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"Biotech" Startups in San Francisco

Every active San Francisco startup we index that carries the "Biotech" tag.

All startups in San Francisco → "Biotech" startups nationwide →

Last updated

2026-09-02

Hiring right now 3% 2 of 70

Open roles 52

City San Francisco

Our index currently lists 70 tech startups in San Francisco tagged "Biotech" — a city×tag slice of the live directory, not every "Biotech" company nationwide and not every San Francisco startup regardless of tag. 3% of this slice is hiring right now (2 of 70). Apply links on each profile go to the company's own site; we don't act as a middleman. "Biotech" startups in San Francisco include Benchling, 10x Science, 1849 bio, Alchemy, and Alga Biosciences. Categories represented here: Healthcare, AI / ML, and Climate. YC batches in this slice: S26, S24, W22, and S21, among others. Widen the view anytime: all San Francisco startups at /startups/location/san-francisco, or every "Biotech" company nationwide at /startups/tag/biotech.

Unlocking the power of biotech with modern software for modern science

The AI-native platform for next-generation protein characterization.

Artificial IntelligenceSaaSB2B

Engineering microbes for miners to unlock billions in trapped metal

Hard TechSynthetic BiologyBiotech

AI-powered image analysis for life sciences

AI-powered Drug DiscoveryMachine LearningSaaS

Alga Biosciences

We stop cows from burping methane.

BiotechClimateAgriculture

Targeting the Tumor Ecosystem to address cancer drug resistance.

BiotechTherapeuticsDrug discovery

Altay Therapeutics

Altay develops disease-modifying therapies targeting transcription…

AI-powered Drug DiscoveryBiotechTherapeutics

Gen AI molecular simulations that reproduce wetlab results

AI-powered Drug DiscoveryArtificial IntelligenceBiotech

Ansa Biotechnologies

Next-generation DNA synthesis using enzymes

Synthetic BiologyBiotech

We're training the next generation of protein foundation models.

Artificial IntelligenceDeep LearningBiotech

Anto Biosciences

A Foundation Model for Microbial Communities.

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIBiotech

We build better immunotherapies

We make bacteria and plants that clean up pollution.

BiotechSustainability

Catena Biosciences

Using protein coupling to build new therapies

BiotechTherapeutics

The world's first AI-maximalist pharma company

AI-powered Drug DiscoveryBiotechDrug Delivery

Culture Biosciences

We grow cells for biotech companies.

Cellular AgricultureBiotech

Generative AI for protein design

AI-powered Drug DiscoveryDeep LearningGenerative AI

Dorian Therapeutics

New therapeutics to rejuvenate tissue and treat age-related diseases

Anti-AgingBiotechTherapeutics

Potent, durable, and redosable non-viral genetic medicines

Synthetic BiologyBiotechHealthcare

Where drug teams run their entire program, discovery to FDA approval

Artificial IntelligenceSaaSB2B

We engineer proteins that control the operating system of biology.

Synthetic BiologyBiotech

Equator Therapeutics

We are developing a drug to burn calories and increase metabolism…

BiotechTherapeutics

Excepgen — Healthcare

Exin Therapeutics

AI drug discovery platform for neurotherapeutics

NeurotechnologyBiotechTherapeutics

Scalable Personalised Cancer Treatment

BiotechGenomicsOncology

GEn1E Lifesciences

AI platform accelerating therapies for rare & inflammatory diseases.

Artificial IntelligenceBiotechHealthcare

General Proximity

The next generation of induced-proximity medicines.

BiotechDrug discovery

Automating Data Entry for Clinical Trials

Artificial IntelligenceBiotechHealthcare

Building programmable therapeutics for the immune system

Synthetic BiologyBiotechHealthcare

We sequence your gut and build the probiotics it’s missing

ConsumerBiotechPersonalization

Replacing organ transplant with an infusion

A Cloud-Based Bioinformatics and AI Platform

Machine LearningBiotechAnalytics

24/7 Personal Health & Longevity Companion

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIHealth Tech

Immunity Project

The free HIV vaccine.

Health TechBiotech

Control lab instruments with natural language.

Data analytics software for biomanufacturing.

Cellular AgricultureMachine LearningSynthetic Biology

Genetically engineered viruses that teach your immune system to kill…

Gene TherapySynthetic BiologyBiotech

Ligo Biosciences

Enzyme design models.

Artificial IntelligenceDeep LearningSynthetic Biology

maximizing biomass on low quality land

Synthetic BiologyBiotechClimate

Novel long-read DNA sequencing technology

Medium Biosciences

AI-designed Affinity Reagents

Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningBiotech

Mindstate Design Labs

Clinical-stage AI neuroengineering platform

Machine LearningMental Health TechBiotech

Accelerate clinical trials with real-time, actionable insights

Building robots to automate wetlabs

Hard TechRoboticsB2B

Personalized drug discovery for blood cancer.

BiotechDrug discoveryOncology

Engineering a future without cancer deaths.

Machine LearningBiotechHealthcare

Artificial intelligence for drug discovery.

AI-powered Drug DiscoveryDeep LearningBiotech

Ohmic Biosciences

Genetically engineering plants for disease resistance.

Synthetic BiologyBiotechClimate

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Eugit Therapeutics

Enabling Tissue Targeting of Therapies

Cell TherapySynthetic BiologyTherapeutics

Converting biology into digital molecular maps

Hard TechB2BBiotech

Forward-deployed AI Agents

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsMachine Learning

The context layer for AI-native CPG brands

SaaSConsumerB2B

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Frequently asked questions

How many "Biotech" startups are in San Francisco?

Our index currently tracks 70 active tech startups in San Francisco tagged "Biotech". Counts move as scrapers discover new companies and flag shutdowns inactive.

Which "Biotech" startups are based in San Francisco?

Companies on this page include Benchling, 10x Science, and 1849 bio, plus 67 more below. Each profile links to the company's site and any open roles we scrape.

How is this different from the San Francisco startups page or the "Biotech" tag page?

/startups/location/san-francisco lists every indexed startup in San Francisco across tags. /startups/tag/biotech lists every "Biotech" startup nationwide. This page is the intersection — only companies that resolve to both San Francisco and "Biotech".

Are these San Francisco "Biotech" startups hiring?

2 of the 70 companies on this page currently have open roles in our jobs index.

How often is this list updated?

Automated scrapers refresh on the same daily cadence as the rest of the directory. The last index update was 2026-09-02.