February 24, 2020
Karius raises $165 million for its liquid biopsy technology identifying diseases with a blood draw
“What Karius is good at is identifying those novel microbes before they...
January 31, 2020
Mammoth Biosciences aims to be Illumina for the gene editing generation
In 1998, the startup company Illumina launched a revolution in the life sciences...
December 10, 2019
$125 million for Inscripta may usher in the next wave of genetic engineering
In these waning days of the second decade of the twenty-first century,...
August 10, 2019
Biotech researchers venture into the wild to start their own business
Much of Silicon Valley mythology is centered on the founder-as-hero narrative....
August 7, 2019
What tech gets right about healthcare
Why is tech still aiming for the healthcare industry? It seems full of endless...
January 17, 2019
Driving down the cost of preserving genetic material, Acorn Biolabs raises $3.3 million
Acorn Biolabs wants consumers to pay them to store genetic material in a...
November 29, 2018
Agtech startup Imago AI is using computer vision to boost crop yields
Presenting onstage today in the 2018 TC Disrupt Berlin Battlefield is Indian...
August 29, 2018
George Church’s genetics on the blockchain startup just raised $4.3 million from Khosla
Nebula Genomics, the startup that wants to put your whole genome on the...
February 9, 2018
Human sequencing pioneer George Church wants to give you the power to sell your DNA on the blockchain
The blockchain is the buzziest thing on the internet these days and now...
September 13, 2016
Rex Animal Health is using genomics to keep livestock healthy
A startup called Rex Animal Health wants to protect livestock from...