What Catalog does

Catalog Technologies was a Boston-based developer of DNA-based digital data storage and computing platforms. The company's core technology translated binary digital data into synthetic DNA strands, physically stored in proprietary "DNA Card" cartridges designed for data center deployment, and read back using commercial DNA sequencing equipment. Catalog targeted data-intensive enterprises with long-term archival requirements — government, defense, regulated industries, and AI/ML data operators — where traditional silicon-based cold storage faces scaling, energy, and longevity constraints. The company claimed 150+ year retention without refresh cycles, air-gapped biosecurity, and structural energy efficiency advantages over tape and disk-based archival infrastructure.

Catalog operated as a venture-backed private company, raising approximately $54.25 million cumulatively across six funding rounds from 2016 through 2021. Lead and participating investors included NEA, Horizons Ventures, Hanwha Impact (which led the $35M Series B in October 2021), Airbus Ventures, DCVC, AME Cloud Ventures, Baidu Ventures, and SOSV/IndieBio. Pricing was not publicly disclosed and the company did not report revenue, consistent with a pre-commercial or early-pilot commercial stage during its independent operation. Its go-to-market appears to have been enterprise-direct, with DNA storage positioned as a new tier within multi-tier data center architecture rather than a replacement for silicon.

In March 2026, Catalog was acquired by Biomemory, a French molecular data storage company headquartered in Paris with existing Boston offices. The acquisition transferred Catalog's patent portfolio, enzymatic DNA block assembly technology, and North American footprint to Biomemory, effectively ending Catalog's independent operations. Post-acquisition, the combined entity continues to pursue DNA-based data storage appliances for data center environments, with named ecosystem relationships spanning enterprise customers (SICPA, Thales, Bordeaux-Métropole, CNES) and investors (BPI France, Crédit Mutuel, Blast).

Name

Catalog

Legal name

Catalog Technologies

Website

https://catalogdna.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Catalog Technologies was a Boston-based developer of DNA-based data storage platforms that converted digital data into synthetic DNA for archival-grade, multi-century retention in data center environments. The company was acquired by Biomemory in March 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

DNA Data Storage / Archival Storage

NAICS

Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112)

SIC

Computer Storage Devices (3572)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Migration & Replication Tools (HDABAEAN)

Keywords

• DNA data storage
• Molecular data archiving
• Cold storage solutions
• Data center appliances
• Enzymatic DNA synthesis

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Core offering

Catalog develops a DNA-based data conversion and storage platform that translates binary digital content into synthetic DNA strands, packages them into physical "DNA Card" media housed in rackable DNA Data Storage servers, and provides an end-to-end write/store/read workflow for data-center environments. The platform targets archival and cold-storage use cases with 150+ year retention, extreme density, ultra-low energy at rest, and air-gapped biosecure media.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DNA Data Storage Server Rackable appliance that hosts Catalog's DNA-based write/store/read workflow, enabling enterprises and data-center operators to deploy DNA storage as a complementary cold-storage tier alongside silicon infrastructure.
• DNA Card Physical synthetic-DNA storage cartridge used inside Catalog's DNA Data Storage Server for archival-grade preservation with 150+ year retention, ultra-low energy at rest, and biologically produced consumables.
• DNA Data Storage Platform (Conversion & Archiving) End-to-end data conversion and storage platform that encodes digital data into synthetic DNA, manages write/store/read workflows, and exposes an interoperable IT interface for enterprise and data-center integration.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors29 records

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M&A

Investments

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