Benchling Raises $14.5M From Benchmark to Advance Life Sciences Research
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 14, 2018--Today Benchling, the data management and collaboration platform built to advance life sciences research, announced it has closed $14.5M in Series B funding. The round was led by Benchmark, with participation from F-Prime Capital, a global venture capital firm associated with Fidelity Investments, and returning investor Thrive Capital. Benchmark General Partner Eric Vishria will be joining the board of directors.
The new funding comes as the company’s ARR skyrocketed 500% and its customer base tripled year-over-year. Today, more than 100,000 scientists across enterprises and academia are using Benchling. Since its last funding round in 2016, Benchling has seen leading pharmaceutical and biotech customers, such as Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Incyte, Editas Medicine, Agenus, Zymergen, and Obsidian Therapeutics, standardize on its R&D platform.