Biomatters Ltd.
Type Limited
Industry Laboratory informatics
Headquarters Level 2, 18 Shortland St., Auckland, New Zealand
Number of locations 2
Area served Worldwide
Products
Subsidiaries Biomatters, Inc.
Website geneious.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/geneious/

Biomatters Ltd. develops and distributes laboratory informatics software, with a strong focus on the academic and business sides of the biological sciences.

History

Biomatters was founded in 2003[1] and released Geneious in 2005.[2]

In the fall of 2011, Biomatters opened its first offices in the United States "in response to growing customer demand."[3]

In the fall of 2018, the company announced it would be changing the name of its Geneious product to Geneious Prime.[2]

Awards

In 2009, Biomatters jointly won the University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneurs' Challenge, which awarded them a loan to expand operations overseas.[4]

Biomatters was awarded the Microsoft Hi-Tech Emerging Company Award in May 2012.[5]

Technology and products

Geneious Biologics and Prime

Geneious Biologics is a version of Geneious Prime that "consolidates data in a secure and shareable cloud environment, speeding up candidate selection and ensuring reproducibility."[6]

Geneious Prime is a bioinformatics software solution with some LIMS-like features. The software manages sequence alignment, assembly, and analysis tasks in a variety of scientific fields.[1]

Pricing

Pricing information can be found on the Geneious website here.

Note: A personal license allows a single named individual to use Geneious on up to three computers. A group license allows multiple people to share a license.

Geneious Price List
License Type One-year subscription
Student Personal $200
Academic/Government Personal $575
Academic/Government Group $980 for 2 seats
$2,450 for 5 seats
$4,600 for 10 seats
Commercial Personal $1,900
Commercial Group $3,600 for 2 seats
$9,000 for 5 seats
$17,500 for 10 seats

Demonstration videos and other media

Biomatters has numerous demonstration videos available on their YouTube channel.

Additional information

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Geneious - About". Biomatters Ltd. https://www.geneious.com/about/. Retrieved 15 October 2019. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Geneious Desktop Software to be Renamed to Geneious Prime". Biomatters Ltd. 28 August 2018. https://www.geneious.com/about/news/geneious-desktop-software-to-be-renamed-to-geneious-prime/. Retrieved 15 October 2019. 
  3. "Biomatters opens North American offices". Biomatters Blog. Biomatters Ltd. 13 September 2011. http://blog.biomatters.com/post/55728824833/biomatters-opens-north-american-offices. Retrieved 24 February 2015. 
  4. Twose, Helen (30 May 2014). "Success: Export sales in company's DNA". The New Zealand Herald. APN New Zealand Limited. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11264149. Retrieved 24 February 2015. 
  5. "Biomatters Wins Hi-Tech Emerging Company Award". Biomatters Blog. Biomatters Ltd. 14 May 2012. http://blog.biomatters.com/post/55728830520/biomatters-wins-hi-tech-emerging-company-award. Retrieved 24 February 2015. 
  6. "Therapeutic Antibody Discovery". Biomatters Ltd. https://www.geneious.com/biopharma/. Retrieved 15 October 2019.