About Us
Our Mission
Biomatters develops innovative, easy-to-use and essential scientific software that speeds up and simplifies research for all biologists.
By fully leveraging our core capabilities and providing complete computational scientific solutions through partnering with global experts, Biomatters provides a complete value-based solution to clients in the academic and commercial scientific world.
Our Values
The core values of Biomatters are to adapt and innovate, promote a positive work environment for everyone, to focus on the customer and to be authentic.
The Biomatters team demonstrates a commitment to excellence in the quality of the solutions created, an outstanding dedication to our customers and always ensuring our product delivers value to our users. We encourage a culture of innovation within a working environment that is productive and enjoyable for everyone. Biomatters is a young, dynamic team that uniquely combines expertise in genetics and bioinformatics software development within a customer-centric environment.
The Evolution of Biomatters
Biomatters, the creator of Geneious, is a privately held company headquartered in New Zealand with offices in New Jersey and San Francisco. Biomatters exports to over 80 countries and boasts a rapidly growing customer base with 50% of sales in the US. New Zealand's sense of innovation and entrepreneurialism has created world leaders for many years in science. The New Zealand government is committed to the scientific industry as a top priority for growth and innovation, and as a result, New Zealand's biotechnology and IT industries have flourished.
Biomatters considers itself part of the scientific community at large. We have a number of scientists from around the world who regularly work with us on various projects. This means that we have full immersion in the constantly evolving world of research and therefore are able to be facilitators in the flow of information and ideas.
Biomatters boasts an internationally renowned team across both science and business. It is this unique blend of Kiwi ingenuity and global excellence that sees Biomatters solutions at the forefront of bioinformatics and super-computing around the world.
Timeline June 2011
- Biomatters announces a strategic partnership with GENEWIZ Inc.
May 2011
- Biomatters achieves Highly Commended at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards
February 2011
- Biomatters announced as official partners of Pacific Biosciences at AGBT
January 2011
- Biomatters and TimeLogic announce the development of a DeCypher Acceleration module for Geneious Server
November 2010
- Biomatters launch Geneious Server 1.0
- Biomatters founder Alexei Drummond announced as a Deloitte's Fast 50
July 2010
- Biomatters begin Geneious Server Private Beta Partnership
- Biomatters CEO, Candace Kinser, named in the top 11 female CEO's in New Zealand
May 2010
- Geneious Pro 5.0 released
January 2010
- Biomatters ranked 80th in the Asia Pacific region and 5th in New Zealand in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 in 2009
December 2009
- Biomatters raises extra capital to bring forward plans for entry into the US by 12 months
September 2009
- Biomatters partners with GenomeQuest to offer researchers a landmark "top-down" discovery methodology for next generation sequencing (NGS) projects
August 2009
- Biomatters win Emerging Exporter of the Year at the Air New Zealand Exporter Awards
July 2009
- Geneious Pro 4.7 is launched, marking Biomatters entry into next generation sequencing
May 2009
- Biomatters awarded the Recruit IT Innovative Software Product Award at the PriceWaterhouseCoopers New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards for Geneious
April 2009
- Geneious was a Global Finalist in the IT and Informatics category at the Bio-IT World Awards in Boston.
January 2009
- Next Gen Sequencing Project kicks off in partnership with the University of Queensland: bacterial metagenomics algorithm design
December 2008
- DeCypher© interface released in conjunction with Time Logic
October 2008
- Green Button – super computing to the desktop. A world first capability.
September 2008
- Geneious Pro 4.0 Released
- Launch of the Moorea Biocode Project with the University of California Berkeley & the Smithsonian Institute: a ‘world first' project to genetically barcode an entire tropical ecosystem
July 2008
- Biomatters CEO Candace Kinser, Finalist in the Bayer Innovation Awards, Top Innovator in Science for New Zealand
April 2008
- Chinese version of the Geneious website released
March 2008
- Plug-ins for data imports and integration for VectorNTI and EMBOSS
- Launch of comprehensive Geneious Education Tutorial Services
December 2007
- BeSTGRID first launched by Biomatters and Institute of Bioinformatics. A broadband enabled Science and Technology grid running on the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN)
October 2007
- Dr Alexei Drummond wins the Royal Hamilton Memorial Prize for Contributions to Computational Biology
September 2007
- United Nations World Summit Awards Winner e-Science category 2007
August 2007
- Computerworld Excellence Awards winner – Most Innovative Use of ICT 2007 for New Zealand
June 2007
- Key partnerships signed with BioIT Alliance with Microsoft and Sun Microsystems
April 2007
- Geneious Selected as Top Choice for National Science and Research Network
August 2006
- Geneious Pro 2.0 professional version of Geneious launched
- Number 1 Download on apple.com, and top scientific download for Apple Mac's in 2006
April 2006
- Geneious 1.0 first launched
- #1 Download on apple.com
August 2004
- Launch of Cheesecake
2003
- Dr Alexei Drummond, Julio Ferreira, Athena Ferreira and Daniel Batten create the concept for Biomatters
- Enter the Icehouse, as an incubator company
- Biomatters joins the Institute of Bioinformatics at the University of Auckland. Head of the institute, Professor Allen Rodrigo joins the Scientific Advisory Board
June 2011
- Biomatters announces a strategic partnership with GENEWIZ Inc.
May 2011
- Biomatters achieves Highly Commended at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards
February 2011
- Biomatters announced as official partners of Pacific Biosciences at AGBT
January 2011
- Biomatters and TimeLogic announce the development of a DeCypher Acceleration module for Geneious Server
November 2010
- Biomatters launch Geneious Server 1.0
- Biomatters founder Alexei Drummond announced as a Deloitte's Fast 50
July 2010
- Biomatters begin Geneious Server Private Beta Partnership
- Biomatters CEO, Candace Kinser, named in the top 11 female CEO's in New Zealand
May 2010
- Geneious Pro 5.0 released
January 2010
- Biomatters ranked 80th in the Asia Pacific region and 5th in New Zealand in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 in 2009
December 2009
- Biomatters raises extra capital to bring forward plans for entry into the US by 12 months
September 2009
- Biomatters partners with GenomeQuest to offer researchers a landmark "top-down" discovery methodology for next generation sequencing (NGS) projects
August 2009
- Biomatters win Emerging Exporter of the Year at the Air New Zealand Exporter Awards
July 2009
- Geneious Pro 4.7 is launched, marking Biomatters entry into next generation sequencing
May 2009
- Biomatters awarded the Recruit IT Innovative Software Product Award at the PriceWaterhouseCoopers New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards for Geneious
April 2009
- Geneious was a Global Finalist in the IT and Informatics category at the Bio-IT World Awards in Boston.
January 2009
- Next Gen Sequencing Project kicks off in partnership with the University of Queensland: bacterial metagenomics algorithm design
December 2008
- DeCypher© interface released in conjunction with Time Logic
October 2008
- Green Button – super computing to the desktop. A world first capability.
September 2008
- Geneious Pro 4.0 Released
- Launch of the Moorea Biocode Project with the University of California Berkeley & the Smithsonian Institute: a ‘world first' project to genetically barcode an entire tropical ecosystem
July 2008
- Biomatters CEO Candace Kinser, Finalist in the Bayer Innovation Awards, Top Innovator in Science for New Zealand
April 2008
- Chinese version of the Geneious website released
March 2008
- Plug-ins for data imports and integration for VectorNTI and EMBOSS
- Launch of comprehensive Geneious Education Tutorial Services
December 2007
- BeSTGRID first launched by Biomatters and Institute of Bioinformatics. A broadband enabled Science and Technology grid running on the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN)
October 2007
- Dr Alexei Drummond wins the Royal Hamilton Memorial Prize for Contributions to Computational Biology
September 2007
- United Nations World Summit Awards Winner e-Science category 2007
August 2007
- Computerworld Excellence Awards winner – Most Innovative Use of ICT 2007 for New Zealand
June 2007
- Key partnerships signed with BioIT Alliance with Microsoft and Sun Microsystems
April 2007
- Geneious Selected as Top Choice for National Science and Research Network
August 2006
- Geneious Pro 2.0 professional version of Geneious launched
- Number 1 Download on apple.com, and top scientific download for Apple Mac's in 2006
April 2006
- Geneious 1.0 first launched
- #1 Download on apple.com
August 2004
- Launch of Cheesecake
2003
- Dr Alexei Drummond, Julio Ferreira, Athena Ferreira and Daniel Batten create the concept for Biomatters
- Enter the Icehouse, as an incubator company
- Biomatters joins the Institute of Bioinformatics at the University of Auckland. Head of the institute, Professor Allen Rodrigo joins the Scientific Advisory Board