchers can focus on research questions and real breakthroughs rather than recruitment and logistical management. ProofPilot allows researchers to define how they want participants to engage whether it's via ProofPilot's participant platform, mobile app, paired connected device, or in a clinic-based setting.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 26%
Talent
top 28%
Innovation
top 38%
Moat
top 39%
Funding
top 41%
Tech
bottom 47%
Product: 3 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D
Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5
Innovation: 3 product lines
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series D$7.7M
  • Jun 2024Series C$4.7M
  • Apr 2022Series B$12M
  • May 2016Seed$1.9M
Investors
Mitsui, Sopris Capital, First Trust Capital Partners, Excelra, Cue Ball, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
Tech stack
Hubspot Cms HubWistiaBootstrapEnvoyHubspotJsdelivr
#8
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2019 · 12 employees
$31.5Mraised

Provider of an AI-based medical image analysis software for healthcare professionals. The software has AI-enabled tools that assist professionals to diagnose pathological samples for diagnosis and treatment solutions. The tool uses AI technology to analyze pathological images of the patient and predict disease, it assists in the enhancement of the image and provides workflow management solutions.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 23%
AI
top 30%
Funding
top 32%
Moat
top 48%
Growth
bottom 42%
Global
bottom 37%
Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based
Funding: Raised $31.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (May 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2025Series B$11.2M
  • Feb 2024Series B$20.7M
Founders & team
Michael DonovanCo-FounderJack ZeinehCo-FounderGerardo FernandezCo-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Investors
Eventide Asset Management, LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, GenHenn Capital, MSD, Philips
#9
Series D · New York City, New York · founded 2016
$608Mraised

Provider of AI-powered drug discovery platform for various diseases. It leverages technology such as LLMs and the modern data stack in novel ways to efficiently design and operate clinical development in Atopic Dermatitis, Chronic Hand Eczema, and Knee Osteoarthritis.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 47k LinkedIn followers — 8.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2024Series D$372.2M
  • Sep 2021Series C$156M
  • 2018Series B$80M
  • 2017Series A
Founders & team
Benjamine LiuCo-Founder & CEOLinhao ZhangCo-Founder
Investors
Thrive Capital, Sequoia Capital, Willett Advisors, Casdin Capital, Felicis Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailGoogle WorkspaceHstsMailgunNext.Js
#10
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2019 · 24 employees
$21.1Mraised

Provider of an AI accelerator for biomedical research and drug discovery. The platform provides an AI drug discovery pipeline for researchers to develop novel immunotherapies in oncology and chronic inflammatory disease.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2025Seed$337.7K
  • Aug 2024Seed$3.1M
  • Mar 2024Seed$5M
  • Dec 2023Seed$500K
Founders & team
Ulo Palm MdCofounderZiwei LiangCo-FounderDavid LongoCEO
Investors
VTC Ventures, Route 66 Ventures, Banyan Pacific Capital, Citta Capital, IAG Capital Partners, NuFund
#11
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2023
$142Mraised

Provider of an AI models for protein design. The company has developed ESM3, a frontier language model for biology that can simultaneously reason over the sequence, structure, and function of proteins.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Biohub) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Seed$142M
Founders & team
Thomas HayesCo-FounderTom SercuCo-founderHalil AkinCo-Founder
Investors
Lux Capital, Amazon, NVentures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGsap
#12
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2023
$15Mraised

Developer of forensic immunology research tools. It builds experimental and computational tools to reconstruct immune histories from memory B and T cells. This helps uncover the causes of chronic diseases by identifying new disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets, enabling the development of diagnostics, cures, and treatments. The tools are designed to be scalable, cost-efficient, and accessible to the biomedical community. The research focuses on understanding the immune system's record of past exposures to identify hidden causes of chronic conditions like autoimmune diseases, long-COVID, psychiatric disorders, and dementia.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2025Series B$15M
Founders & team
Victor GreiffCo-FounderBeck BrachmanCo-Founder & CEORaymond AlvarezCo-Founder & Director of Immunobiology
Investors
Convergentresearch, NYCEDC

Funding & investor landscape

$4.1Btotal disclosed funding
87companies funded
260disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
HHS10 rounds
Design Technologies7 rounds
Y Combinator7 rounds
Blueprint Health6 rounds
Lux Capital6 rounds
SV Angel5 rounds
Andreessen Horowitz4 rounds
Casdin Capital4 rounds
Techstars4 rounds
F-Prime Capital3 rounds

Notable founders

Luca Naef
Co-Founder & CTO · Proxima
Zachary Carpenter
Co-Founder & CEO · Proxima
Marc Feiglin
Chief Technology Officer · Excelsior Sciences
Michael Foley
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer · Excelsior Sciences
Elliott Green
Co-Founder & CEO · Dandelion Health
Ziad Obermeyer
Co-Founder · Dandelion Health
Yujie Wu
Co-Founder & CTO · Atommap
Huafeng Xu
Founder and CEO · Atommap
Jeff He
Co-Founder & CEO · Tandem AI
Tom Tang
Co-Founder · Tandem AI
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Co-Founder & CEO · Manas AI
Michael Donovan
Co-Founder · PreciseDx
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,593,976 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Life Sciences Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Biotechnology is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Biotechnology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 6,260 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820162026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 44% → 42% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Harvard University209
  • Cornell University177
  • University of Tennessee at Chattanooga140
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute126
  • Johns Hopkins University121
leading researchers
Stylianos Chatzimanolis · TARIK DEDOVIC · KATH-RYN ANN F. HANKINS · Christoforos Pavlou · Giannis Bolanakis · Ashley R Tetens · Tyler Findlay · Jordyn Craig-Schwartz
Breakthroughs2,038 · 33%
▼ 41%→30% share
▼0.7× share momentum0 median citations71% since 2021mostly empirical
Gene-focused breakthrough research surged from 33 to 164 papers, making it the dominant rising sub-topic in a shrinking segment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Gene33→164
  • Transcription (linguistics)11→79
  • Antibody11→62
  • Genome6→56
  • Mutation7→56
Newly emergingIdentification (biology) 0→18 · Function (biology) 0→18 · Reporter gene 0→16
Landmark U1 snRNP regulates cancer cell migration and invasion in vitro · 7,224 cites
Advancements2,118 · 34%
▲ 29%→35% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations80% since 2021mostly empirical
Cell culture and gene expression advancements each jumped from 3 to 62 papers as the advancements segment grew from 29% to 35%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Gene8→110
  • Cell culture3→62
  • Gene expression3→62
  • Fermentation2→54
  • Downregulation and upregulation1→50
Newly emergingIdentification (biology) 0→27 · Probiotic 0→24 · Cultivar 0→23
Landmark Using Deep Learning for Image-Based Plant Disease Detection · 4,262 cites
Concerns1,006 · 16%
▼ 17%→15% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations73% since 2021mostly empirical
Antibiotic resistance concern papers tripled from 15 to 45, intensifying alongside newly emerging animal health and pest management topics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture19→58
  • Antibiotic resistance15→45
  • Public health4→31
  • Gene6→30
  • Production (economics)5→29
Newly emergingQuality (philosophy) 0→27 · Animal health 0→14 · Integrated pest management 0→13
Landmark The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate · 8,812 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where biotechnology is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Boston351 · +0.52
Hot · Cancer researchAdvancing · Nucleic acidOpportunity · Strain (injury)Concern · Antibiotics
New York319 · +0.47
Hot · GermplasmAdvancing · Genomic selectionOpportunity · CellConcern · Agriculture
SF Bay Area235 · +0.57
Hot · Near-infrared spectroscopyAdvancing · Fluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopyOpportunity · ReceptorConcern · Biochemical engineering
Philadelphia115 · +0.60
Hot · Chimeric antigen receptorAdvancing · Genetically modified mouseOpportunity · Transgene
San Diego101 · +0.59
Hot · Recombinant DNAAdvancing · Gene knockdownOpportunity · Cell cultureConcern · Cancer cell
Seattle95 · +0.46
Hot · Polymerase chain reactionAdvancing · Monoclonal antibodyOpportunity · Downregulation and upregulation
Chicago95 · +0.57
Hot · AntigenAdvancing · Untranslated regionOpportunity · Transcription factor
Los Angeles93 · +0.61
Hot · NucleaseAdvancing · GenomicsOpportunity · Cell
Pittsburgh65 · +0.54
Hot · MutationAdvancing · Nucleic acidOpportunity · Gene
Ann Arbor65 · +0.58
Hot · Cell cultureAdvancing · Identification (biology)Opportunity · Mutant
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing biotechnology patents in the United States

United States biotechnology patent filing is accelerating — 457,918 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Genentech, UNIV California, Regeneron Pharma; annual filings 36884→44446.

457,918 filings8,000 assigneespeak 51616/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Genentech18103
  • UNIV California17969
  • Regeneron Pharma16083
  • Amgen10510
  • Monsanto Technology9754
  • UNIV Pennsylvania8526
  • Harvard College7463
  • UNIV Texas7382

Common questions

How many Life Sciences Tech companies are there in New York, United States?
Radar tracks 167 indexable Life Sciences Tech companies headquartered in New York, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Life Sciences Tech companies in New York, United States?
The Life Sciences Tech companies in New York, United States on this list have raised a combined $4.1B in disclosed equity funding across 87 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Life Sciences Tech company in New York, United States?
Formation Bio is the highest-funded Life Sciences Tech company in New York, United States, with $608M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Life Sciences Tech companies in New York, United States are funded?
87 of the 167 Life Sciences Tech companies in New York, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Life Sciences Tech unicorns are there in New York, United States?
2 Life Sciences Tech companies in New York, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New York, United States Life Sciences Tech companies?
The most active investors in New York, United States Life Sciences Tech companies on this list include HHS, Design Technologies, Y Combinator, Blueprint Health, Lux Capital.
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