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==History== | ==History== | ||
Benchling, Inc. was founded in November 2014.<ref name="CalBusSearch">{{cite web |url=http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/ |title=Business Search |publisher=California Secretary of State |accessdate=04 April 2016 |quote=Search entity number C3729450}}</ref> | Benchling, Inc. was founded in November 2014.<ref name="CalBusSearch">{{cite web |url=http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/ |title=Business Search |publisher=California Secretary of State |accessdate=04 April 2016 |quote=Search entity number C3729450}}</ref> | ||
Benchling announced in June 2018 that it had wrapped up $14.5 million in Series B investor funding, adding to its $12.9M Series A funding from 2012. With the Series B money, the company planned to hire more people, increase product development, and attract more academic users.<ref name="TanseyBenchling18">{{cite web |url=https://xconomy.com/san-francisco/2018/06/14/benchling-scores-14-5m-to-grow-online-lab-notebook-for-bio-researchers/ |title=Benchling Scores $14.5M to Grow Online Lab Notebook for Bio-Researchers |author=Tansey, B. |work=Xconomy |date=14 June 2018 |accessdate=20 February 20}}</ref> In the fall of 2019, the company announced it had obtained an additional $34.5 million in Series C investor funding in order to extend its global reach and expand commercial relationships to get products to market more quickly.<ref name="ArnasonBenchling19">{{cite web |url=https://financial-news.co.uk/benchling-closes-on-usd-345m-in-funding-20190730115500/ |title=Benchling closes on USD 34.5m in funding |author=Arnason, G. |work=Financial News |publisher=Zephyrus Digital |date=03 September 2019 |accessdate=20 February 2020}}</ref> | |||
In January 2020, the company launched its Benchling for Lab Automation, a centralized cloud-based solution for automating experiments and other processes through interfacing hardware and software over the cloud.<ref name=BioITTheJackson20">{{cite web |url=https://www.bio-itworld.com/2020/01/30/the-jackson-laboratory-benchling-genomenon-and-more-news-from-january-2020.aspx |title=The Jackson Laboratory, Benchling, Genomenon, And More: News From January 2020 |work=BioIT World |publisher=Cambridge Innovation Institute |date=30 January 2020 |accessdate=20 February 2020}}</ref> | |||
==Technology and products== | ==Technology and products== |
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Type | Corporation |
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Industry | Laboratory informatics |
Headquarters | 555 Montgomery St., Suite 1700, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Number of locations | 1 |
Area served | U.S. |
Products | Benchling Notebook |
Website | Benchling.com |
https://www.linkedin.com/company/3769390 |
Benchling, Inc. develops and distributes laboratory informatics software solutions.
History
Benchling, Inc. was founded in November 2014.[1]
Benchling announced in June 2018 that it had wrapped up $14.5 million in Series B investor funding, adding to its $12.9M Series A funding from 2012. With the Series B money, the company planned to hire more people, increase product development, and attract more academic users.[2] In the fall of 2019, the company announced it had obtained an additional $34.5 million in Series C investor funding in order to extend its global reach and expand commercial relationships to get products to market more quickly.[3]
In January 2020, the company launched its Benchling for Lab Automation, a centralized cloud-based solution for automating experiments and other processes through interfacing hardware and software over the cloud.[4]
Technology and products
Benchling Notebook
Benchling Notebook is an electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) that "is more than a digital version of paper."[5] The company best describes the platform as "a lab notebook and a molecular biology suite with a cutting-edge version of traditional LIMS functions."[6] The software is available as a SaaS offering. The Enterprise addition adds features such as custom roles and permissions and workflow management.[7]
Features
The following feature list(s) is/are derived solely from public, freely-available online information the vendor provides. A lack of a "Y" does not necessarily mean that the product doesn't have that feature. The lack of a "Y" could mean:
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Pricing
The following pricing information is available for Benchling[7]:
Academic: Free, with access to the molecular biology and notbook apps and rudimentary features.
Professional: Start-ups pay $20,000 per year, supporting up to five users, with minor exclusions.
Enterprise: Pricing is not publicly available.
Demonstration videos and other media
Benchling has 30+ demonstration videos on the Benchling YouTube channel.
Additional information
References
- ↑ "Business Search". California Secretary of State. http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/. Retrieved 04 April 2016. "Search entity number C3729450"
- ↑ Tansey, B. (14 June 2018). "Benchling Scores $14.5M to Grow Online Lab Notebook for Bio-Researchers". Xconomy. https://xconomy.com/san-francisco/2018/06/14/benchling-scores-14-5m-to-grow-online-lab-notebook-for-bio-researchers/. Retrieved 20 February 20.
- ↑ Arnason, G. (3 September 2019). "Benchling closes on USD 34.5m in funding". Financial News. Zephyrus Digital. https://financial-news.co.uk/benchling-closes-on-usd-345m-in-funding-20190730115500/. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ↑ "The Jackson Laboratory, Benchling, Genomenon, And More: News From January 2020". BioIT World. Cambridge Innovation Institute. 30 January 2020. https://www.bio-itworld.com/2020/01/30/the-jackson-laboratory-benchling-genomenon-and-more-news-from-january-2020.aspx. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 "Benchling". Benchling, Inc. https://www.benchling.com/notebook/. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ Pellegrini, R. (23 October 2018). "What is a LIMS?". Benchtalk. Benchling, Inc. https://www.benchling.com/2018/10/23/what-is-a-lims/. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Benchling Pricing". Benchling, Inc. https://www.benchling.com/pricing/. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Benchling Notebook: More Than a Digital Version of Paper" (PDF). Benchling, Inc. https://www.benchling.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Notebook-Overview.pdf. Retrieved 10 October 2019.