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Funding and backers

Total raised
$48.3M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$40M
Venture round · May 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
133
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +23% in a year
Hiring now
14
+8 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Endeavor, Eclipse
The money's age
Long since its last round
53 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
23/100
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
May 13, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $40M · SEC Form D Jul 10, 2020 Raised a round Venture round $8.3M · SEC Form D 2018 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round May 2022 $40M — SEC Form D
Venture round Jul 2020 $8.3M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Watchmaker Genomics, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
John FoskettExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Brian KudlowExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Brian DeneauExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Stephen PiconeExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Overview

Watchmaker Genomics: High-performance NGS library prep and engineered enzymes. Maximize sensitivity and sequencing economy for clinical and translational research.

Connections

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Graph
Found in company registers, site code, DNS and hiring. Each connection shows how sure we are and the evidence, with its source and date.
Shared investors2
EclipseVia a fund
53 portfolio companies: Verkada, Getvinci, Voxel AI and 50 more
EndeavorVia a fund
1352 portfolio companies

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Watchmaker Genomics over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
24
Postings analysed
17
Stack modernity
64/100
Languages
PowerShell6%
Python6%
SQL6%
Cloud & platforms
Active Directory6%
Azure6%
Microsoft Defender6%
Windows6%
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Full Watchmaker Genomics tech stack 24 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$130k
Typical range
$95k – $170k
Open positions
12
12 Jobs
Junior 8.3%
Senior 50%
Staff 16.7%
Architect 25%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 1 $95k $95k
Senior 6 $130k $95k – $150k
Staff 2 $130k $130k
Architect 3 $160k $160k – $170k
Highest paying role Associate Director, Product Marketing $170k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Watchmaker Genomics By role, level and city, against the market · 12 jobs with pay

People

John Foskett
Executive Officer, Director
Brian Kudlow
Executive Officer, Director
Brian Deneau
Executive Officer
Stephen Picone
Executive Officer, Director
Christopher McGuinness
Director
Paul McEwan
Director
Victor Tong
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
62/100
Growing
Open positions
14
9 opened / 9 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
29 days
faster than 46% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
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
16% ▼
Product
12%
Biotech
12% ▲
Finance
8% ▼
Marketing
8% ▼
Enterprise Apps
8% ▼
Actively hiring for Biotech (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Minitab to stack Oct 2026
Added JMP to stack Oct 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack Oct 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack Oct 2026
Added Outlook to stack Oct 2026
Added CAPA to stack Oct 2026
Added LIMS to stack Oct 2026
Added Statistical Process Control to stack Oct 2026
Added FMEA to stack Oct 2026
Added Design of Experiments to stack Oct 2026
Added ISO 13485 to stack Oct 2026
Added GMP to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
Boulder
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Boulder United States
HQ
Watchmaker Genomics
11 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 36% engineering 36% remote 200-500 est. staff $127k Avg Salary
hires for Product, DevOps, QA
5744 Central Ave. Suite 100, Boulder, CO 80301
seen since Oct 2025 company site, careers board, job postings
Cape Town South Africa
Regional office
Cape Town, South Africa
1 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026 careers board, job postings

Jobs

$80k – $95k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · PhD · Boulder
JMP
Minitab
SpaceTech
FMEA
Life Sciences
qPCR
PCR
Next-Generation Sequencing
MedTech
ISO 13485
CAPA
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$110k – $130k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · PhD · Boulder
Next-Generation Sequencing
Apply
$110k – $130k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 6+ years exp · Boulder
Next-Generation Sequencing
Apply
$85k – $110k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boulder
Asana
Smartsheet
Jira
Agile
Waterfall
Life Sciences
LIMS
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$100k – $130k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 8+ years exp
qPCR
PCR
Next-Generation Sequencing
Apply
$100k – $130k per year · In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boulder
Master Data Management
MedTech
ISO 13485
Apply
$100k – $130k per year · In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boulder
Python
PowerShell
Azure
Windows Server
Windows
DNS
DHCP
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Defender
GDPR
HIPAA
Active Directory
Management
ITIL
Service Desk
MedTech
ISO 13485
Apply
$140k – $160k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boulder
Power BI
Life Sciences
Next-Generation Sequencing
Apply
$85k – $95k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Boulder
Kanban
Apply

Financials

Total raised
$48.3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $40M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $8.3M Details