What OnPoint Scientific does

OnPoint Scientific, Inc. (OPSI) is a privately held, woman-owned consulting and staffing firm headquartered at 12636 High Bluff Dr., San Diego, California, with 11–50 employees and a founding year listed as 2016 (Firmographics) or 2018 (internal company data). The firm provides expert data solutions to organizations across the biological and life sciences sectors — with deep concentration in ALS and neurodegenerative disease research — serving nonprofits (Answer ALS Foundation, ALS Therapy Development Institute, Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative), academic medical centers (Packard Center and Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins, Gladstone Institutes), and a limited set of additional clients.

The company's service portfolio centers on multimodal data management, curation, and standardization, with particular emphasis on the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model for data harmonization and interoperability. Technical capabilities span genomic and transcriptomic data handling, cloud and platform configuration, ETL pipeline development, bioinformatics support, and custom visualization tool development. Services are delivered through two pricing models: project-based fixed-price milestones (billed by day or total project duration) and on-demand hourly-rate expert staffing that integrates OPSI consultants into client teams.

Go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven within a tight life sciences research community, with no public marketing campaigns, no app or SaaS product, and no institutional investor disclosed. Revenue is generated through professional services contracts, supplemented by grant funding — most recently $300,000 from the Muscular Dystrophy Association ($200K) and axeALS ($100K) in February 2026 to support the Champion Insights nationwide ALS study in partnership with Answer ALS, Augie's Quest to Cure ALS, and ALS TDI. The company discloses no revenue, no detailed headcount, and no parent company or subsidiaries.

Name

OnPoint Scientific

Legal name

OnPoint Scientific, Inc.

Website

https://onpointsci.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OnPoint Scientific is a privately held, woman-owned San Diego consulting firm providing expert data management, OMOP-based curation, cloud, bioinformatics, and visualization services to ALS, Alzheimer's, and broader life sciences research clients via project-based and on-demand engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bioinformatics & Life Sciences Consulting

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Other Computer Related Services (541519), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Scientific Data Management & Data Platforms (SDMS/Data Lakehouse for R&D) (HLAGAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Clinical Trial Informatics (EDC/CTMS/eCOA/eTMF) (HLAGAJAM), Data Management, Biostatistics & Statistical Programming FSP (HLAGAOAB), Site & Investigator Platforms (Site Payments, Feasibility, Activation) (HLACAOAJ)

Keywords

• Bioinformatics consulting
• Data curation services
• Clinical data management
• OMOP data standardization
• Life sciences consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Project-Based Engagements: Provide a statement of work, receive a detailed proposal with solutions, deliverables, and milestones. Fixed pricing with structured milestone payments, priced either by the day or total project duration.
2. On-Demand Expertise: Hourly-rate flexibility for short- or long-term needs. Access to one or more domain experts who seamlessly integrate into the client's team. Experts available when and how long needed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

OnPoint Scientific provides expert data solutions and consulting services for organizations in life sciences, healthcare, technology, and finance. Its core offerings include multimodal data management, data curation and standardization (with deep OMOP Common Data Model expertise), cloud and platform support, bioinformatics services, and visualization tool development. Engagements are delivered either as project-based fixed-price initiatives or as on-demand access to domain experts who integrate into client teams.

Product overview

OnPoint Scientific (OPSI) is a US-based, woman-owned small business providing expert data solutions and consulting services rather than a single unified product. The company offers a portfolio of interconnected professional services: Data Management (structuring, versioning, and governing multimodal data including genomic and transcriptomic), Data Curation & Standardization (using OMOP Common Data Model for interoperability), Project & Program Support (domain expert consultants including bioinformaticians and data scientists), and Cloud & Platform Support. Additional specialized services include Bioinformatics Support, Visualization Tool Development, and Data Processing & ETL. The services are delivered through two pricing models: Project-Based Pricing (fixed pricing with milestones) and On Demand Expertise (hourly-rate flexible access to domain experts). The company positions itself as a trusted partner transforming challenges into impactful outcomes through tailored, expert-driven solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Data Management & Integration

Quantifiable outcome

• Transformed data management operations for Answer ALS Foundation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ALS Therapy Development InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2026ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) leads research in partnership with OnPoint Scientific for the Champion Insights nationwide study investigating ALS risk in high-performance athletes, military members, and first responders. OnPoint Scientific contributes data management and integration expertise to the research initiative.
• Answer ALScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2026Answer ALS leads a collaboration for a nationwide study investigating elevated ALS rates in elite athletes, military veterans, and first responders. The research initiative is co-led with Augie's Quest to Cure ALS and involves OnPoint Scientific for data solutions.
• Augie's Quest to Cure ALScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2026Augie's Quest to Cure ALS co-leads the Champion Insights nationwide study with Answer ALS to investigate ALS risk in high-performance populations, with research led by ALS TDI in partnership with OnPoint Scientific.
• Packard Center at Johns Hopkins University School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOnPoint Scientific partnered with the Packard Center to harmonize and make Answer ALS data accessible to the research community. The OPSI team brought vision and insight to data planning.
• Alzheimer's Disease Data InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOnPoint Scientific collaborated with the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative on drafting a joint NIH grant submission, leveraging collective expertise for innovative solutions.
• Gladstone InstitutescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOnPoint Scientific helped Gladstone Institutes integrate complex live cell images and genome query tools into third-party platforms, enabling scientists to easily access and query biological data.
• Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns HopkinscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOnPoint Scientific partnered with the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research, combining deep expertise with collaborative approach to deliver tailored innovative solutions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OpenClinica: Open-source clinical trial data management and EDC platform. Comparable niche focus on clinical/life sciences data capture, standardization, and management, and a similar size profile to OnPoint Scientific.
• Saama Technologies: AI-driven clinical and life sciences data management and analytics platform. Highly comparable to OnPoint Scientific because both deliver data harmonization, curation, and analytics for life sciences R&D, though Saama operates at significantly larger scale.
• TriNetX: Real-world data and OMOP-based analytics network for clinical research. Directly comparable in OMOP CDM expertise and life sciences data harmonization, especially relevant given OnPoint's OMOP-based offerings.
• Cytel: Biostatistics and data management services provider for clinical development. Highly comparable as a life sciences data/analytics consulting firm, overlapping with OnPoint's data management and bioinformatics service lines.
• DNAnexus: Cloud-based genomic and biomedical data management and analysis platform. Comparable in the multi-omic data management, cloud infrastructure, and bioinformatics support capabilities that OnPoint delivers.
• PHASTAR: Specialist biostatistics, data management, and statistical programming CRO. Comparable as a focused life sciences data services firm offering data management expertise to research sponsors, at a similar specialty boutique scale.

Broad incumbents

• Veeva Systems: Cloud software platform purpose-built for the life sciences industry, including clinical, regulatory, and quality data management. Comparable in offering cloud/platform support and life sciences data standardization services, but at enterprise scale.
• Medidata Solutions (Dassault Systèmes): Industry-leading clinical trial data capture and management platform (EDC, eCOA, CTMS). Comparable in the data-management-for-research value proposition that OnPoint delivers, but at a much broader portfolio and enterprise scale.

Emerging players

• BC Platforms: Genomic and biomedical data management platform with OMOP-based harmonization for research and precision medicine. Comparable in OMOP CDM, multi-omic data harmonization, and biomedical research data services.
• Inspirata: Cancer informatics and digital pathology data management platform. Comparable in life sciences data curation and integration, though focused on oncology workflows rather than ALS/neurodegenerative.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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