<s>
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
is	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
software	O
company	O
offering	O
an	O
R&D	O
marketplace	O
to	O
buy	O
and	O
sell	O
scientific	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
's	O
enterprise	O
clients	O
include	O
top	O
pharma	O
and	O
emerging	O
biotechnology	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
Merck	O
,	O
Amgen	O
,	O
Gilead	O
Sciences	O
,	O
and	O
Genentech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
Elizabeth	O
Iorns	O
,	O
Ryan	O
Abbott	O
,	O
and	O
Dan	O
Knox	O
,	O
taking	O
part	O
in	O
the	O
startup	O
accelerator	O
program	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
while	O
an	O
Assistant	O
Professor	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Miami	O
Miller	O
School	O
of	O
Medicine	O
,	O
Iorns	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
for	O
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
after	O
needing	O
to	O
conduct	O
immunology	O
experiments	O
,	O
but	O
having	O
difficulty	O
finding	O
potential	O
collaborators	O
or	O
providers	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Iorns	O
formed	O
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
with	O
Knox	O
and	O
Abbott	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
applied	O
for	O
a	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
startup	O
accelerator	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
Iorns	O
was	O
recognized	O
by	O
the	O
Kauffman	O
Foundation	O
for	O
her	O
role	O
in	O
starting	O
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Software-as-a-Service	O
(	O
SaaS	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
customers	O
paying	O
an	O
annual	O
subscription	O
fee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
partnered	O
with	O
the	O
open-access	O
scientific	O
publisher	O
Public	O
Library	O
of	O
Science	O
(	O
PLOS	O
)	O
to	O
launch	O
the	O
Reproducibility	O
Initiative	O
,	O
a	O
program	O
developed	O
to	O
assist	O
researchers	O
in	O
validating	O
their	O
findings	O
by	O
repeating	O
their	O
experiments	O
through	O
independent	O
laboratories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
facilitated	O
by	O
the	O
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
platform	O
,	O
which	O
matches	O
scientists	O
with	O
experimental	O
service	O
providers	O
according	O
to	O
areas	O
of	O
expertise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
partnered	O
with	O
the	O
Center	O
for	O
Open	O
Science	O
to	O
reproduce	O
findings	O
from	O
widely	O
cited	O
published	O
research	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
cancer	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
July	O
2013	O
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
launched	O
a	O
program	O
with	O
reagent	O
supplier	O
antibodies-online.com,	O
based	O
in	O
Aachen	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
to	O
independently	O
validate	O
research	O
antibodies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
received	O
a	O
$	O
100,000	O
investment	O
from	O
StartFunds	O
 '	O
Yuri	O
Milner	O
,	O
a	O
$	O
50,000	O
investment	O
from	O
angel	O
investor	O
Ron	O
Conway	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
$	O
20,000	O
investment	O
from	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
participating	O
in	O
the	O
startup	O
accelerator	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
Science	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
raised	O
$	O
28-million	O
in	O
Series	O
C	O
funding	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Norwest	O
Venture	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
