
Insamo is transforming drug discovery for challenging diseases through its automated platform that designs, synthesizes, and tests cyclic-peptides at an unprecedented scale. By leveraging trillions of proprietary experimental data points, Insamo sets a new standard for scalable machine learning applications in drug design, positioning itself as a leader in the pharmaceutical innovation space.

Insamo is transforming drug discovery for challenging diseases through its automated platform that designs, synthesizes, and tests cyclic-peptides at an unprecedented scale. By leveraging trillions of proprietary experimental data points, Insamo sets a new standard for scalable machine learning applications in drug design, positioning itself as a leader in the pharmaceutical innovation space.
What they do: Automated platform to design, synthesize, and test membrane-permeable, orally available cyclic peptides at scale
Founded / HQ: Founded 2022; Berkeley, California
Stage & funding: Seed (early 2024); ~$12.0M reported total funding
Founders / leadership: Co‑founders Timothy (Tim) Craven (CEO) and Toby Passioura (CSO)
Drug discovery for challenging diseases using cyclic peptides
2022
Biotechnology
12000000
Reported Feb 2024 seed round of $12.0M
Non-equity assistance reported on Apr 2, 2024
“Axial VC, BEVC, Civilization Ventures, Intel Ignite, MRL Ventures Fund, Playground Global, Sahsen Ventures, venBio Partners”