We are global leaders
in wastewater intelligence
Biobot's work is trusted by agencies like the CDC and the NIH, as well as top vaccine manufacturers and hospital systems.
Biobot is the pioneer and global leader in wastewater epidemiology, transforming sewage into a real-time public health observatory. Founded out of a research project at MIT, Biobot provided the first detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in the U.S. in early 2020. Its pioneering work has expanded to monitor dozens of pathogens and high-risk substances across hundreds of communities, fueled by top venture investors and validated by SBIR Phase I, II, and III awards from the NIH.
Company / Board of directors
Board of Directors
Biobot’s Board of Directors brings together leaders in science, technology, and venture building.
Andrew Perlman
Andrew Perlman is a Partner at Atreides Ventures, the venture arm of Atreides Management. Prior to joining Atreides, he spent time at Allen & Company advising technology companies on M&A and capital raising, and began his career at BlackRock in corporate strategy and development. He holds an AB in Public Policy Studies from Duke University and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management
Mariana Matus
Dr. Mariana Matus is CEO and Cofounder of Biobot Analytics. She is a computational biologist and pioneered the science of wastewater epidemiology during her doctoral studies at MIT. Mariana is a Henry Crown Fellow in the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute. She has received many awards recognizing her leadership in science and entrepreneurship, including being named to the TIME100 Next list, recognized by Inc. Magazine in 2026 as an Innovator in the AI & Data industry, and named to the Boston Globe's Tech Power Players list. She holds a bachelor's degree in genomics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, a master's degree in biotechnology from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and a PhD in computational and systems biology from MIT.
Newsha Ghaeli
Newsha Ghaeli is President and Cofounder of Biobot Analytics. Before Biobot, she was a Research Fellow at the MIT Senseable City Lab, where her work explored the integration of sensing technologies in urban systems. Newsha has since become a leading voice at the intersection of government, technology, and policy. Her recognitions include being named to the TIME100 Next list and Inc. Magazine 2026 list of Innovators in the AI & Data industry. She holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Waterloo, which later recognized her with the Faculty of Engineering's Young Alumni Achievement Award, and a Master of Architecture from McGill University in Canada.
Vivek Pattipati
Vivek Pattipati is a Partner at Valor Equity Partners and serves on the Investment Committees of multiple Valor funds. He brings over fifteen years of experience in investment banking and private equity, with prior roles at Madison Dearborn Partners and as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group at Goldman Sachs. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and B.A. degrees in Economics and Statistics from the University of Chicago.
Vivjan Myrto
Vivjan Myrto is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hyperplane Venture Capital, a firm focused on early-stage investments in machine intelligence, sensor technology, and hard tech. A serial entrepreneur, Vivjan was one of Biobot's earliest believers—Hyperplane was the company's first investor. He focuses on backing founders who leverage technology to solve the world's hardest problems.
Protecting Privacy. Protecting Communities.
Biobot exists to protect communities, and our data is designed to do the same.
Our wastewater intelligence reveals which pathogens and substances are circulating at the community level, never who is carrying them. No individual, household, or address is ever identifiable.
That distinction matters. Community trust is the foundation of public health, and Biobot Analytics treats privacy as central to our mission, not an afterthought.
It is this privacy-first approach to wastewater intelligence that sets Biobot apart.