Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 47 Life Science companies in Cambridgeshire. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Life Science Companies & Startups (Cambridgeshire)
Mogrify
| Founders | Jose Polo, Julian Gough, Owen Rackham |
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Mogrify® will transform the development of ex vivo cell therapies and pioneer a new class of in vivo reprogramming therapies.
Zetta Genomics
| Founders | Ignacio Medina, William Spooner |
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Zetta Genomics manages large-scale genomic data for precision medicine.
Nuclera
| Founders | Gordon McInroy, Jiahao Huang, Michael Chen |
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Nuclera makes biology accessible through desktop enzymatic protein and gene synthesis.
CS Genetics
| Founders | Lucas Edelman |
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CS Genetics develops new technology for genomics, based on scientific insights and conceptual innovations in NGS techniques.
Sphere Fluidics
| Founders | Chris Abell, Frank F. Craig, Wilhelm Huck |
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Sphere Fluidics develops products for use in single cell analysis and characterization, and provides associated collaborative R&D services.
Fluidic Analytics
| Founders | Andrew Lynn, Tuomas Knowles |
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Fluidic Analytics designs, develops and manufactures tools that seek to revolutionise the way proteins are characterised.
Revolo Biotherapeutics
| Founders | Unknown |
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Revolo Biotherapeutics has developed therapies that achieve superior long-term disease remission from less frequent chronic dosing.
MISSION Therapeutics
| Founders | Niall Martin, Steve Jackson, Xavier Jacq |
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MISSION Therapeutics offers a platform for the development of small molecule drugs that selectively target deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs).
Transine Therapeutics
| Founders | Piero Carninci, Stefano Gustincich |
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Transine Therapeutics is a developer of biotech platform enhancing therapeutics for the treatment of human disease.
PredictImmune
| Founders | Eoin McKinney, Kenneth Smith, Paul Lyons |
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Providing tools to physicians in the treatment of patients with immune-mediated disease, through prediction of long term clinical prognosis.
PharmEnable
| Founders | Hannah Sore, Natalia Mateu |
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PharmEnable has developed a rapid and cost effective way to identify better chemical starting points to drive the discovery.
Abcam
| Founders | David Cleevely, Jonathan Milner, Tony Kouzarides |
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An innovator in life science reagents and tools serving life science researchers globally to achieve their mission, faster.
Metrion Biosciences
| Founders | Unknown |
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Metrion Biosciences is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) that is located in the world renowned Cambridge biocluster.
Exvastat
| Founders | Andrew McElroy, David Cavalla |
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Exvastat is an innovative, preclinical-stage pharmaceutical company.
Base4
| Founders | Barnaby Balmforth, Cameron Frayling |
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A multi-disciplinary team, based in Cambridge, working to solve some of the most difficult problems in biotechnology.
Qkine
| Founders | Catherine Elton, Marko Hyvönen |
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Spin-out from Cambridge University, we manufacture high purity animal-derived component free growth factors and cytokines for stem cells
Ikarovec
| Founders | Peter Widdowson |
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Ikarovek is working on early stage assets intended for the treatment of diabetic macular edama.
Sentinel Oncology
| Founders | Robert Boyle, Stuart Travers |
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Sentinel Oncology is a drug discovery company specialising in the delivery of candidate drugs to treat diseases.
Isogenica
| Founders | Kevin FitzGerald |
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Isogenica operates a range of discovery platforms supported by state-of-the-art methodologies for identifying antibody and peptide ligands.
Reflection Therapeutics
| Founders | Timothy Newton |
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Reflection Therapeutics is developing cell therapy technology against neuroinflammation across the board.
Antibodies.com
| Founders | Stewart Newlove |
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Antibodies.com is a leading supplier of protein research tools. Discover more from our range of distinct antibodies, proteins, and assays.
AB-PolyBlok
| Founders | Unknown |
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Revolutionary technology platform which has the potential to treat, and potentially partially reverse, the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Start Codon
| Founders | Daniel Rooke, Jason Mellad |
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Translating disruptive research into successful start-ups, the Cambridge way
Linguamatics
| Founders | David Milward, Roger Hale |
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Linguamatics provides an NLP-based text mining software suit for processing text-based content.
Scientific Generics
| Founders | Bob Pettigrew |
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Scientific Generics is a company that provides solutions to in depth problem solving in research and development departments.
LEX Diagnostics
| Founders | Unknown |
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LEX Diagnostics is a medical device company that specializes in molecular diagnostics for primary care.
Astrea Bioseparations
| Founders | Unknown |
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Astrea Bioseparations is an expert in affinity chromatography and bioseparations.
UTILITY therapeutics
| Founders | Morten O. A. Sommer |
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UTILITY therapeutics is focused on developing and commercialising antibiotics against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.
Cambridge Bioscience
| Founders | Unknown |
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Cambridge Bioscience is a specialist distributor of life science research products.
Cambio
| Founders | Unknown |
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Cambio is an excellent reputation for the supply of quality Molecular Biology reagents and consumables to scientific research laboratories.
Cambridgene
| Founders | Unknown |
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Cambridgene is provides robust multi-omic analytics workflows and access to novel clinical genomic data to accelerate clinical research.
Abbexa
| Founders | Unknown |
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Abbexa is a dedicated supplier of biological tools for scientific research.
De Novo Pharmaceuticals
| Founders | Unknown |
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De Novo Pharmaceuticals is an emerging computational drug design company.
Fen EP Limited
| Founders | Unknown |
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Fen EP Limited is a developer of biomedical device created to prevent sudden cardiac death.
Innova Biosciences
| Founders | Unknown |
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Innova Biosciences develops antibody labeling and bioconjugation kits.
Grant Instruments
| Founders | Unknown |
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Grant Instruments designs and develops scientific instruments, precision temperature control, sample preparation and life-science products.
Akubio
| Founders | Unknown |
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Akubio was developing an acoustic detection technology to enable rapid label-free detection and measurement of protein-protein interactions.
Activotec
| Founders | Unknown |
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Activotec is a customer focussed chemical synthesis company.
Babraham Institute
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Babraham Institute is a world-class research institution.
Mote Research
| Founders | Unknown |
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Mote Research is committed to the development and application of a new generation of tools for genome editing in humans.
Asia Research News
| Founders | Daniel Raymer, Magdeline Pokar |
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Asia Research News connects researchers with international media, policy makers, fellow collaborators and the science-hungry public.
Horizon Discovery Services Ltd.
| Founders | Unknown |
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Horizon Discovery Services Ltd. is a contract research organization, specializes in cell biology research services.
Enzagen
| Founders | Unknown |
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Enzagen is an industrial biotechnology company covering all aspects of manufacturing processes using enzymes.
Cambridge Cell Networks
| Founders | Unknown |
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Cambridge Cell Networks is delivers services solutions to the research community in the biotechnology industry.
Prosarix
| Founders | Unknown |
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Prosarix develops computational approaches and products to assist in various aspects of drug discovery.
CamBioScience
| Founders | Unknown |
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CamBioScience provides cutting-edge scientific training courses for academics and industry professionals in the life science sector.
Melbourn Scientific Ltd
| Founders | Unknown |
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Melbourn Scientific Ltd provider of analysis and development services.
