
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 117 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 19 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (49), Boston (9), and New York (8). Largest teams: Ginkgo Bioworks, BillionToOne, and Opentrons. Latest round: Curadel Surgical Innovations raised $49.8M (Oct 13, 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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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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Building Clinical Superintelligence.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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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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BBy powders breast milk that's immunologically active & lasts 6 months
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Next generation infectious disease test kits
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CRISPR powered Diagnostics with results in minutes.
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AI Powered Animal Diagnostics
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Automated tooth cutting for dentists using imaging, AI and robotics
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Blood Test for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
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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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Brain Longevity
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Medical device that provides a more effective, less invasive…
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Autonomous surgical robots
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MedCrypt gives medical device vendors cybersecurity features in a few…
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Cancer Diagnosis 10X faster, 10X cheaper
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AI-powered platform for Accessible and Personalized Breast Health…
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First ECG AI to go beyond diagnostics and recommend treatment
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We make injections as easy as pushing a button!
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At-home diagnostics as a service
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A new way of seeing inside the human body.
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The API for Diagnostic Test Analysis (COVID-19, FLU, RSV, STD,…
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Cancer screening without barriers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Fast, smart, accessible 3D ultrasound that anyone can use
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HQ: Durham, NC, United States
There are 117 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
19 of them are hiring right now, including Ginkgo Bioworks, Notable Labs, and BillionToOne.
By team size: Ginkgo Bioworks (641 employees), BillionToOne (300 employees), and Opentrons (300 employees).
Latest rounds: Curadel Surgical Innovations — $49.8M Equity + debt (Oct 2026), Colonial Outpatient Surgery Center — $915K Equity (Sep 2026), and Surgery Center of Wasilla — $2.25M Equity (Jun 2026).
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (49), Boston (9), and New York (8).