
Ginkgo Bioworks
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Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
This list has 157 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 23 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (49), Boston (9), and New York (8). Largest teams: Redcliffe Lifetech, Orange Health Labs, and Ginkgo Bioworks. Latest round: Stride raised £4.6M (Oct 14, 2026).
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Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Personalized drug discovery for blood cancer.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Redcliffe Labs is India's Largest Omni-channel Diagnostics platform
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India's Fastest Diagnostics Service
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The genetic testing platform detecting and measuring disease.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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We make robots for biologists.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States

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Building Clinical Superintelligence.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Nomic is doing for proteins what Illumina has done for DNA
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Absorbable wrap for blood vessels
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HQ: Houston, TX, United States
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$10M · Debt · May 2026

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Scarlet, the certification body for AI and software medical devices, today announced a $50 million Series B led by Headline, with participation from new investor Notion Capital and existing investors ...
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$50M · Series B · Oct 2026
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Sava Technologies, a London-based HealthTech company developing a wearable biosensor platform that detects molecules just beneath the skin, today announced a €32.08 million ($36 million) Series B round to fund…
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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€32.1M · Series B · Oct 2026
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Enabling health professionals to prescribe clinical-grade wellness…
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HQ: Athens, Greece

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Robotic Automation for cancer diagnostics - Robotic Microscopes &…
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BBy powders breast milk that's immunologically active & lasts 6 months
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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As many as 1 in 3 urine cultures come back negative, yet the burning and urgency keep coming. A Cornell Tech spinout says the infection is often still there: in a study of 200+ culture-negative samples, its…
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$9M · Oct 2026

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UK-basedpreventative health startup Stride has raised £4.6 million in seed funding tofurther develop its diagnostics-driven health platform and supportinternational expansion. The round includes inves...
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£4.6M · Seed · Oct 2026

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MintNeuro, an Imperial College London spinout developing specialised chips for neural devices from implants to wearables, has raised $5 million to drive its commercial scale-up. The company is develop...
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$5M · Oct 2026

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We make cancer care at home possible.
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HQ: Galway, Ireland

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Next generation infectious disease test kits
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HQ: Emeryville, CA, United States

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Pioneering Breast Cancer Diagnostics for a Healthier Tomorrow
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Bringing non-invasive brain stimulation from the hospital to the home
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HQ: Mexico City, Mexico

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Building AI therapeutics for physical health conditions like IBS.
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HQ: Melbourne, Australia

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Real-World Data for Health Innovation
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Exoskeletons to help people walk, starting with children
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CRISPR powered Diagnostics with results in minutes.
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HQ: San Diego, CA, United States

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AI Powered Animal Diagnostics
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Replacing orthodontic braces with our clear aligner and software
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Automated tooth cutting for dentists using imaging, AI and robotics
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Blood Test for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
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HQ: Denver, CO, United States

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Instant lab tests on your smartphone
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HQ: India

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Engineering a future without cancer deaths.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Patient Intelligence Platform for Genetic Disease
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Brain Longevity
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Early, pain-free cancer detection.
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HQ: Bangkok, Thailand

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Predicting and preventing heart disease.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Medical device that provides a more effective, less invasive…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
There are 157 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
23 of them are hiring right now, including Ginkgo Bioworks, Notable Labs, and BillionToOne.
By team size: Redcliffe Lifetech (3,500 employees), Orange Health Labs (1,100 employees), and Ginkgo Bioworks (641 employees).
Latest rounds: Stride — £4.6M Seed (Oct 2026), Curadel Surgical Innovations — $49.8M Equity + debt (Oct 2026), and Scarlet — $50M Series B (Oct 2026).
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (49), Boston (9), and New York (8).