Fast Company · Mar 2026
Fast Company named Vivodyne one of the most innovative biotech companies of 2026, citing its automated biological data centers that test 10,000 human tissues at once and its use by top pharmas such as GSK.
Human organ-on-chip platform for drug discovery.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Vivodyne is a San Francisco-based biotechnology company building an automated, AI-enabled platform that generates predictive human data before clinical trials by growing and testing lab-grown human tissues at scale. It sells primarily through custom B2B partnerships with pharmaceutical companies to de-risk and accelerate therapeutics development.
Primary product
An automated human-tissue testing platform that combines lab-grown organ tissues, robotics, and AI to generate predictive preclinical human data.
Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
30-40 employees
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
Preclinical drug discovery platform using human tissue models, robotics, and AI
Offices
6 jobs at Vivodyne
Business model
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$82M
Latest round
Series A · May 2025
Latest amount
$40M
Leadership
CEO / Co-Founder
CSO / Co-Founder
Chief Biotechnology Officer
VP of Product
VP of Hardware and Automation
VP of Finance
Senior Director, Business Development
Investors
Mission-driven, ambitious, and multidisciplinary, with an emphasis on solving very hard problems at the intersection of bioengineering, hardware, robotics, and AI.
Compensation
Public job postings show on-site roles in Brisbane, CA with salary ranges of $204,400-$285,600 and $220,000-$270,000 USD, plus company-stated competitive compensation, stock options, and year-end bonuses.
Benefits
Pricing
Custom enterprise partnership pricing with project scope, likely involving upfronts and milestone-based collaboration; no public price list.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
7.3K
Traffic estimate as of Apr 2026
Fast Company · Mar 2026
Fast Company named Vivodyne one of the most innovative biotech companies of 2026, citing its automated biological data centers that test 10,000 human tissues at once and its use by top pharmas such as GSK.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 2025
The Inquirer reported that Vivodyne had about 40 employees, including around 25 in Philadelphia, and noted the new funding and expansion to South San Francisco.
Business Wire · May 2025
Vivodyne announced a $40 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures and said it will open a 23,000-square-foot robotic lab in South San Francisco to scale its human tissue platform.
STAT · May 2025
STAT covered Vivodyne’s $40 million raise and positioned the company within the broader move away from animal testing toward human-relevant preclinical models.
Axios · May 2025
Axios reported the round and highlighted Vivodyne’s San Francisco base and its use of lab-grown human tissues for drug discovery and development.