
Pardes Biosciences
What they do:
We break viruses
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
This list has 83 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 3 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (37), Boston (8), and New York (5). Largest teams: OpenBiome, Sensible Biotechnologies, and Sequence Bio. Latest round: Altay Therapeutics raised $15.7M (Oct 2, 2026).

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We break viruses
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Altay develops disease-modifying therapies targeting transcription…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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$15.7M · Equity · Oct 2026

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AI drug discovery platform for neurotherapeutics
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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$2.16M · Options · Feb 2026

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A nonprofit stool bank enabling access to fecal transplants.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Unlocking the next generation of mRNA medicines
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HQ: Oxford, United Kingdom

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Discovering the true signals of disease to power life-changing drugs.
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HQ: St. John's, Canada

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RNA medicines for liver diseases
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Targeting Cancer with Click Chemistry
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Multimodal AI Platform for Modality Agnostic Drug Discovery™
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Kernal is creating mRNA 2.0 therapies that work in specific cells
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Empowering Mass Spec for Biotech and Beyond
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States

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Diversifying precision cancer diagnostics and treatments
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HQ: Accra, Ghana

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Using CRISPR to find treatments for cancer and inflammation
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, a Clinical stage biotechnology company…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States

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Discovering bispecific antibody drug-conjugates (BsADC) against cancer
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States

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Computational antibody design
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States

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We create activating antibodies to treat diseases others can’t.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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First ECG AI to go beyond diagnostics and recommend treatment
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Cloud AI microscopy automation
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States

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We bank your stem cells to help you live healthier, longer.
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HQ: Ann Arbor, MI, United States

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Human whole body end-of-life preservation for later revival.
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HQ: Portland, OR, United States

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Building programmable therapeutics for the immune system
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Using protein coupling to build new therapies
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Adventris makes cancer vaccines
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HQ: Baltimore, MD, United States

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We are using the gut microbiome to end cancer.
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HQ: San Diego, CA, United States

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Utilizing monogenic disorders to inform and solve highly complex…
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HQ: Portland, OR, United States

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Combinations therapy by rational design
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HQ: New York, NY, United States

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Developing long-lasting drug formulations 50% faster
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HQ: Sacramento, CA, United States

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Elevated mRNA for transformative medicines.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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RNA intelligence for precision medicine
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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Curative genetic medicines for kidney diseases
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HQ: New York, NY, United States

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Genetic Medicine with Small Molecules
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States

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A platform to make artificial viruses as cancer therapeutics.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States

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Platform injectable gel based therapeutic for osteoarthritis
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HQ: Galway, Ireland

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Deliver genes to any cell with AI
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HQ: London, United Kingdom

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Breakthrough medicines unlocking the biology of heme
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
There are 83 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
3 of them are hiring right now, including Andson Biotech, SafeBeat, and Biodock.
By team size: OpenBiome (70 employees), Sensible Biotechnologies (55 employees), and Sequence Bio (52 employees).
Latest rounds: Altay Therapeutics — $15.7M Equity (Oct 2026) and Exin Therapeutics — $2.16M Options (Feb 2026).
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (37), Boston (8), and New York (5).