Boruidi Biotechnology

Boruidi Biotechnology (博瑞迪生物) is a Chinese molecular breeding CRO founded in April 2017 by Zhang Jianan, a former millet breeding researcher who spent six years in traditional crop selection before pivoting to develop domestic liquid-phase chip technology for agriculture . The company operates an unmanned intelligent molecular breeding laboratory system that automates DNA extraction, quality control, library construction and sequencing, with annual throughput reaching 2 million samples as of 2023 .

Boruidi's core innovation replaces expensive imported solid-phase chips with self-developed liquid-phase chips, cutting breeding costs by over 90% and shortening qualified germplasm development cycles by more than 50% while improving selection accuracy by 20-30% . The company has built 580-plus liquid-phase chip products covering 200 species across crops, livestock and aquaculture, with cumulative testing exceeding 2 million samples . In 2023 it expanded into bespoke crop variety development as a CRO service—its first custom order, completed in November that year, delivered a multi-resistant, high-yield corn variety in 18 months versus the typical 6-year timeline .

Dalton Venture invested in Boruidi in 2023, describing it at the time as China's largest crop and animal breeding CRO . The company was named a national "Little Giant" enterprise in 2024 and began building overseas testing labs in the Netherlands, UK and US that same year . R&D staff comprise 35% of headcount, with annual R&D spending held at no less than 15% of revenue .