Berkeley Lights

Acquired

Pioneering live single-cell, multimodal and temporal functional analysis

Emeryville, United States · Founded 2011 · $124.5M raised

Founded
2011
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$124.5M
Last Round
$95.0M Venture RoundJan 2018
Rounds
2

About

Berkeley Lights, founded in 2011 in Emeryville, California, pioneered Digital Cell Biology through its proprietary optofluidic platform, enabling live single-cell functional analysis at unprecedented scale. The company's Beacon Optofluidic System used light to manipulate, assay, and select individual cells in nanoscale chambers, accelerating workflows in antibody discovery, cell line development, and T cell profiling. In 2023, Berkeley Lights merged with IsoPlexis to form PhenomeX, which was subsequently acquired by Bruker Corporation and rebranded as Bruker Cellular Analysis, continuing to offer the Beacon instrument suite and proteomic barcoding systems for life science research.

Summary

Berkeley Lights is a Biotech company based in Emeryville, United States, founded in 2011. It has raised $124.5M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $95.0M Venture Round round in Jan 2018. Investors include Sequoia Capital.

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AcquisitionOct 2023

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