
eDNA Explorer offers an accurate and intuitive platform for environmental management, transforming eDNA biodiversity data into clear evidence. It assists users in monitoring the impact of land and water management decisions, prioritizing resources, and meeting regulations. Their services include biodiversity monitoring through eDNA to identify species, restoration planning by identifying reintroduction opportunities and managing invasive species, and providing regulatory evidence for government agencies and environmental consultancies. eDNA Explorer also provides a bioinformatics pipeline for analyzing raw eDNA data, aiming to increase trust and confidence in eDNA as a tool for understanding the living world. The company was started with support from Oceankind and partners with CALeDNA, Sliced Bread Design, and Jetstream 2.

eDNA Explorer offers an accurate and intuitive platform for environmental management, transforming eDNA biodiversity data into clear evidence. It assists users in monitoring the impact of land and water management decisions, prioritizing resources, and meeting regulations. Their services include biodiversity monitoring through eDNA to identify species, restoration planning by identifying reintroduction opportunities and managing invasive species, and providing regulatory evidence for government agencies and environmental consultancies. eDNA Explorer also provides a bioinformatics pipeline for analyzing raw eDNA data, aiming to increase trust and confidence in eDNA as a tool for understanding the living world. The company was started with support from Oceankind and partners with CALeDNA, Sliced Bread Design, and Jetstream 2.
What they do: eDNA bioinformatics platform for biodiversity monitoring, restoration planning, and regulatory evidence
Headquarters: Mountain View, California, United States
Founders / leadership: Julie Stanford (CEO), Jim Jeffers (CTO), Rachel Meyer (CSO)
Founded: 2023
Employees (approx.): 8
Investors reported: Google for Startups; AiiM Partners
Biodiversity monitoring, ecological restoration planning, regulatory environmental evidence
2023
Biotechnology
500000
Listed as a non-equity assistance round; Crunchbase also records AiiM Partners as a pre-seed investor.
“Google for Startups; AiiM Partners”