Agilent acquired LaserGen in March 2018. As of 1/2020 it is unclear what, if any, sequencing platform they intend to launch. Edit: they appear to have killed it off mid-2020
Never Launched
Nanopore
Optical
Single Molecule
http://www.base4.co.uk/
Developing a solid state nanopore with Hitachi (7/2013)
Never Launched
Hybridization
Optical
Amplified
https://www.bio-rad.com/
Never Launched
Microscopy
Optical
Single Molecule
http://www.electronoptica.com/
Never Launched
Nanopore
Electrical
Single Molecule
http://electronicbio.com
Never Launched
Never Launched
Never Launched
Never Launched
Electrical
Single Molecule
Never Launched
SBS
Optical
Single Molecule
Never Launched
Nanopore
Hybridization
Electrical
Single Molecule
https://nabsys.com
Never Launched
Hybridization
Optical
Amplified
https://www.nanostring.com
Launch of the "Hyb & Seq" platform was slated for 2022; they decided not to launch this as a sequencer but rather use the technology for their in situ spatialomics platform.
Never Launched
Nanopore
Optical
Single Molecule
Never Launched
Nanopore
Electrical
https://quantumbiosystems.com/
Never Launched
SBS
Electrical
https://quantumdx.com/
While they are still developing other products, their sequencing platform (Q-SEQ) hasn't been mentioned in several years.
Never Launched
Other
Single Molecule
Reveo was developing a sequencer based on atomic force microscopy. They haven't announced any progress in several years.
Never Launched
Never Launched
Never Launched
Never Launched
Acquired
Ligation
Optical
Amplified
Life Technologies (SOLiD)
Acquired
Ligation
Optical
Amplified
Agencourt Personal Genomics
Acquired
Ligation
Optical
Amplified
ABI (SOLiD)
Acquired
SBS
Optical
Amplified
http://www.aptonbio.com
Acquired
Illumina
Acquired
Ligation
Optical
Amplified
BGI/MGI
Acquired
Hybridization
Optical
Amplified
Bio-Rad
Acquired
SBS
Optical
Qiagen (GeneReader)
They were acquired by Qiagen. While the GeneReader platform was launched, it never gained much ground and was shut down in October 2019.
Acquired
SBS
Optical
Amplified
Agilent (LaserGen)
They were acquired by Agilent in March 2018.
Acquired
SBS
Optical
Solexa
Acquired
Solexa
Acquired
SBS
SBB
Optical
Amplified
https://www.omniome.com
Pacific Biosciences (Reveo)
Omniome was acquired by PacBio; the short-read platform is slated for a 2023 launch.
Acquired
SBS
Optical
Single Molecule
https://www.readcoor.com
10X Genomics
Acquired by 10X Genomics for their in situ platform.
Acquired
SBS
Optical
Amplified
Acquired
SBS
Optical
Amplified
Illumina
Acquired
Nanopore
Electrical
Single Molecule
https://www.stratosgenomics.com
Stratos is building a nanopore-based sequencer which detects "Xpandomer" codes, synthetic oligos which are designed to represent each of the four natural bases. They were acquired by Roche 5/2020
Name Change
GeneMind Bioscience
Name Change
SBS
Optical
Single Molecule
Pacific Biosciences (Reveo)
Name Change
Other
Single Molecule
https://depixus.com/
Depixus
Name Change
Optical
Single Molecule
LightSpeed Genomics
Name Change
Nanopore
Electrical
Single Molecule
http://twoporeguys.com/
Ontera
Two Pore Guys changed their name to Ontera in 2019.