BioFoundry

What BioFoundry does

BioFoundry is an open access molecular biology laboratory headquartered in Sydney, Australia, classified as a non-profit entity. According to available firmographic data, the organization was founded in 2014 and operates with a headcount of 11-50 employees. Its public-facing web presence is anchored at foundry.bio. The 'open access' framing indicates a shared-resource laboratory model, in which the organization's facilities, equipment, and/or technical capabilities are made available to external researchers or member institutions on a shared basis — a model commonly used to amortize capital-intensive biotech infrastructure across multiple users.

Beyond the firmographic baseline, the available input provides no additional substantive information about BioFoundry's specific product surface, service catalog, pricing structure, customer roster, revenue model, partnerships, leadership team, funding history, or strategic milestones. The detailed supplementary records accompanying the firmographic data describe a commercially distinct entity (an Indonesian online gaming/entertainment e-commerce platform branded COCOL88) that does not align with the BioFoundry firmographic profile and cannot be reconciled with the laboratory identity on any dimension (industry, geography, entity type, or product). This supplementary material has therefore been excluded from the substantive description of BioFoundry, given the explicit instruction to prefer first-party/firmographic material where inherent contradictions arise.

As a result, the analytical picture for BioFoundry is built primarily on its firmographic identity. The company is positioned as a non-profit, open access wet-lab resource provider within the Australian molecular biology ecosystem. Its competitive relevance is contingent on factors — facility quality, equipment breadth, user community, institutional partnerships, and funding stability — that the current data set does not surface.

Name

BioFoundry

Legal name

COCOL88

Website

https://foundry.bio

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BioFoundry is a non-profit open access molecular biology laboratory founded in 2014 in Sydney, Australia, providing shared lab infrastructure to molecular biology researchers and member institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Laboratory Services

NAICS

Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (541715)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Biology & Life Science Enrichment (Biotech, Genetics, Anatomy) (EDAMABAF), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI)

Keywords

• Molecular biology services
• Lab access
• Research services
• Biotechnology
• Open access lab

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Digital Entertainment Platform Revenue: Revenue generated from online gaming/entertainment platform with slot games and digital products. Platform features various game providers (PG Soft, Mahjong Ways, Jili) and offers products including smartphones, laptops, and accessories with e-commerce checkout capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BioFoundry is a non-profit open access molecular biology laboratory based in Sydney, Australia. It provides shared molecular biology research infrastructure and lab services to researchers and scientists in the biotech and life sciences community. The lab operates on an open access model, enabling broader participation in molecular biology research.

Product overview

COCOL88 is a multi-product digital entertainment platform comprising core online gaming access and related user modules. The main COCOL88 platform provides online slot game access with PG Soft games and Mahjong Ways variants. Supporting modules include login authentication (COCOL88 LOGIN), user registration (COCOL88 DAFTAR), and secure access (COCOL88 AKSES). The platform also appears to include smartphone product listings featuring the QuantumCore Pro device with advanced camera and display specifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Open Access Molecular Biology Laboratory Shared molecular biology research facility and services available to researchers and scientists on an open access basis. Provides access to molecular biology lab equipment and infrastructure for conducting research, targeted at academic researchers, biotech startups, and small research groups who need cost-effective access to specialized molecular biology facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• User testimonials report 100x returns on deposits (Rp 50,000 to Rp 5 million; Rp 100,000 to Rp 10 million)

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Emerging players

• Benchling: Life sciences R&D cloud platform serving molecular biology researchers with lab informatics and collaboration tools. Not a direct competitor for physical lab access, but serves the same molecular biology user base with adjacent capabilities.

Direct peers

• Counter Culture Labs: Oakland, California-based non-profit community science lab focused on DIY biology and open access to molecular biology tools. Directly comparable as a non-profit open access molecular biology facility serving a similar audience.
• BUGSS (Baltimore Underground Science Space): Baltimore community lab offering open access molecular and synthetic biology equipment to researchers, students, and the public. Comparable non-profit open access operating model with similar equipment and educational offerings.
• BioCurious: Sunnyvale, California-based non-profit community biolab offering open access molecular biology equipment and training to citizen scientists, students, and biotech startups. Same non-profit, open access operating model as BioFoundry.
• Waag Society: Amsterdam-based research institute and community lab running open access molecular biology and biotech programs as part of its 'Maker' and biotech work. Comparable mission of democratizing access to life science infrastructure.
• Genspace: Non-profit community biology lab in Brooklyn, NYC that provides open access to molecular biology equipment, classes, and lab space. Closest direct peer to BioFoundry in mission, structure, and operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Twist Bioscience: Public synthetic biology company providing high-throughput DNA synthesis and other molecular biology tools to researchers globally. Broad incumbent in the same molecular biology toolkit category that BioFoundry's users rely on.
• Ginkgo Bioworks: Large-scale synthetic biology company whose 'Foundry' automates organism engineering for commercial customers. A broadly comparable 'foundry' concept in molecular biology/synthetic biology, though much larger and commercially focused rather than open access.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FoundryBio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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