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Total raised$17.0M
StageSeries A
Hiring pace13 roles / 90d
Founded2017
Team size201-500
HQToronto, Ontario
Industries
SaaSB2BLife SciencesEnterprise Software

About BioRender

BioRender is a Toronto-based startup founded in 2017 by Shiz Aoki, Katya Shteyn, and Ryan Marien with a mission to accelerate science by empowering all scientists to quickly and easily communicate their research. The company has built a comprehensive library of icons and templates spanning over 30 fields of biology, positioning itself as the Adobe or Canva for science. BioRender is backed by Y Combinator and other investors, and has grown to serve users in over 100 countries worldwide. Led by CEO and Co-founder Shiz Aoki, who previously served as Lead Medical Illustrator for National Geographic, the company combines scientific expertise with design innovation to make scientific visualization accessible to researchers globally.

Open positions · 15

Company at a glance

Locations
Canada ·United States
Websitebiorender.com
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Founders & Leadership

DC

David Campos

Chief Business Officer | CFO | McKinsey | MIT

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CH

Chris Hemberger

Chief Revenue Officer @ BioRender

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FK

Francesca K.

Chief of Staff at BioRender

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JF

Jon F.

Product at BioRender

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Kiran Rao

Chief Operating Officer @ BioRender | BCG Bridgewater Dataminr VC/PE

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Sales & Business Development37%
  • Operations & Management22%
  • Software Engineering22%
  • Design9%
  • Specialized5%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of Toronto
  2. 2.University of Waterloo
  3. 3.Western University
  4. 4.Ryerson University
  5. 5.University of Guelph

Team Worked At

  • Shopify
  • Apple
  • Google
  • IBM
  • Datadog

Team Composition

231 people
  • Customer Success and Support1 senior38
  • Engineering31
  • Sales4 senior22
  • Arts and Design18
  • Information Technology17
  • Business Development2 senior13
  • Human Resources2 senior13
  • Accounting9

Culture & values

Core values are resourcefulness, curiosity, integrity, empathy, and humility

Tight-knit group bonded by shared commitment to core values

Team is composed of passionate scientists, engineers, science illustrators, designers and entrepreneurs

Nerd out on cool science stuff and solving big problems

Work really hard and sweat the details

Passionate about science communication

Driven to build intuitive, practical products that delight customers

Focus on creating clean, powerful, elegant solutions

Life at BioRender

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