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Cradle

EMEA

Amsterdam

,

Netherlands

Scaleup

FOUNDED

2021

HEADCOUNT

101-500

FUNDING

Series B

Keywords:

AI/ML, enzymes, antibodies, directed_evolution

BUSINESS

Cradle is an Amsterdam/Zurich-based AI software company founded in 2021, providing a generative AI platform for protein engineering. The platform serves 6 of the top 25 global pharma companies and has 50+ active R&D programs. Key partnerships include Novo Nordisk and Ginkgo Bioworks. They maintain a wet lab in Amsterdam for generating foundational training datasets.

BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT

Core; Amsterdam/Zurich-based AI protein-engineering company (2021) operating in-house wet labs that generate experimental data for ML-driven design of antibodies, enzymes, and peptides for biopharma, food, agriculture, and industrial customers.

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

Generative AI; machine learning; wet-lab integration

PRIMARY PRODUCTS

AI platform for protein design (antibodies, enzymes, peptides)

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