PolyModels Hub has raised £7 million in a Series A round to accelerate the digital transformation of biopharma process development.
The round was led by Molten Ventures, with participation from Marathon Venture Capital.
The London firm said the funding will enable it to expand its engineering and product teams and reach more pharmaceutical organisations worldwide.
Developing a new drug typically costs around $2.5 billion, with roughly a quarter of that — about $650 million — spent on process development alone. Across the hundreds of therapies progressing through the pipeline each year, this represents a vast opportunity to make drug development faster, more efficient, and more reproducible.
The Polymodels Hub platform, ModelFlow, brings together advanced modeling, simulation and workflow management in one place. It allows scientists and engineers to design, test and refine manufacturing processes faster.
In early deployments, ModelFlow is claimed to have reduced experimental workloads by more than 90%, turning 100-experiment workflows into fewer than ten while maintaining or improving scientific robustness.
“The pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a once-in-a-generation digital transformation,” said Antonio Benedetti, CEO & co-founder. “In just 18 months, our technology and exceptional team have delivered tangible value across multiple programs, expanding these collaborations to a global scale.
“We’re investing deeply in complex biologics and advancing our platform to empower scientists with the model-based solutions they deserve to transform molecules into medicines for the 21st Century.”
Ben Wilkinson, CEO, Molten Ventures, added: “PolyModels Hub is solving a real pain point for pharma teams, bringing together deep domain expertise and cutting-edge technology in a way that’s genuinely transformative.
“We’re proud to support Antonio B, Antonio Y, Harry and the team as they scale their impact across the industry. What impressed us most is the team’s blend of technical know-how and deep understanding of their customers’ challenges.
“They’ve built a solution that delivers value in weeks, not years, and its rapid adoption across the industry speaks volumes.”
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