Startup

Cradle

Engineer better proteins, faster.

  • AI · Engineering & Materials
  • Amsterdam, Niederlande
  • Serie B

Über Cradle

Cradle is an AI-powered protein engineering platform that helps scientists design and optimize protein candidates using generative AI and experimental data. The platform accelerates drug discovery and biological product development across therapeutics, diagnostics, agriculture, and chemicals.

Gründer

  • Eli Bixby

    Co-Founder

  • Elise de Reus

    Co-Founder

    Ph.D. in fungal synthetic biology from Delft University and DTU. Previously engineered microbes in high throughput at Zymergen and Perfect Day. Co-founder of Cradle bringing synthetic biology expertise.

  • Harmen van Rossum

    Co-Founder

    Manages Cradle's wet lab operations, bringing hands-on laboratory expertise to the protein engineering platform.

  • Jelle Prins

    Co-Founder

    Early product manager at Uber (2009) designing original passenger and driver apps. Later responsible for first apps at Booking.com and Catawiki. Co-founder of Cradle bringing product and design expertise.

  • Stef van Grieken

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Former Group Product Manager at Google Research & Machine Intelligence, overseeing AI infrastructure and applied ML projects. Co-founder and CEO of Cradle since 2021.

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Branche
AI · Engineering & Materials
Sitz
Amsterdam, Niederlande
Phase
Serie B
Gegründet
2021
Insgesamt eingesammelt
5,5 Mio. €

Finanzierungsrunden

DatumRundeBetragLead-Investoren
Serie BNicht bekanntIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Serie ANicht bekanntIndex Ventures
Seed5,5 Mio. €Index Ventures, Kindred Capital