Foundational Bio
4 known investors
Foundational Bio is building an AI-native, fully automated laboratory ("self-driving lab") that replaces manual workflows to increase the speed and reliability of life-science experimentation. It serves the life sciences and research sector.
Investors Β· 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Foundational Bio is developing a self-driving lab: an AI-native, fully automated laboratory intended to replace manual wet-lab workflows and increase the speed and reliability of life-science experimentation. Investor materials describe the company as a vertically integrated, AI-first lab-as-a-service that applies physical AI to the wet lab.
The company's team includes Tomaz Berisa, Jahan-Yar Parsa and Miguel Liezun; Berisa and Parsa are identified as founders. Its named backers are SOSV, Boost VC, Hartmann Capital, Earthling VC and Draper B1, with Hartmann Capital holding the company in its Fund II portfolio.
Business model
Foundational Bio is described by an investor as a vertically integrated, AI-first lab-as-a-service, combining automated laboratory infrastructure with AI to run life-science experiments.
Traction
The company reports backing from SOSV, Boost VC, Hartmann Capital, Earthling VC and Draper B1, and is listed in Hartmann Capital's Fund II portfolio.
βΈFull profile β technology, go-to-market
Technology
The core of the company is a "self-driving lab" β an AI-native, fully automated laboratory that replaces manual laboratory workflows, characterized by an investor as applying physical AI to the wet lab.
Go-to-market
Organizations conducting life-science experimentation and wet-lab research.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources β announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
βΈResearch sources Β· 6
primary sources listed
- Foundational Biofoundational.bio Β· web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Foundational Bio do?
- Foundational Bio is building an AI-native, fully automated "self-driving lab" for life-science experimentation.
- Who are Foundational Bio's investors?
- Foundational Bio's investors include Hartmann Capital, Boost VC, Draper B1, SOSV.