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'Figma/Canva for scientists’

Winter 2018Founded 2018205 peopleToronto, ON, Canada; Remote

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You can think of BioRender as the ‘Figma/Canva for scientists’, with a suite of web-based graphics communication products to empower scientists to create beautiful scientific visuals and presentations with ease. BioRender is the world’s first tool to help scientists create and share beautiful, professional scientific figures. Our mission is to accelerate the world’s ability to learn, discover and communicate science. We are passionate about democratizing science communication in order to accelerate scientific discovery and understanding.

From their website

www.biorender.com
SaaSSubscription · Individual plans start at $35 per month; Lab plans at $99 per month for 5 seats; Institution pricing is custom; Free plan available with limited features.

BioRender provides a platform for scientists to create publication-quality scientific figures and visuals without design skills. It offers an extensive icon library, AI-assisted tools, and templates to generate graphs, flowcharts, protocols, and timelines within a collaborative workspace used by researchers and pharma teams.

Users create figures in minutes by selecting templates and editable visuals from an extensive, scientifically accurate library. The platform supports background removal, element editing, AI-assisted figure and graph generation, and specialized features like flowchart creation, protocol drafting, and timelines. Figures can be exported in high resolution, shared within teams, and integrated into posters, presentations, and publications. Pricing tiers unlock more figures, high-res exports, team collaboration, and admin controls, with a dedicated graphing/AI-assisted tool as an add-on.

Who it’s for: Researchers, scientists, academics, and pharma teams needing publication-ready visuals; labs and institutions requiring team collaboration and branding across multiple users.

Features
  • Extensive library of editable scientific visuals
  • AI-assisted figure creation and data formatting
  • Background removal and image editing
  • Flowchart, protocol, and timeline generation
  • High-resolution exports and slide-ready visuals
  • Team collaboration with shared workspaces
  • Templates and branding for publications

Pricing page details multiple paid tiers; user growth claims (4M scientists) and enterprise/institution pricing imply traction and scale.

Founders · 2

Ryan Marien
Ryan MarienFounder
Katya Shteyn
Katya ShteynFounder

Formerly BioRender.io

B2BSaaSCollaborationDesign ToolsEnterprise Software

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