
Basecamp Research designs tailored proteins and biological systems by applying AI to the world’s largest biological database and knowledge graph. It trains generative models on a high-resolution map of global genetic, evolutionary, and environmental context to identify and refine novel proteins for specific industrial, therapeutic, and diagnostic applications. The company uses a proprietary knowledge graph and AI-based design workflows to reduce or replace costly directed evolution campaigns. Customers include biopharma companies and research laboratories that integrate the designs into drug discovery, food, and industrial pipelines. Basecamp partners with biodiversity groups worldwide and supplies scalable, database-driven design capabilities to large life-sciences organizations.

Basecamp Research designs tailored proteins and biological systems by applying AI to the world’s largest biological database and knowledge graph. It trains generative models on a high-resolution map of global genetic, evolutionary, and environmental context to identify and refine novel proteins for specific industrial, therapeutic, and diagnostic applications. The company uses a proprietary knowledge graph and AI-based design workflows to reduce or replace costly directed evolution campaigns. Customers include biopharma companies and research laboratories that integrate the designs into drug discovery, food, and industrial pipelines. Basecamp partners with biodiversity groups worldwide and supplies scalable, database-driven design capabilities to large life-sciences organizations.
Headquarters: London, UK
Founded: 2019
Core product: BaseData™ biodiversity/metagenomics dataset and EDEN family foundation models
Tech focus: AI-driven protein and biological system design
Recent financing: Series B $60M (announced 2024-10-09)
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Biotechnology research focused on protein design, genomic design and biologics discovery using AI and large biodiversity datasets.
2019
Biotechnology Research
$60,000,000
Series B announced Oct 9, 2024
“Backed by a syndicate including Singular, redalpine, True Ventures, S32, Hummingbird Ventures, Systemiq Capital, Valo Ventures, Blue Horizon Corporation, and individual backers such as Andy Conrad, André Hoffmann, Feike Sijbesma and Paul Polman”
About Us
Basecamp Research is dedicated to solving major challenges in the life sciences by exploring Beyond Known Biology. Our teams build frontier AI models using BaseData, the world's largest ethically-sourced and globally representative biological dataset. Our Global Research Team collects and curates our own biological data through partnerships with more than 152 organizations in 28 countries, giving its AI access to genetic diversity that doesn't exist for models trained on public database sources. This enables Basecamp Research to design novel protein sequences and biological systems that can accelerate therapeutic research and development.
In October 2024 we closed Series B and in January 2026 finalised pre-Series C investment from NVIDIA. With hubs both in London, UK as well as Boston Massachusetts, USA and partners with biopharma companies and academic institutions worldwide, our work has been recognized with honors including Fast Company's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Biotech and the FT-backed Sifted AI100 list of Europe's leading AI startups.
At Basecamp Research, we pride ourselves on being a diverse, exciting, fun, and flexible place to work. Our team of biologists, engineers, ML scientists, field explorers, and operations specialists are united by a sense of adventure and the belief that nature has already designed the solutions to our planet’s greatest challenges – we just need to go out and discover them! If you feel passionate about the power of biology, data, and AI to build a better world, we’d love to hear from you.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced People & Operations Partner – USA to become the first embedded people partner supporting our science and genetic editing leaders and teams. This role will be the first dedicated People team member in the USA, and will play a big part in ensuring we continue to scale our R&D culture across 2026 and beyond.
You will report to the VP of People and work closely with our Chief Scientific Officer to play a major role in contributing to performance, growth, engagement, people operations, workplace facilities and culture. Operating across both strategic and hands-on work, this role is ideal for someone who enjoys building foundations while remaining deeply involved in day-to-day execution.
This is a highly influential opportunity for a people partner who thrives in fast-moving, high-growth environments and brings together commercial insight, strong HR expertise, and the adaptability to design and deliver at the same time.
Key Responsibilities
Please note: This is an onsite role based at our Cambridge, Massachusetts lab and office.
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