| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.02.2026 | Science Exchange Caps Transformational 2025 with Double-digit Growth, Product Expansion, and ESG Momentum | R&D orchestration platform achieves 66% GMV growth, surpasses $1B in cumulative transactions, and expands product capabilities to accelerate R&D innovation
Accelerating market demand is driving our expansion into new categories and ... |
| 31.03.2025 | Science Exchange Acquires HappiLabs | Science Exchange, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of life sciences procurement and supplier management SaaS solutions, acquired HappiLabs, a Chicago, IL-based software and services company specializing in scientific procurement support.
The ... |
| 01.10.2024 | Waud Capital Partners Acquires Science Exchange | Science Exchange, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of life sciences procurement and supplier management SaaS solutions, today announced its acquisition by Waud Capital Partners.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The partnership with W... |
| 20.06.2024 | Cromatic unveils AI-powered ‘Sourcerer’ vendor search tool for outsourcing R&D in the life sciences | [Disclosure: AgFunder is the parent company of AgFunderNews.]
Cromatic—a startup building a platform for outsourcing life sciences research—has unveiled a new AI-powered tool enabling users to identify relevant contract research organizatio... |
| 09.12.2019 | The EPA’s proposed ‘transparency rule’ will harm health, safety, and the environment | A proposed rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that allegedly aims to strengthen transparency in regulatory science suggests that science is broken. It isn’t.
We know it works because we can see the life-saving transplant tech... |
| 24.10.2019 | Outsourced R&D Marketplace Company Science Exchange Raises $20 Million In Funding | Science Exchange, a leading SaaS-enabled marketplace for outsourced research and development, announced it raised $20 million in funding
Science Exchange — a leading SaaS-enabled marketplace for outsourced research and development (R&D)... |
| 17.10.2019 | Science Exchange Raises $20m | Science Exchange, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based SaaS-enabled marketplace for outsourced research and development (R&D), raised an additional $20m in financing, from a combination of equity and debt sources.
The round was led by Maverick Ven... |
| 16.10.2019 | Science Exchange Raises $20M Funding |
PALO ALTO, CA, Science Exchange announced it recently raised an additional $20 million in financing.
>> Click here for more funding data on Science Exchange
>> To export Science Exchange funding data to PDF and Excel, click ... |
| 05.08.2019 | How Biotech Startup Funding Will Change in the Next 10 Years | Back when YC was getting started about 10 years ago, Paul Graham wrote some essays that predicted the way startup fundraising would change in the next decade – accurately, it turns out. Paul Graham predicted that there would be way more sta... |
| 12.11.2018 | Y Combinator is Hiring a Visiting Partner in the Life Sciences | YC started funding bio companies in 2011 and since then the number of bio companies we’ve funded per batch has risen exponentially, now over 141 in total. The most recent batch was 25% bio, by far the highest ever. Some of the notable life ... |
| 17.10.2018 | Q&A with Elizabeth Iorns and Dan Knox, Cofounders of Science Exchange | We put together a list of the top YC companies by valuation as of October 2018. You can see that list at https://ycombinator.com/topcompanies.
Here’s a Q&A with Elizabeth Iorns and Dan Knox, Cofounders of Science Exchange, one of the c... |
| 03.10.2018 | A Conversation with Elizabeth Iorns: Advice for Biotech Founders | YC Partner Adora Cheung talks to Science Exchange Co-Founder and CEO Elizabeth Iorns about her experience as a biotech startup founder.
Learn more at https://www.startupschool.org/ |
| 01.04.2018 | USV Thesis 3.0 | The commitment to a thesis is part of the fiber of USV–a shared set of ideas creates a framework that allows us to operate with focus and work on what matters most to our team. But what that thesis is has evolved over time and will continue... |
| 28.09.2017 | USV-backed Science Exchange Appoints Jim Emerich as CFO | PALO ALTO, Calif–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Science Exchange, the world’s leading and most secure platform for outsourced research and development (R&D), announced today it has appointed Jim Emerich as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
In this role, ... |
| 28.09.2017 | USV-backed Science Exchange Appoints Jim Emerich as CFO | PALO ALTO, Calif–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Science Exchange, the world’s leading and most secure platform for outsourced research and development (R&D), announced today it has appointed Jim Emerich as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
In this role, ... |
| 13.09.2017 | Elizabeth Iorns on Biotech Companies in YC
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Transcript | Elizabeth Iorns is cofounder and CEO of Science Exchange. She’s also an Expert here at YC.
She came in to answer some of the most common questions we get from founders in biotech.
Here’s more info on the Fall Tour. And the link to apply f... |
| 30.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, June 30 | ET CETERA
New Money: Headspace, a Los Angeles-based maker of a meditation app, has raised $36.7 million in funding from Spectrum Equity. Headspace would not comment on its valuation but said it has increased from the reported $250 million v... |
| 30.06.2017 | Science Exchange Raises $28M in Series C Funding | Science Exchange, a Palo Alto, CA-based platform for outsourced research and development (R&D), raised $28m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Union Square Ventu... |
| 30.06.2017 | How to navigate the predatory jungle of Silicon Valley as a female founder | The conversation around sexual harassment is gaining momentum in Silicon Valley — and so it should. With Uber battling sexual harassment allegations and Binary Capital dealing with its dirty “open secret”, the narrative is taking a rough tu... |
| 30.06.2017 | How to navigate the predatory jungle of Silicon Valley as a female founder | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The conversation around sexual harassment is gain... |
| 29.06.2017 | Watch the Female Founders Conference Live Stream | The stream will begin at 2PM PST on June 29, 2017.
The world needs more women-led companies.
One way we will get there faster is by building a community where successful women can share their stories and advice for those who are in earlie... |
| 29.06.2017 | USV Joins $28M Series C for Science Exchange | As further evidence of its position as the world's leading platform for outsourced research and development (R&D), Science Exchange today announced it has raised $28 million in Series C funding. Founded in response to the global growth ... |
| 29.06.2017 | Science Exchange Raises $28M |
PALO ALTO, CA, As further evidence of its position as the world's leading platform for outsourced research and development (R&D), Science Exchange today announced it has raised $28 million in Series C funding.
>> Click here for... |
| 04.05.2017 | Female Founders Conference 2017 Speakers | We’re excited to announce the full speaker lineup for the 2017 Female Founders Conference on June 29.
FEMALE FOUNDERS CONFERENCE 2017 SPEAKERS:
Laura Behrens-Wu · Co-Founder & CEO, Shippo
Morgan DeBaun · Co-Founder & CEO, Blavity... |
| 05.04.2017 | A Science Exchange Marketplace for YC Companies | Today we’re announcing that YC companies will now have exclusive access to a Science Exchange marketplace where they can instantly order experimental services from a network of over 2,500 qualified scientific service providers, all with pre... |
| 20.02.2017 | 2017 YC Annual Letter | Dear YC Community:
In response to a comment on Hacker News, I’m going to try writing an annual letter to the YC community with an update on our progress.
Our mission is to enable the most innovation of any company in the world in order to... |
| 12.12.2016 | Numerai | Part of the genius of the Internet is its ability to coordinate the actions of many disparate and geographically diverse people by eliminating the marginal cost of sharing information. In the last few decades alone, we’ve seen this happen a... |
| 11.06.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 6/11/16 | Monster acquired Jobr; Nokia plans to buy Gainspeed; DocPlanner merged with Doctoralia
Job search website Monster acquired mobile job recruitment app Jobr. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed.
Jobr has been working with Monster fo... |
| 02.05.2016 | The future of digital lead generation | Dmitri Saveliev Contributor
Dmitri Saveliev is the founder and CEO of ServiceWhale.
Lead generation has come a long way. According to one analysis, lead generation dates back as far as 27 BC, assuming, of course, that we accept that the Rom... |
| 12.04.2016 | The sharing economy comes to scientific research | By Deborah Berry
My husband is a brilliant man with a deep love for home improvement shows.
I could do that! he says. I just need a fancy saw, some tool, this other thing, wood and a plan.
Sometimes these projects turn out great, but as oft... |
| 28.03.2016 | Science Exchange Raises $25M in Series B Funding | Science Exchange, a Palo Alto, CA-based marketplace for scientific research, raised $25m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Maverick Capital Ventures with participation from Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, YC Continuity Fund, ... |
| 24.03.2016 | The 'Uber for experiments' group Science Exchange raises $25M | Science Exchange founder and CEO Elizabeth Iorns
Science Exchange--which runs an outsourcing business service for biopharma and smaller life science groups--has raised $25 million in a new Series B funding round as it looks to broaden its o... |
| 23.03.2016 | Science Exchange moves into big pharma with $25 million in Series B funding | Research marketplace Science Exchange is now $25 million richer. The startup hooking researchers up with service providers just added the Series B funding round to its coffers, putting its total raised at $30.5 million.
Maverick Capital led... |
| 23.03.2016 | Science Exchange Announces $25 Million in New Funding | Science Exchange, the leading marketplace for scientific research, announced today that it has raised $25 million in new funding. The latest funding round was led by Maverick Capital Ventures and also included participation from Union Squar... |
| 10.09.2015 | Stanford Partners With Life Sciences Marketplace Quartzy For Campus Lab Supplies | Quartzy is a lab supplies marketplace often used among life scientists at various universities, but particularly at Stanford. The academic institution made that relationship official today. Quartzy will now be deployed in labs across the St... |
| 08.02.2015 | Female Founder Stories: Elizabeth Iorns, Founder of Science Exchange (YC S11) | Science Exchange is a marketplace for scientific collaboration, where researchers can order experiments from the world’s best labs. Our mission is to improve the quality and efficiency of scientific research by using market-based incentives... |
| 15.12.2014 | Here are 5 tips to make your biotech startup leaner | Building a biotechnology startup is a lot like getting a private university education: To make progress, you have to get past the high-cost barrier to entry.
First and foremost, biotech requires expensive clinical studies and the use of st... |
| 15.12.2014 | Here are 5 tips to make your biotech startup leaner | Building a biotechnology startup is a lot like getting a private university education: To make progress, you have to get past the high-cost barrier to entry.
First and foremost, biotech requires expensive clinical studies and the use of sta... |
| 22.10.2014 | SOSVentures Takes On Y Combinator With A Pure Biotech Accelerator | International VC firm SOSVentures is capitalizing on the now buzz worthy biotech investment trend with the creation of IndieBio, the first accelerator to focus on just life sciences.
Y Combinator raised a few eyebrows when it accepted five ... |
| 17.10.2013 | Open Science | I saw this tweet from my partner Andy yesterday and immediately clicked through to see what he was talking about
Open science really is a thing. And it matters. http://t.co/Mdq14A7nJ9
— Andrew Weissman (@aweissman) October 16, 2013
He was t... |
| 16.10.2013 | Science Exchange (YC S11) gets $1.3M grant to validate 50 major cancer studies | Congrats to the Science Exchange team:
“Over a year ago, I began my mission to improve scientific reproducibility. I created the Reproducibility Initiative with PLOS, figshare, and Mendeley to provide a mechanism for scientists to independ... |
| 17.09.2013 | Startup Portrait: Microryza (YC W13) — Discovering, funding and experiencing new scientific discoveries | If Microryza succeeds, how will the world be different?
Science will play a bigger role in people’s lives. Right now science is really closed off to people outside of academia. You’re going to see scientists sharing research more openly, a... |
| 17.07.2013 | NASA Develops Novel Carbon Nanotube Growth Through Science Exchange (YC S11) | A collaboration formed using the online scientific services marketplace, Science Exchange, has lead to new developments in the production of carbon nanotube forests – the blackest materials ever measured. The research resulted from a partne... |
| 03.06.2013 | 100 AngelList Startups To Watch In 2013: How Many Are New To You? | AngelList. It’s the place for startups to connect with funding and talent. Just this month, the site has helped raise $12 million in venture funding for a wide collection of startups. It may be the one site that best represents all players ... |
| 22.05.2013 | GSK uses contest to advance academic researchers’ pre-clinical drug development | Strength of the therapeutic hypothesis
The degree of originality of the work presented
Level of completeness of the target/screening assay
Potential impact or benefit of the target to medicine (unmet medical need)
Investigator’s and institu... |
| 01.05.2013 | Science Exchange Raises $3M in Series A Financing | According to the company’s blog (read here), Science Exchange, a Palo Alto, CA-based marketplace for science experiments, raised $3m in Series A financing.
The round was led by Union Square Ventures (USV), with participation from O’Reilly A... |
| 30.04.2013 | Science Exchange (YC S11) Raises $3 Million from Union Square Ventures, O'Reilly AlphaTech | If the Internet can let you rent someone’s futon, car or cooking skills, it can certainly help you get your hands on some spare scientists or lab time.
Right? Right. That’s the premise behind Science Exchange, a Palo Alto-based startup tha... |
| 30.04.2013 | Science Exchange (YC S11) Raises $3 Million from Union Square Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech | If the Internet can let you rent someone’s futon, car or cooking skills, it can certainly help you get your hands on some spare scientists or lab time.
Right? Right. That’s the premise behind Science Exchange, a Palo Alto-based startup tha... |
| 29.04.2013 | Science Exchange | Right now, there are thousands of scientists whose research is being held up because they lack access to the experimental expertise needed to test a hypothesis or verify a result. But while we have seen how online marketplaces can dramatica... |
| 21.03.2013 | Microryza (YC W13) is teaming up with Science Exchange (YC S11) to directly fund breast cancer research | There’s a new model for how scientific research can happen. Microryza is bringing the power of direct crowdfunding to science.
Elizabeth Iorns, CEO and cofounder of Science Exchange is doing original research into preventing breast cancer.... |
| 03.02.2013 | After Aaron, Reputation Metrics Startups Aim To Disrupt The Scientific Journal Industry | Editor’s note: Richard Price is founder and CEO of Academia.edu, a platform for academics to share research papers. You can follow Richard on Twitter @richardprice100.
Aaron Swartz was determined to free up access to academic articles. He p... |
| 14.08.2012 | Science Exchange (YC S11) launches the Reproducibility Initiative to verify scientific research | Many of the world’s top media outlets, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, have reported on the issue of reproducibility in scientific research. Currently researchers lack easy avenues to validate and publish reproduce... |
| 10.07.2012 | Is GitHub Selling Out or Moving Up? | After years of adamantly flying solo, one of the industry’s most prominent and successful bootstrappers just took $100 million from a prominent venture capital firm. Why did GitHub do it, and is the company abandoning its principles or maki... |
| 08.12.2011 | Science Exchange raises $1.5m in Silicon Valley funding | Australian-founded Science Exchange has raised $1.5 million in funding from a raft of Silicon Valley investors, after graduating from Y Combinator just months ago.
Science Exchange was launched in August by breast cancer researcher Elizabet... |
| 05.12.2011 | SuccessFactors, Admeld, Gowalla, Freshdesk: Bay Area Biztech by the Numbers | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Time for our irregular, data-driven review of recent Bay Area funding and M&A news and other developments. From biggest to smallest:
$3.4 billion—The amount German busines... |
| 03.12.2011 | Science: the new “women’s work” (video) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/33066385 w=640]
Women... |
| 02.12.2011 | Science Exchange’s Marketplace For Research Facilities Gets A $1.5 Million Boost | Science Exchange, a Y Combinator-backed company that’s helping to streamline the way scientific research is conducted, has raised $1.5 million from an elite group of investors. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation fr... |
| 28.11.2011 | What comes next | Now is a great time to be an internet entrepreneur. While much of the global economy sputters, tech companies post growth numbers other industries haven’t seen in years. Their success hasn’t gone unnoticed, and the pace of tech-company crea... |
| 23.08.2011 | Y Combinator Demo Day: The Ultimate Roundup | This afternoon Y Combinator kicked off the summer session of Demo Day, the twice-a-year event where the prestigious startup incubator showcases its latest batch of companies in front of a throng of investors.
And wow, was this one a doozy. ... |
| 16.08.2011 | YC-Funded Science Exchange: A Central Marketplace For Core Research Facilities | Scientists, get ready for some disruption.
Last month I wrote about Quartzy, a nifty startup that’s looking to help scientists streamline their labs by making it easy to keep track of who has which reagents (which is actually a bigger probl... |
| - | GSK uses contest to advance academic researchers’ pre-clinical drug development | It’s notoriously difficult to secure funding for the pre-clinical stage of drug development. Risk averse investors don’t want to take a chance on research where there’s a high risk of failure and it’s frequently not advanced enough to produ... |
| - | В США запустили Uber для пожилых людей | В Кремниевой долине появился новый герой: Джей Коннолли (Jay Connolly) запустил «Uber для пожилых людей» — Lift Hero. За рулем автомобилей — медицинские специалисты.
В прошлом году в The New Yorker вышла колонка о том, что стартапы Кремниев... |
| - | Advice for Biotech Founders | Elizabeth Iorns is cofounder and CEO of Science Exchange. She’s also an Expert here at YC.
She came in to answer some of the most common questions we get from founders in biotech. Transcript
Craig Cannon [00:00] - Hey this is Craig Cannon... |
| - | How Biotech Startup Funding Will Change in the Next 10 Years | Back when YC was getting started about 10 years ago, Paul Graham wrote some essays that predicted the way startup fundraising would change in the next decade - accurately, it turns out. Paul Graham predicted that there would be way more sta... |
