BigOmics closes Pre-Series A with additional investment from Eppendorf
The strategic investment was initiated and carried out by the Eppendorf Innovation Company (EpIC), which serves as Eppendorf’s interface for innovative startups. Upon signing the agreement, Peter Fruhstorfer, Co-CEO of Eppendorf SE, commented: “We’re excited to invest in BigOmics, with its expertise and digital know-how, the company is a perfect fit for Eppendorf and our ambition to improve work processes in the lab and set them up for the future. BigOmics and Eppendorf share the goal of accelerating digitalization in life science laboratories to make everyday research workflows simpler, safer, more efficient and faster.”
BigOmics’ vision is to fast-track omics data analysis and significantly reduce discovery time and R&D overhead costs in the field of data-driven therapeutics and precision medicine. Its governed self-service analytics platforms enable biologists and bioinformaticians to communicate interactively instead of exchanging static reports. With these platforms, bioinformaticians can delegate part of their routine work to biologists and let them analyze and interpret their data efficiently through an easy-to-use interface, thus allowing bioinformaticians to focus on more bespoke analyses. It represents a win-win proposition for both biologists and bioinformaticians and balances data quality and analysis agility.
BigOmics’ flagship platform, Omics Playground, supports life scientists with the visualization and analysis of transcriptomics and proteomics data. The cloud nature of the platform makes it easy to access and assist the data analysis needs of users worldwide. To date, BigOmics has closed six enterprise subscriptions with Biotech/Pharma companies and academic labs.
Dr. Murodzhon Akhmedov, CEO and co-founder of BigOmics, said: “It is clear that end-to-end digitized solutions from sample preparation to data acquisition to analysis will bring the greatest value proposition to life scientists. As BigOmics, we are excited to work with Eppendorf towards the same goal and to contribute specifically to data analysis by providing researchers with intelligent tools to perform complex analyses efficiently.” Adding “Thanks to Eppendorf's commitment, we will focus on commercializing our platforms and achieving greater market traction.”
Dr. Ivo Kwee, CTO and co-founder, added: “We want to build the most user-friendly, secure, scalable and interoperable SaaS platforms for the visual analysis of omics data. Eppendorf’s investment will help us expand our team, improve our products and increase the user base.”
About BigOmics
BigOmics is a Swiss data analytics startup with the vision of democratizing biodata analysis in digital healthcare to accelerate scientific discoveries in medicine. BigOmics enables biologists to analyze omics data with maximum ease thanks to their intelligent self-service analysis software.
BigOmics was founded in 2018 as a spin-off of IOR/USI and IDSIA/SUPSI, and graduated from the US-based Alchemist Accelerator. Current investors include TiVentures, ADM Partners, Century Oak Capital, Champion Hill Ventures, Acequia Capital, as well as business angels Raul Vejar, Mark Jalabert and Nathan Kaiser (from the Swiss ICT Investor Club network).
For more information, visit www.bigomics.ch.
About Eppendorf
Eppendorf is a leading life science company that develops and sells instruments, consumables and services for liquid, sample and cell handling in laboratories worldwide. Eppendorf products are most broadly used in academic and commercial research units.
The company was founded in Hamburg, Germany in 1945 and currently has around 5,000 employees worldwide. The company has subsidiaries in 30 countries and is represented in all its other important markets by distributors.
For more information, visit https://corporate.eppendorf.com/en/