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Top 121 Drug Discovery startups
Mar 18, 2025 | By Jason Kwon | 22 |
These startups use AI to accelerate the discovery and development of new drugs.
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Country: France | Funding: $247.7M
Genfit SA, a biopharmaceutical engages in the research and development of drugs for the prevention and treatment.
Genfit SA, a biopharmaceutical engages in the research and development of drugs for the prevention and treatment.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.1B
Eikon is pioneering a new method of drug discovery based on tracking and measuring the movement of individual proteins in living cells.
Eikon is pioneering a new method of drug discovery based on tracking and measuring the movement of individual proteins in living cells.
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Country: USA | Funding: $528M
Formation Bio is a biotech company using AI to speed up drug development, aiming for efficient patient treatment.
Formation Bio is a biotech company using AI to speed up drug development, aiming for efficient patient treatment.
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Country: USA | Funding: $24.6M
Manas AI is a disruptive drug development AI firm that offers drugs for cancer and rare diseases.
Manas AI is a disruptive drug development AI firm that offers drugs for cancer and rare diseases.
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Country: USA | Funding: $5.5M
Converge Bio integrates Generative AI with biological data.
Converge Bio integrates Generative AI with biological data.
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Country: Switzerland | Funding: $2.5B
Roivant’s mission is to reduce the time and cost of developing new medicines for patients and to share those savings with the healthcare system. It is a unique biopharmaceutical company with world-class drug development experts working across multiple clinical and functional areas.
Roivant’s mission is to reduce the time and cost of developing new medicines for patients and to share those savings with the healthcare system. It is a unique biopharmaceutical company with world-class drug development experts working across multiple clinical and functional areas.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.4B
Relay therapeutics is a developer of an allosteric drug-discovery platform intended to apply computational techniques to protein motion.
Relay therapeutics is a developer of an allosteric drug-discovery platform intended to apply computational techniques to protein motion.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.3B
Revolution Medicines is developing new therapies through an innovative approach that harnesses the complex chemicals of life by reconfiguring natural substances into best-in-class medicines.
Revolution Medicines is developing new therapies through an innovative approach that harnesses the complex chemicals of life by reconfiguring natural substances into best-in-class medicines.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1B
Xaira Therapeutics is an integrated biotechnology company driving advances in artificial intelligence.
Xaira Therapeutics is an integrated biotechnology company driving advances in artificial intelligence.
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Country: USA | Funding: $899.9M
Arrowhead Research is focused on developing, commercializing, and licensing a range of nanotechnology products and applications.
Arrowhead Research is focused on developing, commercializing, and licensing a range of nanotechnology products and applications.
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Country: USA | Funding: $865.4M
Recursion Pharmaceuticals is a digital biology company, developing a drug discovery platform and pipeline with machine learning.
Recursion Pharmaceuticals is a digital biology company, developing a drug discovery platform and pipeline with machine learning.
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Country: USA | Funding: $743M
Insitro is a machine-learning driven drug discovery and development company.
Insitro is a machine-learning driven drug discovery and development company.
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Country: USA | Funding: $694.1M
IDEAYA is an oncology-focused biotechnology company committed to the discovery of breakthrough synthetic lethality medicines for genetically defined patient populations and immuno-oncology therapies targeting immuno-metabolism and innate immunity.
IDEAYA is an oncology-focused biotechnology company committed to the discovery of breakthrough synthetic lethality medicines for genetically defined patient populations and immuno-oncology therapies targeting immuno-metabolism and innate immunity.
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Country: USA | Funding: $693M
Generate Biomedicines is a biotechnological company focusing on creating breakthrough medicines.
Generate Biomedicines is a biotechnological company focusing on creating breakthrough medicines.
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Country: USA | Funding: $546.1M
Sangamo is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of engineered zinc finger DNA-binding proteins (ZFPs) as novel ZFP Therapeutics targeting various monogenic and infectious diseases with unmet medical needs.
Sangamo is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of engineered zinc finger DNA-binding proteins (ZFPs) as novel ZFP Therapeutics targeting various monogenic and infectious diseases with unmet medical needs.
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Country: USA | Funding: $530.3M
FogPharma creates a new class of medicines that target human disease drivers currently considered undruggable.
FogPharma creates a new class of medicines that target human disease drivers currently considered undruggable.
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Country: USA | Funding: $496M
Maze Therapeutics is a operator of a biotechnology firm intended to focused on translating genetic insights into new medicines.
Maze Therapeutics is a operator of a biotechnology firm intended to focused on translating genetic insights into new medicines.
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Country: USA | Funding: $487M
Odyssey Therapeutics is a computational immunology company that develops novel therapeutics for patients with autoimmune diseases.
Odyssey Therapeutics is a computational immunology company that develops novel therapeutics for patients with autoimmune diseases.
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Country: UK | Funding: $474.4M
Exscientia is applying AI and big data processing to accelerate drug discovery and development.
Exscientia is applying AI and big data processing to accelerate drug discovery and development.
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Country: USA | Funding: $460M
Valo Health is a biotech company that is recreating the future of medicine. Valo is using computers to accelerate drug development while reducing the failure rate
Valo Health is a biotech company that is recreating the future of medicine. Valo is using computers to accelerate drug development while reducing the failure rate
