Benchling
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Benchling is a company that develops a cloud-based informatics platform for life sciences research and development. It offers dashboards, analytics, codeless configuration, integrations, APIs, and provides a suite of unified applications such as a notebook, a registry, an inventory, etc.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2012 | |
| HQ | San Francisco, CA, US | Map |
| Website | benchling.com | |
| Employee Ratings | More |
Recent NewsAll News
- Biotech R&D Startup Benchling Hits $4 Billion Valuation As The Company Starts Laying Groundwork For An IPO
- Benchling Hires Richard Wong as CFO and Zach Powers as CISO
- Global Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) Market Trajectory & Analytics 2021-2027, Featuring Abbott Informatics, Benchling, Labii Inc., SciNote LLC. and More
- $900 million cloud startup Benchling just launched a new product to help companies ramp up COVID research
Key People/Management at Benchling
Sajith Wickramasekara
Founder & CEO
Ashu Singhal
Co-Founder & President
Jon Fan
Vice President of Products
Sam Partovi
Vice President of Sales
Rene Larro
VP Customer Experience
Michaela Downs
Head of Sales Operations
Benchling Office Locations
Benchling has an office in San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, US (HQ)
555 Montgomery St #1700, San Francisco
Benchling Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2012 |
Benchling total Funding | $111.9 m |
Benchling latest funding size | $50 m |
Time since last funding | a year ago |
Benchling investors | Y Combinator, Menlo Ventures, Benchmark, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Kevin Mahaffey, Lead Edge Capital, Lux Capital, Benchmark Capital, F-Prime Capital, Alkeon, ICONIQ Partners |
Benchling's latest funding round in May 2020 was reported to be $50 m. In total, Benchling has raised $111.9 m
Benchling Cybersecurity Score
Benchling Online and Social Media Presence
7.16k Twitter followers
Benchling has 7.16k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 1.5% month over month and increased 4.4% quarter over quarter
Benchling's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @benchling
3.7k
Tweets
2k
Following
7.2k
Followers
24
Tweets last 30 days
8.8
Avg. likes per Tweet
83.3%
Tweets with engagement
Benchling News and Updates
April 14, 2021
Biotech R&D Startup Benchling Hits $4 Billion Valuation As The Company Starts Laying Groundwork For An IPO
Sajith Wickramasekara was just 24 when he got on Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his biotech R&D startup Benchling.
April 02, 2021
Benchling Hires Richard Wong as CFO and Zach Powers as CISO
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Benchling, the leading life sciences R&D cloud, today announced that a series of executives have joined the company, including senior leaders with previous experience at LinkedIn and Salesforce, as CFO and CISO. The expanded executive team will...
March 11, 2021
Global Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) Market Trajectory & Analytics 2021-2027, Featuring Abbott Informatics, Benchling, Labii Inc., SciNote LLC. and More
Dublin, March 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) estimated at US$425.…
January 27, 2021
$900 million cloud startup Benchling just launched a new product to help companies ramp up COVID research
Summary List PlacementCloud startup Benchling just launched a new product to help life sciences companies make better decisions in research and development, particularly as firms ramp up coronavirus testing and vaccination strategies.
Benchling, which has over 400 customers and has raised $111.8 m…
January 14, 2021
Benchling Doubles Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) for Fourth Straight Year Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- With biotech seizing headlines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Benchling - the industry's most widely adopted life science R&D cloud - closed another record-breaking year. The company doubled its annual recurring revenue (ARR) for the fourth year...
September 23, 2020
Benchling Appoints Biotech and SaaS Veterans to Board of Directors
Benchling announced today that it appointed Jennifer Goldsmith, former Veeva SVP, and Ron Gill, former Netsuite CFO, as independent board directors. Goldsmith brings an extensive background at the intersection of life sciences and software, including experience taking Veeva through IPO, while Gill b…
Benchling Blogs
May 04, 2021
Helping Biotech Thrive: Insights From a Bench Scientist Turned Benchling Advocate
About Lauren Kossy Lauren Kossy, Sales Development Representative at Benchling, spent the first part of her career in the pharmaceutical industry, researching treatments for infectious disease and cancer through in vitro and in vivo pharmacology. From microbiology to automation engineering, she help…
April 20, 2021
The State of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture Research
Big data and artificial intelligence are rapidly infiltrating many industries, and plant biotechnology is no exception. From the lab, to the greenhouse, to the field, and back to the lab, the role played by artificial intelligence in agriculture is growing. The number of papers featuring artificial …
April 01, 2021
Benchling & Pairwise: Cultivating the fruits and vegetables of tomorrow
Download the PDF Pairwise’s mission is to build a healthier world through better fruits and vegetables. Each new innovation, whether a pitless cherry or a more nutritious leafy green, starts as an idea. The team uses CRISPR to turn these ideas into plants, which are grown in a greenhouse, then molec…
March 31, 2021
Harnessing Complex Data to Drive AgriTech Innovation
To feed our growing world, we will need to produce more food, more efficiently, as populations increase, as arable lands decrease, and as we push against yield losses and drags due to pests, disease, climate, and uncertainties in the supply chain. The industry also has to be good stewards of the lan…
March 23, 2021
Benchling & Enveda Biosciences: Building a Backbone for Machine Learning in the Life Sciences
Download the PDF Enveda is using the power of nature’s chemistry to inspire new medicines for the toughest diseases. Their core technology is a computational metabolomics platform, which works like a powerful chemical search engine to unearth millions of new chemicals from mass spectral data, link t…
March 09, 2021
Clara Foods Uses Fermentation Science to Cultivate Animal Proteins, Without the Animal
Future foods are providing compelling alternatives to animal products through fermentation science. Strain engineering and microbial fermentation technologies allow scientists to pursue radical new ideas, support the founding of innovative, fledgling life science companies, and enable existing organ…
Benchling Frequently Asked Questions
When was Benchling founded?
Benchling was founded in 2012.
Who are Benchling key executives?
Benchling's key executives are Sajith Wickramasekara, Ashu Singhal and Jon Fan.
How many employees does Benchling have?
Benchling has 394 employees.
Who are Benchling competitors?
Competitors of Benchling include LabWare, LabVantage Solutions and Caliber.
Where is Benchling headquarters?
Benchling headquarters is located at 555 Montgomery St #1700, San Francisco, San Francisco.
Where are Benchling offices?
Benchling has an office in San Francisco.
How many offices does Benchling have?
Benchling has 1 office.
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