Overview
Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Jobs
Financials

Funding and backers

Total raised
$148.2M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$124.1M
Venture round · Jun 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
16
+7 posted in 30 days
Grants
$100k
1 grant · CORDIS
Backers
4
8VC, Premji Invest
The money's age
Long since its last round
51 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
18/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 30, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $124.1M · SEC Form D Jan 28, 2021 Raised a round Venture round $18.8M · SEC Form D Sep 1, 2020 Won a grant $100k · CORDIS Oct 22, 2019 Raised a round Venture round $5.3M · SEC Form D 2019 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 3%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Jun 2022 $124.1M — SEC Form D
Venture round Jan 2021 $18.8M — SEC Form D
Grant Sep 2020 $100k — CORDIS
Venture round Oct 2019 $5.3M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity BigHat Biosciences, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Mark DePristoExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Peyton GreensideExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Overview

BigHat Biosciences designs antibodies with machine learning coupled to a fast wet laboratory. Its platform iterates designs in short experimental cycles. The company partners with pharmaceutical companies on therapeutic programmes.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at BigHat Biosciences over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
21
Postings analysed
15
Stack modernity
69/100AI adopter
Languages
Python27%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch27%
Cloud & platforms
AWS20%
AI & ML
LLM20%
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Full BigHat Biosciences tech stack 21 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$185k
Typical range
$88k – $365k
Open positions
13
12 Jobs
Junior 16.7%
Middle 41.7%
Senior 25%
Principal 8.3%
Architect 8.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 2 $117k $88k – $145k
Middle 5 $165k $100k – $200k
Senior 3 $295k $185k – $301k
Principal 1 $310k $310k
Architect 1 $365k $365k
Highest paying role Director of Machine Learning $365k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at BigHat Biosciences By role, level and city, against the market · 13 jobs with pay

People

Mark DePristo
Executive Officer, Director
Peyton Greenside
Executive Officer, Director
Francisco Gimenez
Director
Vineeta Agarwala
Director
Steve Kafka
Director
Robert Chess
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
82/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
16
7 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
13 days
faster than 67% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Science & Research
39% ▼
AI/ML
17% ▼
Biotech
11%
Data Science
6% ▲
Leadership
6% ▲
Administrative
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Science & Research (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added PyTorch to stack Oct 2026
Added Python to stack Oct 2026
Added LLM to stack Oct 2026
Added In-Context Learning to stack Oct 2026
Added Google Sheets to stack Oct 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack Oct 2026
Added AI Agents to stack Oct 2026
Added GCP to stack Oct 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack Sep 2026
Added QuickBooks to stack Sep 2026
+10 jobs in a week Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Mateo
San Mateo United States
HQ
Partner with us
16 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 63% engineering 13% remote 50-200 est. staff $206k Avg Salary
hires for Science & Research, AI/ML, Biotech
Suite 400, San Mateo, CA 94403
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings

Jobs

$250k – $365k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • PhD • San Mateo
Python
PyTorch
LLM
In-Context Learning
Machine Learning
Life Sciences
Next-Generation Sequencing
Apply
≈ $125k – $240k per year (Estimated) • In office • Contractor • 5+ years exp • PhD • San Mateo
ELISA
Mass Spectrometry
HPLC
Chromatography
Apply
$88k – $100k per year • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • San Mateo
LIMS
Apply
$120k – $145k per year • In office • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • Master's Degree • San Mateo
AI Agents
Machine Learning
Life Sciences
PCR
Flow Cytometry
ELISA
Next-Generation Sequencing
Antibody Engineering
Molecular Cloning
LIMS
Apply
$160k – $185k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • PhD • San Mateo
AI Agents
Life Sciences
Cell Culture
Antibody Engineering
Apply
$275k – $295k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • PhD • San Mateo
Good Clinical Practice
Apply
$150k – $200k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • PhD • San Mateo
Python
PyTorch
LLM
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Life Sciences
Next-Generation Sequencing
LIMS
Apply
$150k – $200k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Mateo
Python
PyTorch
LLM
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Life Sciences
Next-Generation Sequencing
LIMS
Apply
$75k – $88k per year • In office • Full-Time • 1+ year exp • San Mateo
LIMS
Apply
$150k – $165k per year • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • San Mateo
Antibody Engineering
Apply
$145k – $165k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • PhD • San Mateo
Flow Cytometry
ELISA
Apply
≈ $99k – $215k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Contractor • San Mateo
Copilot
AI Agents
Management
Smartsheet
Power Automate
SharePoint
Apply

Financials

Total raised
$148.3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
4
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $124.1M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 $18.8M Details
Grant 2020 $100k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2019 $5.3M Details