
PentaBind designs high-performance aptamers to accelerate therapeutic and diagnostic development with fewer experimental iterations. The company combines generative AI and machine learning models with an integrated wet-laboratory platform and laboratory automation to design aptamers with multiple drug-like qualities in a single step, reducing reliance on traditional SELEX screening. Its technology stack centers on Generative AI, AI-driven design, SELEX-informed workflows, and lab automation, and the company operates as a hybrid B2B SaaS and services provider while also advancing its own pipeline assets. Target customers include biotechnology companies and pharmaceutical researchers pursuing precision therapeutics and targeted delivery applications.

PentaBind designs high-performance aptamers to accelerate therapeutic and diagnostic development with fewer experimental iterations. The company combines generative AI and machine learning models with an integrated wet-laboratory platform and laboratory automation to design aptamers with multiple drug-like qualities in a single step, reducing reliance on traditional SELEX screening. Its technology stack centers on Generative AI, AI-driven design, SELEX-informed workflows, and lab automation, and the company operates as a hybrid B2B SaaS and services provider while also advancing its own pipeline assets. Target customers include biotechnology companies and pharmaceutical researchers pursuing precision therapeutics and targeted delivery applications.
What they do: Generative AI + integrated wet lab to design multi-attribute, drug-like aptamers for therapeutics and diagnostics
Stage / funding: Pre-seed; reported total funding US$959,000; latest round Jan 11, 2024
Location: London, UK (West/White City)
Business model: Hybrid B2B SaaS and services while advancing internal pipeline assets
Accelerating discovery of therapeutic and diagnostic aptamers; improving efficiency and multi-attribute optimization compared with traditional SELEX workflows.
2021
Biotechnology Research
Latest reported round on Crunchbase; company lists Twin Path Ventures and Entrepreneurs First among investors
“Twin Path Ventures; Entrepreneurs First; additional support listed from KQ Labs and Cancer Research Horizons”
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