Top 6 Genetics Unicorns in 2024

Updated:

January 22, 2024

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Have you ever wondered which private companies in the Genetics industry have the highest valuations?

You’re not alone.

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There are lots of unicorn companies in this space, and it can be difficult to keep track of them all.

We've decided to take a deep dive and put together a list containing 6 Genetics unicorn startups, from highest to lowest valuation.

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6 Genetics Unicorns Companies

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1) Color

Color is a clinical genetics company that makes it possible to streamline the process of gathering genetic data.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $4.60B (January 2021)

  • Country: United States

  • State: California

  • City: Burlingame

  • Started in: 2013

  • Founders: Elad Gil, Nish Bhat, Othman Laraki, Taylor Sittler

  • Number of employees: 500-1,000

  • Funding: $496.04M

  • Funding rounds: 9

  • Number of investors: 35

You can find their website here.

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2) Abogen Biosciences

Abogen Biosciences is a biotechnology company in the discovery phase that focuses on the development of nucleic acid-based RNA and DNA therapeutics.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $3.70B (November 2021)

  • Country: China

  • State: Jiangsu

  • City: Suzhou

  • Started in: 2019

  • Founders: James Nightingale

  • Number of employees: 501-1000

  • Funding: $1,400.00M

  • Funding rounds: 33

  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

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3) Tessera Therapeutics

Tessera Therapeutics is a biotechnology firm specialising in a new class of genetic medicines.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.69B (April 2022)

  • Country: United States

  • State: Massachusetts

  • City: Cambridge

  • Started in: 2018

  • Founders: Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Jacob Rubens

  • Number of employees: 101-250

  • Funding: $531.76M

  • Funding rounds: 3

  • Number of investors: 13

You can find their website here.

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4) Prime Medicine

Prime Medicine operates as a biotechnology company that delivers the promise of gene editing using Prime Editing.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.20B (July 2021)

  • Country: United States

  • State: Massachusetts

  • City: Cambridge

  • Started in: 2019

  • Founders: Andrew Anzalone, David R. Liu, Jeremy Duffield

  • Number of employees: 50-100

  • Funding: $150.93M

  • Funding rounds: 2

  • Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

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5) BostonGene

BostonGene is a biomedical software company that specialises in advanced patient analysis and personalised cancer treatment.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.00B (April 2022)

  • Country: United States

  • State: Massachusetts

  • City: Waltham

  • Started in: 2015

  • Founders: Andrew Feinberg

  • Number of employees: 101-250

  • Funding: $200.00M

  • Funding rounds: 2

  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

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6) Mammoth Biosciences

Mammoth Biosciences develops novel CRISPR applications for disease detection, research, agriculture, biodefense, and more.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.00B (September 2021)

  • Country: United States

  • State: California

  • City: Brisbane

  • Started in: 2017

  • Founders: Ashley Tehranchi, Janice Chen, Jennifer Doudna, Lucas Harrington, Trevor Martin

  • Number of employees: 100-250

  • Funding: $279.69M

  • Funding rounds: 7

  • Number of investors: 26

You can find their website here.

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