Basecamp Research
DNA analysis and environmental monitoring
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Deep Tech
- Nature
- Science
- Farringdon, London, UK
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Company mission
To turn biodiversity into an asset class, to make protecting biodiversity financially attractive.
Our take
Conceived after the founders underwent the ‘Return to Vatnajokull’ ski expedition, Basecamp Research is a biological data company that is building BaseDiscovery, a platform using DNA analysis and environmental monitoring to discover protein products that will improve our understanding of the natural world.
Basecamp Research has entered the market at a time where technology is understood as key to shaping the way we respond to global problems like climate change. The company’s combination of exploration with data science and machine learning is a different approach previously seen in the biodiversity sector but is an exciting step towards more innovative solutions to this pressing global crisis.
Basecamp Research has achieved Series B funding, which will help it to accelerate its data collection, expanding its foundational dataset that already contains 100 times more advanced biological systems than public databases used by researchers. Having won Gold at the AWS awards, it also secures deals with indigenous people to share the royalties it receives from genome and data sales, exemplifying a uniquely ethical business model.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- The opportunity to be a key member in an exciting, dynamic, and fast-moving field
- A fun, flexible, and supportive work environment in the centre of London, and an emphasis on collaboration and personal development
- Highly collaborative culture, we always work cross team and cross function, with engineers, data scientists, and biologists working directly together to tackle complex issues
- Competitive compensation including equity
- Comprehensive medical cover with AXA
- Critical Illness and Group Income Protection
- Pension Scheme
- Generous PTO
- Enhanced parental policy
- Childcare scheme with YellowNest
- Bike2Work Scheme
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2024
$60m
SERIES B
Dec 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $80m
Leadership
Glen Gowers
(Co-Founder)Former Scientific Lead for the Return To Vatnajökull Expedition. Earned a PhD in Synthetic Biology. Co-founded and lead the iGEM team from Oxford University.
Oliver Vince
(Co-Founder)Former Expedition Leader for the Return To Vatnajökull Expedition. Earned a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. Previously an Undergraduate Tutor at the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford.