OpenTrons Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2013

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 265

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Debt

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $50M

  • Investors
  • 30

OpenTrons General Information

Description

Developer of open-source lab automation robots designed to automate processes. The company's products include lab robots, workstations, hardware modules, consumables and reagents, and labware among others, enabling businesses to minimize human error while running experiments.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 20 Jay Street
  • Brooklyn, NY 11201
  • United States
+1 (908)
Primary Industry
Other Hardware
Other Industries
Automation/Workflow Software
Corporate Office
  • 20 Jay Street
  • Brooklyn, NY 11201
  • United States
+1 (908)

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OpenTrons Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
9. Debt - General $50M Completed Generating Revenue
8. Secondary Transaction - Private 12-Dec-2023 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Later Stage VC (Series C1) 23-Sep-2021 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Later Stage VC (Series B) 26-Oct-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Later Stage VC (Series A) 16-Aug-2018 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Seed Round 07-Mar-2017 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Accelerator/Incubator 23-Mar-2016 Completed Startup
2. Product Crowdfunding 01-Nov-2014 $127K $25K Completed Startup
1. Accelerator/Incubator 14-Jul-2014 $25K $25K Completed Startup
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OpenTrons Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized
Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price
Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple
Conversion Price % Owned
Series C-4
Series C-3
Series C-2
Series C-1
Series B3
Series B2
Series B1
Series A
Series A1 15,779,393 $0.000010 $0.19 $0.19 1x $0.19 3.62%
Seed 5 54,906,630 $0.000010 $0.12 $0.12 1x $0.12 12.61%
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OpenTrons Comparisons

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Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Developer of open-source lab automation robots designed to automate processes. The company's products include lab robots
Other Hardware
Brooklyn, NY
265 As of 2024

Waltham, MA
 

San Jose, CA
 
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OpenTrons Competitors (7)

One of OpenTrons’s 7 competitors is Boston Dynamics, a Corporate Backed or Acquired company based in Waltham, MA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Boston Dynamics Corporate Backed or Acquired Waltham, MA
BioNex Venture Capital-Backed San Jose, CA
HighRes Biosolutions Formerly VC-backed Beverly, MA
BlueBotics Formerly PE-Backed Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland
Rethink Robotics Formerly VC-backed Hebron, KY
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OpenTrons Patents

OpenTrons Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20240382967-A1 Apparatus for controlled release of a labware from a thermal block Pending 19-May-2023
US-20240382970-A1 Apparatus for controlled release of a thermocycler seal Pending 19-May-2023
US-20240158735-A1 Methods and compositions using an engineered release factor Pending 03-Nov-2022
US-20230295668-A1 Methods and compositions for integration of a dna construct Pending 18-Mar-2022
US-20220413814-A1 Systems and methods for facilitating generation and deployment of machine learning software applications Active 29-Jun-2021 G06F8/20
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OpenTrons Investors (30)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Angel (individual) Minority
Angel (individual) Minority
EQUIAM Venture Capital Minority
Future Ventures (San Francisco) Venture Capital Minority
Angel (individual) Minority
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OpenTrons Acquisitions (2)

OpenTrons’s most recent deal was a Merger/Acquisition with Zenith AI (N.I.). The deal was made on 29-Jun-2021.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Zenith AI (N.I.) 29-Jun-2021 Merger/Acquisition IT Consulting and Outsourcing
Neochromosome 01-Mar-2021 Merger/Acquisition Discovery Tools (Healthcare)
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OpenTrons Affiliates

Subsidiaries (1)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
Neochromosome New York, NY 2015

OpenTrons FAQs

  • When was OpenTrons founded?

    OpenTrons was founded in 2013.

  • Where is OpenTrons headquartered?

    OpenTrons is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

  • What is the size of OpenTrons?

    OpenTrons has 265 total employees.

  • What industry is OpenTrons in?

    OpenTrons’s primary industry is Other Hardware.

  • Is OpenTrons a private or public company?

    OpenTrons is a Private company.

  • What is OpenTrons’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for OpenTrons is .

  • How much funding has OpenTrons raised over time?

    OpenTrons has raised $306M.

  • Who are OpenTrons’s investors?

    , , EQUIAM, Future Ventures (San Francisco), and are 5 of 30 investors who have invested in OpenTrons.

  • Who are OpenTrons’s competitors?

    Boston Dynamics, BioNex, HighRes Biosolutions, BlueBotics, and Rethink Robotics are some of the 7 competitors of OpenTrons.

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