Biotechnology Research startups in San Francisco Bay Area

Xaira Therapeutics

South San Francisco

an integrated biotechnology company driving advances in AI to transform how we treat disease.

Attovia Therapeutics

San Carlos

Attovia is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation therapeutics for immune-mediated diseases with high unmet need.

Cellanome

Foster City

Reveal cellular choreography.

Deep Origin

South San Francisco

Accelerating R&D to untangle the complexity of life and discover drugs

Eikon Therapeutics

Millbrae

Eikon Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that develops live-cell resolution microscopy and engineering for drug discovery.

insitro

South San Francisco

Insitro is a drug discovery and development startup that utilizes machine learning and biology to transform drug discovery.

Ultima Genomics

Fremont

Ultima Genomics is a developer of a low-cost sequencing platform.

Shennon Biotechnologies

San Francisco

ShennonBio has developed a proprietary platform that can profile millions of immune cells functionally at the single cell level at unprecedented throughput and accuracy, which resolves a key bottleneck in immunotherapy. We utilize the platform to functionally profile immune cells and their cognate antigens and apply this knowledge to develop more effective therapies against solid tumors and autoimmune diseases. Based in San Francisco next to UCSF Mission Bay, we are funded by DCVC, Foundation Capital and AV8. www.shennonbio.com

Kyverna Therapeutics

Emeryville

Harnessing the power of cell therapy in autoimmune disease.

Alamar Biosciences

Fremont

Powering Precision Proteomics with unrivaled sensitivity and simplicity

Vera Therapeutics

Brisbane

We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing treatments that transform patients’ lives.

Aether Biomachines

Menlo Park

We're building the post-scarcity future.

OneSkin

San Francisco

OneSkin is a longevity company on a mission to transform the way we think about skin and aging. Founded by a team of four female PhDs, OneSkin’s products focus on skin longevity. OneSkin’s proprietary peptide, OS-01, is the first ingredient designed to reduce skin's biological age by improving skin barrier, supporting DNA damage repair, and preventing the accumulation of aged cells.

Adicet Bio

Redwood City

At Adicet (Nasdaq: ACET), we are defined by our mission to deliver best-in-class gamma-delta T cell therapies for patients fighting autoimmune diseases and cancer.

Genesis Molecular AI

Burlingame

Genesis Therapeutics unifies AI and biotech to accelerate the discovery of new medicines.

Synthego

Menlo Park

Synthego is a genome engineering company that enables access to CRISPR to accelerate life science research and development.

Neurona Therapeutics

South San Francisco

Neurona Therapeutics is a biotherapeutics company that focuses on developing cell-based therapies to address neurological disorders.

Karius

Redwood City

Karius is a life sciences company focused on saving lives from infectious diseases.

Encoded Therapeutics

South San Francisco

Encoded Therapeutics is a Harnessing the regulatory genome to create next-generation molecular therapies.

Codexis

Redwood City

Codexis is a biosciences company applying synthetic chemistry technologies to create improved versions of small molecule therapeutics.

Cytek Biosciences

Fremont

Cytek Biosciences is a manufacturer and supplier of flow cytometry products and services.

Roxro Pharma

Menlo Park

Roxro Pharma offers ROX-888 and ROX-828, drugs developed for the treatment of pain.

Slingshot Biosciences

Emeryville

Accelerate beyond traditional controls with precision-engineered cell mimics

Centrillion Technology

Palo Alto

Centrillion Biosciences develops genomics and DNA analyses technology for personalized medicine, life sciences research, and bioinformatics.

Nitrase Therapeutics

Brisbane

Nitrase Therapeutics is developing drugs against newly discovered nitration enzyme(s).

Tizona Therapeutics

South San Francisco

Tizona develops next-generation immunotherapies

Axys Pharmaceuticals

South San Francisco

AXYS Pharmaceuticals is engaged in the discovery and development of therapeutic small molecules.

Ossium Health

San Francisco

Ossium applies bioengineering to improve health, vitality, and longevity, aiming to extend human life and well-being across all life stages.

Lycia Therapeutics

South San Francisco

Lycia is a Series B biotech company built on a platform developed by academic founder Professor Carolyn Bertozzi at Stanford, arising from Stanford research, with potential to deliver next-generation therapeutics for difficult-to-treat dise

Vivodyne

San Francisco

Vivodyne is a company dedicated to accelerating the discovery of cures for human diseases. Its mission frames the company's purpose.

Atomic AI

South San Francisco

Atomic AI uses AI and structural biology to redesign molecules, with an R&D platform built on Science-cover research to target RNA structure and tackle undruggable diseases, guided by an interdisciplinary computational and experimental biol

NewLimit

South San Francisco

NewLimit is a biotechnology company developing medicines to treat age-related diseases by reprogramming the epigenome to restore regenerative potential in aged and diseased cells. It uses functional genomics, pooled perturbation screens, an

ReviR Therapeutics

South San Francisco

ReviR Therapeutics is a genomics-based platform that develops novel medicines targeting human RNAs.

GenEdit

South San Francisco

GenEdit tackles delivery challenges in genetic medicines using its NanoGalaxy platform, a library of thousands of non-viral, polymer nanoparticles. Through iterative screening it identifies nanoparticles that deliver payloads to target tiss

MapLight Therapeutics

Redwood City

Maplight is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops novel therapeutics for central nervous system disorders, with a focus on bringing new treatments to patients.

Frontier Medicines

South San Francisco

Frontier Medicines is a precision medicine company with offices in South San Francisco and Boston that uses chemoproteomics, covalent drug discovery, and machine learning to target disease-causing proteins previously undruggable; its lead p

Culture Biosciences

South San Francisco

Culture is a cloud-based bioreactor lab that accelerates bioprocess development by letting customers design experiments and have Culture execute them in its high-throughput bioreactor cloud lab, with real-time data monitoring and analytics

Checkerspot

Alameda

Checkerspot is a biology driven, molecule licensing company designing fats and oils through precision fermentation.

Earli

Redwood City

Turning Cancer Against Itself.

Octant

Emeryville

Octant Bio is a developer of synthetic technology used to improve health and treat disease.

Ambys Medicines

South San Francisco

Ambys Medicines is focused on unlocking the full potential of hepatocyte transplantation and transforming the treatment of severe liver disease.

Tenaya Therapeutics

South San Francisco

Tenaya Therapeutics a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops novel therapies to treat heart diseases.

Alpine Bio

South San Francisco

We are an ingredient innovation company pioneering new forms of purification and biomanufacturing to liberate ingredients from legacy constraints across functionality, flavor, bioactivity, and sustainability.

Epicrispr Biotechnologies

South San Francisco

South San Francisco-based · biotechnology research.

AN2 Therapeutics

Menlo Park

Menlo Park-based · biotechnology research.

Mission Bio

South San Francisco

Mission Bio solves complex biological problems using precision engineering, innovative biochemistry, and supported bioinformatics. Spun out from UCSF in 2014, it leverages Adam Abate’s droplet microfluidics to unlock single-cell biology for

Vaxcyte

San Carlos

Vaxcyte is a vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases.

Personalis

Fremont

Personalis is a contract research organization and genome-scale diagnostics services company specializing in genome guided medicine.

Guardant Health

Palo Alto

Guardant Health is a precision oncology company that uses blood tests, data sets, and analytics to provide treatment to cancer patients.

Ultragenyx

Novato

Leading with purpose.

Coherus Oncology

Redwood City

Coherus Biosciences develops, manufactures, and commercializes biologic therapeutics for oncology and inflammatory diseases.

Eureka Therapeutics

Emeryville

Emeryville-based · biotechnology research.

FibroGen

San Francisco

We are committed to discovering, developing, and commercializing a pipeline of first-in-class therapeutics to change the lives of people globally. We are also committed to being a place where our people and science thrive. Using our pioneering expertise in connective tissue growth factor (CGTF) and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) biology and clinical development, we hope to make a difference for people with unmet medical needs, including anemia, fibrotic disease and cancer. Pamrevlumab, an anti-CTGF human monoclonal antibody, is currently in clinical development for the treatment of locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Roxadustat, an oral medication, is the first in a new class of medicines comprising HIF-PH inhibitors and is approved in China, Europe, Japan, and numerous other countries for the treatment of anemia of chronic kidney disease. We have recently expanded our research and development portfolio to include product candidates in the immuno-oncology and autoimmune space. Want to learn more? Visit https://www.fibrogen.com/our-culture. Please be aware that the FBI recently issued a warning about an increased number of fake job postings for remote work employment that target applicants' personally identifiable information. All approved FibroGen positions are only accessible via the FibroGen Careers page at www.fibrogen.com/careers.

Cepheid

Sunnyvale

Cepheid is a diagnostics company that provides molecular systems and tests for organisms and genetic-based diseases.

Geltor

San Leandro

Geltor is the biodesign company powering the products of the future with effective, sustainable, animal-free proteins

Twist Bioscience

South San Francisco

Twist Bioscience is a biotechnology company that offers synthetic DNA solutions, gene synthesis, and variant libraries.

Geron

Foster City

Changing lives by changing the course of blood cancer.

Abdera Therapeutics

South San Francisco

Abdera Therapeutics Inc. is a precision oncology company developing next-generation targeted radiation therapies using a modular platform to deliver radioisotopes to selectively destroy tumor cells while sparing healthy tissue, enabling rap

Rezo Therapeutics

San Francisco

Rezo is a biopharma company building a disease-agnostic, fully integrated network biology platform to dramatically increase drug development success, led by UCSF-origin founders with a proven track record of FDA-approved drugs.

Vilya

South San Francisco

Vilya is a computational biotechnology company creating a novel class of medicines by exploring uncharted chemical space within cyclic peptides and designing new structures with advanced computing; co-founded by IPD scientists led by David

Electra Therapeutics

South San Francisco

A unique vision on mastering SIRP.

Estrella Biopharma

Emeryville

Emeryville-based · biotechnology research.

Imago BioSciences

San Carlos

San Carlos-based · biotechnology research.

Trace Neuroscience

South San Francisco

Trace Neuroscience is a biopharmaceutical company that aims to extend the promise of genetic medicine to patients.

Federation Bio

South San Francisco

Federation Bio is a microbial therapeutics company targeting diseases in which the human microbiome can play a curative role.

Catalyst Biosciences

South San Francisco

Catalyst is a research and clinical development biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing unmet medical needs in rare disorders of the complement and coagulation systems.

Allakos

Redwood City

Allakos is a biotechnology company developing therapeutic antibodies targeting allergy, inflammatory and proliferative diseases.