
Pharmacelera develops proprietary Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) software and provides computational chemistry services to enhance pharmaceutical R&D productivity. Their technology leverages Quantum Mechanics, Machine Learning, and High-Performance Computing, derived from over 25 years of research, to efficiently mine ultra-large chemical spaces and identify novel, diverse compounds. Pharmacelera assists clients in various drug discovery stages, including Target Identification, Hit Identification, Hit-to-Lead, and Lead Optimization, by finding new hits, improving ligand binding properties, and gaining insights into ligand-receptor interactions. Their software solutions like PharmScreen, exaScreen, and PharmQSAR enable exploration of larger chemical diversity and novel scaffolds, aiming to de-risk drug discovery projects for small biotech companies, big pharma, and research institutions.

Pharmacelera develops proprietary Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) software and provides computational chemistry services to enhance pharmaceutical R&D productivity. Their technology leverages Quantum Mechanics, Machine Learning, and High-Performance Computing, derived from over 25 years of research, to efficiently mine ultra-large chemical spaces and identify novel, diverse compounds. Pharmacelera assists clients in various drug discovery stages, including Target Identification, Hit Identification, Hit-to-Lead, and Lead Optimization, by finding new hits, improving ligand binding properties, and gaining insights into ligand-receptor interactions. Their software solutions like PharmScreen, exaScreen, and PharmQSAR enable exploration of larger chemical diversity and novel scaffolds, aiming to de-risk drug discovery projects for small biotech companies, big pharma, and research institutions.
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Tech focus: QM + ML + HPC for computer-aided drug design
Products / offerings: Proprietary CADD software (PharmScreen, exaScreen, PharmQSAR) and computational chemistry services
Employees (approx.): 24
Known investors: The Collider; General Inception
Accelerating and de-risking small-molecule drug discovery by improving virtual screening, hit-finding and lead optimization workflows.
2015
Biotechnology
Seed round recorded March 19, 2019
Grant recorded March 15, 2018
Grant recorded March 15, 2020
Seed round recorded April 1, 2023
600000
Avancsa grant of €600,000 recorded July 2023
“The Collider; General Inception”