AutoGen Inc

What AutoGen Inc does

AutoGen Inc is a privately held life sciences tools company headquartered in Holliston, Massachusetts, founded in 1996 and operating with 11-50 employees. The company specializes in automated nucleic acid extraction — DNA and RNA isolation — for research and clinical laboratories in the United States and internationally. Its core technology is organized around three proprietary extraction chemistries: precipitation-based platforms (FlexSTAR/FlexSTAR+) for large-volume blood, buffy coats, and saliva; magnetic bead-based systems (XTRACT 16+) for bench-top automated extraction from blood, FFPE, plasma, tissues, and cells; and membrane-based systems (QuickGene series) ranging from manual to fully automated instruments handling 1-16 samples in 12-90 minutes across blood, tissue, bacterial, viral, plant, and forensic sample types.

The company's product portfolio spans automated instruments, proprietary consumable kits matched to each instrument platform, sample collection devices distributed under the Isohelix brand (GeneFix saliva collection kits, buccal swabs with non-toxic guanidinium-free chemistry and up to 60-month room-temperature stability), LVL 2D barcoded sample storage tubes (North American distribution of LVL Technologies GmbH), and pre-configured workflows covering blood (large and small volume), FFPE tissue, liquid biopsy, viral, RNA, microbiome, bacterial, plant, buccal swab, dried blood spot, and forensic sample types.

AutoGen operates a sales-led direct go-to-market model with quote-based pricing for instruments, consumables, and outsourced extraction services. Revenue streams include hardware sales of automated instrumentation, recurring consumable kit sales tied to installed instruments, and professional services revenue from boutique-level outsourced DNA/RNA extraction. The company serves a horizontal customer base spanning academic research laboratories, clinical diagnostics labs, contract research organizations, and pharmaceutical/biotech companies, with an emphasis on personalized service and responsiveness as a competitive differentiator.

Name

AutoGen Inc

Legal name

AutoGen, Inc.

Website

https://autogen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AutoGen Inc is a privately held life sciences tools company that sells automated DNA and RNA extraction instruments, consumable kits, sample collection products, and outsourced extraction services to research and clinical laboratories in the US and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Life Sciences Lab Instrumentation

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing (325413)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances (2835), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Molecular Biology & Genomics Instruments (PCR/qPCR, Sequencing, Microarrays) (HLAGAIAF)

Keywords

• DNA extraction systems
• RNA extraction kits
• Automated lab instrumentation
• Nucleic acid isolation
• Sample collection products

Headquarters

HQ city

Holliston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Automated Instrumentation Sales: Sale of automated DNA/RNA extraction instruments including QuickGene platforms, FlexSTAR systems, and XTRACT 16+ bench-top systems
2. Consumable Kits: Sale of extraction reagent kits and consumables for various sample types including blood, tissue, saliva, FFPE, bacterial, viral, and plant samples
3. Extraction Services: Outsourced laboratory services for DNA/RNA extraction with fast turnaround times, providing boutique extraction services for external labs

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AutoGen Inc sells automated nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) extraction instruments, consumable reagent kits, sample collection devices, and 2D barcoded sample storage tubes, and provides outsourced DNA/RNA extraction laboratory services. Its product lines are organized around three proprietary technology platforms — FlexSTAR (precipitation chemistry for large-volume blood/saliva), XTRACT 16+ (magnetic bead bench-top automation), and QuickGene (membrane-based bench-top systems) — and are targeted at research and clinical laboratories in the United States and internationally.

Product overview

AutoGen Inc is a life sciences tools company specializing in automated DNA and RNA extraction solutions. The product portfolio is organized around three core technology platforms: precipitation chemistry-based FlexSTAR systems for large volume samples; magnetic bead-based XTRACT 16+ automated systems; and membrane-based QuickGene series ranging from manual to fully automated instruments. The company also offers comprehensive consumable kits compatible with each instrument, sample collection products through the Isohelix brand (including GeneFix saliva collectors and buccal swabs with stabilization buffers), LVL 2D barcoded sample storage tubes distributed in North America, and outsourced extraction laboratory services. Pre-configured workflows cover diverse sample types including blood (large and small volume), FFPE tissue, liquid biopsy, viral, RNA, microbiome, bacterial, plant, buccal swab, dried blood spots, and forensic samples. This integrated approach provides research and clinical laboratories with end-to-end solutions from sample collection through extraction to storage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Isohelix: Isohelix saliva collection and buccal swab products offering non-toxic, guanidinium-free chemistry with room-temperature storage stability of up to 60 months for DNA/RNA collection.

Products and services

• FlexSTAR+ Automated DNA Extraction Instrument Fully automated DNA extraction platform using precipitation chemistry for processing large volume samples including blood, buffy coats, and saliva; targeted at clinical and research laboratories requiring high-volume workflows.
• XTRACT 16+® Automated Magnetic Bead Extraction System Fully automated magnetic bead bench-top system capable of extracting 1-16 samples in 30-90 minutes, isolating nucleic acids from blood, FFPE, plasma, tissues, cells, and more; targeted at labs needing flexible mid-throughput automation.
• QuickGene-810 Membrane-Based Extraction System Bench-top DNA/RNA extraction system using ultra-thin polymer membrane technology, processing up to 8 samples per run in 6-20 minutes; targeted at research labs needing fast mid-throughput processing.
• QuickGene-610L Bench-Top Extraction Instrument Bench-top extraction instrument providing rapid isolation of genomic DNA from up to 2ml samples including whole blood, bone marrow, and saliva, processing 6 samples in 12 minutes (60 samples/hour).
• QuickGene-Auto12S+ Automated Bench-Top Extraction System

Quantifiable outcome

• QuickGene-610L processes 6 samples in 12 minutes, enabling 60 sample extractions per hour
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SampledcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSampled and AutoGen announced a partnership for next-generation nucleic acid extraction and multiomic workflows, combining AutoGen's extraction expertise with Sampled's capabilities in multiomic sample processing
• LVL Technologies GmbHcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAutoGen is a North American distributor of LVL Technologies GmbH products including SAFE Sample Storage solutions and 2D tube systems. LVL products provide secure, space-saving sample storage with automated decapping capabilities
• IsohelixcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAutoGen serves as the North American partner for Isohelix, distributing GeneFix saliva collection kits, buccal swabs, and related sample collection products. Isohelix products feature non-toxic guanidinium-free chemistry with room-temperature storage up to 60 months

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bio-Techne: Through its ProteinSimple and ExoDx franchises, Bio-Techne offers nucleic acid and exosome isolation products serving translational and clinical research—directly comparable use cases and customer profile to AutoGen's extraction services.
• Macherey-Nagel: Manufacturer of NucleoSpin and NucleoMag extraction kits/instruments covering spin-column and magnetic-bead chemistries. Directly comparable product menu to AutoGen across research and molecular diagnostics workflows.
• Zymo Research: Specialist in DNA/RNA extraction (Quick-DNA, Direct-zol) and epigenetics sample prep with strong academic and microbiome customer overlap. Comparable niche positioning and catalog breadth to AutoGen.
• Analytik Jena: German-based provider of automated nucleic acid extraction instruments (InnuPure, CyBio) and reagents with comparable mid-throughput bench-top positioning and similar reliance on European chemistry innovation as AutoGen.
• Omega Bio-tek: Specialty manufacturer of DNA/RNA extraction kits (E.Z.N.A., Mag-Bind) with strong presence in research and biobanking applications. Closely comparable catalog depth and target customer base to AutoGen.
• Promega: Manufacturer of the Maxwell automated extraction instrument line and accompanying DNA/RNA kits. Closest direct competitor to AutoGen's QuickGene and FlexSTAR offerings in mid-throughput bench-top extraction for research and clinical labs.

Broad incumbents

• QIAGEN: Global leader in nucleic acid extraction with QIAsymphony, QIAamp, and QIAcube product lines serving the same research and clinical lab customers AutoGen targets. Directly comparable chemistry/menu breadth and significantly larger installed base.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Markets the KingFisher Flex and related bead-based extraction instruments plus MagMAX kits, competing head-to-head with AutoGen's XTRACT 16+ and consumables. Overlaps in clinical, pharma, and research lab channels with much broader portfolio.
• Roche: Offers the MagNA Pure automated extraction platform and integrated cobas diagnostic workflows. Competes with AutoGen in clinical sample prep, especially where labs run integrated Roche downstream assays.

Emerging players

• Hamilton Company: Manufacturer of automated liquid handling workstations (Microlab STAR) used for high-throughput nucleic acid extraction. Overlaps with AutoGen on bench-top automated workflows but with a broader automation value proposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/autogenDNA

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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