Top Life Sciences Startups in 2024

Nucleus is building a DTC genetic testing platform that provides innovative genetic risk and disposition score analyses on an extensive number of diseases and traits by leveraging whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Nucleus provides WGS genetic testing kits for users to receive rare variant analysis and polygenic scores across a wide variety of diseases and traits — ranging from breast cancer risk to longevity disposition. Individuals who have done DTC microarray genetic testing from companies such as 23andMe can upload their genotyped DNA on the Nucleus platform to receive a subset of the possible genetic analyses, centering around polygenic scores. These scores are calculated by combining the effects of hundreds, thousands, or even millions of DNA letters that vary from one individual to another.

Thirty Madison is a family of specialized healthcare brands devoted to creating exceptional outcomes for all. Each of its specialized brands is focused on a specific ongoing condition, and thoughtfully designed to support the unique needs of its community with personalized treatments and care; with Keeps for men's hair loss, Cove for migraine, Picnic for allergies, Facet for skin conditions, and NURX for sexual health. With empathy at the heart of its innovation, its proprietary care model empowers hundreds of thousands of people with ongoing conditions with the accessible, effective treatments across a lifetime of care.

Candid is redefining oral health by using modern technology to help deliver human-focused care. With a commitment to creating the best outcomes, Candid inspires confidence and promotes wellbeing. We believe that high-quality orthodontics should be affordable and accessible, and we’re pioneering an innovative approach to diagnosing, treating, and monitoring cases remotely. Our team is a group of startup veterans with experience across healthcare, hospitality, tech, and finance at companies such as Lyft, BCG, Airbnb, Blackstone, and Clover Health.

We’re a growing company. Everything we do, we do to help people grow into the best version of themselves. As the pioneers of hair wellness, we create natural, clinically effective formulas for hair growth and provide support for people at every step of their hair journey. Our multi-factorial approach targets the root causes of hair thinning using a patented blend of medical-grade botanicals—and is recommended by over 3,000 physicians and hair professionals for trusted, reliable results. We never settle, and are continuously challenging existing treatments and methodologies to advance the frontier of hair science. As we help our customers grow, we grow too—by embracing individuality and differences, leading by example, and empowering ourselves and others with our passion for wellness and innovation. Keep growing. It’s our mantra. Our commitment to helping anybody and everybody committed to realizing their own potential to grow.

Synonym is a financing and development platform for essential biomanufacturing infrastructure - we’re building production capacity for synthetic biology companies and creating a new asset class for investors. We provide synbio companies with flexible capacity for microbial fermentation.  We build new biomanufacturing facilities, offering synbio companies access to dedicated, scalable capacity for minimal upfront capital investment. We accelerate project timelines and minimize internal complexity by handling facility development activities, from site selection through commissioning. We provide capital markets partners with curated access to biomanufacturing infrastructure investments, an emerging asset class and we manage these investments on behalf of investors, with an emphasis on risk management and maximizing returns.

One Medical is the fastest growing primary care practice in the country. But this is no ordinary doctor’s office. Everything we do is built around how people live today. From our office experience to the exceptional people we hire to technology that simplifies getting — and giving — care, we’re transforming healthcare and truly changing people’s lives.

Our solution: more resources, tools, and support for primary care providers. It takes a strong patient-physician relationship to deliver high-quality, efficient care. Our model fosters these relationships so patients and providers have a better experience, and the total cost of care is lowered - not from keeping patients away from care but by keeping them healthier.

Zuub is the first dental SaaS company to develop automated patient sales and retention tools to help dental practitioners and Dental Service Organizations increase production with an easy deployment of an automated sales process. The dental industry has traditionally relied on consultants and office staff to create an efficient sales organization that will convert more patients to accept treatment, and increase revenue. The problem with this model is that there were no tools to help dental practices achieve success, until the introduction of Zuub. Our fully automated system immediately begins interacting with patients after they have left the dental office, and through digital treatment plans, and simple integration of financing, appointing, and communication tools, we begin generating additional appointment requests from patients ready to commit to their course of treatment.

The Journal of Medical Insight (JOMI) is a peer-reviewed journal that films and publishes surgical procedures to support surgical education. JOMI acts as a bridge to high-volume surgeons seeking to improve delivery of care around the world. It is especially relevant for surgeons, students, and OR staff studying/preparing for cases. JOMI subscribers include Mass. General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Stanford, Cornell, UCSF, John Hopkins, and numerous other top hospitals and institutions. A list of subscribers is available at jomi.com/subscribers. What makes JOMI unique? jomi.com/unique

Datavant protects, connects, and delivers the world’s health data to power better decisions and advance human health. Datavant is a data logistics company for healthcare whose products and solutions enable organizations to move and connect data securely. Datavant has a network of networks consisting of thousands of organizations, more than 70,000 hospitals and clinics, 70% of the 100 largest health systems, and an ecosystem of 500+ real-world data partners. Founded in 2017, we’ve doubled our team size and revenue every year. Our merger with Ciox Health, the leader in clinical data exchange, has made us the nation’s largest health data ecosystem with a $3.5B valuation. We are a remote-first team of ~1500 employees distributed across the US, Canada, and Europe.