Benchling
Benchling is a leading cloud-based platform designed to accelerate innovation in the life sciences. Based in San Francisco, California, the company provides a modern R&D platform that supports biotech R&D, pharmaceutical companies, and academic labs in conducting and managing complex biological research. By combining the power of modern software with the needs of modern science, Benchling is unlocking the power of biotechnology at scale.
Full name: Benchling, Inc.
Founded: 2012
Founders: Sajith Wickramasekara and Ashu Singhal
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, USA
Incorporation: United States
Industry: Biotechnology software; life sciences R&D informatics platform
At the core of Benchling’s offering is its powerful electronic lab notebook (ELN), a digital replacement for traditional lab notebooks. This tool allows research teams to seamlessly capture, organize, and share scientific data, while ensuring compliance and collaboration. For many biotech companies and pharmaceutical companies, Benchling’s electronic lab notebooks are essential to standardizing their research process.
As life sciences research becomes more complex, Benchling provides tools for aggregating data, analyzing biological data, and managing in vivo studies and gene editing workflows. The platform supports fields like gene therapy, RNA therapeutics, and cell therapy, making it indispensable to a wide range of biotech startups and established life sciences companies.
With Benchling Connect, users can link lab instruments directly to the platform, reducing manual data entry and improving accuracy. This functionality is especially valuable in process development, where reproducibility and precision are critical. Tools like Benchling Bioprocess and Benchling in Vivo extend the platform's capabilities even further, helping scientists collect and analyze data at scale across every stage of the development pipeline.
Benchling doesn't just store data—it automates workflows, centralizes protocols, and supports standardized data capture across teams and geographies. The result is a robust platform for biotech that empowers researchers to do more, faster.
Led by co-founder Sajith Wickramasekara, Benchling has steadily expanded its capabilities and has become one of the most widely adopted and influential platforms in the life sciences industry.
As of recent estimates, the company is worth several billion dollars in annualized revenue, reflecting its central role in transforming drug discovery and life sciences research.
Whether you're looking for a startup job in bioinformatics or building the next breakthrough in bioresearch, Benchling is shaping the digital backbone of biology-driven innovation.
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