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Data Driven Bioscience

Cancer Diagnosis 10X faster, 10X cheaper

datadrivenbioscience.com
HQ: Durham, NC, USA
1-10
Healthcare

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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 30, 2026

Overview

Data Driven Bioscience (operating as Duoseq) is a Durham-based cancer genomics company that sells a dual DNA/RNA profiling assay and software-enabled workflow for faster clinical cancer diagnosis.

Primary product

Duoseq, an all-in-one dual DNA/RNA cancer profiling assay and reporting workflow

Founded

2018

Headquarters

701 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27701, United States

Team size

7-10

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Biotechnology Research

Sub-industry

Cancer genomics / clinical diagnostics

Offices

701 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27701, United States
Durham, North Carolina, United States

Business model

B2B clinical diagnostics
kitted assay + software workflow
bioinformatics-enabled lab platform
enterprise/lab services

Funding

Stage

Grant

Total raised

$300.7K

Latest round

Grant · Jan 2025

Latest amount

$300.7K

Grant

Jan 2025 · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

$300.7K

Seed

Jun 2018 · Y Combinator

People & investors

Leadership

Sandeep Dave

Founder & CEO

Investors

Brighter Capital
Hawktail
Initialized Capital
IT-Farm
Leadout Capital
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Y Combinator
Y Combinator Continuity Fund

Work & culture

Mission-driven, interdisciplinary, research-heavy, and focused on speeding cancer diagnosis with software and genomics.

Work style

Flexible

Compensation

Public job copy says the company pays a very competitive salary and offers stock ownership; no public salary bands were found.

Benefits

competitive salary
stock ownership
remote work okay

Product & market

Pricing

Not publicly disclosed; appears to be B2B clinical assay / software workflow sales to labs, hospitals, and biopharma customers.

Differentiators

  • —Dual DNA and RNA profiling from a single sample
  • —Two-day sample-to-report turnaround
  • —On-site processing avoids shipping delays
  • —EPIC/EHR integration for automated reporting
  • —Designed for robotic workflows with under 10 minutes of technician time
  • —Regulatory and MolDX support

Technology

dual DNA/RNA sequencing
EPIC/EHR integration
on-site sample processing
robotic workflow compatibility
cloud-based machine-learning software
bioinformatics reporting

Customers

pathologists
oncologists
biopharmaceutical companies
clinical labs
hospitals
pharmaceutical companies

Competitors

Qiagen
Neogen
Sino Biological
Parse Biosciences
Biofidelity

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

≈$1.5M ARR (estimate)

Latest news

Breaking Down Blood Cancers

NM Magazine · Mar 2026

Profiles Sandeep Dave and notes that Data-Driven Bioscience, now Duoseq, provides DNA and RNA sequencing of patient samples within 48 hours.

Clinical Validation of Duoseq, a Novel Assay for Clinical DNA and RNA Sequencing

Scholars@Duke · Jan 2026

Research publication summarizing Duoseq’s clinical validation in blood cancers.

Clinical Validation of Duoseq, a Novel Assay for Clinical DNA and RNA Sequencing

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics · Oct 2025

Reports clinical validation of Duoseq as a genomic profiling tool for blood cancers, including accuracy and turnaround details.

Data Driven Bioscience grant record

HigherGov · Jan 2025

Shows a federal grant award in January 2025 and confirms Durham HQ, February 2018 founding, and NAICS 541715.

Here are the 63 startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo Day 1

TechCrunch · Aug 2018

Original launch coverage describing the company’s faster, cheaper cancer diagnosis pitch and founder Sandeep Dave.

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